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 message, women of Sameria, you well-fed cows of Bashan, who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us another 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 by his holiness: The time is coming when you will be carried away in baskets, your children carried away in fish-baskets,
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 through the breaches in the city wall you will go, thrown out on the garbage dump, 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 transgress, at Gilgald increase your transgression. Bring your sacrifices in the morning, every third day your tithes!
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.
Burn some leavened bread as a thank-offering, proclaim aloud your voluntary offerings, for you love to do this, Israelites! 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.
But it was I who gave to you empty stomachs in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your towns, yet you have not returned to 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.
It was I who withheld from you the rain, sending rain on one city, while on another I allowed no rain. One field received rain, while a field without rain withered.
8 Walizunguka miji miwili au mitatu kwenda mji mwingine kunywa maji, lakini hawakutosheka. Bado hawakunirudia mimi -asema Yahwe.
People from two or three cities ranged as far as another city for drinking water, and still they did not have enough, yet 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 blight and mildew, I laid waste your gardens and vineyards. The swarming locust devoured your fig and your olive trees, yet 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 plague among you like the plagues of Egypt, I slew your youths with the sword, your horses raided away, I caused the stench of your camps to rise in your nostrils, yet 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 wrought a destruction among you, as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a stick snatched from the fire, yet 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!
Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I am about to do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.
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.”
He is here! He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, declares to his thoughts to mortals, makes dawn and darkness, treads upon the heights of the earth, the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!
