Amosi 3
1 Sikilizeni neno hili alilosema Bwana dhidi yenu, enyi watu wa Israeli, dhidi ya jamaa nzima niliowapandisha toka Misri:
Listen to the word which the Lord has spoken about you, sons of Israel, concerning the whole family that I led out of the land of Egypt, saying:
2 “Ni ninyi tu niliowachagua kati ya jamaa zote za dunia; kwa hiyo nitawaadhibu kwa ajili ya dhambi zenu zote.”
I have known only you in such a way, out of all the families of the earth. For this reason, I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
3 Je, watu wawili hutembea pamoja wasipokubaliana kufanya hivyo?
Will two walk together, unless they have agreed to do so?
4 Je, simba hunguruma katika kichaka wakati hana mawindo? Aweza kuvuma katika pango wakati ambao hajakamata chochote?
Will a lion roar in the forest, unless he has prey? Will the lion’s young cry out from his den, unless he has taken something?
5 Je, ndege aweza kuanguka kwenye mtego ulio ardhini ambapo hajategewa chambo? Je, mtego unaweza kufyatuka toka ardhini wakati ambapo hakuna chochote cha kunasa?
Will a bird fall into a snare on the ground, if there is no bird-catcher? Will a snare be taken away from the ground, before it has caught something?
6 Je, tarumbeta inapopigwa mjini kujulisha hatari, watu hawatetemeki? Mji upatwapo na maafa, je, si Bwana amesababisha?
Will the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not become frightened? Will there be disaster in a city, which the Lord has not done?
7 Hakika Bwana Mwenyezi hatafanya neno lolote bila kuwafunulia watumishi wake manabii siri yake.
For the Lord God does not fulfill his word, unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.
8 Simba amenguruma: je, ni nani ambaye hataogopa? Bwana Mwenyezi ametamka: je, ni nani awezaye kukosa kutoa unabii?
The lion will roar, who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken, who will not prophesy?
9 Tangazeni katika ngome za Ashdodi na katika ngome za Misri: “Kusanyikeni juu ya milima ya Samaria; angalieni wingi wa wasiwasi ulio ndani yake, na uonevu ulio miongoni mwa watu wake.”
Let it be heard in the buildings of Ashdod and in the buildings of the land of Egypt, and say: Gather together across the mountains of Samaria, and see the many absurdities in its midst, and those who are suffering false accusations in its inner most places.
10 Bwana asema: “Hawajui kutenda lililo jema, wale ambao hujilundikia nyara na vitu vilivyotekwa katika ngome zao.”
And they do not know how to make it right, says the Lord, storing up iniquity and plunder in their buildings.
11 Kwa hiyo hili ndilo asemalo Bwana Mwenyezi: “Adui ataizingira nchi; ataangusha chini ngome zenu na kuteka nyara maboma yenu.”
Because of these things, thus says the Lord God: The land will be encircled and squeezed together. And your strength will be drawn away from you, and your buildings will be torn apart.
12 Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Kama vile mchungaji aokoavyo kinywani mwa simba vipande viwili tu vya mfupa wa mguu au kipande cha sikio, hivyo ndivyo Waisraeli watakavyookolewa, wale wakaao Samaria kwenye kingo za vitanda vyao, na katika Dameski kwenye viti vyao vya fahari.”
Thus says the Lord: Just as if a shepherd had rescued two legs from the mouth of a lion, or the tip of an ear, so also will the sons of Israel be rescued, who dwell in the sick bed of Samaria, and in the cot of Damascus.
13 “Sikia hili na ushuhudie dhidi ya nyumba ya Yakobo,” asema Bwana, Bwana Mungu Mwenye Nguvu Zote.
Listen and give testimony in the house of Jacob, says the Lord God of hosts:
14 “Siku nitakapomwadhibu Israeli kwa sababu ya dhambi zake, nitaharibu madhabahu za Betheli; pembe za madhabahu zitakatiliwa mbali na kuanguka chini.
that in the day, when I will begin to visit the betrayals of Israel, I will visit upon him and upon the altars of Bethel. And the horns of the altars will be cut off and will fall to the ground.
15 Nitabomoa nyumba ya wakati wa masika, pamoja na nyumba ya wakati wa kiangazi; nyumba zilizonakshiwa kwa pembe za ndovu na majumba makubwa ya fahari yatabomolewa,” asema Bwana.
And I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and many buildings will be torn apart, says the Lord.
