Amosi 9

1 Nilimwona Bwana akiwa amesimama kando ya madhabahu, naye akasema: “Piga vichwa vya nguzo ili vizingiti vitikisike. Viangushe juu ya vichwa vya watu wote; na wale watakaosalia nitawaua kwa upanga. Hakuna awaye yote atakayekimbia, hakuna atakayetoroka.

I saw the Lord stationed by the side of the altar, giving blows to the tops of the pillars so that the doorsteps were shaking: and he said, I will let all of them be broken with earth-shocks; I will put the last of them to the sword: if any one of them goes in flight he will not get away, not one of them will be safe.

2 Wajapojichimbia chini mpaka kwenye vina vya kuzimu, kutoka huko mkono wangu utawatoa. Wajapopanda juu hadi kwenye mbingu, kutoka huko nitawashusha. (Sheol h7585)

Even if they go deep into the underworld, my hand will take them up from there; if they go up to heaven, I will get them down: (Sheol h7585)

3 Wajapojificha juu ya kilele cha Karmeli, huko nitawawinda na kuwakamata. Wajapojificha kutoka kwenye uso wangu katika vilindi vya bahari, huko nako nitaamuru joka kuwauma.

Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:

4 Wajapopelekwa uhamishoni na adui zao, huko nako nitaamuru upanga uwaue. Nitawakazia macho yangu kwa mabaya wala si kwa mazuri.”

And though they are taken away as prisoners by their attackers, even there will I give orders to the sword to put them to death: my eyes will be fixed on them for evil and not for good.

5 Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, yeye agusaye dunia nayo ikayeyuka, na wote wakaao ndani mwake wakaomboleza: nayo nchi yote huinuka kama Naili, kisha hushuka kama mto wa Misri;

For the Lord, the God of armies, is he at whose touch the land is turned to water, and everyone in it will be given up to sorrow; all of it will be overflowing like the River, and will go down again like the River of Egypt;

6 yeye ambaye hujenga jumba lake la kifalme katika mbingu na kuisimika misingi yake juu ya dunia, yeye aitaye maji ya bahari na kuyamwaga juu ya uso wa nchi: Bwana ndilo jina lake.

It is he who makes his rooms in the heaven, basing his arch on the earth; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, and sends them flowing over the face of the earth; the Lord is his name.

7 “Je, Waisraeli, ninyi si sawa kwangu kama Wakushi?” asema Bwana. “Je, sikuleta Israeli kutoka Misri, Wafilisti kutoka Kaftori, na Washamu kutoka Kiri?

Are you not as the children of the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel? says the Lord. Have I not taken Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Aramaeans from Kir?

8 “Hakika macho ya Bwana Mwenyezi yako juu ya ufalme wenye dhambi. Nami nitauangamiza kutoka kwenye uso wa dunia: hata hivyo sitaiangamiza kabisa nyumba ya Yakobo,” asema Bwana.

See, the eyes of the Lord are on the evil kingdom, and I will put an end to it in all the earth; but I will not send complete destruction on Jacob, says the Lord.

9 “Kwa kuwa nitatoa amri, na nitaipepeta nyumba ya Israeli miongoni mwa mataifa yote, kama vile nafaka ipepetwavyo katika ungo, na hakuna hata punje moja itakayoanguka chini.

For see, I will give orders, and I will have Israel moved about among all the nations, as grain is moved about by the shaking of the tray, but not the smallest seed will be dropped on the earth.

10 Watenda dhambi wote miongoni mwa watu wangu watauawa kwa upanga, wale wote wasemao, ‘Maafa hayatatupata wala kutukuta.’

All those sinners among my people will be put to the sword who say, Evil will not overtake us or come face to face with us.

11 “Katika siku ile nitaisimamisha hema ya Daudi iliyoanguka. Nitakarabati mahali palipobomoka na kujenga upya magofu yake, na kuijenga kama ilivyokuwa awali,

In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past;

12 ili wapate kuyamiliki mabaki ya Edomu, na mataifa yote yale yanayobeba Jina langu,” asema Bwana ambaye atafanya mambo haya.

So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this.

13 “Siku zinakuja,” asema Bwana, “wakati mvunaji atatanguliwa na mkulima, naye mpanzi atatanguliwa na yeye akamuaye zabibu. Divai mpya itadondoka kutoka milimani, na kutiririka kutoka vilima vyote.

See, the days will come, says the Lord, when the ploughman will overtake him who is cutting the grain, and the crusher of the grapes him who is planting seed; and sweet wine will be dropping from the mountains, and the hills will be turned into streams of wine.

14 Nitawarejesha tena watu wangu Israeli waliohamishwa; wataijenga tena miji iliyoachwa magofu, nao wataishi ndani mwake. Watapanda mizabibu na kunywa divai yake; watalima bustani na kula matunda yake.

And I will let the fate of my people Israel be changed, and they will be building up again the waste towns and living in them; they will again be planting vine-gardens and taking the wine for their drink; and they will make gardens and get the fruit of them.

15 Nitaipanda Israeli katika nchi yao wenyewe, hawatangʼolewa tena kutoka nchi ambayo nimewapa,” asema Bwana Mungu wenu.

And I will have them planted in their land, and never again will they be uprooted from their land which I have given them, says the Lord your God.