Amos 3

Ofakazi Bokumelana Lo-Israyeli

1Zwanini ilizwi elikhulunywe nguThixo ngani lina bantu bako-Israyeli Lomndeni wonke engawukhupha eGibhithe:

2“Yini kuphela engalikhethayo
kuyo yonke imideni yasemhlabeni;
ngakho ngizalijezisela
zonke izono zenu.”

3Ababili bayahamba bendawonye
ngaphandle kokuba bevumelene ukwenzanjalo na?
4Isilwane siyabhonga ehlathini
kungelalutho esingalubamba na?
Siyabhonga esikhundleni saso
singabambanga lutho na?
5Inyoni iyabanjwa emhlabathini
okungelamjibila othiywe khona na?
Umjibila uyathanca usuke emhlabathini
kungelalutho olubambayo na?
6Lapho icilongo likhala edolobheni
abantu kabethuki na?
Lapho incithakalo isehlela idolobho
kayenziwanga nguThixo na?

7Impela uThixo Wobukhosi kenzi lutho
engavezanga icebo
lakhe ezincekwini zakhe abaphrofethi.

8Isilwane sibhongile,
ngubani ongayikwesaba na?
UThixo Wobukhosi usekhulumile
ngubani ongayekela ukuphrofitha na?

9Memezelani ezinqabeni zase-Ashidodi
lasezinqabeni zaseGibhithe lithi:
“Buthanani phezu kwezintaba zaseSamariya;
libone isiyaluyalu esikhulu phakathi kwayo
lokuncindezela phakathi kwabantu bayo.”

10“Kabakwazi ukwenza okulungileyo,” kutsho uThixo,
“bona ababuthelela impango
baphange lasezinqabeni zabo.”
11Ngakho uThixo Wobukhosi uthi:

“Isitha sizachitha ilizwe;
sizadiliza izinqaba zenu,
siphange izinqaba zenu.”
12Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo:

“Njengomelusi ehlenga emlonyeni wesilwane
amathambo amabili kuphela omlenze loba isiqa sendlebe,
bazahlengwa kanjalo abako-Israyeli abahlala eSamariya
bethithibele ekucineni kwemibheda yabo,
kanye laseDamaseko phezu kwemibheda yabo yokuphumulela.”
13“Zwanini lokhu lifakaze ngendlu kaJakhobe,” kutsho iNkosi, uThixo uNkulunkulu uSomandla.

14“Ngosuku engizajezisela u-Israyeli izono zakhe
ngizabhidliza ama-alithare aseBhetheli;
impondo ze-alithare zizaqunywa
ziwele emhlabathini.
15Ngizadiliza indlu yebusika kanye
lendlu yehlobo,
izindlu eziceciswe ngempondo zendlovu zizadilizwa
lezindlu ezinkulu zizabhidlizwa,”
kutsho uThixo.