Mika
3 Nalandile nati: “Umfweni, mwe ntungulushi sha kwa Yakobo
Na imwe mwe bakalamba ba bashilika ba mu ng’anda ya kwa Israele.+
Bushe tamufwile ukwishiba umwalola umulinganya?
2 Nomba mwalipata ifisuma,+ lelo mwatemwa ifyabipa;+
Mulafunda inkanda ya bantu bandi, kabili mulafumya iminofu ku mafupa yabo.+
3 Mulalya no munofu wa bantu bandi+
Kabili mulafunda inkanda yabo,
Mulatobaula amafupa yabo, ica kuti yashala fye tupimfya tupimfya,+
Kwati mafupa ne nama ifyo baleipika mu mpoto.*
4 Pali ilya nshita bakalilila kuli Yehova pa kuti abafwe,
Lelo takabaasuke.
5 Ifi e fyo Yehova alanda pali bakasesema abalufya abantu bandi,+
Ababilisha ukuti kuli ‘Umutende’+ nga ca kuti nabakwata ifyo balelya*+
Lelo nga ca kuti umo akaana ukubapeela ifya kuti balye, balamwimisha inkondo:
6 ‘Mukaba mu mfifi kwati bushiku;+ kabili tamwakamone ifimonwa;+
Mukaba fye mu mfifi kabili tamwakalebuka imbuko.
Akasuba kakawila bakasesema,
Kabili inshita ya kasuba ikafiita nge nshita ya bushiku.+
Bonse bakafimba pa mwefu wa pa muulu,*
Pantu Lesa takabaasuke.’”
8 Lelo ine umupashi wa kwa Yehova naunenga ukuba na maka,
Kabili naunenga ukuba no mulinganya e lyo no kushipa,
Pa kuti njebe Yakobo pa kupondoka kwakwe na Israele pa lubembu lwakwe.
9 Umfweni ici, mwe ntungulushi sha mu ng’anda ya kwa Yakobo
Na imwe mwe bakalamba ba bashilika ba mu ng’anda ya kwa Israele,+
Mwe bapata umulinganya kabili mwe bafulunganya fyonse ifyalungama,+
10 Mwe basuumya umulopa pa kuti mukuule Sione, kabili mwe bacita ifishalungama pa kuti mukuule Yerusalemu.+
11 Intungulushi shakwe shilapoka amafisakanwa pa kupingula,+
Bashimapepo bakwe balalipilisha abo basambilisha,+
Kabili bakasesema bakwe balalipilisha indalama* ilyo balebuka imbuko.+
Lelo bashintilila pali Yehova,* kabili batila:
“Bushe Yehova taba na ifwe?+
Tatwakakwate amacushi nangu yamo.”+