< Amos 7 >

1 Here, My Lord, Yahweh gave me to see, and lo! he was preparing the locust, in the beginning of the shooting up of the after-grass, —and lo! after-grass, cometh after the mowings for the king.
Mwathani Jehova aanyonirie ũũ: Nĩkũhaarĩria aharagĩria mĩrumbĩ ya ngigĩ thuutha wa magetha marĩa maagethagĩrwo mũthamaki, o ihinda rĩrĩa kĩmera gĩa keerĩ kĩambagĩrĩria.
2 And it came to pass, when they had made an end of eating the herbage of the land, that I said—Oh, My Lord, Yahweh, forgive, I beseech thee: By whom shall Jacob, arise? for, small, he is.
Ciarĩkia kũrĩa tũhuti tuothe, bũrũri ũgĩthera biũ, ngĩkaya ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Mwathani Jehova, marekere! Jakubu-rĩ, angĩhonoka gĩkuũ atĩa? Nĩgũkorwo nĩ mũnini mũno!”
3 Grieved was Yahweh, over this, —It shall not be, said Yahweh?
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova akĩigua tha. Jehova akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ũndũ ũcio ndũgwĩkĩka.”
4 Here, My Lord, Yahweh gave me to see, and lo! My Lord Yahweh proclaiming that, the controversy should be settled by fire, —which, having devoured the mighty roaring deep, should devour the inheritance.
Ningĩ Mwathani Jehova akĩnyonia ũũ: Mwathani Jehova nĩ gwĩtia eetagia mwaki amaciirithie naguo; mwaki ũcio ũkĩniaria maaĩ ma kũrĩa kũriku mũno, na ũkĩniina bũrũri.
5 Then said I, My Lord, Yahweh, forbear, I beseech thee, By whom shall Jacob, arise? for, small, he is.
Ningĩ ngĩkaya, ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Mwathani Jehova ndagũthaitha, tiga! Jakubu-rĩ, angĩhonoka gĩkuũ atĩa? Nĩgũkorwo nĩ mũnini mũno!”
6 Grieved was Yahweh, over this, —Even this, shall not be, said My Lord, Yahweh.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova akĩigua tha. Mwathani Jehova akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ũndũ ũcio o naguo ndũgwĩkĩka.”
7 Here, he gave me to see, and lo! My Lord, stationed upon a pinnacle, —and, in his hand a plummet.
Ningĩ akĩnyonia ũũ: Mwathani aarũgamĩte rũthingo-inĩ rwakĩtwo na rũgathimwo wega na kabirũ nake anyiitĩte rũrigi rwa kabirũ na guoko.
8 And Yahweh said unto me, What canst thou see, Amos? And I said, A plummet, —Then said My Lord, Behold me! fixing a plummet in the midst of my people Israel, I will not again any more forgive him.
Nake Jehova akĩnjũũria atĩrĩ, “Amosi, nĩ kĩĩ ũroona”? Na niĩ ngĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ: “Nĩ kabirũ ndĩrona.” Ningĩ Jehova akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, nĩ kabirũ ndĩracuuria gatagatĩ ka andũ akwa a Isiraeli, ndigacooka kũmaiguĩra tha rĩngĩ.
9 So shall the high places of Isaac, be made desolate, and, the holy places of Israel, be laid waste, —and I will rise up, against the house of Jeroboam, with the sword.
“Kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru kwa Isaaka nĩgũkaniinwo, na kũndũ kũrĩa kwamũre kwa Isiraeli nĩgũkanangwo; na nĩngokĩrĩra nyũmba ya Jeroboamu na rũhiũ rwakwa rwa njora.”
10 Then sent Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, unto Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: A conspiracy hath Amos, raised against thee, in the midst of the house of Israel, The land, is not able to endure, all his words;
Nake Amazia mũthĩnjĩri-ngai wa Betheli agĩtũmana kũrĩ Jeroboamu, mũthamaki wa Isiraeli, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Amosi nĩagũciirĩire agũũkĩrĩre arĩ o gũkũ thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli. Bũrũri ndũngĩhota gũkirĩrĩria ndeto ciake ciothe.
11 For, thus, saith Amos, By the sword, shall Jeroboam, die, —and, Israel, shall, surely be exiled, from off his own soil.
Nĩgũkorwo Amosi aroiga atĩrĩ: “‘Jeroboamu akooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora, na ti-itherũ andũ a Isiraeli nĩmagatahwo, matwarwo kũraya na bũrũri wao.’”
12 Then said Amaziah unto Amos, O seer, go flee thee away unto the land of Judah—and eat, there, bread, and, there, mayest thou prophesy;
Ningĩ Amazia akĩĩra Amosi atĩrĩ, “Umagara wee muoni-maũndũ ũyũ! Cooka bũrũri wa Juda. Wĩcaragĩrie gĩa kũrĩa kuo, na ũrathage maũndũ ũrĩ kuo.
13 But, at Bethel, not again, any more, mayest thou prophesy, —for, the holy place of the king, it is, and, the house of the kingdom, it is.
Ndũkaarathĩre ũhoro rĩngĩ gũkũ Betheli tondũ gũkũ nĩkuo kwamũrĩirwo gĩikaro kĩa mũthamaki na hekarũ ya ũthamaki.”
14 Then answered Amos, and said unto Amaziah, No prophet, was I, —nor the son of a prophet, was I, —but, a herdman, was I, and a preparer of sycamore fruit;
Amosi agĩcookeria Amazia atĩrĩ, “Niĩ-rĩ, ndiarĩ mũnabii kana mũrũ wa mũnabii, no ndaarĩ mũrĩithi wa mahiũ na ningĩ mũmenyereri wa mĩkũyũ.
15 But Yahweh, took me away, from following the flock, —and Yahweh, said unto me, Go prophesy against my people Israel.
No Jehova akĩnduta rũũru-inĩ rwa mahiũ akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Thiĩ ũkarathĩre andũ akwa a Isiraeli ũhoro.’
16 Now, therefore, hear thou the word of Yahweh, —Thou art saying, Thou must not prophesy concerning Israel, nor let thy word drop down upon the house of Isaac.
Na rĩrĩ, kĩigue ũhoro wa Jehova. Wee ũroiga atĩrĩ, “‘Ndũkarathĩre Isiraeli ũndũ mũũru, na ũtige kũhunjia maũndũ ma gũũkĩrĩra nyũmba ya Isaaka.’
17 Therefore—Thus, saith Yahweh, Thy wife, in the city, will commit unchastity, and, thy sons and thy daughters, by the sword, shall fall, and, thine own soil, by line, shall he apportioned, —and, thou, on a polluted soil, shalt die, and, Israel, shall, surely go into exile, away from his own soil.
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova ekuuga ũũ: “‘Mũtumia waku nĩagatuĩka mũmaraya itũũra-inĩ inene, nao aanake aku na airĩtu aku makooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora. Bũrũri waku ũgaathimwo na ũgayanio, na wee mwene-rĩ, ũgaakuĩra bũrũri wa andũ matooĩ Ngai. Na ti-itherũ andũ a Isiraeli no nginya magaatahwo, matwarwo kũraya na bũrũri wao.’”

< Amos 7 >