Amos 2
1 Thus says the Lord; For three sins of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away from it; because they burnt the bones of the king of Idumea to lime.
Hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo: “Kwa dhambi tatu za Moabu, hata kwa nne, sintobadilisha adhabu, kwa sababu amechoma moto mifupa ya mfalme wa Edomu hadi kuwa chokaa.
2 But I will send forth a fire on Moab, and it shall devour the foundations of its cities: and Moab shall perish in weakness, with a shout, and with the sound of a trumpet.
Nitatuma moto juu ya Moabu, na utaangamiza ngome za Keriothi. Moabu atakufa katika gasia, pamoja na kelele na sauti ya tarumbeta.
3 And I will destroy the judge out of her, and kill all her princes with him, says the Lord.
Nitamuharibu mwamuzi kati yake, na nitawaua wana wa mfalme pamoja na yeye,” asema Yahwe.
4 Thus says the Lord; For three sins of the children of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his ordinances, and their vain [idols] which they made, which their fathers followed, caused them to err.
Hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo: “Kwa dhambi tatu za Yuda, hata kwa nne, sintobadilisha adhabu, kwa sababu wameikataa sheria ya Yahwe na hawakuzishika amri zake. Uongo wao umesababisha kupotea, ambao baba zao pia waliufuata.
5 And I will send a fire on Juda, and it shall devour the foundations of Jerusalem.
Nitatuma moto juu ya Yuda, na utaimeza ngome ya Yerusalemu.”
6 Thus says the Lord; for three sins of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for sandals,
Hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo: “Kwa dhambi tatu za Israeli, hata kwa nne, sintobadilisha adhabu, kwa sababu wamewauza wasio na hatia kwa fedha na maskini kwa jozi moja ya makubadhi.
7 wherewith to tread on the dust of the earth, and they have struck upon the heads of the poor, and have perverted the way of the lowly: and a son and his father have gone into the same maid, that they might profane the name of their God.
Nao hukanyaga juu ya vichwa vya maskini kama kukanyaga kwenye mavumbi juu ya aridhi; wanasukuma kukandamiza. Mtu mmoja na baba yake walilala na msichana mmoja na hivyo kukufuru jina langu takatifu.
8 And binding their clothes with cords they have made them curtains near the altar, and they have drunk wine gained by extortion in the house of their God.
Nao hulala chini karibu na kila madhabahu kwenye nguo zilizowekwa dhamana, na katika nyumba ya Mungu wao hunywa divai ya wale ambao walitozwa faini.
9 Nevertheless I cut off the Amorite from before them, whose height was as the height of a cedar, and he was strong as an oak; and I dried up his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Bado nimemwangamiza Mwamori mbele yao, ambaye urefu wake ulikuwa kama urefu wa mierezi; alikuwa na nguvu kama mialoni. Kisha nikaharibu matunda yake juu na mizizi yake chini.
10 And I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you about in the desert forty years, that you should inherit the land of the Amorites.
Pia, niliwapandisha kutoka nchi ya Misri na kuwaongoza miaka arobaini nyikani ili mmiliki nchi ya Wamori.
11 And I took of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for consecration. Are not these things so, you sons of Israel? says the Lord.
Nimewainua manabii kutoka miongoni mwa watoto wanu wawe Wanadhiri kutoka vijana wenu. Je sio hivyo, watu wa Israeli? -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo.
12 But you gave the consecrated ones wine to drink; and you commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Lakini mmewashawishi Wanadhiri kunywa mvinyo na kuwaamuru manabii wasifanye unabii.
13 Therefore, behold, I roll under you, as a waggon full of straw is rolled.
Tazama, nitawakanyaga kama mkokoteni uliojaa miganda inayoweza kumkanyaga mtu.
14 And flight shall perish from the runner, and the strong shall not hold fast his strength, and the warrior shall not save his life:
Mtu akimbiaye hatapata kimbilio; mwenye nguvu hatoongeza nguvu zake mwenyewe; wala shujaa kujiokoa mwenyewe.
15 and the archer shall not withstand, and he that is swift of foot shall in no wise escape; and the horseman shall not save his life.
Apindaye upinde hatasimama; mkimbiaji sana hatakimbia; mwendesha farasi hatajiokoa mwenyewe.
16 And the strong shall find no confidence in power: the naked shall flee away in that day, says the Lord.
Hata wapiganaji shujaa watakimbia uchi katika siku hiyo -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavy.”
