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

¹Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

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

²And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

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

³Jehovah repented for 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 did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritance.

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

⁵Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

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

⁶Jehovah repented for this: This 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 did he shew unto me; and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

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

⁸And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. And the Lord said, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.

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

⁹And the high places of Isaac shall be desolated, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will arise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

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

¹⁰Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to 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 Amos saith: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall certainly go into captivity out of his land.

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

¹²And Amaziah said unto Amos, [Thou] seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

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

¹³But prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.

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

¹⁴And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit.

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

¹⁵And Jehovah took me as I followed the flock, and Jehovah said 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 thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and utter not [words] 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 saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided with the line; and thou shalt die in a land that is unclean; and Israel shall certainly go into captivity, out of his land.