U-Amose 9

9 ¹Ngabona uBaba oBusayo emi ngase-altare, wathi: “Shaya izihloko zezinsika ukuze imibundu izamazame, uziphihlize phezu kwamakhanda abo bonke; abaseleyo ngiyakubabulala ngenkemba. Akekho noyedwa oyakubaleka, akekho noyedwa oyakuphunyuka. ²Noma bemba bangene endaweni yabafileyo, ngisho lapho isandla sami siyakubathatha; noma bekhuphukela ezulwini, ngisho lapho ngiyakubehlisa. ³Noma bezifihla esiqongweni saseKarmeli, ngisho lapho ngiyakubaphenya ngibabambe; noma bezifihla emehlweni ami phansi olwandle, lapho ngiyakuyala inyoka, iyakubaluma. ⁴Noma beya ekuthunjweni phambi kwezitha zabo, lapho ngiyakuyala inkemba, iyakubabulala; ngiyakuwabeka amehlo ami kubo ngibalethele okubi, hhayi okuhle.”

⁵OBusayo, uBaba wamabutho asezulwini—yena othinta umhlaba uncibilike, bonke abahlala kuwo bakhale; wonke uyaphakama njengeNayile, ucwile njengeNayile yaseGibhithe, ⁶owakha amakamelo akhe aphezulu emazulwini, amisa umkhathi wakhe phezu komhlaba, obiza amanzi olwandle, awathululele ebusweni bomhlaba— igama lakhe nguBaba wethu.

⁷“Anikho yini kimi njengabantwana bamaKushe, bantwana bakwa-Israyeli?” kusho uBaba wethu. “Angimkhuphulanga yini u-Israyeli ezweni laseGibhithe, namaFilisti eKafitori, nama-Aramu eKiri? ⁸Bhekani, amehlo kaBaba oBusayo aphezu kombuso onesono, ngiyakuwuchitha ebusweni bomhlaba—kodwa angiyikuyibhubhisa nya indlu kaJakobe,” kusho uBaba wethu. ⁹“Ngokuba bhekani, ngiyakukhipha umyalo, ngiyinyakazise indlu ka-Israyeli phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe njengokuba umuntu enyakazisa amabele esihlungweni, kodwa akukho ihlalu eliyakuwela emhlabathini. ¹⁰Zonke izoni zabantu bami ziyakufa ngenkemba—labo abathi, ‘Inhlekelele ngeke isifice noma isihlangabeze.’”

UBaba Ubuyisela Abantu Bakhe

¹¹“Ngalolo suku ngiyakulivusa idokodo likaDavide eliwileyo, ngivale izikhala zalo, ngivuse amanxiwa alo, ngilakhe kabusha njengasezinsukwini zasendulo, ¹²ukuze badle ifa lensali yakwa-Edomi nazo zonke izizwe ezibizwa ngegama lami,” kusho uBaba wethu, yena owenza lokhu.

¹³“Izinsuku ziyeza,” kusho uBaba wethu, “lapho umlimi eyakufica umvuni, nomnyatheli wezithelo zomvini afice otshala imbewu; izintaba ziyakuconsa iwayini elimnandi, nawo onke amagquma ayakugeleza ngalo. ^a a v13 Umfanekiso: izivuno ziyakuchichima kangangokuthi ukuvuna amabele kweqelane nokutshala okulandelayo, nokunyathela izithelo zomvini kungene esikhathini sokuhlwanyela — isimangaliso senala engenakwenzeka. ¹⁴Ngiyakubuyisa ukuthunjwa kwabantu bami u-Israyeli, bakhe kabusha imizi eyayichithekile bahlale kuyo; batshale izivini baphuze iwayini lazo, benze izivande badle izithelo zazo. ¹⁵Ngiyakubatshala ezweni labo siqu, abasayikuncothulwa futhi ezweni engibanike lona,” kusho uYihlo.