¹Hezvi zvandakaratidzwa nalshe Jehovha. Tarira, akawumba mhashu, mabukira okupedzisira achitanga kubukira; tarirai, akanga ari mabukira okupedzisira kukohwa kwamambo kwapera.

¹Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, He is forming locusts at the beginning of the ascending of the latter growth, and lo, the latter growth [is] after the mowings of the king;

²Zvino dzakati dzapedza kudya uswa bwenyika, ndikati, Aiwa, Ishe Jehovha, chikangamwirai henyu; Jakove angamira seiko, zvaari muduku?

²and it hath come to pass, when it hath finished to consume the herb of the land, that I say: `Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise — for he [is] small?`

³Jehovha akazvidya mwoyo pamusoro pechinhu ichi, Jehovha akati, Hazvingaitwi.

³Jehovah hath repented of this, `It shall not be,` said Jehovah.

⁴Hezvi zvandakaratidzwa naIshe Jehovha. Tarirai, Ishe Jehovha akadana moto kuti arwe nawo; akapedza gungwa rakadzika, akavavarira kudya nenyikawo.

⁴Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say:

⁵Ipapo ndakati, Aiwa, Ishe Jehovha, chiregai henyu; Jakove angamira seiko, zvaari muduku?

⁵`Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise — for he [is] small?`

⁶Jehovha akazvidemba pamusoro pechinhu ichi, Ishe Jehovha akati, Nezvizviwo hazvingaitwi.

⁶Jehovah hath repented of this, `It also shall not be,` said the Lord Jehovah.

⁷Hezvi zvaakandiratidza, tarirai, Ishe akanga amire pamadziro akanga akaitwa norwonzi rwokuyera narwo, akabata rwonzi rwokuyera muruoko rwake.

⁷Thus hath He shewed me, and lo, the Lord is standing by a wall [made according to] a plumb-line, and in His hand a plumb-line;

⁸Jehovha akati kwandiri, Amosi unooneiko? Ini ndikati, Rwonzi rwokuyera narwo. Zvino Ishe akati, Tarirai, ndichaisa rwonzi rwokuyera pakati pavanhu vangu vaIsiraeri, handichatongovadarikizve,

⁸and Jehovah saith unto me, `What art thou seeing, Amos?` And I say, `A plumb-line;` and the Lord saith: `Lo, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of My people Israel, I do not add any more to pass over to it.

⁹nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzaIsaka dzichaitwa matongo, uye nzvimbo tsvene dzaIsiraeri dzichaparadzwa; ndichamukira imba yaJerobhoami

⁹And desolated have been high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are wasted, And I have risen against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.`

¹⁰Zvino Amazia mupristi weBhetieri akatuma nhume kuna Jerobhoami mambo waIsiraeri, achiti, Amosi akarangana pakati peimba yaIsiraeri kukuurayai; nyika haigoni kufara namashoko ake ose.

¹⁰And Amaziah priest of Beth-El sendeth unto 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,

¹¹nekuti Amosi anoti, Jerobhoami achaurawa nomunondo, Isiraeri vachatapwa zvirokwazvo vachibviswa panyika yavo.

¹¹for thus said Amos: By sword die doth Jeroboam, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.`

¹²Amazia akatiwo kuna Amosi, Iwe muoni, enda, utizire kunyika yaJudha, undodyapo zvokudya, uporofitepo;

¹²And Amaziah saith unto Amos, `Seer, go flee for thee unto the land of Judah, and eat there bread, and there thou dost prophesy;

¹³asi urege kuzoporofitazve paBhetieri; nekuti inzvimbo tsvene yamambo, iimba yamadzimambo.

¹³and [at] Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more, for it [is] the king`s sanctuary, and it [is] the royal house.`

¹⁴Ipapo Amosi akapindura, akati kuna Amazia, Ini ndakanga ndisi muporofita, ndakanga ndisi mwanakomana womuporofita; asi ndakanga ndiri mufudzi nomurimi wemionde,

¹⁴And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, `I [am] no prophet, nor a prophet`s son [am] I, but a herdsman I [am], and a cultivator of sycamores,

¹⁵Jehovha akanditora ndichitevera makwai, Jehovha akati kwandiri, Enda, undoporofita kuvanhu vangu vaIsiraeri.

¹⁵and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.

¹⁶Zvino iwe chinzwa shoko raJehovha, iwe unoti, Rega kuporofita pamusoro paIsiraeri, rega kudonhedza shoko pamusoro peimba yaIsaka;

¹⁶And now, hear a word of Jehovah: thou art saying, Do not prophesy against Israel, nor drop [any thing] against the house of Isaac,

¹⁷naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Mukadzi wako achava chifeve muguta, vanakomana vako navanasikana vako vachaparadzwa nomunondo, uye nyika yako ichaganhurwa norwonzi rwokuyera narwo; iwe womene uchafira munyika isakanaka, uye vaIsiraeri vachatapwa zvirokwazvo vachibviswa panyika yavo.

¹⁷therefore thus said Jehovah: Thy wife in the city doth go a-whoring, And thy sons and thy daughters by sword do fall, And thy land by line is apportioned, And thou on an unclean land diest, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.`