Amos 9
1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake. Break them in pieces on the head of all of them. I will kill the last of them with the sword. Not one of them will flee away. Not one of them will escape.
Nilimwona Bwana akiwa amesimama kando ya madhabahu, naye akasema: “Piga vichwa vya nguzo ili vizingiti vitikisike. Viangushe juu ya vichwa vya watu wote; na wale watakaosalia nitawaua kwa upanga. Hakuna awaye yote atakayekimbia, hakuna atakayetoroka.
2 Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down. (Sheol h7585)
Wajapojichimbia chini mpaka kwenye vina vya kuzimu, kutoka huko mkono wangu utawatoa. Wajapopanda juu hadi kwenye mbingu, kutoka huko nitawashusha. (Sheol h7585)
3 Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.
Wajapojificha juu ya kilele cha Karmeli, huko nitawawinda na kuwakamata. Wajapojificha kutoka kwenye uso wangu katika vilindi vya bahari, huko nako nitaamuru joka kuwauma.
4 Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.
Wajapopelekwa uhamishoni na adui zao, huko nako nitaamuru upanga uwaue. Nitawakazia macho yangu kwa mabaya wala si kwa mazuri.”
5 For the Lord, GOD of Hosts, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt.
Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, yeye agusaye dunia nayo ikayeyuka, na wote wakaao ndani mwake wakaomboleza: nayo nchi yote huinuka kama Naili, kisha hushuka kama mto wa Misri;
6 It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth—the LORD is his name.
yeye ambaye hujenga jumba lake la kifalme katika mbingu na kuisimika misingi yake juu ya dunia, yeye aitaye maji ya bahari na kuyamwaga juu ya uso wa nchi: Bwana ndilo jina lake.
7 Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?” says the LORD. “Haven’t I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
“Je, Waisraeli, ninyi si sawa kwangu kama Wakushi?” asema Bwana. “Je, sikuleta Israeli kutoka Misri, Wafilisti kutoka Kaftori, na Washamu kutoka Kiri?
8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” says the LORD.
“Hakika macho ya Bwana Mwenyezi yako juu ya ufalme wenye dhambi. Nami nitauangamiza kutoka kwenye uso wa dunia: hata hivyo sitaiangamiza kabisa nyumba ya Yakobo,” asema Bwana.
9 “For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel amongst all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.
“Kwa kuwa nitatoa amri, na nitaipepeta nyumba ya Israeli miongoni mwa mataifa yote, kama vile nafaka ipepetwavyo katika ungo, na hakuna hata punje moja itakayoanguka chini.
10 All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, ‘Evil won’t overtake nor meet us.’
Watenda dhambi wote miongoni mwa watu wangu watauawa kwa upanga, wale wote wasemao, ‘Maafa hayatatupata wala kutukuta.’
11 In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old,
“Katika siku ile nitaisimamisha hema ya Daudi iliyoanguka. Nitakarabati mahali palipobomoka na kujenga upya magofu yake, na kuijenga kama ilivyokuwa awali,
12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” says the LORD who does this.
ili wapate kuyamiliki mabaki ya Edomu, na mataifa yote yale yanayobeba Jina langu,” asema Bwana ambaye atafanya mambo haya.
13 “Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills.
“Siku zinakuja,” asema Bwana, “wakati mvunaji atatanguliwa na mkulima, naye mpanzi atatanguliwa na yeye akamuaye zabibu. Divai mpya itadondoka kutoka milimani, na kutiririka kutoka vilima vyote.
14 I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat their fruit.
Nitawarejesha tena watu wangu Israeli waliohamishwa; wataijenga tena miji iliyoachwa magofu, nao wataishi ndani mwake. Watapanda mizabibu na kunywa divai yake; watalima bustani na kula matunda yake.
15 I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
Nitaipanda Israeli katika nchi yao wenyewe, hawatangʼolewa tena kutoka nchi ambayo nimewapa,” asema Bwana Mungu wenu.
