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.
Muwulire kino mmwe ente ez’omu Basani ezibeera ku Lusozi Samaliya, mmwe abakazi abajooga abaavu ne munyigiriza abanaku, era abagamba ba bbaabwe nti, “Mutuletereyo ekyokunywa.”
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.
Mu butukuvu bwe Mukama Katonda alayidde nti, “Ekiseera kijja lwe balibasika n’amalobo, era abalisembayo ku mmwe ne basikibwa n’amalobo agavuba.
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.
Mulisikibwa okuva mu mayumba gammwe ne musuulibwa ebweru nga muyisibwa mu bituli ebibotoddwa mu bbugwe, musuulibwe ku Kalumooni, bw’ayogera Mukama.
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:
Kale mmwe mugende e Beseri mukoleyo ebitasaana; era mugende ne Girugaali mwongere okukola ebibi. Mutwalengayo ssaddaaka zammwe buli nkya, n’ekimu eky’ekkumi buli myaka esatu.
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.
Muweeyo ekiweebwayo eky’okwebaza eky’emigaati egizimbulukusibbwa, mulangirire n’ebiweebwayo eby’ekyeyagalire; mwe mwenyumiririza, mmwe Abayisirayiri kubanga ekyo kye mwagala,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda Ayinzabyonna.
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.
“Nabaleetera enjala embuto zammwe ne ziba njereere mu buli kibuga, ne ssibawa kyakulya mu buli kabuga, naye era ne mugaana okudda gye ndi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
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.
“Ne mbamma enkuba ng’ekyabulayo emyezi esatu amakungula gatuuke. Ne ntonnyesa enkuba mu kibuga ekimu ne ngiziyiza mu kirala. Yatonnyanga mu nnimiro emu, mu ndala n’etatonnya, ebirime ne biwotoka.
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.
Abantu ne bavanga mu kibuga ekimu ne balaga mu kirala nga banoonya amazzi banyweko, naye ne gababula; naye era ne mutakyuka kudda gye ndi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
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.
“Emirundi mingi ebirime byammwe n’ennimiro zammwe ez’emizabbibu na bigengewaza. Nabileetako obulwadde. Enzige nazo ne zirya emitiini gyammwe n’emizeeyituuni gyammwe, naye era temwadda gye ndi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
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.
“Nabasindikira kawumpuli nga gwe nasindika mu Misiri. Abavubuka bammwe ne mbattira mu lutalo n’ekitala awamu n’embalaasi zammwe ze mwawamba. Okuwunya kw’olusisira lwammwe ne kuyitirira nnyo naye era ne mugaana okudda gye ndi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
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.
“Nazikiriza abamu ku mmwe nga bwe nakola Sodomu ne Ggomola, ne muba ng’olumuli olusikiddwa mu muliro ogwaka naye era ne mulema okudda gye ndi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
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.
“Kyendiva nkukola bwe ntyo, ggwe Isirayiri, era ndikwongerako ebibonoobono. Noolwekyo weetegeke okusisinkana Katonda wo, ggwe Isirayiri.”
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.
Kubanga laba, oyo eyatonda ensozi era ye yatonda n’embuyaga era abikkulira omuntu ebirowoozo bye. Yafuula enkya okubeera ekiro, era alinnya mu bifo ebigulumivu eby’ensi. Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye lye linnya lye.
