Micah 4 – NIV & CCL

New International Version

Micah 4:1-13

The Mountain of the Lord

1In the last days

the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established

as the highest of the mountains;

it will be exalted above the hills,

and peoples will stream to it.

2Many nations will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,

to the temple of the God of Jacob.

He will teach us his ways,

so that we may walk in his paths.”

The law will go out from Zion,

the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

3He will judge between many peoples

and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.

They will beat their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks.

Nation will not take up sword against nation,

nor will they train for war anymore.

4Everyone will sit under their own vine

and under their own fig tree,

and no one will make them afraid,

for the Lord Almighty has spoken.

5All the nations may walk

in the name of their gods,

but we will walk in the name of the Lord

our God for ever and ever.

The Lord’s Plan

6“In that day,” declares the Lord,

“I will gather the lame;

I will assemble the exiles

and those I have brought to grief.

7I will make the lame my remnant,

those driven away a strong nation.

The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion

from that day and forever.

8As for you, watchtower of the flock,

stronghold4:8 Or hill of Daughter Zion,

the former dominion will be restored to you;

kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.”

9Why do you now cry aloud—

have you no king4:9 Or King?

Has your ruler4:9 Or Ruler perished,

that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?

10Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,

like a woman in labor,

for now you must leave the city

to camp in the open field.

You will go to Babylon;

there you will be rescued.

There the Lord will redeem you

out of the hand of your enemies.

11But now many nations

are gathered against you.

They say, “Let her be defiled,

let our eyes gloat over Zion!”

12But they do not know

the thoughts of the Lord;

they do not understand his plan,

that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

13“Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion,

for I will give you horns of iron;

I will give you hooves of bronze,

and you will break to pieces many nations.”

You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,

their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero

Mika 4:1-13

Phiri la Yehova

1Mʼmasiku otsiriza,

phiri la Nyumba ya Yehova adzalikhazikitsa

kukhala lalitali kuposa mapiri ena onse.

Lidzaonekera pamwamba pa mapiri ena onse,

ndipo anthu amitundu yonse adzathamangira kumeneko.

2Mayiko ambiri adzabwera ndikunena kuti,

“Tiyeni, tikwere ku phiri la Yehova,

ku nyumba ya Mulungu wa Yakobo.

Iye adzatiphunzitsa njira zake,

ndipo tidzayenda mʼnjira zakezo.”

Malangizo adzachokera ku Ziyoni,

mawu a Yehova adzachokera ku Yerusalemu.

3Iye adzaweruza pakati pa anthu amitundu yambiri

ndipo adzathetsa kusamvana pakati pa anthu amphamvu akutali ndi apafupi omwe.

Anthuwo adzasandutsa malupanga awo kukhala makasu

ndiponso mikondo yawo kukhala zomwetera.

Mtundu wina sudzatenganso lupanga kumenyana ndi mtundu wina,

kapena kuphunziranso za nkhondo.

4Munthu aliyense adzakhala pansi pa tsinde pa mtengo wake wa mpesa

ndi pa tsinde pa mtengo wake wamkuyu,

ndipo palibe amene adzawachititse mantha,

pakuti Yehova Wamphamvuzonse wayankhula.

5Mitundu yonse ya anthu

itha kutsatira milungu yawo;

ife tidzayenda mʼnjira za Yehova

Mulungu wathu mpaka muyaya.

Cholinga cha Yehova

6“Tsiku limenelo, Yehova akuti,

“ndidzasonkhanitsa olumala;

ndidzasonkhanitsa pamodzi anthu ochotsedwa

ndiponso amene ndinawalanga.

7Anthu olumalawo ndidzawasandutsa anthu anga otsala.

Anthu amene ndinawachotsa ndidzawasandutsa mtundu wamphamvu.

Yehova adzawalamulira mʼPhiri la Yehova

kuyambira tsiku limenelo mpaka muyaya.

8Kunena za iwe, nsanja ya ziweto zanga,

iwe linga la mwana wamkazi wa Ziyoni,

ulamuliro wako wakale udzabwezeretsedwa kwa iwe;

ufumu udzabwera pa mwana wamkazi wa Yerusalemu.”

9Chifukwa chiyani tsopano ukulira mofuwula,

kodi ulibe mfumu?

Kodi phungu wako wawonongedwa,

kotero kuti ululu wako uli ngati wa mayi amene akubereka?

10Gubuduka ndi ululu, iwe mwana wamkazi wa Ziyoni,

ngati mayi pa nthawi yake yobereka,

pakuti tsopano muyenera kuchoka mu mzinda

ndi kugona kunja kwa mzindawo.

Udzapita ku Babuloni;

kumeneko udzapulumutsidwa,

kumeneko Yehova adzakuwombola

mʼmanja mwa adani ako.

11Koma tsopano mitundu yambiri ya anthu

yasonkhana kulimbana nawe.

Iwo akuti, “Tiyeni timudetse,

maso athu aone chiwonongeko cha Ziyoni!”

12Koma iwo sakudziwa

maganizo a Yehova;

iwo sakuzindikira cholinga chake,

Iye amene amawatuta ngati mitolo ya tirigu ku malo opunthira tirigu.

13“Imirira, puntha, iwe mwana wamkazi wa Ziyoni,

pakuti ndidzakupatsa nyanga zachitsulo;

ndidzakupatsa ziboda zamkuwa

ndipo udzaphwanya mitundu yambiri ya anthu.”

Phindu lawo lolipeza molakwikalo udzalipereka kwa Yehova,

chuma chawo kwa Yehova wa dziko lonse lapansi.