Amosi 6
1 Ole wenu ninyi mnaostarehe na kuridhika katika Sayuni, na ninyi mnaojisikia salama juu ya Mlima Samaria, ninyi watu mashuhuri wa taifa lililoendelea kuliko mataifa mengine, ambao watu wa Israeli wanawategemea!
Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!
2 Nendeni Kalne mkaone kutoka huko; mwende hadi Hamathi iliyo kuu, kisha mshuke hadi Gathi ya Wafilisti. Je, wao ni bora kuliko falme zenu mbili? Je, nchi yao ni kubwa kuliko yenu?
Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land wider than theirs?
3 Mnaiweka mbali siku iliyo mbaya na kuleta karibu utawala wa kuogofya.
You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;
4 Ninyi mnalala juu ya vitanda vilivyofunikwa kwa pembe za ndovu, na kujinyoosha juu ya viti vya fahari. Mnajilisha kwa wana-kondoo wazuri na ndama walionenepeshwa.
Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house;
5 Ninyi mnapiga vinubi kama Daudi, huku mkitunga nyimbo za vinanda mbalimbali.
Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;
6 Mnakunywa mvinyo kwa bakuli zilizojazwa, na mnajipaka mafuta mazuri, lakini hamhuzuniki kwa maangamizi ya Yosefu.
Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.
7 Kwa hiyo mtakuwa miongoni mwa watu wa kwanza kwenda uhamishoni; karamu zenu na kustarehe kutakoma.
So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.
8 Bwana Mwenyezi ameapa kwa nafsi yake mwenyewe: Bwana Mungu Mwenye Nguvu Zote asema: “Nachukia kiburi cha Yakobo, nachukia ngome zake; nitautoa mji wao na kila kitu kilichomo ndani mwake.”
The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.
9 Kama watu kumi watabaki katika nyumba moja, wao pia watakufa.
Then it will come about that if there are still ten men in a house, death will overtake them.
10 Kama jamaa ambaye atachoma miili akija ili kuitoa nje ya nyumba, na kumuuliza yeyote ambaye bado anajificha humo, “Je, yuko mtu yeyote pamoja nawe?” Naye akisema, “Hapana,” ndipo atakaposema, “Nyamaza kimya! Haturuhusiwi kutaja jina la Bwana.”
And when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible for burning his body, lifting him up to take his bones out of the house, says to him who is in the inmost part of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he will say, Keep quiet, for the name of the Lord may not be named.
11 Kwa kuwa Bwana ameamuru, naye atabomoa jumba kubwa vipande vipande na nyumba ndogo vipande vidogo vidogo.
For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.
12 Je, farasi waweza kukimbia kwenye miamba mikali? Je, aweza mtu kulima huko kwa maksai? Lakini mmegeuza haki kuwa sumu na matunda ya uadilifu kuwa uchungu:
Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?
13 ninyi mnaoshangilia kushindwa kwa Lo-Debari na kusema, “Je, hatukuteka Karnaimu kwa nguvu zetu wenyewe?”
You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?
14 Maana Bwana Mungu Mwenye Nguvu Zote asema, “Nitainua taifa dhidi yenu, ee nyumba ya Israeli, nalo litawatesa kuanzia Lebo-Hamathi hadi Bonde la Araba.”
For see, I will send against you a nation, O Israel, says the Lord, the God of armies, ruling you cruelly from the way into Hamath as far as the stream of the Arabah.
