¹Mashoko aAmosi, waiva mumwe wavafudzi veTekoa, aakaona pamusoro paIsiraeri namazuva aUziya mambo waJudha, uye namazuva aJerobhoami mwanakomana waJoashi mambo waIsiraeri, makore maviri achigere okusvika kokudengenyeka kwenyika.

¹The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

²Akati, Jehovha uchaomba ari paZiyoni, achanzwisa izwi rake ari paJerusaremu; mafuro avafudzi achachema, musoro weKarimeri uchaoma.

²He said: “Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither.”

³Zvanzi naJehovha, Nemhaka yokuti Dhamasiko vakadarika katatu, zvimwe kana, handingadzori kurohwa kwavo; nekuti vakapura Giriyadhi nemipuro yamatare.

³Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;

⁴Asi ndichatuma moto mumba maHazaeri, uchapedza dzimba dzohushe dzaBhenihadhadhi.

⁴but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.

⁵Ndichavhuna chihuri cheDhamasiko, nokuparadza vagere mumupata weAvheni nowakabata tsvimbo youshe paBhetiedheni; vanhu veSiria vachatapirwa Kiri, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁵I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,” says Yahweh.

⁶Zvanzi naJehovha, Nemhaka yokuti Gaza vakadarika katatu, zvimwe kana, handingadzori kurohwa kwazvo; nekuti vakatapa rudzi rwose, kundovaisa kuna Edhomu.

⁶Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom;

⁷Asi ndichatuma moto kurusvingo rweGaza, uchapedza dzimba dzaro dzoushe.

⁷but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.

⁸Ndichaparadza vagere Ashidhodhi nowakabata tsvimbo youshe paAshikeroni; ndichatambanudzira ruoko rwangu kurwa naEkironi; vakasara vavaFirisitia vachaparadzwa, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁸I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh.

⁹Zvanzi naJehovha, Nemhaka yokuti Tire vakadarika katatu, zvimwe kana, handingadzori kurohwa kwavo; nekuti vakaisa rudzi rwose kuna Edhomu vakasarangarira sungano yohukama hwavo.

⁹Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;

¹⁰Asi ndichatuma moto kurusvingo rweTire, uchapedza dzimba dzaro dzoushe.

¹⁰but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces.”

¹¹Zvanzi naJehovha, Nemhaka yokuti Edhomu vakadarika, katatu, zvimwe kana, handingadzori kurohwa kwavo; nekuti vakateverera munin'ina wavo nomunondo, vakarasha tsitsi dzose, kutsamwa kwake kukaramba kuchingobvambura, akaramba ane hasha nokusingaperi.

¹¹Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;

¹²Asi ndichatuma moto paTemani, uchapedza dzimba dzoushe dzeBhozira.

¹²but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.”

¹³Zvanzi naJehovha, Nemhaka yokuti vanhu vaAmoni vakadarika katatu, zvimwe kana, handingadzori kurohwa kwavo; nekuti vakatumbura vakadzi vakanga vane mimba veGiriyadhi, kuti vakurise nyika yavo.

¹³Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.

¹⁴Asi ndichabatidza moto parusvingo rweRabha, uchapedza dzimba dzaro dzoushe, vachidanidzira nezuva rokurwa, nedutu guru remhepo nezuva rechamupupuri;

¹⁴But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind;

¹⁵mambo wavo achatapwa, iye pamwechete namachinda ake, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁵and their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together,” says Yahweh.