Mika

5 “Iye zvino uri kuzvicheka-cheka,

Iwe mwanasikana ari kurwiswa;

Takombwa nemuvengi.+

 2 Uye iwe Bhetrehema Efrata,+

Iwe mudiki chaizvo zvekuti haukodzeri kuva pakati pezviuru zvaJudha,*

Kwauri kuchabva munhu achava mutongi muIsraeri+ achindimiririra;

Mavambo ake ndeekare kare, ndewemazuva ekare kare.

 3 Saka achavaisa mumaoko emuvengi

Kusvikira mukadzi achasununguka mwana asununguka.

 4 Achasimuka ofudza makwai nesimba raJehovha,+

Muzita rine mbiri raJehovha Mwari wake.

Vachagara zvakanaka vasina chekutya,+

Nekuti ukuru hwake huchazivikanwa kumigumo yenyika.+

Kana muAsiriya akapinda munyika yedu nechisimba otsika mushongwe dzedu dzakavakwa zvakasimba,+

Tichamumutsira vafudzi vanomwe, chokwadi tichamumutsira machinda masere* pakati pevanhu, kuti varwe naye.

 6 Vachafudza nyika yeAsiriya nebakatwa,+

Nenyika yaNimrodhi+ munzvimbo dzekupinda nadzo mairi.

Pachapinda muAsiriya munyika yedu nechisimba, otsika-tsika nharaunda yedu,

Iye achatinunura.+

 7 Vanhu vaJakobho vanenge vasara

Vachaita sedova rinobva kuna Jehovha pakati pemarudzi mazhinji,

Semvura inonaya zvinhu zvinomera.

Vachaita sedova nemvura zvisingatarisiri kuunzwa nemunhu

Kana kumirira vanakomana vevanhu.

 8 Vanhu vaJakobho vanenge vasara

Vachaita seshumba iri pakati pemhuka dzesango vari pakati pemarudzi,

Iwo marudzi mazhinji,

Seshumba ine simba* pakati pemapoka emakwai,

Iyo inopfuura nepaari yoabata akavarairwa yoabvambura-bvambura

Pasina anoanunura.

 9 Muchasimudza ruoko rwenyu rwova pamusoro pemhandu dzenyu,

Uye vavengi venyu vese vachaparadzwa.”

10 “Zuva iroro,” ndizvo zvinotaurwa naJehovha,

“Ndichaparadza mabhiza ako ndoparadza ngoro dzako.

11 Ndichaparadza maguta emunyika yako

Ndoputsa nzvimbo dzako dzese dzakavakwa zvakasimba.

12 Ndichapedza uroyi hwako,

Uye hapana anoita zvemashiripiti achasara mauri.+

13 Ndichaparadza shongwe dzako nemifananidzo yako yakavezwa,

Uye ucharega kupfugamira zvinhu zvawakagadzira.+

14 Ndichadzura mapango ako anoyera,*+

Ndoparadza maguta ako.

15 Ndichatsiva marudzi asina kuteerera

Ndakatsamwa uye ndakashatirwa.”