Amos 5
1 Listen to this word, which I lift over you in lamentation. The house of Israel has fallen, and it will no longer rise again.
Ta iguai ũhoro ũyũ, inyuĩ nyũmba ya Isiraeli, mũigue ngĩcakaya nĩ ũndũ wanyu:
2 The virgin of Israel has been thrown onto her land, there is no one who can raise her up.
“Mũirĩtu gathirange, nĩwe Isiraeli, nĩagwĩte, na ndagookĩra rĩngĩ, atiganĩirio bũrũri-nĩ wake mwene, hatarĩ na mũndũ wa kũmũũkĩria.”
3 For thus says the Lord God: In the city from which a thousand departed, a hundred will remain, and in that from which a hundred departed, ten will remain, in the house of Israel.
Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Itũũra inene rĩrĩa rĩatũmaga thigari ngiri cia Isiraeli-rĩ, no thigari igana igaatigara; narĩo itũũra rĩrĩa rĩatũmaga thigari igana-rĩ, no thigari ikũmi igaatigara.”
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek me and you will live.
Jehova ekwĩra nyũmba ya Isiraeli atĩrĩ: “Njariai mũtũũre muoyo;
5 But do not be willing to seek Bethel, and do not be willing to enter Gilgal, and you will not cross into Beer-sheba. For Gilgal will be led into captivity, and Bethel will be useless.
tigai kũrongooria Betheli, tigai gũthiĩ Giligali, na mũtikanyiite rũgendo rwa gũthiĩ Birishiba. Tondũ andũ a Giligali ti-itherũ nĩmagatahwo, na andũ a Betheli matuuo kĩndũ hatarĩ.”
6 Seek the Lord and live. Otherwise, the house of Joseph may be destroyed with fire, and it will devour, and there will be no one who can extinguish Bethel.
Rongoriai Jehova, mũtũũre muoyo, ndakae gũtuthũkĩra nyũmba ya Jusufu ta mwaki; naguo mwaki ũcio nĩũkaniinana, nakuo Betheli kwage mũndũ ũngĩhota kũũhoria.
7 You turn judgment into wormwood, and you abandon justice on earth.
Inyuĩ arĩa mũgarũraga kĩhooto gĩgatuĩka ũrũrũ, na mũkarangĩrĩria ũthingu thĩ
8 The Maker of Arcturus and Orion, who turns darkness into daybreak and who changes day into night; who calls forth the waters of the sea and who pours them out over the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.
(we ũrĩa wombire njata iria ciĩtagwo Kĩrĩmĩra na Karaũ, o we ũrĩa ũgarũraga nduma ndumanu ĩgatuĩka rũciinĩ, na agatumania mũthenya ũgatuĩka ũtukũ, ũrĩa wĩtaga maaĩ ma iria rĩrĩa inene akamaitũrũra gũkũ thĩ-rĩ: Jehova nĩrĩo rĩĩtwa rĩake;
9 It is he who smiles destruction on the healthy, and who brings pillaging upon the powerful.
areehagĩra kĩĩhitho kĩrũmu mwanangĩko o rĩmwe ta rũheni, narĩo itũũra inene rĩrĩa rĩirigĩre akarĩanangithia),
10 They held hatred for the one who corrects at the gate, and they have abhorred the one who speaks perfectly.
inyuĩ mũthũũraga ũrĩa ũkananagia maũndũ iciirĩro-inĩ, nake ũrĩa waragia ũhoro wa ma mũkamũmena.
11 Therefore, on his behalf, because you have torn apart the poor and stolen choice prey from him: you will build houses with square stones and you will not dwell in them; you will plant the most delightful vineyards, and you will not drink wine from them.
Mũrangagĩrĩria mũthĩĩni, na mũkamũtunya ngano na hinya. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, o na gũtuĩka nĩmwakĩte nyũmba nene cia mahiga-rĩ, mũtigacitũũra; o na gũtuĩka nĩmũhaandĩte mĩgũnda mĩega ya mĩthabibũ-rĩ, mũtikanyua ndibei yayo.
12 For I know your many wicked deeds and the strength of your sins, you enemies of the just, accepting bribes, and depriving the poor at the gate.
Tondũ niĩ nĩnjũũĩ ũrĩa mahĩtia manyu maigana, na ngamenya ũrĩa mehia manyu marĩ manene. Inyuĩ mũhinyagĩrĩria andũ arĩa athingu, na mũkaamũkĩra mahaki, na mũkaagithia athĩĩni kĩhooto maciirĩro-inĩ.
