Amos 9

1 I saw the Lord towering above the altar, and he commanded: Strike the tops of the pillars so that the foundations may shake, bring them down on the heads of the people below. The rest of them I will slay with the sword: no one will get away, no one will escape.

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.

2 If they dig down to Sheol, there will my hand take them. If they climb up to the heavens, from there will I bring them down. (Sheol h7585)

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

3 If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, there will I search them out and take them. If they hide out of my sight at the bottom of the sea, there will I command the sea serpent to bite them.

Hata kama watajificha juu ya Karmeli, nitawatafuta huko na kuwachukua. Hata kama watajificha kwenye vilindi vya bahari nisiwaone, nimwagiza joka, na atawang'ata.

4 If they are taken into captivity by their enemies, there will I command the sword to slay them. I will keep my eye on them but for evil and not for good.

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.”

5 It is the Lord the God of hosts, who touches the earth and it trembles, all who live on it mourn. The earth rises up like the Nile, and sinks like the Nile of Egypt.

Bwana Mungu wa majeshi ndiye agusaye nchi na ikayeyuka; wote waishio humo wataomboleza; yote yatainuka kama Mto, na itadidimia tena kama mto wa Misri.

6 The one who builds in the heavens, who sets the dome of the sky over the earth, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth: the Lord is his name.

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.

7 To me, Israelites, you are just like the Cushites, says the Lord. Yes, I brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, but also the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir!

“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?

8 Behold the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom: I will destroy it from the face of the earth! But I will not completely destroy the house of Jacob, says the Lord.

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.

9 For behold I am about to give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations just as one shakes grain in a sieve, but not a pebble shall fall to the ground.

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.

10 All the sinners of my people, who deny that disaster will touch or befall them, will die by the sword.

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

11 On that day I will raise up the fallen house of David, I will wall up its gaps and raise up its ruins, I will rebuild it as it was long ago.

Katika siku hiyo nitainua hema ya Daudi iliyokuwa imeanguka, na kuyafunga matawi yake. Nitayainua magofu yake, na kuijenga tena kama katika siku za zamani,

12 They will possess again the rest of Edom, and all the nations which once you ruled for me, says the Lord, who will do this.

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

13 Listen! The days are coming, says the Lord, when the harvest is too big to reap before it is time to plough, when the grapes cannot be all trod before it is time to sow, when the mountains will run with sweet wine, and every hill will flow with it.

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.

14 I will bring back my people Israel, they will rebuild waste cities and inhabit them, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their fruit.

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.

15 I will plant them on their own soil, and they will never again be uprooted from their land which I have given them, says the Lord your God.

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