Amos 4
1 Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.
Nou menm, gwo fanm peyi Samari yo, nou gra tankou manman bèf Bazan. N'ap maltrete malere yo, n'ap peze pòv yo, epi n'ap di mari nou yo pote diven ban nou bwè.
2 The Lord God has taken an oath by his holy name, that the days are coming when they will take you away with hooks, and the rest of you with fish-hooks.
Koute sa Seyè a di: Seyè a se yon moun apa. Se yon Bondye tout bon. Li fè sèman sou tèt li. Li di konsa: Yon jou gen pou rive, y'ap fwennen nou tankou pwason ki pran nan zen. Y'ap pote nou tout ale.
3 And you will go out through the broken places, every one going straight before her, and you will be sent into Harmon, says the Lord.
Y'a fè nou pase nan twou ki nan miray la, de pye devan, yonn apre lòt. Y'ap voye nou jete deyò. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
4 Come to Beth-el and do evil; to Gilgal, increasing the number of your sins; come with your offerings every morning and your tenths every three days:
Seyè a di konsa: Nou menm, pèp Izrayèl, se sa! Moute nan tanp lavil Betèl yo, al fè peche! Ale lavil Gilgal, peche kont kò nou! Chak maten, mennen bèt pou yo touye tankou ofrann bay Bondye! Chak twa jou, pote ladim nou!
5 Let that which is leavened be burned as a praise-offering, let the news of your free offerings be given out publicly; for this is pleasing to you, O children of Israel, says the Lord.
Ale non! Ofri pen nou bay Bondye pou di l' mèsi! Mache di toupatou jan nou fè ofrann ak tout kè nou bay Bondye! Apa konsa nou renmen fè, pèp Izrayèl! Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
6 But in all your towns I have kept food from your teeth, and in all your places there has been need of bread: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Se mwen menm ki te fè grangou tonbe sou tout lavil nou yo, kifè nou pa t' ka jwenn manje lakay nou. Malgre sa, nou pa tounen vin jwenn mwen. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
7 And I have kept back the rain from you, when it was still three months before the grain-cutting: I sent rain on one town and kept it back from another: one part was rained on, and the part where there was no rain became a waste.
Lè jaden nou tapral pote rekòt, mwen pa t' kite lapli tonbe. Mwen voye lapli sou yon lavil, mwen fè yon lòt rete san yon grenn lapli. Yon jaden jwenn lapli, yon lòt menm ap mouri.
8 So two or three towns went wandering to one town looking for water, and did not get enough: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Moun soti nan de twa lavil ale nan yon lavil nan vwazinaj al mande dlo, men pa t' gen ase pou yo tout bwè. Malgre sa, nou pa tounen vin jwenn mwen. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
9 I have sent destruction on your fields by burning and disease: the increase of your gardens and your vine-gardens, your fig-trees and your olive-trees, has been food for worms: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Mwen voye yon van cho kou dife boule tout rekòt yo. Krikèt vèt manje tout jaden nou yo ak tout pye rezen nou yo, tout pye fig frans nou yo ak tout pye oliv nou yo. Malgre sa, nou pa tounen vin jwenn mwen. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
10 I have sent disease among you, as it was in Egypt: I have put your young men to the sword, and have taken away your horses; I have made the evil smell from your tents come up to your noses: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Mwen voye malè sou nou tankou malè mwen te voye sou peyi Lejip la. Mwen touye jenn gason nou yo nan lagè. Mwen te pran tout chwal nou yo mennen ale. Sant kadav moute nan nen nou tout kote nou rete a. Malgre sa, nou pa tounen vin jwenn mwen. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
11 And I have sent destruction among you, as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Mwen detwi kèk nan nou, menm jan mwen te detwi moun Sodòm ak moun Gomò yo. Sa ki te sove nan nou yo, se tankou yon bout bwa ki pran dife, epi yo kouri wete l' nan dife a pou li pa fin boule. Malgre sa, nou pa tounen vin jwenn mwen. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
12 So this is what I will do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, be ready for a meeting with your God, O Israel.
Se poutèt sa, nou menm moun pèp Izrayèl, mwen pral pini nou. E paske mwen pral pini nou konsa a, nou mèt pare kò nou pou n'a l' kontre ak Bondye nou an.
13 For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.
Se Bondye ki te fè mòn yo. Se li menm ki te kreye van yo. Li fè lèzòm konnen lide li gen nan tèt li. Li fè lajounen soti nan lannwit. L'ap gouvènen sou tout latè. Se poutèt sa, men jan yo rele l': Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a.
