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Israa'iil Ilaah Uma Ay Soo Noqon

Eraygan maqla, kuwiinnan ah sacaha Baashaan oo buurta Samaariya jooga, oo masaakiinta dulma, oo kuwa baahan cadaadiya, oo sayidyadooda ku yidhaahda, Wax noo keena, oo kaalaya aan cabnee. Sayidka Rabbiga ahu wuxuu ku dhaartay quduusnimadiisa, isagoo leh, Bal eega, waxaa iman doona wakhti laydinkula tegi doona qabatooyin, oo jillaabbo baa lagu qabsan doonaa kuwiinna hadhay. Oo Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Midkiin kastaaba meelaha jajaban buu ka soo dusi doonaa hortiisa, oo waxaad isku tuuri doontaan Harmoon. Beytel kaalaya, oo xadgudba, Gilgaal kaalaya, oo xadgudubyo sii badiya, oo subax walba allabaryadiinna keena, oo marba saddexdii maalmood waxaad keentaa meeltobnaadyadiinna. Oo allabari mahadnaqid ah ka bixiya wixii la khamiiriyey, oo waxaad ku dhawaaqdaan oo naadisaan qurbaanno ikhtiyaar loo keeno, waayo, saasaad jeceshihiin, dadka Israa'iilow, ayaa Sayidka Rabbiga ahu leeyahay. Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Magaalooyinkiinna oo dhan waxaan idinku siiyey ilko nadiifsan oo ka timaado cuntola'aan ka dhacda meelihiinna oo dhan, laakiinse iima aydaan soo noqon. Oo anna roobkii waan idinka ceshaday markii ay saddex bilood ka hadhay xilligii beergoosashada, oo magaalo baan roob ku di'iyey, magaalo kalena roob kuma aan di'in. Roob baa meel ku da'ay, oo meeshii aan roobku ku di'inna way engegtay. Sidaas daraaddeed laba ama saddex magaalo ayaa magaalo u soo wareegay inay biyo ka cabbaan aawadeed, oo kamana ay wabxin, laakiinse iima aydaan soo noqon ayaa Rabbigu leeyahay. Waxaan idinku dhuftay beera-engeeg iyo caariyaysi, oo beerihiinnii badnaa, iyo beercanabyadiinnii, iyo dhirtiinnii berdaha ahayd, iyo dhirtiinnii saytuunka ahaydba waxaa wada laasatay koronkorrada, laakiinse iima aydaan soo noqon ayaa Rabbigu leeyahay. 10 Waxaan idinku soo dhex daayay cudur belaayo sidaan Masar ugu soo daayay oo kale. Barbaarradiinnii seef waan ku laayay, oo fardihiinniina waan wada kaxaystay, oo waxaan ka dhigay in qudhunkii xeradiinnu uu xataa soo gaadho sankiinna dulalkiisa, laakiinse iima aydaan soo noqon ayaa Rabbigu leeyahay. 11 Oo qaarkiin waan u afgembiyey sidii markii Ilaah u afgembiyey Sodom iyo Gomora, oo idinna waxaad ahaydeen sidii qori ololaya oo dab laga soo dhiftay, laakiinse iima aydaan soo noqon ayaa Rabbigu leeyahay. 12 Haddaba dadka Israa'iilow, sidaasaan idinku samayn doonaa, oo waxan aan idinku samayn doona aawadeed isu diyaariya inaad Ilaahiinna la kulantaan, dadka Israa'iilow. 13 Waayo, bal eega, kan buuraha sameeya, oo dabaysha uuma, oo binu-aadmiga u sheega waxa fikirkiisu yahay, kan subaxdii gudcur ka dhiga, oo ku kor tunta dhulka meelihiisa sare, magiciisu waxaa weeye Rabbiga oo ah Ilaaha ciidammada.

Israel Has Not Returned to God

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan(A) on Mount Samaria,(B)
    you women who oppress the poor(C) and crush the needy(D)
    and say to your husbands,(E) “Bring us some drinks!(F)
The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness:
    “The time(G) will surely come
when you will be taken away(H) with hooks,(I)
    the last of you with fishhooks.[a]
You will each go straight out
    through breaches in the wall,(J)
    and you will be cast out toward Harmon,[b]
declares the Lord.
“Go to Bethel(K) and sin;
    go to Gilgal(L) and sin yet more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,(M)
    your tithes(N) every three years.[c](O)
Burn leavened bread(P) as a thank offering
    and brag about your freewill offerings(Q)
boast about them, you Israelites,
    for this is what you love to do,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.

“I gave you empty stomachs in every city
    and lack of bread in every town,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(R)

“I also withheld(S) rain from you
    when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
    but withheld it from another.(T)
One field had rain;
    another had none and dried up.
People staggered from town to town for water(U)
    but did not get enough(V) to drink,
    yet you have not returned(W) to me,”
declares the Lord.(X)

“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
    destroying them with blight and mildew.(Y)
Locusts(Z) devoured your fig and olive trees,(AA)
    yet you have not returned(AB) to me,”
declares the Lord.

10 “I sent plagues(AC) among you
    as I did to Egypt.(AD)
I killed your young men(AE) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(AF) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”(AG)
declares the Lord.(AH)

11 “I overthrew some of you
    as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.(AI)
You were like a burning stick(AJ) snatched from the fire,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(AK)

12 “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,
    and because I will do this to you, Israel,
    prepare to meet your God.”

13 He who forms the mountains,(AL)
    who creates the wind,(AM)
    and who reveals his thoughts(AN) to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
    and treads on the heights of the earth(AO)
    the Lord God Almighty is his name.(AP)

Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:2 Or away in baskets, / the last of you in fish baskets
  2. Amos 4:3 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew (see Septuagint) out, you mountain of oppression
  3. Amos 4:4 Or days