Amos 5
1 Listen, people of Israel, to this funeral lament that I sing about you!
Israeli, imva mawu awa, nyimbo ya maliro imene ndikuyimba za iweyo:
2 Virgin Israel has fallen, and will never rise again! She lies abandoned on the ground, and there is no one to help her up.
“Namwali Israeli wagwa, moti sadzadzukanso, wasiyidwa mʼdziko lake lomwe, popanda woti ndi kumudzutsa.”
3 This is what the Lord says: From a city that sends out a thousand soldiers, only a hundred will return; from a city that sends out a hundred soldiers, only ten will return.
Ambuye Yehova akuti, “Mzinda umene udzapite ku nkhondo ndi anthu 1,000 amphamvu udzatsala ndi anthu 100 okha; mzinda umene udzapite ku nkhondo ndi anthu 100 amphamvu udzatsala ndi anthu khumi okha basi.”
4 This is what the Lord says to the people of Israel: Look to me so you may live!
Zimene Yehova akunena kwa nyumba ya Israeli ndi izi: “Mundifunefune kuti mukhale ndi moyo;
5 Do not look to the false gods of Bethel, do not go to the pagan shrines of Gilgal or travel to those of Beersheba. For Gilgal will go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
musafunefune Beteli, musapite ku Giligala, musapite ku Beeriseba. Pakuti Giligala adzatengedwa ndithu kupita ku ukapolo, ndipo Beteli adzawonongekeratu.”
6 Look to the Lord so you may live! Otherwise he will explode like fire against the descendants of Joseph and no one from Bethel will be able to quench it.
Funani Yehova kuti mukhale ndi moyo, mukapanda kutero Iye adzatentha nyumba ya Yosefe ngati moto; motowo udzawononga, ndipo sipadzakhala wina wozimitsa motowo ku Beteli.
7 You twist justice and make it bitter, you throw integrity to the ground.
Inu amene mumasandutsa chiweruzo cholungama kukhala chowawa ndi kunyoza chilungamo.
8 The One who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns the darkness into morning, and daytime into night, who calls for the water of the seas, and pours it down as rain upon the earth—the Lord is his name!
(Iye amene analenga nyenyezi za Nsangwe ndi Akamwiniatsatana, amene amasandutsa mdima kuti ukhale mmawa ndi kudetsa usana kuti ukhale usiku, amene amayitana madzi a mʼnyanja ndi kuwathira pa dziko lapansi, Yehova ndiye dzina lake.
9 In a flash he cuts down the strong and destroys the fortresses.
Iyeyo amabweretsa chiwonongeko modzidzimutsa pa anthu amphamvu ndi kuwononga mizinda yotetezedwa),
10 You hate anyone who confronts injustice and loathe anyone who speaks honestly.
inu mumadana ndi amene amadzudzula mʼbwalo la milandu ndi kunyoza amene amanena zoona.
11 Because you trample down the poor and impose a tax on their grain, building for yourselves impressive houses, you will not live in them, and you will not drink wine from the fine vineyards you have planted.
Mumapondereza munthu wosauka ndi kumukakamiza kuti akupatseni tirigu. Nʼchifukwa chake, ngakhale mwamanga nyumba zamiyala yosema, inuyo simudzakhalamo. Ngakhale mwalima minda yabwino ya mphesa, inu simudzamwa vinyo wake.
12 For I know the extent of your wrongdoing and your numerous sins. You oppress good people by taking bribes, and you prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.
Pakuti Ine ndikudziwa kuchuluka kwa zolakwa zanu ndi kukula kwa machimo anu. Inu mumapondereza anthu olungama ndi kulandira ziphuphu ndipo anthu osauka simuwaweruza mwachilungamo mʼmabwalo anu amilandu.
13 So smart people keep quiet in such evil times.
Nʼchifukwa chake pa nthawi yotere munthu wanzeru sayankhulapo kanthu, popeza ndi nthawi yoyipa.
