Kikuyu Contemporary BibleBerean Standard Bible

1. 1KIKTa iguai ũhoro ũyũ, inyuĩ nyũmba ya Isiraeli, mũigue ngĩcakaya nĩ ũndũ wanyu:BSBBSB: Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
2. 2KIK“Mũirĩtu gathirange, nĩwe Isiraeli, nĩagwĩte, na ndagookĩra rĩngĩ, atiganĩirio bũrũri-nĩ wake mwene, hatarĩ na mũndũ wa kũmũũkĩria.”BSBBSB: “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
3. 3KIKMwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Itũũra inene rĩrĩa rĩatũmaga thigari ngiri cia Isiraeli-rĩ, no thigari igana igaatigara; narĩo itũũra rĩrĩa rĩatũmaga thigari igana-rĩ, no thigari ikũmi igaatigara.”BSBBSB: This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will have but a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”
4. 4KIKJehova ekwĩra nyũmba ya Isiraeli atĩrĩ: “Njariai mũtũũre muoyo;BSBBSB: For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
5. 5KIKtigai kũrongooria Betheli, tigai gũthiĩ Giligali, na mũtikanyiite rũgendo rwa gũthiĩ Birishiba. Tondũ andũ a Giligali ti-itherũ nĩmagatahwo, na andũ a Betheli matuuo kĩndũ hatarĩ.”BSBBSB: Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
6. 6KIKRongoriai Jehova, mũtũũre muoyo, ndakae gũtuthũkĩra nyũmba ya Jusufu ta mwaki; naguo mwaki ũcio nĩũkaniinana, nakuo Betheli kwage mũndũ ũngĩhota kũũhoria.BSBBSB: Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
7. 7KIKInyuĩ arĩa mũgarũraga kĩhooto gĩgatuĩka ũrũrũ, na mũkarangĩrĩria ũthingu thĩBSBBSB: There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
8. 8KIK(we ũrĩa wombire njata iria ciĩtagwo Kĩrĩmĩra na Karaũ, o we ũrĩa ũgarũraga nduma ndumanu ĩgatuĩka rũciinĩ, na agatumania mũthenya ũgatuĩka ũtukũ, ũrĩa wĩtaga maaĩ ma iria rĩrĩa inene akamaitũrũra gũkũ thĩ-rĩ: Jehova nĩrĩo rĩĩtwa rĩake;BSBBSB: He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
9. 9KIKareehagĩra kĩĩhitho kĩrũmu mwanangĩko o rĩmwe ta rũheni, narĩo itũũra inene rĩrĩa rĩirigĩre akarĩanangithia),BSBBSB: He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.
10. 10KIKinyuĩ mũthũũraga ũrĩa ũkananagia maũndũ iciirĩro-inĩ, nake ũrĩa waragia ũhoro wa ma mũkamũmena.BSBBSB: There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
11. 11KIKMũrangagĩrĩria mũthĩĩni, na mũkamũtunya ngano na hinya. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, o na gũtuĩka nĩmwakĩte nyũmba nene cia mahiga-rĩ, mũtigacitũũra; o na gũtuĩka nĩmũhaandĩte mĩgũnda mĩega ya mĩthabibũ-rĩ, mũtikanyua ndibei yayo.BSBBSB: Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
12. 12KIKTondũ niĩ nĩnjũũĩ ũrĩa mahĩtia manyu maigana, na ngamenya ũrĩa mehia manyu marĩ manene. Inyuĩ mũhinyagĩrĩria andũ arĩa athingu, na mũkaamũkĩra mahaki, na mũkaagithia athĩĩni kĩhooto maciirĩro-inĩ.BSBBSB: For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
13. 13KIKTondũ ũcio mũndũ ũrĩa mũbacĩrĩri no gũkira akiraga ki mahinda ta macio, tondũ nĩ mahinda mooru.BSBBSB: Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
14. 14KIKRongoriai maũndũ marĩa mega, no ti marĩa mooru, nĩguo mũtũũre muoyo. Nake Jehova Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩarĩkoragwo hamwe na inyuĩ, o ta ũrĩa mũtũire muugaga.BSBBSB: Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
15. 15KIKThũũrai maũndũ marĩa mooru, mwendage marĩa mega; tũũriai kĩhooto maciirĩro-inĩ. Jehova Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ahota kũiguĩra matigari ma Jusufu tha.BSBBSB: Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
16. 16KIKTondũ ũcio-rĩ, Jehova Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, o we Mwathani, ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Nĩgũkaagĩa na mũcakayo njĩra-inĩ ciothe iria nene, na kĩrĩro kĩa ruo rwa ngoro ihaaro-inĩ ciothe. Arĩmi nĩmagatũmanĩrwo moke marĩre, nao arĩa macakayaga moke macakae.BSBBSB: Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.
17. 17KIKNĩgũkaagĩa mũcakayo mĩgũnda-inĩ yothe ya mĩthabibũ, nĩgũkorwo nĩngatuĩkanĩria gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.BSBBSB: There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.
18. 18KIKKaĩ inyuĩ mwĩriragĩria mũthenya wa Jehova mũrĩ na haaro-ĩ! Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmaga mwĩrirĩrie mũthenya ũcio wa Jehova? Mũthenya ũcio ũgaatuĩka nduma, no ti ũtheri.BSBBSB: Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
19. 19KIKŨgaatuĩka ta mũndũ akĩũrĩra mũrũũthi, agatũngana na nduba, kana atoonye nyũmba yake, nake aigĩrĩra guoko gwake rũthingo-inĩ, arũmwo nĩ nyoka.BSBBSB: It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
20. 20KIKGithĩ mũthenya ũcio wa Jehova ndũgaagĩtuĩka nduma, no ti ũtheri; ĩĩ, nduma ndumanu, gũtarĩ na mũrũri wa ũtheri?BSBBSB: Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
21. 21KIK“Niĩ nĩthũire na nganyarara ciathĩ cianyu; ndingĩkirĩrĩria ciũngano cianyu.BSBBSB: “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
22. 22KIKO na mũngĩndehera maruta ma njino, na maruta ma ngano-rĩ, ndikametĩkĩra. O na mũngĩkarehe maruta marĩa mega ma ũiguano-rĩ, ndikamarũmbũiya.BSBBSB: Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.
23. 23KIKThengiai inegene rĩu rĩa nyĩmbo cianyu! Ndigathikĩrĩria mĩgambo ya inanda cianyu cia mũgeeto.BSBBSB: Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24. 24KIKNo kĩhooto nĩkĩrekwo gĩthererage ta rũũĩ, na ũthingu ũthererage ta karũũĩ gatahũũaga.BSBBSB: But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
25. 25KIK“Inyuĩ nyũmba ya Isiraeli-rĩ, nĩmwandutagĩra magongona na maruta mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna mũrĩ kũu werũ-inĩ?BSBBSB: Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
26. 26KIKNĩmũtũũgĩrĩtie ihooero rĩa mũthamaki wanyu, o na njikarĩro ya mĩhianano yanyu, o njata ĩyo ya ngai yanyu, ĩrĩa mwethondekeire inyuĩ ene.BSBBSB: You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.
27. 27KIKTondũ ũcio-rĩ, nĩngatũma mũtahwo mũtwarwo mbere ya Dameski,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga, ũrĩa wĩtagwo Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.BSBBSB: Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.