Amosi 9
1 Nilimwona Bwana amesimama karibu na madhabahu, na akasema, “Vipige vichwa vya nguzo ili kwamba misingi itikisike. Vivunje vipande vipande juu ya vichwa vyao vyote, nami nitamwua kwa upanga wa mwisho wao. Hakuna hata mmoja wao atakaye kimbia, hakuna hata mmoja wao atakayekimbia.
Then I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: Strike the tops of the Temple pillars so that the foundations shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people below. Those who survive I will kill by the sword. None of them will escape, not a single one.
2 Hata kama watachimba kwenye Sheoli, kuna mkono wangu utawachukua. Hata kama watapanda juu kwenda mbingunu, huko nitawaleta chini. (Sheol h7585)
Even if they dig down into Sheol, I will catch them and pull them up. Even if they climb up to heaven, I will bring them down. (Sheol h7585)
3 Hata kama watajificha juu ya Karmeli, nitawatafuta huko na kuwachukua. Hata kama watajificha kwenye vilindi vya bahari nisiwaone, nimwagiza joka, na atawang'ata.
Even if they hide themselves at the top of Mount Carmel, I will search for them and catch them. Even if they hide from me at the bottom of the sea, I will command the sea serpent to bite them.
4 Hata kama wataenda kwenye utumwa, watabanwa na maadui zao mbele yao, nitauagiza upanga huko, na utawau. Nitaelekeza macho yangu juu yao kwa ubaya sio kwa uzuri.”
Even if they are driven into exile by their enemies, I will order them put to death by the sword. I will watch them carefully—and for evil, not for good.
5 Bwana Mungu wa majeshi ndiye agusaye nchi na ikayeyuka; wote waishio humo wataomboleza; yote yatainuka kama Mto, na itadidimia tena kama mto wa Misri.
The Lord God of power touches the earth and it melts, and all who live there mourn. The earth rises up like the Nile river in flood, and then falls again.
6 Ni yeye ndiye avijengaye vyumba vyake mbinguni, na kuanzisha kuba yake juu ya dunia. Yeye huita maji ya bahari, na kuyamwaga juu ya uso wa dunia, Yahwe ndiye jina lake.
The Lord builds his upper rooms in heaven, and places the foundations on the earth. He calls for the water of the seas, and pours it down as rain upon the earth—the Lord is his name!
7 “Je ninyi sio kama watu wa Kushi kwangu, wana wa Israeli? -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo. Je sikuwapandisha Israeli kutoka nchi ya misri, Wafilisti kutoka Krete, na Washami kutoka Kiri?
Aren't the Ethiopians as important to me as you, people of Israel? asks the Lord. Yes, I brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir.
8 Tazama, macho ya Bwana Yahwe yako juu ya ufalme wenye dhambi, na nitauharibu kutoka kwenye uso wa dunia, isipokuwa kwamba sintoiharibu kabisa nyumba ya Yakobo -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo.
Watch out! I'm watching this sinful kingdom. I will eradicate it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not completely destroy the descendants of Jacob.
9 Tazama, nitaamuru, na nitaipepeta nyumba ya Israeli miongoni mwa mataifa yote, kama mtu apepetaye ngano kwenye ungo, hivyo basi hakuna hata chembe ya jiwe itakayoanguka kwenye aridhi.
See what I'm doing! I will give the command, and the people of Israel will be shaken among the nations like flour through a sieve, and nothing will fall to the ground.
10 Watenda dhambi wote katika watu wangu watakufa kwa upanga, wale wasemao, 'Majanga hayatatupita au kukutana nasi.'
All the sinners of my people will be killed by the sword—all those who say, “Nothing bad is going to happen; no disaster will fall on us.”
11 Katika siku hiyo nitainua hema ya Daudi iliyokuwa imeanguka, na kuyafunga matawi yake. Nitayainua magofu yake, na kuijenga tena kama katika siku za zamani,
On that day I will restore the fallen kingdom of David; I will repair the broken walls, I will rebuild the ruins, and I will make it as it was in days of old.
12 Kwamba wamiliki mabaki ya Edomu, na mataifa yote ambayo yameitwa kwa jina langu -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo-afanyayo haya.
And they will possess what is left of Edom and all the nations that were once mine, declares the Lord. He will make this happen.
13 Tazama, siku zitakuja-hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo-wakati mlimaji atampita mvunaji, na akanyagaye zabibu atampita yeye apandaye mbegu. Milima itadondosha divai tamu, na milima yote itabubujika kwa nayo.
Look! The time is coming, says the Lord, when the reaper will overtake the plowman, and the one who treads the grapes will overtake the one who sows the seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, and flow from all the hills.
14 Nitawarudisha kutoka utumwani watu wangu Israeli. Watajenga magofu ya miji na kuishi humo, watapanda bustani za mizabibu na kunywa divai, na watafanya bustani na kula matunda yao.
I will bring my people back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and they shall live in them. They shall plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will plant gardens and eat the fruit they produce.
15 Nitaipanda hadi kwenye nchi yao, na hawataing'oa tena kutoka kwenye nchi ambayo niliyowapatia,” asema Yahwe Mungu wako.
I will plant them in their own land, and they shall never be uprooted again from the land I have given them, declares the Lord your God.