14 Do what is right, and not evil, so you may live. Then the Lord God of power will be with you, as you claim he is.
Muyike mtima wanu pa zabwino osati pa zoyipa, kuti mukhale ndi moyo. Mukatero Yehova Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse adzakhala nanu, monga mmene mumanenera kuti ali nanu.
15 Hate evil and love good—and make sure justice wins out in your courts. Maybe the Lord God of power will have mercy on those who are left of Jacob's people.
Mudane ndi zoyipa, mukonde zabwino; mukhazikitse chiweruzo cholungama mʼmabwalo anu amilandu. Mwina mwake Yehova Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse adzachitira chifundo anthu otsala a mʼbanja la Yosefe.
16 For this is what the Lord, the Lord God of power says: There will be weeping in the city squares and wailing in the streets. They will call even the farmers to grieve, as well as the professional mourners.
Choncho izi ndi zimene Ambuye, Yehova Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse, akunena: “Mʼmisewu monse mudzakhala kulira mofuwula, ndi kulira chifukwa cha kuwawa kwa masautso kudzakhala paliponse. Adzayitana alimi kuti adzalire, ndipo anthu odziwa maliridwe anthetemya adzalira mofuwula.
17 There will be wailing in every vineyard, for I will pass through the midst of you, says the Lord.
Mʼminda yonse ya mpesa mudzakhala kulira kokhakokha, pakuti Ine ndidzadutsa pakati panu,” akutero Yehova.
18 How disastrous it will be for those of you who long for the day of the Lord. Why would you want the day of the Lord to come? It will bring darkness, not light.
Tsoka kwa inu amene mumalakalaka tsiku la Yehova! Chifukwa chiyani mumalakalaka tsiku la Yehova? Tsikulo kudzakhala mdima osati kuwala.
19 It will be like a man running away from a lion only to meet a bear; or a man who goes home and leans his hand on a wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
Lidzakhala ngati tsiku limene munthu pothawa mkango amakumana ndi chimbalangondo, ngati pamene munthu walowa mʼnyumba, natsamira dzanja lake pa khoma ndipo njoka nʼkuluma.
20 Isn't the day of the Lord darkness without light? Yes, pitch dark without a glimmer of light.
Kodi tsiku la Yehova silidzakhala mdima osati kuwala, mdima wandiweyani, popanda powala pena paliponse?
21 I hate, I despise your festivals and take no delight in your religious assemblies.
“Ndimadana nawo masiku anu achikondwerero ndipo ndimawanyoza; sindikondwera nayo misonkhano yanu.
22 Even though you present me with burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. As for your peace offerings of fattened cattle—I will not even look at them.
Ngakhale mupereke nsembe zopsereza ndi nsembe zachakudya, Ine sindidzazilandira. Ngakhale mupereke nsembe zabwino zachiyanjano, Ine sindidzaziyangʼana nʼkomwe.
23 Stop your noisy worship songs. I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
Musandisokose nazo nyimbo zanu! Sindidzamvetsera kulira kwa azeze anu.
24 Rather let justice flow like a river, and doing right like an ever-flowing stream.
Koma chiweruzo cholungama chiyende ngati madzi, chilungamo ngati mtsinje wosaphwa!
25 Did you bring me sacrifices during those forty years in the desert, people of Israel?
“Kodi pa zaka makumi anayi zimene munakhala mʼchipululu muja munkandibweretsera nsembe ndi zopereka, inu nyumba ya Israeli?
26 But now you carry idols of Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god that you made for yourselves.
Inu mwanyamula kachisi wa mfumu yanu, ndi nyenyezi ija Kaiwani, mulungu wanu, mafano amene munadzipangira.
27 So I will send you into exile in a land beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of power.
Nʼchifukwa chake Ine ndidzakupititsani ku ukapolo, kutali kupitirira ku Damasiko,” akutero Yehova, amene dzina lake ndi Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse.
