U-Amose 3

3 ¹Zwanini leli zwi uBaba wethu alikhulumile ngani, bantwana bakwa-Israyeli—ngawo wonke umndeni engawukhuphula eGibhithe:

²Kuyo yonke imindeni yomhlaba, yinina kuphela enginaziyo; ngakho-ke ngiyakunilandisa ngazo zonke izono zenu.

³Bangahamba yini ababili ndawonye, ngaphandle uma bevumelene ukuhlangana? ⁴Libhonga yini ibhubesi ehlathini lingenayo inyamazane? Liyakhala yini ibhongo lebhubesi emgedeni walo uma lingabambanga lutho? ⁵Iyawela yini inyoni ogibeni emhlabathini kungekho isicupho sayo? Luyaqhashuka yini ugibe emhlabathini lungabambanga lutho? ⁶Uma kuvuthelwa uphondo lwenqama emzini, abantu abayikuthuthumela yini? Uma kufika inhlekelele emzini, akusuye yini uBaba wethu okwenzile? ⁷Ngempela iNkosi uBaba wethu ayenzi lutho engakwembulanga imfihlo yakhe ezincekwini zakhe abaprofethi. ⁸Ibhubesi libhongile—ngubani ongayikwesaba? INkosi uBaba wethu ukhulumile—ngubani ongenakuyeka ukuprofetha?

⁹Memezelani phezu kwezinqaba zase-Ashdodi naphezu kwezinqaba ezweni laseGibhithe, nithi: “Buthanani ezintabeni zaseSamariya nibone isiphithiphithi esikhulu phakathi kwayo, nokucindezelwa phakathi kwayo.” ¹⁰Abakwazi ukwenza okulungileyo, kusho uBaba wethu—labo abaqongelela udlame nempango ezinqabeni zabo.

¹¹Ngakho-ke isho kanje iNkosi uBaba wethu: Isitha siyakulizungeleza izwe, sidilize izivikelo zakho, siphange izinqaba zakho.

¹²Usho kanje uBaba wethu: Njengokuba umalusi ephula imilenze emibili noma ucezu lwendlebe emlonyeni webhubesi, kanjalo bayakophulwa abantwana bakwa-Israyeli abahlala eSamariya—kanye nengosi kasofa, nengxenye yombhede. ¹³Zwanini, nifakaze ngokumelene nendlu kaJakobe, kusho iNkosi uBaba wethu, uBaba wamabutho asezulwini: ¹⁴Ngosuku engiyakumjezisa ngalo u-Israyeli ngeziphambuko zakhe, ngiyakuwajezisa nama-altare aseBhetheli; izimpondo ze-altare ziyakunqunywa ziwele emhlabathini. ¹⁵Ngiyakushaya indlu yasebusika kanye nendlu yasehlobo; izindlu zophondo lwendlovu ziyakubhubha, nezindlu ezinkulu ziyakuphela, kusho uBaba wethu.