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.