Amosi 3
1 Inu Aisraeli, imvani mawu awa amene Yehova wayankhula kutsutsana nanu, kutsutsana ndi banja lonse limene analitulutsa mu Igupto:
Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
2 “Inu nokha ndi amene ndinakusankhani pakati pa mabanja onse a dziko lapansi; nʼchifukwa chake ndidzakulangani chifukwa cha machimo anu onse.”
“I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”
3 Kodi anthu awiri nʼkuyendera limodzi asanapangane?
Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
4 Kodi mkango umabangula mʼnkhalango usanagwire nyama? Kodi msona wamkango umalira mʼphanga mwake pamene sunagwire kanthu?
Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
5 Kodi mbalame nʼkutera pa msampha pamene palibe nyambo yake? Kodi msampha umafwamphuka usanakole kanthu?
Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?
6 Kodi pamene lipenga la nkhondo lalira mu mzinda, anthu sanjenjemera? Pamene tsoka lafika mu mzinda, kodi si Yehova amene wachititsa zimenezo?
Does the shofar alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn’t done it?
7 Zoonadi Ambuye Yehova sachita kanthu asanawulule zimene akufuna kuchita kwa atumiki ake, aneneri.
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
8 Mkango wabangula, ndani amene sachita mantha? Ambuye Yehova wayankhula, ndani amene sanganenere?
The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?
9 Lengezani zimenezi ku nyumba zaufumu za ku Asidodi ndiponso ku nyumba zaufumu za ku Igupto: “Sonkhanani ku mapiri a ku Samariya; onani chisokonezo pakati pake ndiponso kuponderezana pakati pa anthu ake.”
Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is amongst them.”
10 “Iwo sadziwa kuchita zolungama, ndipo amadzaza malo awo otetezedwa ndi zinthu zolanda ku nkhondo ndi zakuba,” akutero Yehova.
“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says the LORD, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
11 Nʼchifukwa chake Ambuye Yehova akunena izi: “Mdani adzalizungulira dzikoli; iye adzagwetsa malinga ako, ndi kufunkha nyumba zako zaufumu.”
Therefore the Lord GOD says: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.”
12 Yehova akuti, “Monga mʼbusa amalanditsa mʼkamwa mwa mkango miyendo iwiri yokha kapena msonga yokha ya khutu, moteronso ndimo mmene adzapulumukire Aisraeli amene amakhala mu Samariya pa msonga za mabedi awo, ndi ku Damasiko pa akakhutagona awo.”
The LORD says: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.”
13 “Imvani izi ndipo mupereke umboni wotsutsa nyumba ya Yakobo,” akutero Ambuye, Yehova Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse.
“Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.
14 “Pa tsiku limene ndidzalange Israeli chifukwa cha machimo ake, ndidzagumula maguwa ansembe a ku Beteli; nyanga za guwa zidzathyoka ndipo zidzagwa pansi.
“For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15 Ndidzagwetsa nyumba ya pa nthawi yozizira pamodzi ndi nyumba ya pa nthawi yotentha; nyumba zokongoletsedwa ndi minyanga ya njovu zidzawonongedwa ndipo nyumba zikuluzikulu zidzaphwasulidwa,” akutero Yehova.
I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” says the LORD.
