Amos 4
1 You [wealthy women] of Samaria [have grown fat like] [MET] the fat cows of the Bashan [region]. You oppress poor people and you cause needy people to suffer. And you say to your husbands, “Bring us [more wine] to drink!”
Ta iguai ũhoro ũyũ, inyuĩ ngʼombe cia Bashani mũrĩ kũu igũrũ rĩa Kĩrĩma gĩa Samaria, o inyuĩ andũ-a-nja arĩa mũhinyagĩrĩria athĩĩni na mũkahehenja arĩa abatari, na mũkeeraga athuuri anyu atĩrĩ: “Tũreherei ndibei tũnyue!”
2 But Yahweh [our] God has said this: “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this: It will [soon] be the time when you all will be taken [to another country]; [your enemies will take you away as though they are] using sharp hooks [DOU] [to grab you].
Mwathani Jehova nĩehĩtĩte na ũtheru wake, akoiga atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ ihinda nĩrĩroka rĩrĩa mũkaguucũrũrio na mboorio, na ũrĩa wanyu ũgaatigara aguucũrũrio na ndwano.
3 [Your enemies] will drag you out through breaks/holes [in your city walls], and they will throw you outside the city. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Mũkoimio nja ũmwe kwa ũmwe, muumĩrio mĩanya-inĩ ya rũthingo, na mũikanio na kũu Harimoni,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
4 Go to Bethel and Gilgal [towns where many people worship me] and sin more and more [SAR]! [I say that not because I want you to do it], [but because it is what you have always been doing]! Offer sacrifices on the morning [after you arrive], [and bring me] (a tithe/one tenth) of your crops the next day.
“Thiĩi Betheli mũkeehie; o na thiĩi Giligali mũgakĩrĩrĩrie kwĩhia. Rutagai magongona manyu o rũciinĩ, mũrutage gĩcunjĩ kĩanyu gĩa ikũmi o mĩaka ĩtatũ.
5 Bring offerings of bread to thank me, and [other] offerings that are not required/commanded, and boast about [these offerings that you bring], because that is what you like to do, [but you do it to impress others, not to please me]. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it.
Cinagai mĩgate ĩĩkĩrĩtwo ndawa ya kũimbia, ĩtuĩke igongona rĩa gũcookia ngaatho, na mwĩrahage nĩ ũndũ wa maruta manyu ma kwĩyendera, na mwĩtĩĩage nĩ ũndũ wamo, inyuĩ andũ a Isiraeli, nĩgũkorwo ũguo nĩguo mwendaga gwĩka,” ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.
6 I [am the one who] caused there to be no food in any of your cities and towns [DOU], but you rejected me in spite of that.
“Ndaatũmire mũhũte mũrĩ matũũra-inĩ manyu manene, na ngĩtũma mwage irio matũũra-inĩ, no rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũtiigana kũnjookerera,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
7 When it was still three months before [the time of] harvesting [crops], [at the time when your crops needed rain the most], I prevented rain from falling. [Sometimes] I allowed rain to fall on some towns and prevented it from falling on other towns. Rain fell on some fields, but it did not fall on other fields, with the result that [the soil in] those fields [where it did not rain] dried up.
“O na ningĩ ngĩmũima mbura, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa magetha maatigĩtie o mĩeri ĩtatũ. Nĩndoiririe mbura itũũra rĩmwe, no ngĩaga kuuria itũũra rĩrĩa rĩngĩ. Mũgũnda ũmwe ũkiurĩrwo; ũrĩa ũngĩ ũkĩaga kuurĩrwo, ũkĩũma.
8 People would stagger from one town to another town to find water, but they could not even get enough water to drink, but in spite of that, you have not returned to me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Andũ magĩtũgũũga kuuma itũũra rĩmwe nginya rĩrĩa rĩngĩ magĩcaria maaĩ, no mationire maaĩ maiganu ma kũnyua, no rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũtiigana kũnjookerera,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
9 I caused your grain fields to dry up; I caused your gardens and vineyards to be struck/destroyed by (blight/hot winds) and mildew. [I sent] locusts to eat [the leaves on] your fig trees and olive trees, but in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!
“Mahinda maingĩ nĩndahũũrire mĩgũnda yanyu ya irio na ya mĩthabibũ, ngĩmĩhũũra na mbaa, na mbuu. Ngigĩ nĩciarĩire mĩtĩ yanyu ya mĩkũyũ na ya mĩtamaiyũ, no rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũtiigana kũnjookerera,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
10 I caused you to experience (plagues/severe sicknesses) like the plagues [that I sent to the people] of Egypt. I caused [many of] your young men to die in battles. I allowed [your enemies] to capture your horses. [Many of your soldiers were killed, ] and I caused your camps to be filled with the smell/stink of their [decaying] corpses. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!
“Nĩndamũrehithĩirie mĩthiro ta ũrĩa ndeekire bũrũri wa Misiri. Aanake anyu ngĩmoragithia na rũhiũ rwa njora, na ngĩmũtunya mbarathi cianyu. Ngĩtũma mũnungo wa ciimba kuuma kambĩ yanyu ũnungĩrĩre maniũrũ manyu, no rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũtiigana kũnjookerera,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
11 I got rid of many of you, like I got rid of [the people in] Sodom and Gomorrah. [Those of] you who [did not die] were like [SIM] a burning stick that was snatched from a fire [so that it would not burn completely]. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it!
“Nĩndangʼaũranirie amwe anyu ta ũrĩa ndangʼaũranirie Sodomu na Gomora. Mwahaanaga ta gĩcinga kĩraakana kĩrutĩtwo mwaki-inĩ, no rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũtiigana kũnjookerera,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
12 So [now], you [people of] Israel, I am going to punish you. Prepare to stand in front of me, your God, [when I judge you]!
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ũũ nĩguo ngũgwĩka wee Isiraeli, na tondũ nĩngũgwĩka ũguo-rĩ, wĩhaarĩrie gũtũngana na Ngai waku, wee Isiraeli.”
13 I created the mountains, and [I] created winds. I reveal to humans what I am thinking. I [sometimes] cause the daylight to become dark [like the night]. I [rule over everything]; I [even] walk on the highest mountains on the earth! I am the Commander of the armies of angels!”
Ũrĩa ũmbaga irĩma nowe ũmbaga rũhuho, na akaguũrĩria mũndũ meciiria make, o we ũtũmaga rũciinĩ kũgĩe nduma, na agathiĩra thĩ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru, rĩĩtwa rĩake nĩ Jehova Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
