< Amos 6 >
1 Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!
Baba na mi, ame siwo ɖe dzi ɖi bɔkɔɔ le Zion kple ame siwo susu be yewosu te le Samaria towo dzi, mi ame siwo nye ame veviwo kple ame ŋkutawo le Israel, ame siwo gbɔ dukɔ la xɔa aɖaŋu le.
2 Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land wider than theirs?
Miyi ɖe Kalne ne miakpɔ nu si dzɔ le afi ma la ɖa; eye miayi ɖe du gã Hamat me, ahaɖiɖi ɖe Gat, Filistitɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi, akpɔ nu si dzɔ la ɖa. Ɖe mienyo wu fiaɖuƒe siawo alo ɖe miaƒe anyigba lolo wu wo tɔa?
3 You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;
Mieɖe susu ɖa le ŋkeke vɔ̃ la ŋuti, gake miaƒe nu tovowo wɔwɔ wɔe be Ʋɔnudrɔ̃gbe la le mia lalam.
4 Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house;
Miemlɔa nyiɖubawo dzi, eye miedrana ɖe zikpui bɔbɔewo dzi heɖina ɖe eme; alẽvi kple nyivi damitɔwoe woɖana na mi.
5 Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;
Midzia ha vlowo hevuna ɖe kasaŋku ŋu ƒona abe David ye le ha kpam ene.
6 Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.
Miekua wain ɖe tre gãwo me wòyɔna banaa mienona, eye miesia ami ʋeʋĩwo, gake Yosef ƒe aƒe la ƒe gbegblẽ ya meka mi o,
7 So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.
eya ta miawoe anye ame gbãtɔ siwo woaɖe aboyoe, eye miaƒe agbe vivi ɖuɖu la nu atso.
8 The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.
Aƒetɔ Yehowa ta eƒe agbe. Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu la gblɔ be, “Yakob ƒe dada ƒuƒlu la le ŋu nyɔm nam, eye melé fu eƒe mɔ sesẽwo. Matsɔ du gã sia kple emenu nyuiwo ade asi na eƒe futɔwo.”
9 Then it will come about that if there are still ten men in a house, death will overtake them.
Ne ŋutsu ewo susɔ ɖe aƒe ɖeka me hã, wo katã woaku.
10 And when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible for burning his body, lifting him up to take his bones out of the house, says to him who is in the inmost part of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he will say, Keep quiet, for the name of the Lord may not be named.
Ne ƒometɔ aɖe si atɔ dzo ame kukuawo va aƒea me la, abia ame si ɣla ɖe aƒea me la be, “Ame aɖewo gatsi agbe kpe ɖe ŋuwòa?” Ame la aɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Ao!” Ekema ame si va la, agblɔ be, “Mia nu. Mele be míayɔ Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ le afi sia o.”
11 For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.
Elabena kpɔ ɖa, Yehowa de se be, woagbã aƒe suewo kple gãwo siaa.
12 Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?
Sɔwo ate ŋu aƒu du le agakpewo dzia? Ɖe nyitsu siwo wotsɔna ŋlɔa agblee la ate ŋu aŋlɔ atsiaƒu dzia? Ke mietrɔ afia nyui tsotso wòzu aɖi, eye miedo ŋunyɔ nu sia nu si nye nu dzɔdzɔe la wòzu atsa.
13 You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?
Mi ame siwo kpɔ dzidzɔ esi wogbã Lodeba eye miegblɔ be, “Ɖe menye míawo ŋutɔ ƒe ŋusẽe míetsɔ xɔ Karnaim oa?”
14 For see, I will send against you a nation, O Israel, says the Lord, the God of armies, ruling you cruelly from the way into Hamath as far as the stream of the Arabah.
Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu la gblɔ be, “O Israel ƒe aƒe, mana dukɔ aɖe natso ɖe ŋuwò. Ate wò ɖe to vevie tso Lebo Hamat va se ɖe Wadi Araba tɔʋu la to.”