Amos 9
1 I sawe the Lord standing vpon the altar, and he sayde, Smite the lintel of the doore, that the postes may shake: and cut them in pieces, euen the heads of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them, shall not flee away: and he that escapeth of them, shall not be deliuered.
Ngabona iNkosi imi phezu kwelathi, yathi: Tshaya isihloko ukuze imibundu inyikinyeke, ubaqume ekhanda, bonke babo; labokucina babo ngibabulale ngenkemba; kakuyikubaleka obalekayo wabo, kakuyikuphunyuka ophunyukayo wabo.
2 Though they digge into the hell, thence shall mine hande take them: though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe. (Sheol h7585)
Loba begebha besiya esihogweni, isandla sami sizabathatha khona; loba bekhwela-ke besiya emazulwini, ngizabehlisa khona; (Sheol h7585)
3 And though they hide them selues in the toppe of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence: and though they be hid from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commande the serpent, and he shall bite them.
loba becatsha-ke engqongeni yeKharmeli, ngizabadinga ngibathathe khona; loba becatsha-ke basuke phambi kwamehlo ami kuphansi yolwandle, ngizalaya inyoka ivela lapho ezabaluma;
4 And though they goe into captiuitie before their enemies, thence wil I commande the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes vpon them for euill, and not for good.
loba besiya-ke ekuthunjweni phambi kwezitha zabo, ngizalaya inkemba ivela lapho ukuze izebabulala; ngimise ilihlo lami phezu kwabo ngokubi, hatshi-ke ngokuhle.
5 And the Lord God of hosts shall touch the land, and it shall melt away, and al that dwel therein shall mourne, and it shall rise vp wholy like a flood, and shall bee drowned as by the flood of Egypt.
Njalo kuyiNkosi uJehova wamabandla ethinta umhlaba, ukuze uncibilike, balile bonke abahlala kuwo, ukhukhumale wonke njengomfula, utshone njengomfula weGibhithe.
6 He buildeth his spheres in the heauen, and hath laide the foundation of his globe of elements in the earth: hee calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lord is his Name.
Eyakha amakamelo ayo aphezulu emazulwini, yamisa amaviyo ayo emhlabeni, ebiza amanzi olwandle, iwathululele ebusweni bomhlaba; iNkosi libizo layo.
7 Are ye not as the Ethiopians vnto mee, O children of Israel, sayeth the Lord? haue not I brought vp Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistims from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?
Kimi kalinjengabantwana bamaEthiyopiya yini, lina bantwana bakoIsrayeli? itsho iNkosi. Kangikhuphulanga yini uIsrayeli elizweni leGibhithe, lamaFilisti eKafitori, lamaSiriya eKiri?
8 Beholde, the eyes of the Lord God are vpon the sinfull kingdome, and I will destroy it cleane out of the earth. Neuerthelesse I will not vtterly destroy the house of Iaakob, saith the Lord.
Khangela, amehlo eNkosi uJehova aphezu kombuso owonayo; njalo ngizawuchitha usuke ebusweni bomhlaba, kube kanti kangiyikuyichitha ngokupheleleyo indlu kaJakobe, itsho iNkosi.
9 For loe, I will command and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corne is sifted in a sieue: yet shall not the least stone fall vpon the earth.
Ngoba khangela, ngizalaya ngihlungule indlu kaIsrayeli phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe njengamabele ehlungulwa ngokhomane, kodwa kakuyikuwela emhlabathini ilitshe elincinyane.
10 But all the sinners of my people shall dye by the sword, which say, The euill shall not come, nor hasten for vs.
Zonke izoni zabantu bami zizakufa ngenkemba, ezithi: Okubi kakuyikufinyelela kithi kumbe kusihlangabeze.
11 In that day will I raise vp the tabernacle of Dauid, that is fallen downe, and close vp the breaches therof, and I will rayse vp his ruines, and I will builde it, as in the dayes of olde,
Ngalolosuku ngizavusa idumba likaDavida eliwileyo, ngivale izikhala zalo, ngivuse amanxiwa alo, ngilakhe njengensukwini zendulo;
12 That they may possesse the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, because my Name is called vpon them, sayeth the Lord, that doeth this.
ukuze badle ilifa lensali yeEdoma, lezizwe zonke ezibizwa ngebizo lami, itsho iNkosi eyenza lokhu.
13 Behold, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall touche the mower, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seede: and the mountaines shall drop sweete wine, and all the hilles shall melt.
Khangela, insuku ziyeza, itsho iNkosi, lapho olimayo ezasondela kovunayo, lonyathela izithelo zevini kohlanyela inhlanyelo; lentaba zizathonta iwayini elimnandi, lamaqaqa wonke ancibilike.
14 And I will bring againe the captiuitie of my people of Israel: and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabite the, and they shall plant vineyardes, and drinke the wine thereof: they shall also make gardens, and eate the fruites of them.
Njalo ngizaphendula ukuthunjwa kwabantu bami uIsrayeli, bayakhe imizi echithekileyo, bahlale kiyo; bahlanyele izivini, banathe iwayini lazo, benze izivande, badle izithelo zazo.
15 And I wil plant them vpon their land, and they shall no more bee pulled vp againe out of their lande, which I haue giuen them, sayeth the Lord thy God.
Ngibahlanyele elizweni labo, bangabe besasitshulwa elizweni engibanike lona, itsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.