13 Therefore, the prudent will be silent at that time, for it is an evil time.
Tondũ ũcio mũndũ ũrĩa mũbacĩrĩri no gũkira akiraga ki mahinda ta macio, tondũ nĩ mahinda mooru.
14 Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. And the Lord God of hosts will be with you, just as you have asked.
Rongoriai maũndũ marĩa mega, no ti marĩa mooru, nĩguo mũtũũre muoyo. Nake Jehova Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩarĩkoragwo hamwe na inyuĩ, o ta ũrĩa mũtũire muugaga.
15 Hate evil and love good, and establish judgment at the gate. Perhaps then the Lord God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
Thũũrai maũndũ marĩa mooru, mwendage marĩa mega; tũũriai kĩhooto maciirĩro-inĩ. Jehova Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ahota kũiguĩra matigari ma Jusufu tha.
16 Therefore, thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Sovereign: In all the streets, there will be wailing. And in every place where they are outdoors, they will say, “Woe, woe!” And they will call the farmer to mourn, and those who know mourning to lamentation.
Tondũ ũcio-rĩ, Jehova Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, o we Mwathani, ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Nĩgũkaagĩa na mũcakayo njĩra-inĩ ciothe iria nene, na kĩrĩro kĩa ruo rwa ngoro ihaaro-inĩ ciothe. Arĩmi nĩmagatũmanĩrwo moke marĩre, nao arĩa macakayaga moke macakae.
17 And in all the vineyards there will be wailing. For I will cross through your midst, says the Lord.
Nĩgũkaagĩa mũcakayo mĩgũnda-inĩ yothe ya mĩthabibũ, nĩgũkorwo nĩngatuĩkanĩria gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
18 Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord. What is it to you? The day of the Lord is this: darkness and not light.
Kaĩ inyuĩ mwĩriragĩria mũthenya wa Jehova mũrĩ na haaro-ĩ! Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmaga mwĩrirĩrie mũthenya ũcio wa Jehova? Mũthenya ũcio ũgaatuĩka nduma, no ti ũtheri.
19 It is as if a man flees from the face of a lion, only to have a bear meet him; or, he enters a house and leans with his hand against the wall, only to have a snake bite him.
Ũgaatuĩka ta mũndũ akĩũrĩra mũrũũthi, agatũngana na nduba, kana atoonye nyũmba yake, nake aigĩrĩra guoko gwake rũthingo-inĩ, arũmwo nĩ nyoka.
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?
Githĩ mũthenya ũcio wa Jehova ndũgaagĩtuĩka nduma, no ti ũtheri; ĩĩ, nduma ndumanu, gũtarĩ na mũrũri wa ũtheri?
21 I hate and have rejected your feasts; and I will not accept the odor from your gatherings.
“Niĩ nĩthũire na nganyarara ciathĩ cianyu; ndingĩkirĩrĩria ciũngano cianyu.
22 For if you offer me holocausts and your gifts, I will not receive them; and I will not look upon the vows of your fatness.
O na mũngĩndehera maruta ma njino, na maruta ma ngano-rĩ, ndikametĩkĩra. O na mũngĩkarehe maruta marĩa mega ma ũiguano-rĩ, ndikamarũmbũiya.
23 Take away from me the tumult of your songs, and I will not listen to the canticles of your lyre.
Thengiai inegene rĩu rĩa nyĩmbo cianyu! Ndigathikĩrĩria mĩgambo ya inanda cianyu cia mũgeeto.
24 And judgment will be revealed like water, and justice like a mighty torrent.
No kĩhooto nĩkĩrekwo gĩthererage ta rũũĩ, na ũthingu ũthererage ta karũũĩ gatahũũaga.
25 Was it you who offered victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, house of Israel?
“Inyuĩ nyũmba ya Isiraeli-rĩ, nĩmwandutagĩra magongona na maruta mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna mũrĩ kũu werũ-inĩ?
26 And you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch and the image of your idols: the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
Nĩmũtũũgĩrĩtie ihooero rĩa mũthamaki wanyu, o na njikarĩro ya mĩhianano yanyu, o njata ĩyo ya ngai yanyu, ĩrĩa mwethondekeire inyuĩ ene.
27 And I will cause you to go into captivity across Damascus, says the Lord. The God of hosts is his name.
Tondũ ũcio-rĩ, nĩngatũma mũtahwo mũtwarwo mbere ya Dameski,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga, ũrĩa wĩtagwo Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
