Visions of Judgement
Locusts
1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
Haya ndiyo aliyonionyesha Bwana MUNGU; tazama, aliumba nzige mwanzo wa kuchipuka kwake mimea wakati wa vuli; na tazama, ilikuwa mimea ya wakati wa vuli baada ya mavuno ya mfalme.
2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Ikawa, nzige walipokwisha kula majani ya nchi, ndipo nikasema, Ee Bwana MUNGU, samehe, nakusihi; Yakobo atasimamaje? Kwa maana ni mdogo.
3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
Bwana akaghairi katika jambo hili. Jambo hili halitakuwa, asema Bwana.
Fire
4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
Haya ndiyo aliyonionyesha Bwana MUNGU; tazama, Bwana MUNGU aliita ili kushindana kwa moto; nao ukavila vilindi vikuu, ukataka kuiteketeza nchi kavu.
5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Ndipo nikasema, Ee Bwana MUNGU, acha, nakusihi; Yakobo atasimamaje? Kwa maana ni mdogo.
6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
Bwana akaghairi katika jambo hili pia. Jambo hili halitakuwa, asema Bwana MUNGU.
The Plumbline
7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
Haya ndiyo aliyonionyesha; na tazama, Bwana alisimama karibu na ukuta uliojengwa kwa timazi, mwenye timazi mkononi mwake.
8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
Bwana akaniambia, Amosii, unaona nini? Nikasema, Naona timazi. Ndipo Bwana akasema, Tazama, nitaweka timazi kati ya watu wangu Israeli; sitawapita tena kamwe;
9 and the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
na mahali palipoinuka pa Isaka patakuwa ukiwa, na mahali patakatifu pa Israeli pataharibika; nami nitaondoka nishindane na nyumba ya Yeroboamu kwa upanga.
Amos at Beth-el
10 Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
Ndipo Amazia, kuhani wa Betheli, akapeleka habari kwa Yeroboamu, mfalme wa Israeli, akisema, Amosii amefanya fitina juu yako kati ya nyumba ya Israeli; nchi haiwezi kustahimili maneno yake yote.
11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
Kwa maana Amosii asema hivi, Yeroboamu atakufa kwa upanga, na bila shaka Israeli atachukuliwa mbali, hali ya kufungwa, atoke katika nchi yake.
12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
Tena Amazia akamwambia Amosii, Ewe mwonaji, nenda zako, ikimbilie nchi ya Yuda, ukale mkate huko, ukatabiri huko;
13 but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
lakini usitabiri tena huku Betheli; kwa maana ni mahali patakatifu pa mfalme, nayo ni nyumba ya kifalme.
14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
Ndipo Amosii akajibu akamwambia Amazia, Mimi sikuwa nabii, wala sikuwa mwana wa nabii; bali nalikuwa mchungaji, na mtunza mikuyu;
15 and the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
naye Bwana akanitwaa, katika kufuatana na kundi; Bwana akaniambia, Enenda uwatabirie watu wangu Israeli.
16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
Basi, sasa lisikie neno la Bwana; Wewe unasema, Usitabiri juu ya Israeli, wala usitoe neno lako juu ya nyumba ya Isaka;
17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
kwa hiyo, Bwana asema hivi, Mke wako atakuwa kahaba mjini, na wana wako na binti zako wataanguka kwa upanga, na shamba lako litagawanywa kwa kamba; na wewe mwenyewe utakufa katika nchi iliyo najisi; na bila shaka Israeli atachukuliwa mbali hali ya kufungwa kutoka nchi yake.
