Amosi 2
1 Hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo: “Kwa dhambi tatu za Moabu, hata kwa nne, sintobadilisha adhabu, kwa sababu amechoma moto mifupa ya mfalme wa Edomu hadi kuwa chokaa.
This is what the Lord says: The people of Moab have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they desecrated the bones of the king of Edom by burning them, turning them into lime.
2 Nitatuma moto juu ya Moabu, na utaangamiza ngome za Keriothi. Moabu atakufa katika gasia, pamoja na kelele na sauti ya tarumbeta.
So I will send down fire on Moab, and I will burn up the fortresses of Kerioth, and the people of Moab will die in the midst of uproar, battle cries, and the sound of the trumpet.
3 Nitamuharibu mwamuzi kati yake, na nitawaua wana wa mfalme pamoja na yeye,” asema Yahwe.
I will cut down their king and all their princes with him, says the Lord.
4 Hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo: “Kwa dhambi tatu za Yuda, hata kwa nne, sintobadilisha adhabu, kwa sababu wameikataa sheria ya Yahwe na hawakuzishika amri zake. Uongo wao umesababisha kupotea, ambao baba zao pia waliufuata.
This is what the Lord says: The people of Judah have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his commands. Their lies have led them astray, the same lies that their forefathers followed.
5 Nitatuma moto juu ya Yuda, na utaimeza ngome ya Yerusalemu.”
So I will send down fire on Judah, and I will burn up the fortresses of Jerusalem.
6 Hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo: “Kwa dhambi tatu za Israeli, hata kwa nne, sintobadilisha adhabu, kwa sababu wamewauza wasio na hatia kwa fedha na maskini kwa jozi moja ya makubadhi.
This is what the Lord says: The people of Israel have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they sell good people for silver, and poor people for a pair of sandals.
7 Nao hukanyaga juu ya vichwa vya maskini kama kukanyaga kwenye mavumbi juu ya aridhi; wanasukuma kukandamiza. Mtu mmoja na baba yake walilala na msichana mmoja na hivyo kukufuru jina langu takatifu.
They trample the heads of the poor into the dust, and push the needy out of the way. A man and his father have sex with the same servant girl so that my holy name is profaned.
8 Nao hulala chini karibu na kila madhabahu kwenye nguo zilizowekwa dhamana, na katika nyumba ya Mungu wao hunywa divai ya wale ambao walitozwa faini.
At every altar they stretch themselves out in clothes taken from debtors as collateral, in the temple of their god they drink wine taken from the people they fined.
9 Bado nimemwangamiza Mwamori mbele yao, ambaye urefu wake ulikuwa kama urefu wa mierezi; alikuwa na nguvu kama mialoni. Kisha nikaharibu matunda yake juu na mizizi yake chini.
Yet it was I was the one who destroyed the Amorites before you, even though they were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed them root and branch.
10 Pia, niliwapandisha kutoka nchi ya Misri na kuwaongoza miaka arobaini nyikani ili mmiliki nchi ya Wamori.
It was I who brought you out of the land of Egypt and led you through the desert for forty years so that you could take the Amorites' land.
11 Nimewainua manabii kutoka miongoni mwa watoto wanu wawe Wanadhiri kutoka vijana wenu. Je sio hivyo, watu wa Israeli? -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo.
I appointed some of your sons to be prophets, and some of your young men to be Nazirites. Isn't this true, people of Israel?
12 Lakini mmewashawishi Wanadhiri kunywa mvinyo na kuwaamuru manabii wasifanye unabii.
But you made the Nazirites sin by drinking wine, and you told the prophets, “Don't tell us what God says.”
13 Tazama, nitawakanyaga kama mkokoteni uliojaa miganda inayoweza kumkanyaga mtu.
Now see what I am going to do. I will crush you where you are, as if crushed by a heavy cart loaded down with sheaves of grain.
14 Mtu akimbiaye hatapata kimbilio; mwenye nguvu hatoongeza nguvu zake mwenyewe; wala shujaa kujiokoa mwenyewe.
Not even your fastest runners will escape; strong men will lose their strength. Even the greatest warrior will not be able to save his life.
15 Apindaye upinde hatasimama; mkimbiaji sana hatakimbia; mwendesha farasi hatajiokoa mwenyewe.
The archer will not stand his ground. The quickest on his feet will not be able to get away, and even those on horseback will not save themselves.
16 Hata wapiganaji shujaa watakimbia uchi katika siku hiyo -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavy.”
On that day even the bravest of the mighty warriors will run away naked, says the Lord.
