Amós 3

Ofakazi Bokumelana Lo-Israyeli

1 Zwanini 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."

3 Ababili bayahamba bendawonye

ngaphandle kokuba bevumelene ukwenzanjalo na?

4 Isilwane siyabhonga ehlathini

kungelalutho esingalubamba na?

Siyabhonga esikhundleni saso

singabambanga lutho na?

5 Inyoni iyabanjwa emhlabathini

okungelamjibila othiywe khona na?

Umjibila uyathanca usuke emhlabathini

kungelalutho olubambayo na?

6 Lapho icilongo likhala edolobheni

abantu kabethuki na?

Lapho incithakalo isehlela idolobho

kayenziwanga nguThixo na?

7 Impela uThixo Wobukhosi kenzi lutho

engavezanga icebo

lakhe ezincekwini zakhe abaphrofethi.

8 Isilwane sibhongile,

ngubani ongayikwesaba na?

UThixo Wobukhosi usekhulumile

ngubani ongayekela ukuphrofitha na?

9 Memezelani 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."

11 Ngakho uThixo Wobukhosi uthi:

"Isitha sizachitha ilizwe;

sizadiliza izinqaba zenu,

siphange izinqaba zenu."

12 Nanku 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.

15 Ngizadiliza indlu yebusika kanye

lendlu yehlobo,

izindlu eziceciswe ngempondo zendlovu zizadilizwa

lezindlu ezinkulu zizabhidlizwa,"

kutsho uThixo.