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Lisikieni neno hili, enyi ng'ombe wa Bashani, mnaokaa juu ya mlima wa Samaria, mnaowaonea maskini, na kuwaponda wahitaji; mnaowaambia bwana zao, Haya! Leteni, tunywe.
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
2
Bwana MUNGU ameapa kwa utakatifu wake, ya kuwa, tazama, siku zitawajilia, watakapowaondoa ninyi kwa kulabu, na mabaki yenu kwa ndoana.
The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
3
Nanyi mtatoka kwenye mahali palipobomolewa, kila mwanamke moja kwa moja mbele yake; nanyi mtajitupa katika Harmoni, asema Bwana.
You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the LORD.
4
Njoni Betheli, mkakose; njoni Gilgali, mkaongeze makosa; kaleteni dhabihu zenu kila asubuhi, na zaka zenu kila siku ya tatu;
“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
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mkachome sadaka ya shukrani, ya kitu kilichotiwa chachu; mkatangaze sadaka mtoazo kwa hiari na kuzihubiri habari zake; kwa maana ndivyo viwapendezavyo ninyi, enyi wana wa Israeli, asema Bwana MUNGU.
Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
6
Mimi nami nimewapa usafi wa meno katika miji yenu yote, na kutindikiwa na mkate mahali penu pote; lakini hamkunirudia mimi, asema Bwana.
“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
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Tena nimeizuia mvua msiipate, ilipobaki miezi mitatu kabla ya mavuno; nami nimenyesha mvua juu ya mji mmoja, nikaizuia mvua isinyeshe juu ya mji mwingine; sehemu moja ilipata mvua, na sehemu isiyopata mvua ilikatika.
“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
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Basi kutoka miji miwili mitatu walitanga-tanga kuendea mji mwingine wapate kunywa maji, wasipate ya kuwatosha; lakini hamkunirudia mimi, asema Bwana.
People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
9
Nami nimewapiga kwa ukavu na koga; wingi wa bustani zenu na mashamba yenu ya mizabibu, na mitini yenu na mizeituni yenu imeliwa na tunutu; Lakini hamkunirudia mimi, asema Bwana.
“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
10
Nimewapelekea tauni, kama tauni ya Misri; vijana wenu nimewaua kwa upanga, na farasi wenu nimewachukulia mbali; nami nimeupandisha uvundo wa matuo yenu na kuuingiza katika mianzi ya pua zenu; lakini hamkunirudia mimi, asema Bwana.
“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
11
Baadhi yenu nimewaangamiza, kama hapo Mungu alipoiangamiza Sodoma na Gomora, nanyi mkawa kama kinga kilichonyakuliwa motoni; lakini hamkunirudia mimi, asema Bwana.
“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
12
Basi nitakutenda hivi, Ee Israeli, na kwa sababu nitakutenda hivi, ujiweke tayari kuonana na Mungu wako, Ee Israeli.
“Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
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Kwa maana, angalia, yeye aifanyizaye milima, na kuuumba upepo, na kumwambia mwanadamu mawazo yake, afanyaye asubuhi kuwa giza, na kupakanyaga mahali pa dunia palipoinuka; Bwana, Mungu wa majeshi, ndilo jina lake.
For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”