Amos 4
1 Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.
Ta iguai ũhoro ũyũ, inyuĩ ngʼombe cia Bashani mũrĩ kũu igũrũ rĩa Kĩrĩma gĩa Samaria, o inyuĩ andũ-a-nja arĩa mũhinyagĩrĩria athĩĩni na mũkahehenja arĩa abatari, na mũkeeraga athuuri anyu atĩrĩ: “Tũreherei ndibei tũnyue!”
2 The Lord God has taken an oath by his holy name, that the days are coming when they will take you away with hooks, and the rest of you with fish-hooks.
Mwathani Jehova nĩehĩtĩte na ũtheru wake, akoiga atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ ihinda nĩrĩroka rĩrĩa mũkaguucũrũrio na mboorio, na ũrĩa wanyu ũgaatigara aguucũrũrio na ndwano.
3 And you will go out through the broken places, every one going straight before her, and you will be sent into Harmon, says the Lord.
Mũkoimio nja ũmwe kwa ũmwe, muumĩrio mĩanya-inĩ ya rũthingo, na mũikanio na kũu Harimoni,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
4 Come to Beth-el and do evil; to Gilgal, increasing the number of your sins; come with your offerings every morning and your tenths every three days:
“Thiĩi Betheli mũkeehie; o na thiĩi Giligali mũgakĩrĩrĩrie kwĩhia. Rutagai magongona manyu o rũciinĩ, mũrutage gĩcunjĩ kĩanyu gĩa ikũmi o mĩaka ĩtatũ.
5 Let that which is leavened be burned as a praise-offering, let the news of your free offerings be given out publicly; for this is pleasing to you, O children of Israel, says the Lord.
Cinagai mĩgate ĩĩkĩrĩtwo ndawa ya kũimbia, ĩtuĩke igongona rĩa gũcookia ngaatho, na mwĩrahage nĩ ũndũ wa maruta manyu ma kwĩyendera, na mwĩtĩĩage nĩ ũndũ wamo, inyuĩ andũ a Isiraeli, nĩgũkorwo ũguo nĩguo mwendaga gwĩka,” ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.
6 But in all your towns I have kept food from your teeth, and in all your places there has been need of bread: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
“Ndaatũmire mũhũte mũrĩ matũũra-inĩ manyu manene, na ngĩtũma mwage irio matũũra-inĩ, no rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũtiigana kũnjookerera,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
7 And I have kept back the rain from you, when it was still three months before the grain-cutting: I sent rain on one town and kept it back from another: one part was rained on, and the part where there was no rain became a waste.
“O na ningĩ ngĩmũima mbura, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa magetha maatigĩtie o mĩeri ĩtatũ. Nĩndoiririe mbura itũũra rĩmwe, no ngĩaga kuuria itũũra rĩrĩa rĩngĩ. Mũgũnda ũmwe ũkiurĩrwo; ũrĩa ũngĩ ũkĩaga kuurĩrwo, ũkĩũma.
8 So two or three towns went wandering to one town looking for water, and did not get enough: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Andũ magĩtũgũũga kuuma itũũra rĩmwe nginya rĩrĩa rĩngĩ magĩcaria maaĩ, no mationire maaĩ maiganu ma kũnyua, no rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũtiigana kũnjookerera,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
9 I have sent destruction on your fields by burning and disease: the increase of your gardens and your vine-gardens, your fig-trees and your olive-trees, has been food for worms: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
“Mahinda maingĩ nĩndahũũrire mĩgũnda yanyu ya irio na ya mĩthabibũ, ngĩmĩhũũra na mbaa, na mbuu. Ngigĩ nĩciarĩire mĩtĩ yanyu ya mĩkũyũ na ya mĩtamaiyũ, no rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũtiigana kũnjookerera,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
10 I have sent disease among you, as it was in Egypt: I have put your young men to the sword, and have taken away your horses; I have made the evil smell from your tents come up to your noses: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
“Nĩndamũrehithĩirie mĩthiro ta ũrĩa ndeekire bũrũri wa Misiri. Aanake anyu ngĩmoragithia na rũhiũ rwa njora, na ngĩmũtunya mbarathi cianyu. Ngĩtũma mũnungo wa ciimba kuuma kambĩ yanyu ũnungĩrĩre maniũrũ manyu, no rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũtiigana kũnjookerera,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
11 And I have sent destruction among you, as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
“Nĩndangʼaũranirie amwe anyu ta ũrĩa ndangʼaũranirie Sodomu na Gomora. Mwahaanaga ta gĩcinga kĩraakana kĩrutĩtwo mwaki-inĩ, no rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũtiigana kũnjookerera,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
12 So this is what I will do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, be ready for a meeting with your God, O Israel.
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ũũ nĩguo ngũgwĩka wee Isiraeli, na tondũ nĩngũgwĩka ũguo-rĩ, wĩhaarĩrie gũtũngana na Ngai waku, wee Isiraeli.”
13 For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.
Ũrĩa ũmbaga irĩma nowe ũmbaga rũhuho, na akaguũrĩria mũndũ meciiria make, o we ũtũmaga rũciinĩ kũgĩe nduma, na agathiĩra thĩ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru, rĩĩtwa rĩake nĩ Jehova Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
