The Lord Warns Israel’s Leaders and Prophets
1Then I said,
“Listen, you leaders of Jacob’s people!
Pay attention, you rulers of Israel!
You should want to judge others fairly.
2But you hate what is good.
And you love what is evil.
You are like someone
who tears the skin off my people.
You pull the meat off their bones.
3You eat my people’s bodies.
You strip off their skin.
You break their bones in pieces.
You chop them up like meat.
You put them in a cooking pot.”
4The time will come when Israel
will cry out to the Lord.
But he won’t answer them.
In fact, he’ll turn his face away from them.
They have done what is evil.
5The Lord says,
“The prophets are those
who lead my people astray.
If my people feed them,
the prophets promise them peace.
If my people do not feed them,
the prophets prepare to go to war against them.
6So night will come on the prophets.
But they will not have any visions.
Darkness will cover them.
But they will not be able
to figure out what is going to happen.
The sun will set on the prophets.
The day will become dark for them.
7Those who see visions will be put to shame.
Those who try to figure out what is going to happen
will be dishonored.
All of them will cover their faces.
I will not answer them.”
8The Spirit of the Lord
has filled me with power.
He helps me do what is fair.
He makes me brave.
Now I’m prepared to tell Jacob’s people
what they’ve done wrong.
I’m ready to tell Israel they’ve sinned.
9Listen to me, you leaders of Jacob’s people!
Pay attention, you rulers of Israel!
You hate to do what is fair.
You twist everything that is right.
10You build up Zion by spilling the blood of others.
You build Jerusalem by doing what is evil.
11Your judges take money from people
who want special favors.
Your priests teach only if they get paid for it.
Your prophets won’t tell fortunes
unless they receive money.
But you still look for the Lord’s help.
You say, “The Lord is with us.
No trouble will come on us.”
12So because of what you have done,
Zion will be plowed up like a field.
Jerusalem will be turned into a pile of trash.
The temple hill will be covered with bushes and weeds.
Viongozi Na Manabii Wakemewa
13:1 Yer 5:5Kisha nikasema,
“Sikilizeni enyi viongozi wa Yakobo,
enyi watawala wa nyumba ya Israeli.
Je, hampaswi kujua hukumu,
23:2 Za 53:4; Eze 22:27ninyi mnaochukia mema
na kupenda maovu;
ninyi mnaowachuna watu wangu ngozi
na kuondoa nyama kwenye mifupa yao;
33:3 Za 14:4; Sef 3:3; Ay 24:14; Eze 11:7; 24:4-5; 34:4ninyi mnaokula nyama ya watu wangu,
mnaowachuna ngozi
na kuvunja mifupa yao vipande vipande;
mnaowakatakata kama nyama
ya kuwekwa kwenye sufuria
na kama nyama
ya kuwekwa kwenye chungu?”
43:4 Kum 1:45; 31:17; 1Sam 8:18; Yer 11:11; Isa 58:4; Mit 1:28; Ay 15:31; Eze 8:18Kisha watamlilia Bwana,
lakini hatawajibu.
Wakati huo atawaficha uso wake
kwa sababu ya uovu waliotenda.
53:5 Isa 3:12; 9:16; 53:6; 56:10; Mt 7:15; Yer 4:10Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:
“Kuhusu manabii wanaowapotosha watu wangu,
mtu akiwalisha,
wanatangaza ‘amani’;
kama hakufanya hivyo,
wanaandaa kupigana vita dhidi yake.
63:6 Isa 8:19-22; 29:10; Eze 7:26; 12:24Kwa hiyo usiku utawajieni, msiweze kuwa na maono,
na giza, msiweze kubashiri.
Jua litawachwea manabii hao,
nao mchana utakuwa giza kwao.
73:7 Yer 6:15; Mik 7:16; Isa 44:25; Es 6:12; Za 74:9; Amu 8:11; Law 13:45; Eze 20:3Waonaji wataaibika
na waaguzi watafedheheka.
Wote watafunika nyuso zao
kwa sababu hakuna jibu litokalo kwa Mungu.”
83:8 1Kor 2:1, 4; Isa 58:1; 57:12; 61:2Lakini kuhusu mimi, nimejazwa nguvu,
nimejazwa Roho wa Bwana,
haki na uweza,
kumtangazia Yakobo kosa lake,
na Israeli dhambi yake.
93:9 Isa 58:1-2; 1:23Sikieni hili, enyi viongozi wa nyumba ya Yakobo,
enyi watawala wa nyumba ya Israeli,
mnaodharau haki
na kupotosha kila lililo sawa;
103:10 Yer 22:13, 17; Isa 59:7; Mik 7:2; Hab 2:12; Nah 3:1; Eze 22:27mnaojenga Sayuni kwa kumwaga damu
na Yerusalemu kwa uovu.
113:11 Kut 23:8; Law 19:15; Mal 2:9; Eze 22:12; Mik 7:3; Yer 6:13; 1Tim 1:11; 1Sam 4:5-6; Eze 13:19; 34:2; Isa 1:23; 10:20; 56:11; Yer 6:13; 7:4; Mao 4:13; Hos 4:8, 18Viongozi wake wanahukumu kwa rushwa,
na makuhani wake wanafundisha kwa malipo,
nao manabii wake wanatabiri kwa fedha.
Hata hivyo wanamwegemea Bwana na kusema,
“Je, Bwana si yumo miongoni mwetu?
Hakuna maafa yatakayotupata.”
123:12 2Fal 25:9; Isa 6:11; Mik 1:6; Za 79:1; Yer 52:13; 22:6; Mao 5:18; Eze 5:14Kwa hiyo kwa sababu yenu,
Sayuni italimwa kama shamba,
Yerusalemu itakuwa lundo la kokoto,
na kilima cha Hekalu
kitakuwa kichuguu
kilichofunikwa na vichaka.
