Amos 7

1 These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the locust was formed in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter rain, and lo, it was the latter rain after the king’s mowing.

Hivi ndivyo ambavyo Bwana Yahwe alivyonionyesha. Tazama, aliumba kundi kubwa la nzige wakati wa kuchipuka kwa mmea, na, tazama, ulikuwa ni mmea wa mwisho baada ya mavuno ya mfalme.

2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, I said: O Lord God, be merciful, I beseech thee: who shall raise up Jacob, for he is very little?

Wakati walipomaliza kula mbogamboga za nchi, kisha nikasema, “Bwana Yahwe, tafadhali nisamehe; Je Yakobo ataishije? kwa kuwa yeye ni mdogo sana.”

3 The Lord had pity upon this: It shall not be, said the Lord.

Yahwe akapunguza hasira kuhusu hili. “Haitatokea,” akasema.

4 These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the Lord called for judgment unto fire, and it devoured the great deep, and ate up a part at the same time.

Hivi ndivyo ambavyo Bwana Yahwe alivyonionyesha: Tazama, Bwana Yahwe aliita juu ya moto kuhukumu. Nao ukakausha sana, kilindi chini ya dunia na kutaka kuitekeza nchi, pia.

5 And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?

Lakini nikasema, “Bwana Yahwe, acha tafadhali; Yakobo ataishije? Kwa kuwa yeye ni mdigo sana.”

6 The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God.

Yahwe akagairi kuhusiana na hili, “Hili halitajitokeza pia,” asema Bwana Yahwe.

7 These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold the Lord was standing upon a plastered wall, and in his hand a mason’s trowel.

Hivi ndivyo ambavyo Yahwe alivyo nionyesha: Tazama, Bwana amesimama karibu na ukuta, pamoja na uzi wa timiza kwenye mkono wake.

8 And the Lord said to me: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A mason’s trowel. And the Lord said: Behold, I will lay down the trowel in the midst of my people Israel. I will plaster them over no more.

Yahwe akanambia, “Amosi, unaona nini?” nikasema, “Uzi wa timazi.” Kisha Bwana akasema, “Tazama, nitaweka uzi wa timazi miongoni mwa watu wangu Israeli. Sintowaharibu tena.

9 And the high places of the idol shall be thrown down, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste: and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

Mahala pa juu pa Isaka pataharibiwa, patakatifu pa Israeli pataangamia, na nitainuka juu ya nyumba ya Yeroboamu kwa upanga.”

10 And Amasias the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: Amos hath rebelled against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

Kisha Amazia, yule kuhani wa Betheli, akatuma ujumbe kwa Yeroboamu, mfalme wa Israeli: “amosi amefanya njama dhidi yako katikati ya nyumba ya Israeli. Nchi haiwezi kubeba maneno yote haya.

11 For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be carried away captive out of their own land.

Kwa kuwa hivi ndivyo asemavyo Amosi, 'Yeroboamu atakufa kwa upanga, na hakika Israeli itakwenda utumwani kutoka nchi yake.”'

12 And Amasias said to Amos: Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Juda: and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

Amazia akamwambia Amosi, “Mwonaji, nenda, kimbia irudie nchi ya Yuda, na hapo ule mkate na kutabiri.

13 But prophesy not again any more in Bethel: because it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.

Lakini usitabiri tena hapa katika Betheli, kwa kuwa ni patakatifu pa mfalme na nyumba ya kifalme.”

14 And Amos answered and said to Amasias: I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet: but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs.

Kisha Amosi akamwambia Amazia, “Mimi sio nabii wala mwana wa nabii. Mimi ni mchungaji wa mifugo, na mtunza mikuyu.

15 And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

Lakini Yahwe akanichukua kutoka kuchunga mifugo na kunambia, 'Nenda, katabiri kwa watu wangu Israeli.'

16 And now hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, thou shalt not prophesy against Israel, and thou shalt not drop thy word upon the house of the idol.

Sasa sikia neno la Yahwe. Wewe usemaye, 'Usitabiri juu ya Israeli, na usiongee juu ya nyumba ya Isaka.

17 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Thy wife shall play the harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be measured by a line: and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel shall go into captivity out of their land.

Kwa hiyo hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo, 'Mke wako atakuwa kahaba katika mji; wana wako waume na binti zako wataanguka kwa upanga; nchi yako itapimwa na kugawanywa; utakufa katika nchi najisi, na Israeli hakika itakwenda utumwani kutoka nchi yake.”'