Amosi 4
1 Lisikilizeni neno hili, ninyi ng'ombe wa Bashani, ninyi mliomo katika mlima wa Samaria, ninyi mnaowakandamiza maskini, ninyi mnaowaponda wahitaji, ninyi muwaambiao waume zenu, “Tuleteeni vinywaji.”
Listen to this word, you fat cows that are on the mountain of Samaria, you who make false accusations against the destitute and crush the poor, who say to your nobles, “Bring, and we will drink.”
2 Bwana Yahwe ameapa kwa utukufu wake, “Tazama, siku zitakuja kwenu wakati watakapowaondoa kwa ndoana, wa mwisho wenu na ndoana za kuvulia samaki.
The Lord God has sworn in his holiness: behold, the days that will overcome you and that will impale you on poles, and that will place what remains of you in boiling pots.
3 Mtatoka kupitia mahali palipo bomolewa kwenye kuta za mji, kila mmoja wenu kwenda moja kwa moja kupitia hapo, na mtajitupa mbele ya Harmoni -hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe.”
And you will go out through the breaches, one over another, and you will be cast out into Harmon, says the Lord.
4 “Nendeni Betheli na uovu, hata Gilgali mkaongeza dhambi, leteni dhabihu zenu kila asubuhi, zaka zenu kila baada ya siku tatu.
Come to Bethel and behave impiously, to Gilgal and increase betrayals. And bring daybreak to your victims, your tithes in three days.
5 Toeni dhabihu za shukurani pamoja na mkate; tangazeni sadaka za hiari; watangazieni, kwa kuwa hii ndiyo iwapendezayo, ninyi watu wa Israeli -hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana Yahwe.
And offer a sacrifice of praise with leaven. And call for voluntary oblations, and announce it. For such is your will, sons of Israel, says the Lord God.
6 Nawapatia usafi wa meno katika miji yenu na na kupungukiwa na mkate katika sehemu zenu zote. Bado hamkurudi kwangu -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo.
Therefore, because of this, I have given you dull teeth in every one of your cities, and a lack of bread in all your places. And you have not been turned back towards me, says the Lord.
7 Pia nimeizuia mvua kutoka kwenu wakati bado kulikuwa na miezi mitatu kwa mavuno. Nikaifanya inyeshe juu ya mji, na kuifanya isinyeshe katika mji mwingine. Kipande kimoja cha nchi ilinyesha, lakini kipande kingine cha nchi ambapo haikunyesha palikuwa pakavu.
Therefore, I have withheld the rains from you, when there were still three months left until the harvest. And I rained on one city, and I did not rain on another city; one part was rained on, and the part on which I did not rain, dried out.
8 Walizunguka miji miwili au mitatu kwenda mji mwingine kunywa maji, lakini hawakutosheka. Bado hawakunirudia mimi -asema Yahwe.
And two and three cities went to one city, in order to drink water, and they were not satisfied. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.
9 Nimewapiga kwa maradhi yanayosababisha kuvu. Wingi wa bustani, mashamba yenu ya zabibu, mitini yenu, na mizaituni-kuteketeza yote. Bado hamkunirudia hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo.
I struck you with a burning wind and with yellowing; the caterpillar has consumed your many gardens and your vineyards, your olive groves and your fig groves. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.
10 Nimetuma tauni kwenu kama ya Misri. Nimewaua watoto wenu kwa upanga, kubeba farasi zenu, na kuufanya uvundo wa kambi zenu na kuingiza kwenye pua zenu. Bado hamkunirudia mimi -hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe.
I sent death to you by way of Egypt; I struck your youths with the sword, even bringing captivity to your horses. And I made the stench of your camp ascend into your nostrils. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.
11 Nimeiangamiza miji miongoni mwenu, kama wakati Mungu alipoiangamiza Sodoma na Gomora. Mlikuwa kama kijinga kilichonyakuliwa kutoka kwenye moto. Bado hamkunirudia - asema Yahwe.
I overturned you, just as God overturned Sodom and Gomorrah, and you became like an ember seized from the fire. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.
12 Kwa hiyo nitafanya jambo baya kwako, Israeli; na kwa sababu nitafanya jambo baya kwako, jiandae kukutana na Mungu, Israeli!
Because of this, I will do these things to you, Israel. But after I have done these things to you, Israel, be prepared to meet your God.
13 Kwa kuwa, tazama, yeye atangenezaye milima pia ndiye aumbaye upepo, humfunulia mawazo yake mwanadamu, hufanya asubuhi kuwa giza, na kupakanyaga mahala pa juu ya dunia. Yahwe, Mungu wa majeshi, ndilo jina lake.”
For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind and announces his speech to man, who makes the morning mist and steps over the heights of the earth: the Lord God of hosts is his name.
