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.

I SAW the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the chapiters, that the thresholds may shake: and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.

2 Hata kama watachimba kwenye Sheoli, kuna mkono wangu utawachukua. Hata kama watapanda juu kwenda mbingunu, huko nitawaleta chini. (Sheol h7585)

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I 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.

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall 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.”

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and 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.

For the Lord, the GOD of hosts, [is] he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River; and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;

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.

[it is] he that buildeth his chambers in the heaven, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea and poureth them out upon the face of 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?

Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and 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.

Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

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.

For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

10 Watenda dhambi wote katika watu wangu watakufa kwa upanga, wale wasemao, 'Majanga hayatatupita au kukutana nasi.'

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent 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,

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

12 Kwamba wamiliki mabaki ya Edomu, na mataifa yote ambayo yameitwa kwa jina langu -hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo-afanyayo haya.

that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

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.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

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.

And I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

15 Nitaipanda hadi kwenye nchi yao, na hawataing'oa tena kutoka kwenye nchi ambayo niliyowapatia,” asema Yahwe Mungu wako.

And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.