Amosi 5
1 Israeli, imva mawu awa, nyimbo ya maliro imene ndikuyimba za iweyo:
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:
2 “Namwali Israeli wagwa, moti sadzadzukanso, wasiyidwa mʼdziko lake lomwe, popanda woti ndi kumudzutsa.”
“The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”
3 Ambuye Yehova akuti, “Mzinda umene udzapite ku nkhondo ndi anthu 1,000 amphamvu udzatsala ndi anthu 100 okha; mzinda umene udzapite ku nkhondo ndi anthu 100 amphamvu udzatsala ndi anthu khumi okha basi.”
For the Lord GOD says: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
4 Zimene Yehova akunena kwa nyumba ya Israeli ndi izi: “Mundifunefune kuti mukhale ndi moyo;
For the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;
5 musafunefune Beteli, musapite ku Giligala, musapite ku Beeriseba. Pakuti Giligala adzatengedwa ndithu kupita ku ukapolo, ndipo Beteli adzawonongekeratu.”
but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
6 Funani Yehova kuti mukhale ndi moyo, mukapanda kutero Iye adzatentha nyumba ya Yosefe ngati moto; motowo udzawononga, ndipo sipadzakhala wina wozimitsa motowo ku Beteli.
Seek the LORD, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
7 Inu amene mumasandutsa chiweruzo cholungama kukhala chowawa ndi kunyoza chilungamo.
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
8 (Iye amene analenga nyenyezi za Nsangwe ndi Akamwiniatsatana, amene amasandutsa mdima kuti ukhale mmawa ndi kudetsa usana kuti ukhale usiku, amene amayitana madzi a mʼnyanja ndi kuwathira pa dziko lapansi, Yehova ndiye dzina lake.
Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,
9 Iyeyo amabweretsa chiwonongeko modzidzimutsa pa anthu amphamvu ndi kuwononga mizinda yotetezedwa),
who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.
10 inu mumadana ndi amene amadzudzula mʼbwalo la milandu ndi kunyoza amene amanena zoona.
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
11 Mumapondereza munthu wosauka ndi kumukakamiza kuti akupatseni tirigu. Nʼchifukwa chake, ngakhale mwamanga nyumba zamiyala yosema, inuyo simudzakhalamo. Ngakhale mwalima minda yabwino ya mphesa, inu simudzamwa vinyo wake.
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
12 Pakuti Ine ndikudziwa kuchuluka kwa zolakwa zanu ndi kukula kwa machimo anu. Inu mumapondereza anthu olungama ndi kulandira ziphuphu ndipo anthu osauka simuwaweruza mwachilungamo mʼmabwalo anu amilandu.
For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
13 Nʼchifukwa chake pa nthawi yotere munthu wanzeru sayankhulapo kanthu, popeza ndi nthawi yoyipa.
Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
14 Muyike mtima wanu pa zabwino osati pa zoyipa, kuti mukhale ndi moyo. Mukatero Yehova Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse adzakhala nanu, monga mmene mumanenera kuti ali nanu.
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
15 Mudane ndi zoyipa, mukonde zabwino; mukhazikitse chiweruzo cholungama mʼmabwalo anu amilandu. Mwina mwake Yehova Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse adzachitira chifundo anthu otsala a mʼbanja la Yosefe.
Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
16 Choncho izi ndi zimene Ambuye, Yehova Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse, akunena: “Mʼmisewu monse mudzakhala kulira mofuwula, ndi kulira chifukwa cha kuwawa kwa masautso kudzakhala paliponse. Adzayitana alimi kuti adzalire, ndipo anthu odziwa maliridwe anthetemya adzalira mofuwula.
Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
17 Mʼminda yonse ya mpesa mudzakhala kulira kokhakokha, pakuti Ine ndidzadutsa pakati panu,” akutero Yehova.
In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says the LORD.
18 Tsoka kwa inu amene mumalakalaka tsiku la Yehova! Chifukwa chiyani mumalakalaka tsiku la Yehova? Tsikulo kudzakhala mdima osati kuwala.
“Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light.
19 Lidzakhala ngati tsiku limene munthu pothawa mkango amakumana ndi chimbalangondo, ngati pamene munthu walowa mʼnyumba, natsamira dzanja lake pa khoma ndipo njoka nʼkuluma.
As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.
20 Kodi tsiku la Yehova silidzakhala mdima osati kuwala, mdima wandiweyani, popanda powala pena paliponse?
Won’t the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 “Ndimadana nawo masiku anu achikondwerero ndipo ndimawanyoza; sindikondwera nayo misonkhano yanu.
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.
22 Ngakhale mupereke nsembe zopsereza ndi nsembe zachakudya, Ine sindidzazilandira. Ngakhale mupereke nsembe zabwino zachiyanjano, Ine sindidzaziyangʼana nʼkomwe.
Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
23 Musandisokose nazo nyimbo zanu! Sindidzamvetsera kulira kwa azeze anu.
Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24 Koma chiweruzo cholungama chiyende ngati madzi, chilungamo ngati mtsinje wosaphwa!
But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
25 “Kodi pa zaka makumi anayi zimene munakhala mʼchipululu muja munkandibweretsera nsembe ndi zopereka, inu nyumba ya Israeli?
“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
26 Inu mwanyamula kachisi wa mfumu yanu, ndi nyenyezi ija Kaiwani, mulungu wanu, mafano amene munadzipangira.
You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
27 Nʼchifukwa chake Ine ndidzakupititsani ku ukapolo, kutali kupitirira ku Damasiko,” akutero Yehova, amene dzina lake ndi Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse.
Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Armies.
