1 I am Micah from Moresheth. And this is the message about Samaria and Jerusalem that the Lord gave to me when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah.
Judgment on Samaria
2 Listen, all of you!
Earth and everything on it,
pay close attention.
The Lord God accuses you
from his holy temple.
3 And he will come down
to crush underfoot
every pagan altar.
4 Mountains will melt
beneath his feet
like wax beside a fire.
Valleys will vanish like water
rushing down a ravine.
5 This will happen because of
the terrible sins of Israel,
the descendants of Jacob.
Samaria has led Israel to sin,
and pagan altars at Jerusalem
have made Judah sin.
6 So the Lord will leave Samaria
in ruins—
merely an empty field
where vineyards are planted.
He will scatter its stones
and destroy its foundations.
7 Samaria's idols will be smashed,
and the wages
of temple prostitutes
will be destroyed by fire.
Silver and gold from those idols
will then be used by foreigners
as payment for prostitutes.
Judah Is Doomed
8 Because of this tragedy,
I go barefoot and naked.
My crying and weeping
sound like howling wolves
or ostriches.
9 The nation is fatally wounded.
Judah is doomed.
Jerusalem will fall.
10 Don't tell it in Gath!
Don't even cry.
Instead, roll in the dust
at Beth-Leaphrah.
11 Depart naked and ashamed,
you people of Shaphir.
The town of Bethezel mourns
because no one from Zaanan
went out to help.
12 Everyone in Maroth
hoped for the best,
but the Lord sent disaster
down on Jerusalem.
13 Get the war chariots ready,
you people of Lachish.
You led Jerusalem into sin,
just as Israel did.
14 Now you will have to give
a going-away gift
to Moresheth.
Israel's kings will discover
that they cannot trust
the town of Achzib.
15 People of Mareshah,
the Lord will send someone
to capture your town.
Then Israel's glorious king
will be forced to hide
in Adullam Cave.
16 Judah, shave your head
as bald as a vulture
and start mourning.
Your precious children
will be dragged off
to a foreign country.
Okutokolwa kwaSamaria naJerusalem
1 Ondjovo yOmwene oyo ya hanga Mika Omumoreset, pomafiku eehamba daJuda Jotam, Ahas naHiskia, ei okwe i monenene Samaria naJerusalem.
2 Oiwana aishe, pwilikineni! Edu ove nouyadi walo, didilika! Omwene Kalunga na kale ondobwedi yeni oku mu pa oushima, Omwene womotembeli yaye iyapuki. 3 Osheshi, tala, Omwene ota di mo monhele yaye ta kulukile poshi, ndele ta ende kombada yoikulundudu yedu. 4 Ndele eemhunda otadi hengumuka koshi yaye nomafilu otaa tende omifya, ngaashi edi tali hekuluka komundilo, ngaashi omeva taa kunguluka komhunda ya yukilila. 5 Ashishe eshi tashi ka ningwa molwomatauluko aJakob nomolwomatimba eumbo laIsrael. Jakob eshi a tauluka, omolwalyelye? HaSamaria mbela? Noikulundudu yomayambo yomuJuda ya dile peni? HaJerusalem mbela? 6 Onghee hano Samaria ohandi ke shi ninga onduba yomamanya moixwa shi ninge onhele yokutwika mo omiviinyu. Nomamanya asho ohandi a alangatifile mefilu nomakanghameno asho ohandi a nyonauna po. 7 Ndele oihongwafano aishe yasho otai ka teyaulwa po, nondjabi yasho aishe she i lilikolela moluhaelo otai ka xwikwa nomundilo, noikalunga yasho aishe Ame ohandi ke i hanauna po, osheshi oya ongelwa mondjabi yoluhaelo, ndele tai ka alulilwa ondjabi yoluhaelo. 8 Omolwaashi ame nda hala okukema nokulila nokweenda ndihe neenghaku nondi li hamunghele. Ame nda hala okukwena ngaashi ouvandje nokunyika oluhodi ngaashi eemho. 9 Oshili, oipute yasho kai shii okuvelulwa. Osheshi tashi hange fiyo okuJuda, fiyo okoshivelo shoshiwana shange, heeno, fiyo okuJerusalem. 10 Inamu shi hepaulula muGat, nye inamu lilila ko nande! Alangateni mondwi yedu muBet-Ofra. 11 Fikameni, mu dje mo, nye oonakukala muShafir, mu li hamunghele mwa fifwa ohoni! Oonakukala muSaanan itava piti mo. Okukema kwaBet-Haesel taku mu imbi okukala mo. 12 Oonakukalamo muMarot tava teelele nokutyololoka va mone ouwa washa, osheshi omupya tau di kOmwene tau kuluka nokuhanga oshivelo shaJerusalem. 13 Oonakukalamo muLakis, mangeleni eenghambe ketemba! Osho ehovelo lokunyona kwomona okakadona kaSion okwa dja mwoove, osheshi mwoove mwa monika omatauluko aIsrael. 14 Onghee to ka lekela Moreset-Gat. Omaumbo omuAksib otaa kengelele eehamba daIsrael. 15 Ame natango tuu ohandi ke ku etela omufyuululi, oove onakukala kuMaresa. Efimano laIsrael tali ka fika fiyo okuAdullam. 16 Ninga epalu pokati komutwe ndele likululila ovamwoye. Epalu loye li kulula linene, li kale ngaashi lonhwa, osheshi vo ova dja po pwoove ndele va ya moupika.
