UAmosi
2:1 Utsho uYehova ukuthi; Ngenxa yezikreqo ezithathu zakwaMowabhi, ngenxa yezine
akayi kulubuyisa umva ubugwenxa bakhe; ngokuba wawatshisayo amathambo
yokumkani wakwaEdom kwikalika;
2:2 ndiya kuthumela umlilo kwaMowabhi, utshise iingxande ezinde zikaMowabhi
eKiriyoti, afe uMowabhi kuphithizwa, kuhlatywa umkhosi, kuhlatywa umkhosi
isandi sesigodlo:
2:3 Ndomnqumla umgwebi phakathi kwakhe, ndibabulale bonke
nabathetheli bayo banaye; utsho uYehova.
2:4 Utsho uYehova ukuthi; Ngenxa yezikreqo ezithathu zakwaYuda, ngenxa yezine
akayi kulubuyisa umva ubugwenxa bakhe; ngokuba becekisile
nomyalelo kaYehova abayigcinanga imithetho yakhe, nobuxoki babo
wabalahlekisisa, ababelandela ooyise ngako.
2:5 ndiya kuthumela umlilo kwaYuda, utshise iingxande ezinde
iYerusalem.
2:6 Utsho uYehova ukuthi; Ngenxa yezikreqo ezithathu zakwaSirayeli, ngenxa yezine
akayi kulubuyisa umva ubugwenxa bakhe; ngokuba bathengisa ngayo
ilungisa ngesilivere, ihlwempu ngeempahla zokunxiba;
2:7 abo bazondayo ukuba intloko yezisweli ibe nothuli lomhlaba, bajike;
Ngaphakathi kwendlela yabalulamileyo, umntu noyise baya kungena endlwini
ke yena umkhonzazana lowo, ukuba ahlambele igama lam elingcwele;
2:8 Balala phezu kweengubo ezisisibambiso, esibingelelweni ngesibingelelo;
basela iwayini yabagwetyiweyo endlwini yothixo wabo.
2:9 Ndamtshabalalisa umAmori ebusweni babo, obude bunjengobuso bakhe
ukuphakama kwemisedare, womelele njengemioki; kanti owakhe ndamtshabalalisa
isiqhamo saphezulu, neengcambu zakhe ngaphantsi.
2:10 Ke mna ndaninyusa ezweni laseYiputa, ndanikhokela iminyaka emashumi mane
entlango, ukuze alihluthe ilizwe lomAmori.
2:11 Ndavelisa koonyana benu abokuba ngabaprofeti, nakumadodana enu
AmaNazari. Akunjalo na, nyana bakaSirayeli? utsho uYehova.
2:12 Ke nina nabaseza iwayini abazahlulileyo; wabayalela abaprofeti,
esithi, Musani ukuwisa intetho.
2:13 Yabonani, ndiya kunixinzelela phantsi, njengokuba ixinzelelwa phantsi inqwelo ezeleyo
izithungu.
2:14 Ngako oko ukusaba kuya kutshabalala kwanamendu, kwaye anamandla
Igorha aliyi kuwuqinisa umphefumlo walo, igorha aliyi kuzihlangula;
2:15 Nobambe isaphetha akayi kuma; nalowo unamendu
unyawo aluyi kuzihlangula, nalowo ukhwele ehashini akayi kuhlangula
azihlangule.
2:16 nontliziyo ikhaliphileyo phakathi kwamagorha asabe eze ngaloo nto
imini leyo, utsho uYehova.