Mika 3:1-12
3 Nalandile nati: “Umfweni, mwe ntungulushi sha kwa YakoboNa imwe mwe bakalamba ba bashilika ba mu ng’anda ya kwa Israele.+
Bushe tamufwile ukwishiba umwalola umulinganya?
2 Nomba mwalipata ifisuma,+ lelo mwatemwa ifyabipa;+Mulafunda inkanda ya bantu bandi, kabili mulafumya iminofu ku mafupa yabo.+
3 Mulalya no munofu wa bantu bandi+Kabili mulafunda inkanda yabo,Mulatobaula amafupa yabo, ica kuti yashala fye tupimfya tupimfya,+Kwati mafupa ne nama ifyo baleipika mu mpoto.*
4 Pali ilya nshita bakalilila kuli Yehova pa kuti abafwe,Lelo takabaasuke.
Pali ilya nshita akabafutatila,+Pa mulandu ne fyabipa ifyo bacita.+
5 Ifi e fyo Yehova alanda pali bakasesema abalufya abantu bandi,+Ababilisha ukuti kuli ‘Umutende’+ nga ca kuti nabakwata ifyo balelya*+Lelo nga ca kuti umo akaana ukubapeela ifya kuti balye, balamwimisha inkondo:
6 ‘Mukaba mu mfifi kwati bushiku;+ kabili tamwakamone ifimonwa;+Mukaba fye mu mfifi kabili tamwakalebuka imbuko.
Akasuba kakawila bakasesema,Kabili inshita ya kasuba ikafiita nge nshita ya bushiku.+
7 Abamona ifimonwa bakalengwa insoni,+Kabili ifyo ababuka imbuko benekela tafyakacitike.
Bonse bakafimba pa mwefu wa pa muulu,*Pantu Lesa takabaasuke.’”
8 Lelo ine umupashi wa kwa Yehova naunenga ukuba na maka,Kabili naunenga ukuba no mulinganya e lyo no kushipa,Pa kuti njebe Yakobo pa kupondoka kwakwe na Israele pa lubembu lwakwe.
9 Umfweni ici, mwe ntungulushi sha mu ng’anda ya kwa YakoboNa imwe mwe bakalamba ba bashilika ba mu ng’anda ya kwa Israele,+Mwe bapata umulinganya kabili mwe bafulunganya fyonse ifyalungama,+
10 Mwe basuumya umulopa pa kuti mukuule Sione, kabili mwe bacita ifishalungama pa kuti mukuule Yerusalemu.+
11 Intungulushi shakwe shilapoka amafisakanwa pa kupingula,+Bashimapepo bakwe balalipilisha abo basambilisha,+Kabili bakasesema bakwe balalipilisha indalama* ilyo balebuka imbuko.+
Lelo bashintilila pali Yehova,* kabili batila:
“Bushe Yehova taba na ifwe?+
Tatwakakwate amacushi nangu yamo.”+
12 E ico pa mulandu wenu,Mu Sione bakalimaulamo kwati ni mwi bala,Yerusalemu ikashala imiina ya fitantaala,+Kabili ulupili lwa ng’anda* lukaba nge fifulo fya kupepelapo ifya mu mutengo.*+

