UMika
5:1 Kaloku ngungelanani, ntombi yongungelwano;
baya kumbetha ngentonga umgwebi wakwaSirayeli
isidlele.
5:2 Wena ke, Bhetelehem yase-Efrata, umncinane phakathi kwamawaka
wakwaYuda, ke nakuwe uya kuphuma eze kum lowo usaya kubakho
umlawuli kwaSirayeli; ekuphumeni kwakhe kususela kwamandulo, kususela koko
ngonaphakade.
5:3 Ngako oko uya kubanikela kude kube lixesha lozalayo
ke amasalela abazalwana bakhe bobuyela kwakuwo
oonyana bakaSirayeli.
5:4 Uya kuma, aluse enamandla kaYehova, enobungangamsha
egameni likaYehova uThixo wakhe; bahlale ke; ngokuba ngoku ehleli
ube mkhulu kuse eziphelweni zehlabathi.
5:5 Kwaye le ndoda iya kuba luxolo, xa uAsiriya eza kuthi
Xa enyathela ezingxandeni zethu ezinde, siya kumphakamisa
kuye abalusi abasixhenxe, neenkosi ezisibhozo;
5:6 Kwaye baya kuliphanzisa ilizwe laseAsiriya ngekrele, nelizwe lase-Asiriya
UNimrodi emasangweni ayo; uya kwenjenjalo ukusihlangula esandleni
uAsiriya, xa athe weza ezweni lakowethu, xa anyathelayo phakathi kwethu
imida.
5:7 Kwaye amasalela akwaYakobi baya kuba phakathi kwezizwe ezininzi njengombethe
evela kuYehova, njengamathontsi emvula ebutyanini, engathembele mntwini;
akalinde koonyana babantu.
5:8 Kwaye amasalela kaYakobi baya kuba phakathi kweentlanga phakathi
abantu abaninzi njengengonyama phakathi kwezilo zehlathi, njengengonyama entsha
phakathi kwempahla emfutshane, ethi, ukuba ithe yacanda, inyathele zombini;
uqwenga, kungabikho uhlangulayo.
5:9 Masiphakame isandla sakho, sibe phezu kwababandezeli bakho, nakwesakho sonke
iintshaba ziya kunqunyulwa.
5:10 Kuya kuthi ngaloo mini, utsho uYehova, ndinqumle
emahasheni akho, angabikho phakathi kwakho, ndikutshabalalise
iinqwelo zokulwa:
5:11 Ndoyinqumla imizi yelizwe lakowenu, ndizigungxule zonke iinqaba zakho
ibamba:
5:12 ndibanqamle abakhafuli, bangabikho esandleni sakho; uze ungabi nako
ngakumbi abavumisi:
5:13 Ndoyinqumla imifanekiso yenu eqingqiweyo, nezimiso zenu zamatye, zingabikho
phakathi kwakho; uze ungabi saqubuda kumsebenzi wakho
izandla.
5:14 Ndobanyothula ooAshera bakho, bangabikho phakathi kwakho;
yitshabalalise imizi yakho.
5:15 Ndiya kuphindezela ndinomsindo, ndishushu ezintlangeni
abeva.