U-Amosi 5

¹Zwana ilizwi leli, wena ndlu ka-Israyeli, isililo lesi engisenzayo ngani:

²“Iwile iNtombi u-Israyeli,

³Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo Wobukhosi:

⁴Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo endlini ka-Israyeli:

⁵lingadingi iBhetheli,

⁶Dingani uThixo liphile

⁷Lina eliguqula ukulunga kube yibuhlungu,

⁸Yena owenza iSilimela loMthala,

⁹wehlisela incithakalo phezu kwenqaba atshabalalise

¹⁰Liyamzonda okhuzayo emthethwandaba limeyise

¹¹Linyathezela umyanga limncindezele

¹²Ngoba iziphambeko zenu ngiyazazi ukuthi zingaki

¹³Ngakho ezikhathini ezinjalo umuntu ohlakaniphileyo uyazithulela,

¹⁴Dingani okuhle, hatshi okubi,

¹⁵Zondani okubi lithande okuhle;

¹⁶Ngakho nanku okutshiwo yiNkosi, uThixo, uNkulunkulu uSomandla,

¹⁷Kuzakuba lokulila ezivinini zonke,

¹⁸Maye kini lina elilangazelela

¹⁹Kuzafana lokuthi umuntu ubalekele isilwane

²⁰Usuku lukaThixo kaluyikuba ngumnyama na,

²¹“Ngiyayizonda, ngiyayeyisa imikhosi yokholo lwenu;

²²Lanxa lingangilethela iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo

²³Sukani lomsindo wezingoma zenu!

²⁴Kodwa ukulunga kakugeleze njengamanzi,

²⁵Kanje wake wangilethela imihlatshelo leminikelo

²⁶Seliphakamise indawo yokukhonzela izithombe zenu,

²⁷Ngakho ngizalisa ekuthunjweni ngale kweDamaseko,”