Amos 5
1 Hear you this word of the Lord, even a lamentation, which I take up against you. The house of Israel is fallen; it shall no more rise.
Tande pawòl sa ke m reprann pou nou kon yon chan; Yon plent konsi, pou sila ki mouri deja yo, O lakay Israël:
2 The virgin of Israel has fallen upon his land; there is none that shall raise her up.
Li fin tonbe, li p ap leve ankò— Vyèj Israël la. Li kouche byen neglije sou tèren li; nanpwen moun ki pou leve l.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord God; The city out of which there went forth a thousand, [in it] there shall be left a hundred, and [in that] out of which there went forth a hundred, there shall be left ten to the house of Israel.
Paske, konsa pale Senyè BONDYE a: “Vil ki te gen mil sòlda soti, va gen san ki rete, e sila ki gen san ki ale yo, va gen dis ki rete pou lakay Israël.”
4 Therefore thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live.
Paske, konsa pale SENYÈ a a lakay Israël: “Chache Mwen pou nou ka viv.
5 But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgala, and cross not over to the Well of the Oath: for Galgala shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall be as that which is not.
Men pa ale Béthel, ni pa vini Guilgal, ni travèse Beer-Schéba. Paske anverite, Guilgal va antre an kaptivite e gwo twoub va rive Béthel.
6 Seek you the Lord, and you shall live; lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire, and it devour him, and there shall be none to quench it for the house of Israel.
Chache SENYÈ a pou nou ka viv, sinon Li va eklate kon dife nan lakay Joseph, e li va devore san pa gen okenn moun ki pou etenn li Béthel.
7 [It is he] that executes judgement in the height [above], and he has established justice on the earth:
Nou menm ki fè jistis vin tounen lanvè, e ki jete ladwati rive jis atè yo,
8 who makes all things, and changes [them], and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night: who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is his name:
Chache Li ki te kreye Pléiades ak Orion yo, ki chanje gwo fènwa yo pou vin tounen maten, ki etenn lajounen pou fè lannwit, ki rele dlo lanmè yo e vide sou sifas tè a; SENYÈ a, se non L.
9 who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress.
Se Li menm ki jayi ak destriksyon sou moun pwisan yo, jiskaske destriksyon sa a rive sou sitadèl la.
10 They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.
Yo rayi sila k ap reprimande nan pòtay la ni yo pa vle wè sila ki pale ak entegrite a.
11 Therefore because they have struck the poor with their fists, and you have received of them choice gifts; you have built polished houses, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of them.
Konsa, akoz nou foule malere a, e egzije taks nan blè sou li, akoz nou fin bati bèl kay ak wòch byen taye, malgre nou pa menm rete nan yo, konsa, nou fin plante bèl chan rezen yo, men nou p ap bwè diven yo.
12 For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside [the judgement of] the poor in the gates.
Paske Mwen konnen transgresyon nou yo vin anpil e peche nou yo vin gran; nou menm ki boulvèse moun dwat yo, ki aksepte tout sa ki glise anba tab yo, e ki detounen malere a nan pòtay la.
13 Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.
Alò nan yon tan konsa, sila ki saj la oblije rete an silans, paske tan an vin plen ak mechanste.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as you have said,
Chache sa ki bon e pa sa ki mal, pou nou ka viv; epi konsa, SENYÈ dèzame yo kapab avèk nou, jis jan nou te pale a!
15 We have hated evil, and loved good: and restore you judgement in the gates; that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
Rayi mal e renmen sa ki bon, e etabli jistis nan pòtay la! Petèt SENYÈ Bondye dèzame yo ka fè gras a retay Joseph la.”
16 Therefore thus says the Lord God Almighty; In all the streets [shall be] lamentations; and in all the ways shall it be said, Woe, woe! the husbandman shall be called to mourning and lamentation, and to them that are skilled in complaining.
Alò, SENYÈ Bondye dèzame yo, Senyè a di: “Va gen gwo lamantasyon tout kote e nan lari a, yo va rele: ‘Elas! Elas!’ Yo va rele kiltivatè a pou fè dèy, yo va peye moun pou l fè lamantasyon.
17 And [there shall be] lamentation in all the ways; because I will pass through the midst of you, says the Lord.
Epi nan tout chan rezen yo, va gen gwo kri, paske Mwen va pase nan mitan nou”, di SENYÈ a.
18 Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it is darkness, and not light.
Elas pou nou menm ki anvi wè jou SENYÈ a! Pouki sa nou lanvi we jou SENYÈ a? Li va yon jou tenèb olye limyè.
19 As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.
Tankou lè yon nonm kouri kite yon lyon pou l rakontre yon lous; oswa pou l rive lakay li, apiye men l sou mi kay la, pou yon koulèv vin mòde l.
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this [day] gloom without brightness?
Èske jou SENYÈ a p ap yon jou tenèb olye de limyè a, fènwa a menm san klate ladann?
21 I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell [your] meat-offerings in your general assemblies.
Mwen rayi, Mwen va refize aksepte fèt nou yo, ni Mwen p ap pran plezi nan asanble solanèl nou yo.
22 Therefore if you should bring me your whole burnt sacrifices and meat-offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I have respect to your grand peace-offerings.
Menmsi nou ofri ban Mwen ofrann brile ak ofrann sereyal, Mwen p ap aksepte yo; ni Mwen p ap menm gade ofrann lapè a bèt gra nou yo.
23 Remove from me the sound of your songs, and I will not hear the music of your instruments.
Retire sou Mwen bri a chanson nou yo; Mwen p ap menm koute son a ap nou yo.
24 But let judgement roll down as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent.
Men kite jistis koule desann tankou dlo, e ladwati tankou yon gwo larivyè,
25 Have you offered to me victims and sacrifices, O house of Israel, forty years in the wilderness?
Èske nou te pote ban Mwen ofrann sakrifis ak ofrann sereyal nan dezè a pandan karant ane yo, O lakay Israël?
26 Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Raephan, the images of them which you made for yourselves.
Anplis nou te pote Sikkuth, wa nou an, ak Kiyyun, imaj nou yo, ak zetwal dye nou, ke nou te fè pou nou menm yo.
27 And I will carry you away beyond Damascus, says the Lord, the Almighty God is his name.
“Pou sa, Mwen va fè nou antre an egzil pi lwen Damas,” di SENYÈ a, ki gen non Li ki se Bondye dèzame yo.
