Leaders and Prophets Rebuked
1Then I said,
“Listen, you leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
2you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
and the flesh from their bones;
3who eat my people’s flesh,
strip off their skin
and break their bones in pieces;
who chop them up like meat for the pan,
like flesh for the pot?”
4Then they will cry out to the Lord,
but he will not answer them.
At that time he will hide his face from them
because of the evil they have done.
5This is what the Lord says:
“As for the prophets
who lead my people astray,
they proclaim ‘peace’
if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
who refuses to feed them.
6Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
and darkness, without divination.
The sun will set for the prophets,
and the day will go dark for them.
7The seers will be ashamed
and the diviners disgraced.
They will all cover their faces
because there is no answer from God.”
8But as for me, I am filled with power,
with the Spirit of the Lord,
and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
to Israel his sin.
9Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
and distort all that is right;
10who build Zion with bloodshed,
and Jerusalem with wickedness.
11Her leaders judge for a bribe,
her priests teach for a price,
and her prophets tell fortunes for money.
Yet they look for the Lord’s support and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No disaster will come upon us.”
12Therefore because of you,
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,
the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.
Atsogoleri ndi Aneneri Adzudzulidwa
1Ndipo ine ndinati,
“Tamverani, inu atsogoleri a Yakobo,
inu olamulira nyumba ya Israeli.
Kodi sindinu oyenera kudziwa kuweruza molungama,
2inu amene mumadana ndi zabwino ndi kukonda zoyipa;
inu amene mumasenda khungu la anthu anga,
ndipo mumakungunula mnofu pa mafupa awo;
3inu amene mumadya anthu anga,
mumasenda khungu lawo
ndi kuphwanya mafupa awo;
inu amene mumawadula nthulinthuli
ngati nyama yokaphika?”
4Pamenepo adzalira kwa Yehova,
koma Iye sadzawayankha.
Nthawi imeneyo Iye adzawabisira nkhope yake
chifukwa cha zoyipa zimene anazichita.
5Yehova akuti,
“Aneneri amene
amasocheretsa anthu anga,
ngati munthu wina awapatsa chakudya
amamufunira ‘mtendere;’
ngati munthu wina sawapatsa zakudya
amamulosera zoyipa.
6Nʼchifukwa chake kudzakuderani,
simudzaonanso masomphenya,
mdima udzakugwerani ndipo simudzawombezanso.
Dzuwa lidzawalowera aneneriwo, ndipo mdima udzawagwera.
7Alosi adzachita manyazi
ndipo owombeza mawula adzanyazitsidwa.
Onse adzaphimba nkhope zawo
chifukwa Mulungu sakuwayankha.”
8Koma kunena za ine, ndadzazidwa ndi mphamvu,
ndi Mzimu wa Yehova,
ndi kulungama, ndi kulimba mtima,
kuti ndilalikire za kugalukira kwa Yakobo,
kwa Israeli za tchimo lake.
9Imvani izi, inu atsogoleri a nyumba ya Yakobo,
inu olamulira nyumba ya Israeli,
inu amene mumadana ndi kuweruza kolungama;
ndipo mumakhotetsa zinthu zonse zolondola;
10inu amene mukumanga Ziyoni pokhetsa magazi,
ndi Yerusalemu ndi kuyipa kwanu.
11Atsogoleri ake amalandira chiphuphu kuti aweruze,
ansembe ake amalandira malipiro kuti alalikire,
ndipo aneneri ake amanenera kuti alandire ndalama.
Komatu amatsamira pa Yehova nʼkumanena kuti,
“Kodi Yehova sali pakati pathu?
Palibe tsoka limene lidzatigwere.”
12Choncho chifukwa cha inu,
Ziyoni adzatipulidwa ngati munda,
Yerusalemu adzasanduka bwinja,
ndipo phiri la Nyumba ya Mulungu lidzasanduka nkhalango yowirira.
