Amosi 5

¹Israeli, imva mawu awa, nyimbo ya maliro imene ndikuyimba za iweyo:

²“Namwali Israeli wagwa,

³Ambuye Yehova akuti,

⁴Zimene Yehova akunena kwa nyumba ya Israeli ndi izi:

⁵musafunefune Beteli,

⁶Funani Yehova kuti mukhale ndi moyo,

⁷Inu amene mumasandutsa chiweruzo cholungama kukhala chowawa

⁸(Iye amene analenga nyenyezi za Nsangwe ndi Akamwiniatsatana,

⁹Iyeyo amabweretsa chiwonongeko modzidzimutsa pa anthu amphamvu

¹⁰inu mumadana ndi amene amadzudzula mʼbwalo la milandu

¹¹Mumapondereza munthu wosauka

¹²Pakuti Ine ndikudziwa kuchuluka kwa zolakwa zanu

¹³Nʼchifukwa chake pa nthawi yotere munthu wanzeru sayankhulapo kanthu,

¹⁴Muyike mtima wanu pa zabwino osati pa zoyipa,

¹⁵Mudane ndi zoyipa, mukonde zabwino;

¹⁶Choncho izi ndi zimene Ambuye, Yehova Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse, akunena:

¹⁷Mʼminda yonse ya mpesa mudzakhala kulira kokhakokha,

¹⁸Tsoka kwa inu amene mumalakalaka

¹⁹Lidzakhala ngati tsiku limene munthu pothawa mkango

²⁰Kodi tsiku la Yehova silidzakhala mdima osati kuwala,

²¹“Ndimadana nawo masiku anu achikondwerero ndipo ndimawanyoza;

²²Ngakhale mupereke nsembe zopsereza ndi nsembe zachakudya,

²³Musandisokose nazo nyimbo zanu!

²⁴Koma chiweruzo cholungama chiyende ngati madzi,

²⁵“Kodi pa zaka makumi anayi zimene munakhala mʼchipululu muja

²⁶Inu mwanyamula kachisi wa mfumu yanu,

²⁷Nʼchifukwa chake Ine ndidzakupititsani ku ukapolo, kutali kupitirira ku Damasiko,”