Amos 9
1 Kai ni bout ka khet navah, BAWIPA teh thuengnae khoungroe teng a kangdue e hah ka hmu. Ahni ni a dei e teh, kaawm e tami pueng e lû dawk takhang khom hah kâhuen nateh rawp sak hanelah, tho hah hem haw. Ahnimanaw hah tahloi hoi thet awh. Ka yawng e hai hlout mahoeh. Ka hlout e tami hai hring mahoeh.
Yahweh [showed me another vision. In the vision, ] I saw him standing next to the altar. He said, “Shake the tops of the pillars [of the temple], until they become loose and fall down, so that even the foundation will shake. Then cause the [pieces of the temple] to fall down on the people [who are inside]. I will kill with a sword anyone who [tries to] flee; no one will escape.
If they dig deep pits in the ground, or if they try to climb up to the sky [in order to escape], I will reach out and grab them. (Sheol h7585)
3 Karmel monsom dawk kâhrawk nakunghai, ka rasa han. Kai koehoi hlout hanelah, tuipui a dengnae koe kâhrawk nakunghai tahrun ka khue sak han.
If they go to the top of Carmel [Mountain] to escape, I will search for them and seize them. If they [try to] hide from me at the bottom of the sea, I will command the [huge] sea monster to bite them.
4 Taran ni ka man nakunghai, alouke hmuen koe tahloi kâ ka poe vaiteh, ka thei sak han. Hawinae ka sak mahoeh. Yon a sak nahanelah ka khet han.
If their enemies [capture them and] force them to go to other countries, I will command that they be killed there with swords. I am determined [IDM] to get rid of them, not to help them.”
5 Ransahu Bawipa Jehovah ni talai kâbet vaiteh, talai teh atui lah awm vaiteh, talai taminaw pueng ni a khuika awh han. Nai palang patetlah ram pueng dawk thaw vaiteh, Izip palang dawk a muem e patetlah a muem awh han.
When the Commander of the armies of angels touches the earth, it melts, and all over the earth [many people die, and the others] mourn for them. [It is as though] Yahweh causes the earth repeatedly to rise and fall like [SIM] the Nile [River] rises and falls.
6 Imrakhannaw hah kalvan vah sak vaiteh, a rahim lae im hah talai dawkvah a sak teh, tuipui hah kaw vaiteh, talai dawk a rabawk. A min teh Jehovah doeh.
He builds his [beautiful] palace in heaven, and sets/causes the sky to be like a dome over the earth. He scoops up the water from the ocean and [puts it into clouds], and then empties [the clouds] onto the earth. His name is Yahweh.
7 Oe Isarel miphunnaw, nangmouh teh kai koe Ethiopianaw patetlah na awm awh hoeh maw. Isarel miphunnaw teh Izip ram hoi kai ni ka hrawi e patetlah Filistin taminaw hah Kaptor ram hoi, Siria taminaw hah Kir ram hoi kai ni ka tâcokhai toe nahoehmaw, telah BAWIPA ni ati.
And Yahweh says, “You people of Israel, you are certainly [RHQ] [now no more important to me] than the people of Ethiopia. I brought your [ancestors] here from Egypt, but I also brought the people of Philistia from Crete [Island], and I brought the people of Syria from the Kir [region].
8 Bawipa Jehovah ni yon ka tawn e uknaeram hah a khet teh, hote ramnaw hah talai dawk hoi be ka raphoe han. Hateiteh Jakop imthung teh, ka raphoe mahoeh telah BAWIPA ni ati.
I [SYN], Yahweh the Lord, have seen that you people in the kingdom [of Israel] are very sinful, so I will (destroy you/wipe you off the earth). But I will not get rid of all you descendants [MTY] of Jacob. [That is what will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.
9 Hahoi kâ ka poe vaiteh cai karue e patetlah Isarel imthungnaw hah miphun pueng thung hoi cuekkarue hoi karue han. Cai huem touh boehai talai dawk bawt mahoeh.
When I command it, [it will be as though] I will shake you Israeli people [who are living] in various nations, like [MET] [a farmer] shakes a sieve [to separate] the stone pebbles [from the grain], in order that they do not fall on the ground [with the grain].
10 Runae ni maimouh teh na phat mahoeh. Na ngang thai mahoeh telah ati awh teh, tamikayonnaw pueng teh tahloi hoi a due awh han.
From among my people, all you sinful people who say, ‘We will not experience disasters; nothing evil will happen to us,’ will be killed by [your enemies’] swords.”
11 Kaawm rae Edom miphun koehoi kaie ka min lahoi ka phung e alouke miphunnaw pueng hah, man sak hanelah ka rawm e Devit e rim hah, hatnae tueng dawk kai ni bout ka sak han.
“The kingdom [over which King] David [ruled has been destroyed, like] [MET] a house that collapsed and then became ruins. But some day I will cause it to be a kingdom again. I will cause it to prosper again just like it did previously.
12 Kâbawng e hnonaw hah ka bet han. Ka rawk e hnonaw hah ka pathoup vaiteh, hote rim teh ayan e ao e patetlah kangdue sak han telah hete hnonaw kasakkung BAWIPA e lawk teh ao.
When that happens, your [armies] will seize/capture the remaining part of Edom [region] again, and they will also seize the land in other nations that previously belonged to me [MTY]. I, Yahweh, have said [that I will do these things], and I will certainly cause them to happen.
13 BAWIPA ni a dei e teh, laikawk kanawk e tami teh, cang ka a e tami, misur paw kasû e tami teh cati ka patue e tami a pha teh, mon dawk hoi ka radip e misurtui a lawng sak teh, monruinaw pueng dawk hai atui lah a lawngnae tueng a pha han.
There will be a time [when your crops will grow very well]. Very soon after the crops are harvested, farmers will plow the ground [to plant more crops in it again], and soon after the vineyards are planted, [farmers will harvest] grapes and tread on them [to make wine]. [And because there will be a lot of] wine, [it will seem as though] wine is flowing down from the hills [DOU].
14 Ka tami Isarel san lah kaawm e naw hah kabankhai han. Hahoi ka rawk e khopuinaw hah bout ka pathoup vaiteh, hawvah ao awh han. Misurnaw hah ung awh vaiteh, misurtui a nei awh han. Takhanaw sak awh vaiteh a pawnaw a ca awh han.
I will cause you, my Israeli people, to prosper again. You will rebuild your towns and live in them. You will plant vineyards and then drink the wine [made from the grapes that grows in them].
15 Ahnimouh teh amamae ram koe ka ung han. Ka poe e ram dawk hoi pinihai bout phawng mahoeh toe telah Cathut ni ati.
I will enable you to live [MET] in your land again, the land that I gave to [your ancestors], and never again will you be forced to leave it. [That is what will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.”
