1Hezvi zvandakaratidzwa nalshe Jehovha. Tarira, akawumba mhashu, mabukira okupedzisira achitanga kubukira; tarirai, akanga ari mabukira okupedzisira kukohwa kwamambo kwapera.
1Thus the Lord Yahweh showed 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 harvest.
2Zvino dzakati dzapedza kudya uswa bwenyika, ndikati, Aiwa, Ishe Jehovha, chikangamwirai henyu; Jakove angamira seiko, zvaari muduku?
2It happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
3Jehovha akazvidya mwoyo pamusoro pechinhu ichi, Jehovha akati, Hazvingaitwi.
3Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.
4Hezvi zvandakaratidzwa naIshe Jehovha. Tarirai, Ishe Jehovha akadana moto kuti arwe nawo; akapedza gungwa rakadzika, akavavarira kudya nenyikawo.
4Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
5Ipapo ndakati, Aiwa, Ishe Jehovha, chiregai henyu; Jakove angamira seiko, zvaari muduku?
5Then I said, “Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
6Jehovha akazvidemba pamusoro pechinhu ichi, Ishe Jehovha akati, Nezvizviwo hazvingaitwi.
6Yahweh relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord Yahweh.
7Hezvi zvaakandiratidza, tarirai, Ishe akanga amire pamadziro akanga akaitwa norwonzi rwokuyera narwo, akabata rwonzi rwokuyera muruoko rwake.
7Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside 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,
8Yahweh said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A plumb line.” Then 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
9The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise 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 has conspired against you 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 Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”
12Amazia akatiwo kuna Amosi, Iwe muoni, enda, utizire kunyika yaJudha, undodyapo zvokudya, uporofitepo;
12Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
13asi urege kuzoporofitazve paBhetieri; nekuti inzvimbo tsvene yamambo, iimba yamadzimambo.
13but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
14Ipapo Amosi akapindura, akati kuna Amazia, Ini ndakanga ndisi muporofita, ndakanga ndisi mwanakomana womuporofita; asi ndakanga ndiri mufudzi nomurimi wemionde,
14Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
15Jehovha akanditora ndichitevera makwai, Jehovha akati kwandiri, Enda, undoporofita kuvanhu vangu vaIsiraeri.
15and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
16Zvino iwe chinzwa shoko raJehovha, iwe unoti, Rega kuporofita pamusoro paIsiraeri, rega kudonhedza shoko pamusoro peimba yaIsaka;
16Now therefore listen to the word of Yahweh: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach 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 says Yahweh: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”