Micah 5

Umbusi Othenjisiweyo Ovela EBhethilehema

1Hlomisa amabutho akho, wena dolobho lamabutho,
ngoba sesivinjezelwe.
Bazatshaya umbusi wako-Israyeli
esihlathini ngomqwayi.

2“Kodwa wena Bhethilehema Efrathi,
lanxa umncinyane phakathi kwezizwana zakoJuda,
kuwe kuzavela
ozakuba ngumbusi wako-Israyeli,
omdabuko wakhe ngowasekadeni,
kusukela ezikhathini zendulo.”

3Ngakho u-Israyeli uzadelwa
kuze kube yisikhathi sokuthi lowo ohelelwayo abelethe,
laba abafowabo bonke baphenduke
ukuzahlangana labako-Israyeli.

4Uzakuma eluse umhlambi wakhe
ngamandla kaThixo,
ngobukhosi bebizo likaThixo uNkulunkulu wakhe.
Bazahlala ngokuvikeleka, ngoba lapho
udumo lwakhe luzafika emikhawulweni yomhlaba.

5Uzakuba yikuthula kwabo.

Ukukhululwa Lokuchithwa

Lapho umʼAsiriya ehlasela ilizwe lethu
edabula phakathi kwezinqaba zethu,
sizamvusela abelusi abayisikhombisa,
kanye labakhokheli babantu abayisificaminwembili.
6Bazabusa ilizwe lase-Asiriya ngenkemba,
ilizwe likaNimrodi behlome ngenkemba,
uzasikhulula kumʼAsiriya
lapho ehlasela ilizwe lethu
engena phakathi kwemingcele yethu.

7Insalela zabakoJakhobe zizakuba
phakathi kwezizwe ezinengi
njengamazolo avela kuThixo,
lanjengemkhizo phezu kotshani,
okungalindeli muntu
kumbe kuhlalele abantu.
8Insalela zabakoJakhobe zizakuba phakathi kwezizwe,
phakathi kwabantu abanengi,
njengesilwane phakathi kwezinyamazana zegusu,
lanjengeguqa lesilwane phakathi komhlambi wezimvu,
esidlithizayo sidabule ekuhambeni kwaso,
kungekho ongahlenga.
9Isandla sakho sizaphakanyiselwa phezulu ngokunqoba izitha zakho,
njalo zonke izitha zakho zizachithwa.
10“Ngalolosuku,” kutsho uThixo,

“ngizabhubhisa amabhiza enu phakathi kwenu
ngibhidlize lezinqola zenu zempi.
11Ngizachitha amadolobho elizwe lenu
ngibhidlize lezinqaba zenu zonke.
12Ngizachitha ubuthakathi benu
njalo kalisayikukhunkula futhi.
13Ngizachitha izithombe zenu ezabazwayo
lamatshe enu okukhonza phakathi kwenu;
kalisayi kuwukhothamela futhi
umsebenzi wezandla zenu.
14Ngizasiphula phakathi kwenu izinsika zenu zika-Ashera,
ngidilize lamadolobho enu.
15Ngizaphindisela ngentukuthelo
langolaka ezizweni ezingangilalelanga.”