Amos 7
1 Thus the lord Jehovah showed me: And, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
Bino Mukama Katonda bye yandaga. Yali ateekateeka ebibinja by’enzige okusaanyaawo ebirime ebyalimwanga, nga baakakungula olukungula olusooka ssinziggu, kabaka kw’afuna omusolo.
2 And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee. How shall Jacob stand, for he is small?
Enzige bwe zaalya buli kantu akaali mu nnimiro akalamu, ne nkaaba nti, “Mukama Katonda, sonyiwa abantu bo nkwegayiridde. Yakobo aliwona atya? Nga mutono nnyo.”
3 Jehovah relented concerning this. It shall not be, says Jehovah.
Mukama bwe yawulira okukaaba kuno n’akyusa ekirowoozo kye. N’agamba nti, “Ekyo tekiribaawo.”
4 Thus the lord Jehovah showed me: And, behold, the lord Jehovah called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
Bino Mukama bye yayongera okundaga. Yali ategeka okubonereza abantu n’omuliro. Gwalya ennyanja eyali wansi w’ensi ne gumalawo n’olukalu.
5 Then I said, O lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee. How shall Jacob stand, for he is small?
Ne nkaaba nti, “Ayi Mukama Katonda nkwegayiridde osonyiwe abantu bo! Yakobo anaasobola atya okusigalawo? Nga mutono nnyo!”
6 Jehovah relented concerning this. This also shall not be, says the lord Jehovah.
Awo Mukama bwe yawulira okukaaba kuno, n’akyusa ekirowoozo kye. Era n’agamba nti, “Era n’ekyo tekijja kubeerawo.”
7 Thus he showed me: And, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
Ate Mukama n’andaga okwolesebwa okulala. Ne ndaba Mukama ng’ayimiridde ku bbugwe azimbiddwa obulungi nga yatereera era nga Mukama akutte bbirigi mu mukono gwe.
8 And Jehovah said to me, Amos, what do thou see? And I said, A plumb-line. Then the Lord said, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
Mukama n’ambuuza nti, “Amosi, kiki ky’olaba?” Ne nziramu nti, “Ndaba bbirigi.” Mukama n’alyoka aŋŋamba nti, “Laba nteese bbirigi wakati mu bantu bange Isirayiri. Sijja kuddayo kukyusa kirowoozo kyange nate ku ky’okubabonereza.
9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
“Ebifo ebigulumivu ebya Isaaka birizikirizibwa, n’ebifo bya Isirayiri ebitukuvu birifuuka matongo. N’ennyumba ya Yerobowaamu ndigirwanyisa n’ekitala.”
10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
Awo Amaziya kabona w’e Beseri n’aweereza kabaka wa Isirayiri, Yerobowaamu, obubaka ng’agamba nti, “Amosi agezaako okukulyamu olukwe wakati mu Isirayiri mwennyini. Ensi teyinza kugumira bigambo bye.”
11 For thus Amos says: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
Bw’ati Amosi bw’ayogera nti, “‘Yerobowaamu alifa kitala, ne Isirayiri balitwalibwa mu buwaŋŋanguse bave mu nsi yaboobwe.’”
12 Also Amaziah said to Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there.
Awo Amaziya n’alyoka alagira Amosi nti, “Vva wano ggwe omulabi. Ddayo mu nsi ya Yuda gy’oba oweera obunnabbi, ofunire eyo omusaala gwo.
13 But do not prophesy again any more at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.
Toweera wano bunnabbi nate e Beseri kubanga luno lubiri lwa kabaka era ssinzizo lya bwakabaka.”
14 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, nor was I a prophet's son, but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees.
Amosi n’amuddamu nti, “Saali nnabbi oba omwana wa nnabbi nnali mulunzi wa ndiga era nga ndabirira miti emisukamooli.
15 And Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
Naye Mukama yanziggya eyo mu kulunda ekisibo n’aŋŋamba nti, ‘Genda owe obunnabbi abantu bange, Isirayiri.’”
16 Now therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not drop thy word against the house of Isaac.
Noolwekyo ggwe wuliriza ekigambo kya Mukama. Ogamba nti, “‘Towa bunnabbi bunenya Isirayiri, era lekaraawo okubuulira ebikwata ku nnyumba ya Isaaka.’
17 Therefore thus says Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line, and thou thyself shall die in a land that is unclean. And Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
“Mukama kyava akuddamu nti, “‘Mukazi wo alifuuka malaaya mu kibuga era n’abaana bo aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala balifa ekitala. Ettaka lyo lirigabanyizibwamu ne liweebwa abalala naawe kennyini olifiira mu nsi ey’abakafiiri. Ekituufu kiri nti abantu ba Isirayiri balitwalibwa mu buwaŋŋanguse, ne baggyibwa mu nsi yaboobwe.’”
