Mika
3 Munabugha niti: “Kisi, muhulikirire, inywe bakulu b’omo kihanda kya Yakobo,
N’inywe bakomanda b’Abaisraeli!
Simwasi ngoko litolere imwaminya ekitunganene?
2 Ibwa mukapona ekyuwene, imwanza ekibi;
Mukalusaya oko bandu baghe kw’engobi n’eminyoku eyiri oko makuha wabo.
3 Mukalya n’eminyoku y’oko bandu baghe,
Kandi mukalusaya kubo kw’engobi,
Mukatsutsanga amakuha wabo n’eriponda-pondagho,
Ng’ebikahukawa omo nyungu,* ng’enyama eyikahukawa omo nyungu.
4 Oko mughulu oyo, bakendisyalakira Yehova bati abawatikaye,
Aliwe syendisyasubiryabo.
Oko mughulu oyo, akendisyababisa obusu bwiwe,
Busana n’ebibi byabo.
5 Bino byo Yehova akabugha oko baminyereri abakaheraya abandu baghe,
Abakabugha bati, ‘Hali obuholo!’ ibanemutakunya,*
Kandi ibwa ibanemubugha bati bakendilwa* n’oyutalyahira omo buno bwabo mw’ekindu:
6 ‘Mukendisyabya omo mwirimya ng’omo kiro; simwendisyalangira esyonzoli;
Mukendisyabya omo mwirimya musa-musa, simwendisyatoka n’erilaghula.
Eryuba rikendisyalengera oko baminyereri,
Eritungyi rikendisyabya mwirimya okw’ibo.
7 Abakalangira esyonzoli bakendisyahemuka,
N’abalaghuli bakendisyabunika mutima.
8 Aliwe ingye, ekirimu kya Yehova kyabirinisulyamo akaghala,
Kyabirinisulyamo eritunganene n’obutoki,
Nitoke erikangania Yakobo ekosa yiwe na Israeli erilolo riwe.
9 Kisi, muhulikirire omwatsi ono, inywe bakulu b’omo kihanda kya Yakobo
N’inywe bakomanda b’Abaisraeli,
Inywe muponire eritunganene kandi inywe mukahengemaya ebyosi ebilungukere,
10 Inywe mukahimba Sioni omo bwiti n’erihimba Yerusalema omo ritatunganene.
11 Abasondoli* babo bakaligha ekyutuliro bakatswera,
N’abahereri babo bakakangiriraya oko franga,
N’abiminyereri babo bakalaghulira oko franga.*
Aliwe bakayipara-para bati bayiketere Yehova, omw’ibugha bati:
“Yehova syali haghuma netu?
Sihali obuhanya obukendisyatuhikira.”