Amos 9
1 I saw My Lord stationed by the altar, and he said—Smite the capital—that the sills, may tremble, Yea break them off on the head of them all, and, the last of them, with the sword, will I slay, —He that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not make good his escape.
Nilimwona Bwana amesimama karibu na madhabahu, na akasema, “Vipige vichwa vya nguzo ili kwamba misingi itikisike. Vivunje vipande vipande juu ya vichwa vyao vyote, nami nitamwua kwa upanga wa mwisho wao. Hakuna hata mmoja wao atakaye kimbia, hakuna hata mmoja wao atakayekimbia.
2 Though they break through into hades, from thence, shall my hand fetch them, —and, though they ascend the heavens, from thence, will I bring them down; (Sheol h7585)
Hata kama watachimba kwenye Sheoli, kuna mkono wangu utawachukua. Hata kama watapanda juu kwenda mbingunu, huko nitawaleta chini. (Sheol h7585)
3 And, though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, from thence, will I search for them and take them, —and, though they conceal themselves from before mine eyes at the bottom of the sea, from thence, will I command the serpent and he shall bite them;
Hata kama watajificha juu ya Karmeli, nitawatafuta huko na kuwachukua. Hata kama watajificha kwenye vilindi vya bahari nisiwaone, nimwagiza joka, na atawang'ata.
4 And, though they go into captivity before their enemies, from thence, will I command the sword, and it shall slay them, —So will I set mine eyes upon them for calamity, and not for blessing.
Hata kama wataenda kwenye utumwa, watabanwa na maadui zao mbele yao, nitauagiza upanga huko, na utawau. Nitaelekeza macho yangu juu yao kwa ubaya sio kwa uzuri.”
5 Now, My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, is he—who toucheth the earth, and it melteth, and all that dwell therein, mourn; and it cometh up like the Nile, all of it, and subsideth like the river of Egypt:
Bwana Mungu wa majeshi ndiye agusaye nchi na ikayeyuka; wote waishio humo wataomboleza; yote yatainuka kama Mto, na itadidimia tena kama mto wa Misri.
6 Who buildeth, in the heavens, his upper rooms, and, as for his vault, upon the earth, hath he founded it, —who calleth to the waters of the sea, and poureth them out over the face of the land, Yahweh, is his name.
Ni yeye ndiye avijengaye vyumba vyake mbinguni, na kuanzisha kuba yake juu ya dunia. Yeye huita maji ya bahari, na kuyamwaga juu ya uso wa dunia, Yahwe ndiye jina lake.
7 Like the sons of the Ethiopians, are not ye, unto me, O sons of Israel? Demandeth Yahweh: Was it not, Israel, I brought up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines out of Caphtor, and the Syrians out of Kir?
“Je ninyi sio kama watu wa Kushi kwangu, wana wa Israeli? -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo. Je sikuwapandisha Israeli kutoka nchi ya misri, Wafilisti kutoka Krete, na Washami kutoka Kiri?
8 Lo! the eyes of My Lord, Yahweh, are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the ground, —save only that I will not, utterly destroy, the house of Jacob, Declareth Yahweh.
Tazama, macho ya Bwana Yahwe yako juu ya ufalme wenye dhambi, na nitauharibu kutoka kwenye uso wa dunia, isipokuwa kwamba sintoiharibu kabisa nyumba ya Yakobo -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo.
9 For lo! I am giving command, and will sift, throughout all the nations, the house of Israel, —as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall there not fall a kernel, to the earth.
Tazama, nitaamuru, na nitaipepeta nyumba ya Israeli miongoni mwa mataifa yote, kama mtu apepetaye ngano kwenye ungo, hivyo basi hakuna hata chembe ya jiwe itakayoanguka kwenye aridhi.
10 By the sword, shall die all the sinners of my people, —who say, The calamity, shall not overtake and close in before us.
Watenda dhambi wote katika watu wangu watakufa kwa upanga, wale wasemao, 'Majanga hayatatupita au kukutana nasi.'
11 In that day, will I raise up the pavilion of David, that is lying prostrate, —and wall up the breaches of them, and, his ruins, will I raise up, and will build it, as in the days of age-past times:
Katika siku hiyo nitainua hema ya Daudi iliyokuwa imeanguka, na kuyafunga matawi yake. Nitayainua magofu yake, na kuijenga tena kama katika siku za zamani,
12 That they on whom my name hath been called, may take possession, of the residue of Edom and of all the nations, Declareth Yahweh, who executeth this.
Kwamba wamiliki mabaki ya Edomu, na mataifa yote ambayo yameitwa kwa jina langu -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo-afanyayo haya.
13 Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, that, the plowman, shall overtake, the reaper, and, he that treadeth out the grapes, him that traileth the seed, —so shall, the mountains, drip sweet wine, and, all the hills, shall melt;
Tazama, siku zitakuja-hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo-wakati mlimaji atampita mvunaji, na akanyagaye zabibu atampita yeye apandaye mbegu. Milima itadondosha divai tamu, na milima yote itabubujika kwa nayo.
14 And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build waste cities, and inhabit [them], and plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof, and lay out gardens, and eat the fruit thereof:
Nitawarudisha kutoka utumwani watu wangu Israeli. Watajenga magofu ya miji na kuishi humo, watapanda bustani za mizabibu na kunywa divai, na watafanya bustani na kula matunda yao.
15 So will I plant them upon their own soil, —and will not uproot them any more from off their own soil, which I have given to them, saith Yahweh thy God.
Nitaipanda hadi kwenye nchi yao, na hawataing'oa tena kutoka kwenye nchi ambayo niliyowapatia,” asema Yahwe Mungu wako.
