A Basket of Fruit
1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
Haya ndiyo aliyonionyesha Bwana MUNGU; tazama, kikapu cha matunda ya wakati wa hari.
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
Akaniambia, Amosii, unaona nini? Nikasema, Naona kikapu cha matunda ya wakati wa hari. Ndipo Bwana akaniambia, Mwisho wao umewajilia watu wangu Israeli; sitawapita tena kamwe.
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
Tena nyimbo za hekaluni zitakuwa vilio siku ile, asema Bwana MUNGU; mizoga itakuwa mingi; kila mahali wataitupa, wakinyamaza kimya.
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Lisikieni hili, ninyi mnaopenda kuwameza wahitaji, na kuwakomesha maskini wa nchi,
5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
mkisema, Mwezi mpya utaondoka lini, tupate kuuza nafaka? Na sabato nayo, tupate kuandika ngano? Mkiipunguza efa na kuiongeza shekeli, mkidanganya watu kwa mizani ya udanganyifu;
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea , and sell the refuse of the wheat?
tupate kuwanunua maskini kwa fedha, na wahitaji kwa jozi ya viatu; na kuziuza takataka za ngano.
7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Bwana ameapa kwa fahari ya Yakobo, Hakika sitazisahau kamwe kazi zao hata mojawapo.
8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Kwa ajili ya hayo, je! Haitatetemeka nchi, na kuomboleza kila mtu akaaye ndani yake? Naam, itainuka yote pia kama huo Mto; nayo itataabika na kupwa tena kama Mto wa Misri.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
Tena itakuwa siku hiyo, asema Bwana MUNGU, nitalifanya jua litue wakati wa adhuhuri, nami nitaitia nchi giza wakati wa nuru ya mchana.
10 and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son , and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Nami nitazigeuza sikukuu zenu kuwa maombolezo, na nyimbo zenu zote kuwa vilio; nami nitatia nguo za magunia katika viuno vyote, na upaa katika kila kichwa; nami nitayafanya haya kuwa kama maombolezo kwa ajili ya mwana wa pekee, na mwisho wake kama siku ya uchungu.
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
Angalia, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana MUNGU, ambazo nitaleta njaa katika nchi; si njaa ya kukosa chakula, wala kiu ya kukosa maji, bali ya kukosa kuyasikia maneno ya Bwana.
12 and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it .
Nao watatanga-tanga toka bahari hata bahari; na toka upande wa kaskazi hata upande wa mashariki; watapiga mbio, wakienda huko na huko, kulitafuta neno la Bwana, wasilione.
13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
Siku hiyo wanawali wazuri na wavulana watazimia kwa kiu.
14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Na hao waapao kwa dhambi ya Samaria, na kusema, Kama aishivyo Mungu wako, Ee Dani, na, Kama iishivyo njia ya Beer-sheba, hao nao wataanguka, wasiinuke tena.
