1Hezvi zvandakaratidzwa naIshe Jehovha, tarirai, tswanda inezvibereko zvezhizha.
1Thus did Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, a basket of summer-fruit.
2Akati, Amosi, unooneiko? Ini ndikati, Tswanda inezvibereko zvezhizha. Zvino Jehovha akati kwandiri,
2And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer-fruit. And Jehovah said unto me, The end is come upon my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.
3Nziyo dzetemberi dzichashanduka kuungudza nezuva iro, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha; zvitunha zvichavapo zvizhinji, vachazvikandira kunze kose vanyerere.
3And the songs of the palace shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah. The dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast forth. Silence!
4Inzwai chinhu ichi, iyemi, munoda kumedza vanoshaiwa, nokuparadza varombo venyika,
4Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
5muchiti: Kugara kwemwedzi kuchapfuura riniko, kuti titengese zviyo? Uye sabata, kuti tizarure matura egorosi? Tichatapudza efa, nokukurisa shekeri, tichinyengera nezviyero zvinonyengera;
5saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
6kuti titenge varombo nesirivha, navanoshaiwa tichipiwa shangu mbiri, tichitengesa makoto ezviyo?
6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.
7Jehovha akapika noukuru hwaJakove, achiti, Zvirokwazvo, handingatongokangamwi rimwe ramabasa avo nokusingaperi.
7Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works.
8Ko nyika haingadederi pamusoro pechinhu ichi, mumwe nomumwe agerepo haangachemi here? Zvirokwazvo, ichakwira yose soRwizi, ichatutuma ndokudererazve, soRwizi, rweEgipita.
8Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? And it shall wholly rise up like the Nile; and it shall surge and sink down, as the river of Egypt.
9Zvino nezuva iro ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha ndichavirisa zuva masikati makuru, ndichaisa rima panyika achiri masikati.
9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the land in the clear day.
10Ndichashandura mitambo yenyu kuve kuchema, nenziyo dzenyu dzose kuve kurira kokuchema; ndichafukidza zviuno zvose masaga, nokuita misoro yose mhazha; ndichazviita sapanochemwa mwanakomana akazvarwa ari mumwechete, nokuguma kwazvo sezuva rakaipa kwazvo.
10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.
11Tarirai, mazuva anouya ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha andichatuma nzara panyika, isati iri nzara yezvokudya, kana nyota yemvura, asi yokunzwa mashoko aJehovha.
11Behold, days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I will send a famine in the land; not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah.
12Vachadzungaira vachibva kugungwa vachienda kugungwa, vachibva kumusoro vachienda mabvazuva; vachamhanya pose-pose vachitsvaka shoko raJehovha, asi havangariwani.
12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.
13Nezuva iro mhandara dzakanaka namajaya vachaziya nenyota.
13In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;
14Vanopika vezviwi zveSamaria, vachiti, Namwari wako mupenyu, iwe Dhani; uye, Nenzira yeBheerishebha mhenyu, ivo vachawira pasi, vakasazomukazve.
14they that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, [As] thy god, O Dan, liveth! and, [As] the way of Beer-sheba liveth! even they shall fall, and never rise up again.