Mika Asiya Kulambira Baba
Mika apaulula kuba siliva ya mai wace; mai wace ansimba mbaipereka kuna Baba wathu — mwakucitisa milungu yakupangwa na iyo. Iye amanga nyumba ya milungu, aikha mwanace ninga nyantsembe, apasa basa Mlevi wakumbuyumbuya, mbalonga kuti Baba wathu ankomerwa. Munthu onsene akhacita pikhaona iye kuti ndi padidi.
17 1Akhalipo mamuna m'bodzi wa ku mapiri a Efraimu, dzina yace Mika. 2Iye apanga mai wace kuti: “Makobiri a parata cikwi na dzana adakwatwa kwako, ale udaatema—ndakubva ukhalonga pyenepi—ona, parata iri na ine; ndine ndaikwata.” Mai wace alonga kuti: “Baba wathu asimbe mwananga.”
3Na tenepo abweza makobiri a parata cikwi na dzana kuna mai wace, iye mbalonga kuti: “Ine ndikupereka parata iyi kuna Baba wathu na manja anga ene, thangwi ya mwananga, toera kucita citsanzo cakusema na mulungu wakuumbwa. Cincino ndisakubwezera.”
4Iye abweza parata kuna mai wace; mai wace akwata makobiri madzana mawiri mbaapasa nyakusema parata, ule acita citsanzo cakusema na mulungu wakuumbwa; pyenepi pikhala m'nyumba mwa Mika.
5Mamuna uyu Mika akhali na mbuto yakulambira, acita efodhi na milungu ya panyumba, mbasankhula m'bodzi wa anace toera akhale nyantsembe wace. 6Mu ntsiku zenezire Izarayeli akhalibe mambo; m'bodzi na m'bodzi akhacita pinthu pyadidi pamaso pace ene. 7Akhalipo mamuna wamphale wa ku Bheteleemu wa ku Yudeya, wa dzinza ya Yuda, akhali Mlevi, mbakhala kweneko. 8Mamuna uyu abuluka ku Bheteleemu wa ku Yudeya toera asake mbuto inango yakukhala, mbapitiriza ulendo wace, mbakwana ku mapiri a Efraimu, ku nyumba ya Mika. 9Mika am'bvundza kuti: “Iwe wabuluka kupi?” Iye atawira kuti: “Ndine Mlevi wa ku Bheteleemu wa ku Yudeya; ndinasaka mbuto yakukhala.”
10Mika alonga kuti: “Khala na ine; khala baba wanga na nyantsembe wanga, pontho ndinakupasa makobiri a parata khumi pa caka, nguwo zako, na cakudya cako.” Na tenepo Mlevi apita. 11Mlevi atawira kukhala na mamuna, mamuna wamphale uyu akhala kwa iye ninga m'bodzi wa anace. 12Mika asankhula Mlevi, mamuna wamphale akhala nyantsembe wace, mbakhala m'nyumba mwa Mika. 13Mika alonga kuti: “Cincino ndadziwa kuti Baba wathu anandicitira pyadidi, thangwi ndiri na Mlevi ninga nyantsembe wanga.” a a v13 Mika ali na cinyindiro cakuti Baba wathu anan'simba thangwi aphata Mlevi toera kutsalakana milungu yace—cinthu cakutsukwalisa ca kuphatisira dzina ya Baba mu kulambira kwakucitwa na ife tene.
