Amos 7
1 Ga abin da Ubangiji Mai Iko Duka ya nuna mini. Ubangiji yana shirya cincirindon fāri bayan da aka ƙarasa yankan rabon hatsin da yake na sarki, hatsi na biyu kuma yake tohuwa.
Yahweh our God showed me [in a vision] that he was going to send locusts [to destroy our crops]. It was going to happen right after the king’s share of the hay had been harvested/cut and before the rest of the hay was ready to be harvested.
2 Sa’ad da suka cinye kome, sai na yi kira, na ce, “Ubangiji Mai Iko Duka, ka gafarta! Ta yaya Yaƙub zai tsira? Ga shi ɗan ƙarami ne!”
[And in the vision I saw] those locusts come, and they ate everything that was green. Then I cried out, “Yahweh our Lord, please forgive us! We Israeli people are very helpless; (how will we be able to survive [RHQ]?/we will not be able to survive!)”
3 Saboda haka sai Ubangiji ya dakatar da nufinsa. “Wannan ba zai faru ba,” in ji Ubangiji.
So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”
4 Ga abin da Ubangiji Mai Iko Duka ya nuna mini. Ubangiji Mai Iko Duka yana shirin hukunta da wuta; wutar ta ƙone teku ta kuma ƙone ƙasa.
Then this is what Yahweh our Lord showed me [in another vision]: He was calling to a fire to [come and] punish [his people]. [In the vision I saw that] the fire dried up the ocean and also burned [everything on] the land.
5 Sai na yi kira, na ce, “Ubangiji Mai Iko Duka, ina roƙonka ka dakata! Ta yaya Yaƙub zai tsira? Ga shi ɗan ƙarami ne!”
Then I cried out again, “Yahweh our Lord, I plead with you, please stop this! We Israeli people are very helpless; how will we be able to survive [RHQ]?”
6 Saboda haka sai Ubangiji ya dakatar da nufinsa. “Wannan ma ba zai faru ba,” in ji Ubangiji Mai Iko Duka.
So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”
7 Ga abin da ya nuna mini. Ubangiji yana tsaye kusa da bangon da aka gina, bisa ga awon igiyar gwada gini, da kuma magwaji a hannunsa.
Then Yahweh showed me [another vision]. I saw him standing beside a wall. [It was very straight because] it had been built using a (plumb line/cord with a weight on one end to determine if walls are vertically straight). Yahweh had the plumb line in his hand.
8 Sai Ubangiji ya tambaye ni, “Me kake gani, Amos?” Sai na amsa, “Igiyar gwada gini.” Sa’an nan Ubangiji ya ce, “Duba, zan sa igiyan nan a cikin mutanena Isra’ila; ba zan ƙara barinsu ba.
Yahweh asked me, “Amos, what do you see?” I replied, “A plumb line.” Then Yahweh said, “Look, I am going to use a plumb line among my Israeli people, [to show that they are like a wall that is not straight]. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.
9 “Za a hallakar da wuraren sujada na Ishaku kuma tsarkakan wurare na Isra’ila za su zama kango; da takobina zan tayar wa gidan Yerobowam.”
The places on hills where [the descendants of] [MTY] Isaac worship [idols] will be destroyed. And the other important shrines in Israel will also be destroyed. And I will enable [your enemies] to attack your people with swords and they will get rid of [King] Jeroboam and all his descendants.”
10 Sai Amaziya firist na Betel ya aika da saƙo zuwa wurin Yerobowam sarkin Isra’ila. “Amos yana shirya maka maƙarƙashiya a tsakiyar Isra’ila. Ƙasar ba za tă iya ɗauka abubuwan da yake faɗi ba.
Then Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, sent [a message] to Jeroboam, the King of Israel. In the message he said, “Amos is plotting against you among the Israeli people [MTY]. [I am worried that] the people of this country will not be able to refute his words.
11 Gama ga abin da Amos yake cewa, “‘Yerobowam zai mutu ta wurin takobi, kuma tabbatacce Isra’ila za su tafi zaman bauta, nesa da ainihin ƙasarsu.’”
This is what he is saying: ‘Jeroboam will soon be killed by [someone using] a sword, and the people of Israel will be (exiled/forced to leave their land and go to another country).’”
12 Sai Amaziya ya ce wa Amos, “Tafi daga nan, mai duba kawai! Koma ƙasar Yahuda. Ka nemi abin zaman garinka a can ka kuma yi annabcinka a can.
Then Amaziah [came to me and] said, “You prophet, get out of here! Go back to the country of Judah! Earn money to [buy food to be able] to live there, and do your prophesying there!
13 Kada ka ƙara yin annabci a Betel, gama nan wuri mai tsarki ne na sarki da kuma haikalin ƙasar.”
Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!”
14 Amos ya amsa wa Amaziya, “Ni ba annabi ba ne ko ɗan annabi, amma ni makiyayi ne, kuma ina lura da itatuwan al’ul.
I replied to Amaziah, “I was [previously] not a prophet, and my father was not a prophet; I was a shepherd. I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.
15 Amma Ubangiji ya ɗauke ni daga kiwon dabbobi ya ce mini, ‘Je ka, ka yi wa mutanena Isra’ila annabci.’
But Yahweh took me away from taking care of my sheep, and he said to me, ‘Go to Israel and prophesy to my people there!’
16 Yanzu fa, sai ka ji maganar Ubangiji. Ka ce, “‘Kada in yi annabci a kan Isra’ila, kuma in daina yin wa’azi a kan gidan Ishaku.’
You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to [the people of] Israel; stop saying those things!’
17 “Saboda haka ga abin da Ubangiji ya ce, “‘Matarka za tă zama karuwa a cikin birni, kuma da takobi za a kashe’ya’yanka maza da mata. Za a auna ƙasarka a kuma raba ta, kai kuma za ka mutu a ƙasar arna. Ba shakka Isra’ila za su tafi zaman bauta, nesa da ainihin ƙasarsu.’”
Therefore listen to what Yahweh says about you: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in this city, and your sons and daughters will be killed by [your enemies’] swords. Others will measure your land and divide it up [among themselves]; and you yourself will die in a foreign country. And the people of Israel will certainly be forced to leave their country and go (into exile/to live in another country).’”
