Amosi 2
1 Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Kwa dhambi tatu za Moabu, hata kwa dhambi nne, sitaizuia ghadhabu yangu. Kwa sababu alichoma mifupa ya mfalme wa Edomu, ikawa kama chokaa.
The Lord says: For Moab’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They have burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom,
2 Nitatuma moto juu ya Moabu ambao utateketeza ngome za Keriothi. Moabu ataanguka kwa ghasia kubwa katikati ya vilio vya vita na mlio wa tarumbeta.
to desecrate the dead. So I will send a fire into Moab. It will devour the palaces of Kirioth, with a war-cry, with the sound of trumpets.
3 Nitamwangamiza mtawala wake na kuwaua maafisa wake wote pamoja naye,” asema Bwana.
I will kill the ruler, all his nobles I will slay with him, says the Lord.
4 Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Kwa dhambi tatu za Yuda, hata kwa dhambi nne, sitaizuia ghadhabu yangu. Kwa sababu wameikataa sheria ya Bwana na hawakuzishika amri zake, kwa sababu wamepotoshwa na miungu ya uongo, miungu ambayo babu zao waliifuata.
The Lord says: For Judah’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They have rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his statutes. Instead their false gods their ancestors followed, have led them astray.
5 Nitatuma moto juu ya Yuda ambao utateketeza ngome za Yerusalemu.”
So I will send a fire on Judah. It will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Kwa dhambi tatu za Israeli, hata kwa dhambi nne, sitaizuia ghadhabu yangu. Wanawauza wenye haki kwa fedha, na maskini kwa jozi ya viatu.
The Lord says: For Israel’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They sell the righteous for money, the needy for a pair of shoes.
7 Wanakanyaga juu ya vichwa vya maskini, kama vile juu ya mavumbi ya nchi, na kukataa haki kwa walioonewa. Baba na mwanawe hushiriki msichana mmoja, kwa hivyo hulinajisi Jina langu takatifu.
They trample on the head of the poor, push the humble out of the way. Father and son go to the same temple girl, and so profane my holy name.
8 Watu hulala kando ya kila madhabahu juu ya nguo zilizowekwa rehani. Katika nyumba ya mungu wao hunywa mvinyo ulionunuliwa kwa fedha walizotozwa watu.
They stretch themselves on garments taken in pledges beside every altar, and they drink the wine of those who have been fined in the house of their God.
9 “Nilimwangamiza Mwamori mbele yao, ingawa alikuwa mrefu kama mierezi, na mwenye nguvu kama mialoni. Niliyaangamiza matunda yake juu na mizizi yake chini.
It was I who destroyed the Amorites for your sake, whose height was like that of the cedars, as strong as oaks. I destroyed their fruit from above and their roots from below.
10 “Niliwapandisha toka Misri, na nikawaongoza miaka arobaini jangwani niwape nchi ya Waamori.
It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, led you forty years in the wilderness, brought you here to possess the land of the Amorites.
11 Pia niliinua manabii kutoka miongoni mwa wana wenu na Wanadhiri kutoka miongoni mwa vijana wenu. Je, hii si kweli, enyi watu wa Israeli?” asema Bwana.
I raised up some of your sons to be prophets some of your youths to be Nazirites. Is not this indeed so, Israelites? says the Lord.
12 “Lakini mliwafanya Wanadhiri kunywa mvinyo na kuwaamuru manabii wasitoe unabii.
But you made the Nazirites drink wine and banned the prophets from prophesying.
13 “Sasa basi, nitawaponda kama gari lipondavyo wakati limejazwa nafaka.
Listen! It is I who will make you groan in your places, as a wagon groans under its load of grain.
14 Mkimbiaji hodari hatanusurika, wenye nguvu wataishiwa nguvu zao, na shujaa hataweza kuokoa maisha yake.
Then flight will fail the swift, and the strength of the strongest will be useless. The warrior will not save his life,
15 Mpiga upinde atakimbia, askari wapiga mbio hawataweza kutoroka, na mpanda farasi hataokoa maisha yake.
the archer will not stand firm, the swift of foot will not escape, the horseman will not save his life.
16 Hata askari walio mashujaa sana siku hiyo watakimbia uchi,” asema Bwana.
The bravest of warriors will flee away naked in that day, says the Lord.
