uAmosi 1:1-2

Amazwi ka-Amosi, omnye wabalusi baseTekowa, awawabonayo kuSirayeli, ngemihla ka-Uziya ukumkani wakwaYuda, nangemihla kaYarobheham unyana kaYowashe, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, iminyaka emibini phambi konyikimo. Kwaye wathi: iNkosi iya kugquma iseZiyon kwaye iphakamise ilizwi layo eYerusalem; namadlelo abalusi aya kuba lusizi, nenduli yeKarmele ibe lusizi.