Amos (7/9)  

1. INkosi uJehova yangitshengisa lokhu; khangela, yenza isikhonyane ekuhlumeni kotshani bamuva, njalo khangela, kwakungutshani bamuva emva kokusikwa kotshani benkosi.
2. Kwathi lapho sesidlile utshani belizwe, ngathi: Nkosi uJehova, ake uthethelele, ngiyakuncenga. Uzaphepha njani uJakobe emncinyane kangaka?
3. I Nkosi yazisola ngalokhu, yathi: Lokhu kakuyikwenzeka.
4. INkosi uJehova yasingitshengisa lokhu; khangela, yehlisa umlilo ukugweba ngawo, owaqothula amanzi amanengi, owawusuzaqeda ilizwe.
5. Ngasengisithi: Nkosi Jehova, ake ume, ngiyakuncenga. Uzaphepha njani uJakobe emncinyane kangaka?
6. I Nkosi yazisola ngalokhu, yathi iNkosi uJehova: Lokhu lakho kakuyikwenzeka.
7. Yasingitshengisa lokhu; khangela, iNkosi yayimi emdulini owakhiwa ngentambo yokumisa iphethe intambo yokumisa esandleni sayo.
8. Yathi kimi: Amosi, ubonani? Ngathi: Ngibona intambo yokumisa. INkosi yasisithi: Khangela, ngiyabeka intambo yokumisa phakathi kwabantu bami uIsrayeli; kangisayikubayekela futhi;
9. indawo eziphakemeyo zokukhonzela zikaIsaka zizavalwa, lezindlu ezingcwele zakoIsrayeli zizadilizwa; ngizayivukela indlu kaJerobowawamu ngenkemba.
10. UAmaziya umpristi weBhetheli wasethumela ilizwi kuJerobowamu inkosi yakoIsrayeli, wathi: UAmosi uvusela indlu kaIsrayeli, lelizwe kalilakuwamela wonke amazwi akhe.
11. Ngoba uAmosi uthe: UJerobowamu uzakufa ngenkemba, loIsrayeli athunjelwe elizweni elikhatshana.
12. UAmaziya wasesithi kuAmosi: Wena mboni, hamba ubalekele elizweni lakoJuda, udle ukudla khona, uprofethe lapho,
13. ungaprofethi futhi eBhetheli, ngoba liyindlu yokukhonzela yenkosi lethempeli lombuso.
14. UAmosi wasemphendula uAmaziya esithi: Kangisuye umprofethi mina, futhi kangisindodana yomprofethi; kodwa ngingumelusi lomhlanyeli wemikhiwa yesikhamore.
15. I Nkosi yangithatha ekweluseni, yathi kimi: Hamba uyeprofetha ebantwini bami uIsrayeli.
16. Ngakho-ke zwana ilizwi le Nkosi. Wena uthi: Ungaprofethi ngoIsrayeli, ungakhulumi ngendlu kaIsaka.
17. I Nkosi yona ithi: Umkakho uzakuba liwule phakathi komuzi; amadodana lamadodakazi akho azakuwa ngenkemba, lelizwe lakini lizadatshulwa phakathi ngentambo; wena-ke uzafela elizweni elingcolileyo, uIsrayeli athunjelwe elizweni elikhatshana.

  Amos (7/9)