UMika
3:1 Ngase ngithi: Ake nizwe, O makhanda kaJakobe, nani zikhulu zezwe
indlu ka-Israyeli; Akusikho okwenu ukwazi ukwahlulela?
3:2 Abazonda okuhle, futhi bathanda okubi; abahluthula isikhumba sabo
bona, nenyama yabo emathanjeni abo;
3:3 Futhi abadla inyama yabantu bami, futhi bahlinze isikhumba sabo kubo;
bawaphula amathambo abo, bawaqoba njengezicucu njengekhanzi, futhi
njengenyama phakathi kwembiza.
3:4 Khona-ke bayokhala kuJehova, kodwa ngeke abaphendule
ngisho nokufihla ubuso bakhe kubo ngaleso sikhathi, njengoba benza
kubi ngezenzo zabo.
3:5 Usho kanje uJehova ngokuqondene nabaprofethi abadukisa abantu bami.
abaluma ngamazinyo, bamemeza bathi: Ukuthula; lalowo ongafakiyo
imilomo yabo, bamlungisela impi.
3:6 Ngakho ebusuku kuyoba kini, ukuze ningabi nambono; futhi
kuyakuba mnyama kini, ukuze ningabhuli; nelanga liyakuba
yehlela phezu kwabaprofethi, usuku lube mnyama phezu kwabo.
3:7 Khona-ke ababoni bayojabha, nababhuli bayojabha, yebo, bona
bonke bayovala izindebe zabo; ngoba kakukho impendulo kaNkulunkulu.
3:8 Kodwa ngempela ngigcwele amandla ngoMoya kaJehova nokwahlulela.
namandla okumemezela kuJakobe isiphambeko sakhe, no-Israyeli esakhe
isono.
3:9 Lalelani lokhu, ngiyakuncenga, nina zinhloko zendlu kaJakobe, futhi izikhulu zase
indlu yakwa-Israyeli enendayo ukwahlulela, iphendukezela konke ukulunga.
3:10 Bakha iSiyoni ngegazi, neJerusalema ngobubi.
3:11 Izinhloko zalo zahlulela ukuze uthole umvuzo, futhi abapristi balo bafundisa ngenxa
inkokhelo, nabaprofethi bayo babhula ngemali, kepha bayakwencika
uJehova, nithi: “UJehova akaphakathi kwethu na? akukho okubi okungasehlela.
3:12 Ngakho-ke, ngenxa yenu iSiyoni liyolinywa njengensimu, neJerusalema
iyakuba yizinqwaba, intaba yendlu ibe yizindawo eziphakemeyo
ihlathi.