Amos 5
1 Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:
Muwulirize mmwe abantu ba Isirayiri ekigambo kino eky’ennaku ekibakwatako.
2 “The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”
“Isirayiri embeerera agudde obutayimuka nate. Bamwabulidde era tewali amuyimusa.”
3 For the Lord Yahweh says: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda nti, “Ekibuga ekiyungula abalwanyi olukumi okugenda mu lutalo kirisigazaawo kikumi bokka, n’ekyo ekiweereza ekikumi, kirizza kkumi bokka!”
4 For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama eri ennyumba ya Isirayiri nti, “Munnoonye kale munaabanga balamu.
5 but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
Temunnoonyeza Beseri so temulaga Girugaali wadde okulaga e Beeruseba. Kubanga abantu b’e Girugaali balitwalibwa mu buwaŋŋanguse era ne Beseri kiriggwaawo.”
6 Seek Yahweh, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
Munoonye Mukama munaabanga balamu aleme okubuubuuka ng’omuliro ku nnyumba ya Yusufu; guligyokya nga tewali wa kuguzikiza mu Beseri.
7 You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
Mmwe abantu ba Isirayiri abafuula obwenkanya okuba eky’okufumwa obufumwa mutulugunya obutuukirivu.
8 Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,
Oyo eyakola ettendo eriri mu mmunyeenye ezaaka ng’ebizungirizi era afuula ekisiikirize okubeera enkya era akyusa obudde ne buva mu kitangaala ne bufuuka ekiro, ayita amazzi g’omu nnyanja ne gafukirira ensi ng’enkuba, Mukama lye linnya lye.
9 who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.
Okutemya n’okuzibula aleeta okuzikirira ku b’amaanyi era n’asaanyaawo ebibuga ebiriko ebigo.
10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
Mukyawa abalamuzi abasalawo mu bwenkanya era munyooma n’abo aboogera amazima.
11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
Olinnyirira omwavu, n’omuwaliriza okukuwa emmere ey’empeke. Newaakubadde nga mwezimbidde amayumba ag’amayinja, temuligabeeramu; era newaakubadde nga mwesimbidde ennimiro z’emizabbibu ennungi, temulinywa ku wayini waamu.
12 For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
Ebibi byammwe mbimanyi, nga bingi ate nga bisasamaza. Munyigiriza omutuukirivu ne mulya n’enguzi, abaavu temubasalira musango mu bwenkanya.
13 Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Noolwekyo oyo alina amagezi kyaliva asirika obusirisi mu biseera ng’ebyo kubanga ennaku mbi.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
Munoonyenga okukola obulungi, so si obubi munaabeeranga balamu! Bw’atyo Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye anaabeeranga mubeezi wammwe nga bulijjo bwe mumuyita.
15 Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
Mukyawe ekibi, mwagalenga ekirungi era embuga z’amateeka zibeerengamu obwenkanya. Oboolyawo Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye anaabakwatirwa ekisa abantu abo abaasigalawo ku Yusufu.
16 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
Noolwekyo bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye nti, “Walibeerawo okwaziirana mu nguudo n’okukaaba mu buli kibangirizi eky’omu kibuga. N’abalimi baliyitibwa, bakaabe, n’abakungubazi bakube ebiwoobe.
17 In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.
Walibaawo okukaaba mu buli nnimiro ya mizabbibu kubanga nzija okuyita wakati mu mmwe.”
18 “Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
Zibasanze mmwe abasuubira olunaku lwa Mukama. Lwaki mwesunga olunaku lwa Mukama? Olunaku olwo luliba kizikiza so si kitangaala.
19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.
Olunaku olwo lulibeera ng’omusajja adduka empologoma n’asisinkana eddubu, bw’aba ng’ayingira mu nnyumba ne yeekwata ku kisenge, ate n’abojjebwa omusota.
20 Won’t the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Olunaku lwa Mukama, teruliba kizikiza awatali kitangaala n’akatono, ng’ekizikiza ekikutte ennyo?
21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.
Nkyawa, era nnyooma embaga zammwe n’emikolo gyammwe egy’eddiini so sisanyukira kukuŋŋaana kwammwe.
22 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
Weewaawo, ne bwe munaawaayo gye ndi ebiweebwayo byammwe ebyokebwa n’ebiweebwayo eby’emmere ey’empeke, sijja kubikkiriza. Ne bwe mulireeta ebiweebwayo olw’emirembe ebisinga obulungi, siribikkiriza.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
Muggyeewo ennyimba zammwe ez’okutendereza. Siriwuliriza na bivuga ng’entongooli zammwe.
24 But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Kye njagala okulaba ge mazima n’obwenkanya nga bikulukuta ng’amazzi, n’obutuukirivu nga bukulukuta ng’omugga ogw’amaanyi.
25 “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
“Mwandeeteranga ssaddaaka n’ebiweebwayo mu ddungu emyaka gyonna amakumi ana, ggw’ennyumba ya Isirayiri?
26 You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
Muyimusizza essabo lya kabaka wammwe, amaanyi ga bakatonda bammwe, n’emmunyeenye ya katonda wammwe, bye mwekolera mmwe.
27 Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.
Kyendiva mbawaŋŋangusa okusukka Ddamasiko,” bw’ayogera Mukama, ayitibwa Katonda Ayinzabyonna.
