1Nanku engakutshengiswa nguThixo* Wobukhosi: Wayelungisa imitshitshi yezintethe emva kokuvunwa kwesabelo senkosi khonapho amabele esibili esakhula.
2Kwathi lapho ilizwe seziliphundlile, ngamemeza ngathi, “Thixo* Wobukhosi, thethelela! UJakhobe angaphepha kanjani? Mncinyane kakhulu!”
3Ngakho uthixo* waxola.
4Nanku engakutshengiswa nguThixo* Wobukhosi: uThixo* Wobukhosi wayememezela ukwehlulela ngomlilo; womisa ulwandle waqothula lelizwe.
5Ngakho ngamemeza ngathi “Thixo* Wobukhosi, ngiyakuncenga, ake ume! UJakhobe angaphepha kanjani na? Mncinyane kakhulu!”
6Ngakho uThixo* waxola.
7Nanku angitshengisa khona: uThixo wayemi phansi komduli owawakhiwe waqonda nta ephethe intambo yokuqondisa ngesandla sakhe
8UThixo* wasengibuza esithi, “Kuyini okubonayo, Amosi?”
9Izindawo eziphakemeyo zika-Isaka zizadilizwa
10U-Amaziya umphristi waseBhetheli wathumela ilizwi kuJerobhowamu inkosi yako-Israyeli, wathi, “U-Amosi uceba okubi ngawe khona kanye phakathi kwako-Israyeli. Ilizwe lingeke limelane lawo wonke amazwi akhe.
11Ngoba u-Amosi uthi:
12U-Amaziya wasesithi ku-Amosi, “Phuma, wena mboni! Buyela elizweni lakoJuda, usebenzele ukudla kwakho khonale wenze lokuphrofetha kwakho khonale.
13Ungaphrofithi futhi eBhetheli, ngoba le yindawo yenkosi kanye lethempeli lombuso.”
14U-Amosi waphendula u-Amaziya wathi, “Mina ngangingasuye mphrofethi kumbe indodana yomphrofethi, kodwa ngangingumelusi, njalo ngigcina izihlahla zomkhiwa wesikhamore.
15Kodwa uThixo* wangithatha ekweluseni imihlambi yezimvu wathi kimi, ‘Hamba uyephrofetha ebantwini bami bako-Israyeli.’
16Ngakho-ke khathesi zwana ilizwi likaThixo*. Wena uthi: