Amosi 3
1 Sikieni neno la Yahwe aliloongea juu yenu, watu wa Israeli, juu ya familia nzima ambayo niliwatoa kutoka nchi ya Misri,
Hear this word that Jehovah has spoken against you, O sons of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 “Nimewachagua ninyi tu kutoka familia zote za dunia. Kwa hiyo nitawaadhibu kwa dhambi zenu zote.”
You only I have known of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
3 Je wawili wanaweza kutembea pamoja isipokuwa wamekubaliana?
Shall two walk together unless they have agreed?
4 Je simba huunguruma msituni wakati hakuna mawindo? Je mwana simba ataunguruma kutoka pangoni mwake kama hajakamata kitu?
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has taken nothing?
5 Je ndege ataanguka kwenye mtego aridhini wakati hakuna chambo kimewekwa kwa ajili yake? Je mtego utafyatuka juu aridhini wakati hakuna kitu cha kukamata?
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no net is set for him? Shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?
6 Je tarumbeta itapigwa mjini na watu wasitetemeke? Je janga laweza kuja mjini lisiyoletwa na Yahwe?
Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah has not done it?
7 Hakika Bwna Yahwe hatafanya kitu vinginevyo amewafunulia mpango watumishi wake manabii.
Surely the lord Jehovah will do nothing unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
8 Simba ameshaunguruma; nani hatoogopa? Bwana Yahwe amekwisha ongea; nani hatotabiri?
The lion has roared, who will not fear? The lord Jehovah has spoken, who can but prophesy?
9 Tangaza hii katika ngome huko Ashdodi, na katika ngome za nchi ya Misri; sema, “Kusanyikeni kwenye milima ya Samaria na oneni vile mchafuko ulivyomkubwa kwake, na ukandamizaji uliopo katika yeye.
Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are in it, and what oppressions are in the midst of it.
10 Kwa kuwa hawajui jinsi ya kufanya haki -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo- hao watunzao nguvu na uharibifu katika ngome zao.”
For they do not know to do right, says Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11 Kwa hiyo, hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo, “Adui ataizunguka nchi. Atazivuta chini nguvu zako na ngome zenu zitatekwa nyara.”
Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: An adversary shall be, even round about the land, and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.
12 Hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo,” Kama mchungaji aokoavyo miguu miwili tu kwenye mdomo wa simba, au kipande cha sikio, ndivyo wana wa Israeli watakavyookolewa wale waishio katika Samaria, pamoja na pembe ya kulalia, au pembe ya kitanda.”
Thus says Jehovah: As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the sons of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.
13 Sikieni na kushudia juu ya nyumba ya Yakobo -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo, Mungu wa majeshi,
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, says the lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.
14 “Kwa kuwa katika siku ambayo nimeadhibu dhambi za Israeli, pia nitaziadhibu madhabahu za Betheli. Pembe za madhabahu zitakatwa na kuanguka chini.
For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15 Nitaiharibu nyumba ya baridi pamoja na nyumba ya hari. Nyumba za pembe zitaangamia, na nyumba kubwa zitatoweka, -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo.”
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, says Jehovah.
