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Intethe, Lomlilo Lentambo Yokuqondisa
Nanku engakutshengiswa nguThixo Wobukhosi: Wayelungisa imitshitshi yezintethe emva kokuvunwa kwesabelo senkosi khonapho amabele esibili esakhula. Kwathi lapho ilizwe seziliphundlile, ngamemeza ngathi, “Thixo Wobukhosi, thethelela! UJakhobe angaphepha kanjani? Mncinyane kakhulu!”
Ngakho uthixo waxola.
“Akusoze kwenzakale” watsho uthixo.
Nanku engakutshengiswa nguThixo Wobukhosi: uThixo Wobukhosi wayememezela ukwehlulela ngomlilo; womisa ulwandle waqothula lelizwe. Ngakho ngamemeza ngathi “Thixo Wobukhosi, ngiyakuncenga, ake ume! UJakhobe angaphepha kanjani na? Mncinyane kakhulu!”
Ngakho uThixo waxola.
“Lokhu lakho akuyikwenzakala,” kwatsho uThixo Wobukhosi.
 
Nanku angitshengisa khona: uThixo wayemi phansi komduli owawakhiwe waqonda nta ephethe intambo yokuqondisa ngesandla sakhe UThixo wasengibuza esithi, “Kuyini okubonayo, Amosi?”
Ngaphendula ngathi, “Yintambo yokuqondisa.”
UThixo wasesithi, “Khangela, ngibeka intambo yokuqondisa phakathi kwabantu bami bako-Israyeli; kangisayikubaxolela futhi.
Izindawo eziphakemeyo zika-Isaka zizadilizwa
lezindawo ezingcwele zako-Israyeli zizachithwa;
indlu kaJerobhowamu ngizayihlasela ngenkemba yami.”
U-Amosi Lo-Amaziya
10 U-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. 11 Ngoba u-Amosi uthi:
‘UJerobhowamu uzakufa ngenkemba,
njalo impela u-Israyeli uzathunjwa,
asiwe khatshana kwelizwe lakibo.’ ”
12 U-Amaziya wasesithi ku-Amosi, “Phuma, wena mboni! Buyela elizweni lakoJuda, usebenzele ukudla kwakho khonale wenze lokuphrofetha kwakho khonale. 13 Ungaphrofithi futhi eBhetheli, ngoba le yindawo yenkosi kanye lethempeli lombuso.”
14 U-Amosi waphendula u-Amaziya wathi, “Mina ngangingasuye mphrofethi kumbe indodana yomphrofethi, kodwa ngangingumelusi, njalo ngigcina izihlahla zomkhiwa wesikhamore. 15 Kodwa uThixo wangithatha ekweluseni imihlambi yezimvu wathi kimi, ‘Hamba uyephrofetha ebantwini bami bako-Israyeli.’ 16 Ngakho-ke khathesi zwana ilizwi likaThixo. Wena uthi:
‘Ungaphrofethi kubi ngo-Israyeli,
njalo yekela ukutshumayela kubi ngendlela ka-Isaka.’
17 Ngakho-ke nanku okutshiwo nguThixo:
‘Umkakho uzakuba yisifebe edolobheni,
amadoda lamadodakazi akho azakufa ngenkemba.
Ilizwe lakho lizalinganiswa labiwe,
njalo wena ngokwakho uzafela elizweni lamaqaba.
Njalo impela u-Israyeli uzathunjwa
asiwe khatshana kwelizwe lakhe.’ ”