Amos 5
1 Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:
Ta iguai ũhoro ũyũ, inyuĩ nyũmba ya Isiraeli, mũigue ngĩcakaya nĩ ũndũ wanyu:
2 “Fallen, not to rise again, has the virgin of Israel, Left on her land—she has none [to] raise [her] up.”
“Mũirĩtu gathirange, nĩwe Isiraeli, nĩagwĩte, na ndagookĩra rĩngĩ, atiganĩirio bũrũri-nĩ wake mwene, hatarĩ na mũndũ wa kũmũũkĩria.”
3 For thus said Lord YHWH: “The city that is going out one thousand, Leaves one hundred, And that which is going out one hundred, Leaves ten to 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 said YHWH to the house of Israel: “Seek Me, and live,
Jehova ekwĩra nyũmba ya Isiraeli atĩrĩ: “Njariai mũtũũre muoyo;
5 And do not seek Beth-El, and do not enter Gilgal, And do not pass through Beer-Sheba, For Gilgal utterly removes, And Beth-El becomes vanity.
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 YHWH, and live, Lest He prosper as fire [against] the house of Joseph, And it has consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El—
Rongoriai Jehova, mũtũũre muoyo, ndakae gũtuthũkĩra nyũmba ya Jusufu ta mwaki; naguo mwaki ũcio nĩũkaniinana, nakuo Betheli kwage mũndũ ũngĩhota kũũhoria.
7 You who are turning judgment to wormwood, And have put down righteousness to the earth!”
Inyuĩ arĩa mũgarũraga kĩhooto gĩgatuĩka ũrũrũ, na mũkarangĩrĩria ũthingu thĩ
8 The Maker of the Pleiades and Orion, And He who is turning death-shade to the morning—And He has made day [as] dark [as] night—Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And pours them on the face of the earth, YHWH [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 Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled comes against a fortress.
areehagĩra kĩĩhitho kĩrũmu mwanangĩko o rĩmwe ta rũheni, narĩo itũũra inene rĩrĩa rĩirigĩre akarĩanangithia),
10 They have hated a reprover in the gate, And they detest a plain speaker.
inyuĩ mũthũũraga ũrĩa ũkananagia maũndũ iciirĩro-inĩ, nake ũrĩa waragia ũhoro wa ma mũkamũmena.
11 Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of grain you take from him, Houses of hewn work you have built, And you do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards you have planted, And you do not drink their wine.
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 have known—many [are] your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And you turned aside the needy in 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 wise is 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, that you may live, and it is so; YHWH, God of Hosts, [is] with you, as you said.
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 set up judgment in the gate, It may be YHWH, God of Hosts, pities 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 said YHWH, God of Hosts, the Lord: “Lamentation is in all broad places, And in all out-places they say, Oh! Oh! And called the farmer to mourning, And the skillful of wailing 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 vineyards [is] lamentation, For I pass into your midst,” said YHWH.
Nĩgũkaagĩa mũcakayo mĩgũnda-inĩ yothe ya mĩthabibũ, nĩgũkorwo nĩngatuĩkanĩria gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
18 Behold, you who are desiring the Day of YHWH, Why [is] this to you—the Day of YHWH? It is 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 As [when] one flees from the face of the lion, And the bear has met him, And he has come into the house, And has leaned his hand on the wall, And the serpent has bitten him.
Ũgaatuĩka ta mũndũ akĩũrĩra mũrũũthi, agatũngana na nduba, kana atoonye nyũmba yake, nake aigĩrĩra guoko gwake rũthingo-inĩ, arũmwo nĩ nyoka.
20 Is not the Day of YHWH darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that has no brightness?
Githĩ mũthenya ũcio wa Jehova ndũgaagĩtuĩka nduma, no ti ũtheri; ĩĩ, nduma ndumanu, gũtarĩ na mũrũri wa ũtheri?
21 “I have hated—I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.
“Niĩ nĩthũire na nganyarara ciathĩ cianyu; ndingĩkirĩrĩria ciũngano cianyu.
22 For though you cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And I do not behold the peace-offering of your fatlings.
O na mũngĩndehera maruta ma njino, na maruta ma ngano-rĩ, ndikametĩkĩra. O na mũngĩkarehe maruta marĩa mega ma ũiguano-rĩ, ndikamarũmbũiya.
23 Turn the noise of your songs aside from Me, Indeed, I do not hear the praise of your stringed instruments.
Thengiai inegene rĩu rĩa nyĩmbo cianyu! Ndigathikĩrĩria mĩgambo ya inanda cianyu cia mũgeeto.
24 And judgment rolls on as waters, And righteousness as a perennial stream.
No kĩhooto nĩkĩrekwo gĩthererage ta rũũĩ, na ũthingu ũthererage ta karũũĩ gatahũũaga.
25 Did you bring sacrifices and offerings near to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
“Inyuĩ nyũmba ya Isiraeli-rĩ, nĩmwandutagĩra magongona na maruta mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna mũrĩ kũu werũ-inĩ?
26 And you bore Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that 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 removed you beyond Damascus,” said YHWH—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.
