Amosi
8:1 Hezvi zvandakaratidzwa naIshe Jehovha, tarirai, tswanda yezhizha
muchero.
Akati, Amosi, unooneiko? Ini ndikati, Tswanda yezhizha
muchero. Ipapo Jehovha akati kwandiri, Kuguma kwasvika pamusoro pavanhu vangu
Izirayeri; handichapfuurizve napakati pavo.
8:3 Uye nziyo dzetemberi dzichava kuungudza nezuva iro,” ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha
Ishe Jehovha, zvitunha zvizhinji zvichavapo panzvimbo imwe neimwe; vachadaro
vadzinge vanyerere.
8:4 Inzwai izvi, imi munomedza varombo, muchipa varombo
nyika kukundikana,
8:5 muchiti: Kugara kwemwedzi kuchapfuura rinhi, kuti titengese zviyo? uye
Sabata, kuti tizarure zviyo, tichitapudza efa, nemi
ishekeri guru, munonyengera zviyereso nokunyengera?
8:6 kuti titenge varombo nesirivha, navanoshaiwa tichipiwa shangu mbiri;
Hongu, nokutengesa marara ezviyo here?
Jehovha akapika noukuru hwaJakove, achiti, Zvirokwazvo, handingatongofadzi
kanganwai mabasa avo ose.
8:8 Nyika haingadederi pamusoro pechinhu ichi, mumwe nomumwe agere achichema here?
imomo? richakwirira chose sorwizi; uye ichakandwa
vakanyura semvura yeEgipita.
8:9 Zvino nezuva iro, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha ndichazviita
ita kuti zuva rivirire masikati makuru, uye ndichaisa rima panyika
zuva rakajeka:
8:10 Uye ndichashandura mitambo yenyu kuva kuchema, nenziyo dzenyu dzose
lamentation; ndichaisa masaga pazviuno zvose, nemhanza
pamisoro yose; uye ndichazviita sokuchema kwomwanakomana mumwechete, uye
kuguma kwazvo izuva rinovava.
Tarirai, mazuva anouya, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha andichatuma nawo nzara
nyika, isati iri nzara yezvokudya, kana nyota yemvura, asi yokunzwa
mashoko aJehovha:
Vachadzungaira vachibva kugungwa vachienda kugungwa, vachibva kumusoro vachienda kumusoro
kumabvazuva, vachamhanya kundotsvaka shoko raJehovha, asi vacharitsvaka
kusaiwana.
8:13 Nezuva iro mhandara dzakanaka namajaya vachaziya nenyota.
Vanopika zvivi zveSamaria, vachiti, Namwari wako mupenyu, iwe Dhani;
uye, Maitiro aBheerishebha mhenyu; vachawa, vakasatongowira pasi
simuka zvakare.