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 standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the foundations will shake. Break them in pieces on all of their heads, and I will kill the last of them with the sword. Not one of them will get away, not one of them will escape.

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

Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring 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 hide on the top of Carmel, there I will search and take them. Though they are hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I give orders to the serpent, and it will bite them.

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

Though they go into captivity, driven by their enemies before them, there will I give orders to the sword, and it will kill them. I will keep my eyes on them for harm 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;

The Lord Yahweh of hosts touches the land and it melts; all who live in it mourn; all of it will rise up like the River, and sink 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 builds his steps in the heavens, and has established his vault over the earth. He calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh 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 like the people of Cush to me, people of Israel? —this is Yahweh's declaration. Did I not bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Crete, and the Arameans 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.

Look, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth, except that I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob —this is Yahweh's declaration.

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.

Look, I will give a command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations, as one shakes grain in a sieve, so that not the smallest stone will fall to the ground.

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

All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, those who say, 'Disaster will not overtake or meet 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 raise up the tent of David that has fallen, and close up its breaches. I will raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

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

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name —this is Yahweh's declaration—he does 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.

Look, the days will come—this is Yahweh's declaration— when the plowman will overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes will overtake him who plants seed. The mountains will drip sweet wine, and all the hills will flow with it.

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.

I will bring back from captivity my people Israel. They will build the ruined cities and inhabit them, they will plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

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

I will plant them upon their land, and they will never again be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.