The Women of Samaria
1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
Lisikieni neno hili, enyi ng'ombe wa Bashani, mnaokaa juu ya mlima wa Samaria, mnaowaonea maskini, na kuwaponda wahitaji; mnaowaambia bwana zao, Haya! Leteni, tunywe.
2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
Bwana MUNGU ameapa kwa utakatifu wake, ya kuwa, tazama, siku zitawajilia, watakapowaondoa ninyi kwa kulabu, na mabaki yenu kwa ndoana.
3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.
Nanyi mtatoka kwenye mahali palipobomolewa, kila mwanamke moja kwa moja mbele yake; nanyi mtajitupa katika Harmoni, asema Bwana.
4 Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
Njoni Betheli, mkakose; njoni Gilgali, mkaongeze makosa; kaleteni dhabihu zenu kila asubuhi, na zaka zenu kila siku ya tatu;
5 and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
mkachome sadaka ya shukrani, ya kitu kilichotiwa chachu; mkatangaze sadaka mtoazo kwa hiari na kuzihubiri habari zake; kwa maana ndivyo viwapendezavyo ninyi, enyi wana wa Israeli, asema Bwana MUNGU.
6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Mimi nami nimewapa usafi wa meno katika miji yenu yote, na kutindikiwa na mkate mahali penu pote; lakini hamkunirudia mimi, asema Bwana.
7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Tena nimeizuia mvua msiipate, ilipobaki miezi mitatu kabla ya mavuno; nami nimenyesha mvua juu ya mji mmoja, nikaizuia mvua isinyeshe juu ya mji mwingine; sehemu moja ilipata mvua, na sehemu isiyopata mvua ilikatika.
8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Basi kutoka miji miwili mitatu walitanga-tanga kuendea mji mwingine wapate kunywa maji, wasipate ya kuwatosha; lakini hamkunirudia mimi, asema Bwana.
9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Nami nimewapiga kwa ukavu na koga; wingi wa bustani zenu na mashamba yenu ya mizabibu, na mitini yenu na mizeituni yenu imeliwa na tunutu; Lakini hamkunirudia mimi, asema Bwana.
10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Nimewapelekea tauni, kama tauni ya Misri; vijana wenu nimewaua kwa upanga, na farasi wenu nimewachukulia mbali; nami nimeupandisha uvundo wa matuo yenu na kuuingiza katika mianzi ya pua zenu; lakini hamkunirudia mimi, asema Bwana.
11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Baadhi yenu nimewaangamiza, kama hapo Mungu alipoiangamiza Sodoma na Gomora, nanyi mkawa kama kinga kilichonyakuliwa motoni; lakini hamkunirudia mimi, asema Bwana.
12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
Basi nitakutenda hivi, Ee Israeli, na kwa sababu nitakutenda hivi, ujiweke tayari kuonana na Mungu wako, Ee Israeli.
13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
Kwa maana, angalia, yeye aifanyizaye milima, na kuuumba upepo, na kumwambia mwanadamu mawazo yake, afanyaye asubuhi kuwa giza, na kupakanyaga mahali pa dunia palipoinuka; Bwana, Mungu wa majeshi, ndilo jina lake.
