1Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. 2But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.5.2 everlasting: Heb. the days of eternity 3Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
4¶ And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.5.4 feed: or, rule 5And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.5.5 principal: Heb. princes of 6And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.5.6 waste: Heb. eat up5.6 in the…: or, with her own naked swords
7And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
8¶ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.5.8 sheep: or, goats 9Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. 10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: 11And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: 12And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: 13Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.5.13 standing…: or, statues 14And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.5.14 cities: or, enemies 15And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
Mũthamaki kuuma Bethilehemu
15:1 Maca 3:30Thagathaga mbũtũ ciaku cia mbaara,
wee itũũra inene rĩa mbũtũ cia mbaara,
nĩgũkorwo matũrigiicĩirie matũũkĩrĩre.
Nĩmakaringa mwathi wa Isiraeli
rũthĩa-inĩ na rũthanju.
25:2 Joh 7:42; Thab 102:25“No rĩrĩ, wee Bethilehemu Efiratha,
o na harĩa arĩ we mũnini mũno mĩhĩrĩga-inĩ ya Juda,
thĩinĩ waku nĩkuo gũkoima
ũrĩa ũgaatuĩka mwathi wa Isiraeli,
ũrĩa kĩhumo gĩake nĩ gĩa kuuma tene,
kuuma mĩndĩ na mĩndĩ.”
3Tondũ ũcio, Isiraeli nĩagatiganĩrio
nginya ihinda rĩkinye,
rĩrĩa ũrĩa ũraarũmwo agaaciara,
nao ariũ-a-ithe arĩa angĩ
magaacookerera andũ a Isiraeli.
45:4 Isa 40:11; Ezek 34:11-15Nĩagookĩra arĩithie rũũru rwa mbũri ciake
arĩ na hinya wa Jehova,
na ũnene wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova Ngai wake.
Nao nĩmagatũũra marĩ agitĩre, nĩgũkorwo hĩndĩ ĩyo
ũnene wake ũgaakinya o nginya ituri ciothe cia thĩ.
55:5 Isa 9:6; Akol 1:19-20Nake nĩagatuĩka thayũ wao.
Ũhonokania na Mwanangĩko
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Ashuri makaahithũkĩra bũrũri witũ,
na matuĩkanĩrie ciĩhitho ciitũ nũmu,
nĩtũkamaarahũrĩra arĩithi mũgwanja,
o na anene anana mamokĩrĩre.
65:6 Kĩam 10:8; Zef 2:13Nĩmagaatha bũrũri wa Ashuri na rũhiũ rwa njora;
maathe bũrũri wa Nimurodi na hiũ cia njora icomoretwo.
Nĩagatũhonokia kuuma kũrĩ Aashuri
hĩndĩ ĩrĩa magaatharĩkĩra bũrũri witũ
na matuĩkanĩirie mĩhaka-inĩ iitũ.
75:7 Mik 2:12; Isa 44:4Matigari ma Jakubu magaatuĩka
ta ime riumĩte harĩ Jehova
gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ,
o na ta mbura ya rũthuthuũ yurĩte nyeki-inĩ,
ĩrĩa ĩtarehagwo nĩ mũndũ kana ĩkoirio nĩ andũ.
85:8 Hos 5:14; Thab 50:22Matigari ma Jakubu magaakoragwo gatagatĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ,
o gatagatĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ,
ta mũrũũthi ũrĩ thĩinĩ wa nyamũ cia mũtitũ,
na ta kĩana kĩa mũrũũthi kĩrĩ thĩinĩ wa ndũũru cia ngʼondu,
kĩrĩa gĩthiiaga gĩgĩcitihangagia na gĩgĩcitambuuraga
na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩcihonokia.
95:9 Thab 10:12Guoko gwaku nĩgũkambarario na igũrũ kuonanie ũhootani harĩ thũ ciaku,
na amuku aku othe nĩmakaniinwo.
105:10 Hos 14:3; Zek 9:10Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Mũthenya ũcio-rĩ,
“nĩngananga mbarathi ciaku ikweherere biũ,
nacio ngaari ciaku cia ita ndĩcitharie.
11Nĩngananga matũũra marĩa manene ma bũrũri wanyu,
na tharũrie ciĩhitho iria nũmu cianyu ciothe.
125:12 Gũcook 18:10-12; Isa 2:6Nĩngananga ũgo wanyu,
na mũtigacooka kũragũra rĩngĩ.
135:13 Hos 10:2; Zek 13:2Nĩngananga mĩhianano yanyu ya gwacũhio,
na nyanange mahiga manyu marĩa maamũre mũrĩ namo;
mũtigacooka kũinamĩrĩra
wĩra wa moko manyu rĩngĩ.
145:14 Thaam 34:13; 2Ath 17:10Itugĩ cia Ashera iria mũrĩ nacio nĩngacimunya
na momore matũũra manyu manene.
155:15 Isa 65:12Nĩngerĩhĩria ndĩ na marakara na mangʼũrĩ
kũrĩ ndũrĩrĩ iria itanjathĩkagĩra.”
