Amos 5
1 Listen, people of Israel, to this funeral lament that I sing about you!
Nou menm, moun pèp Izrayèl, koute chante m'ap chante nan lapenn mwen gen pou nou:
2 Virgin Israel has fallen, and will never rise again! She lies abandoned on the ground, and there is no one to help her up.
Pèp Izrayèl la tankou yon jenn fi. Li tonbe. Li p'ap janm leve ankò. Men li kouche atè a. Pa gen pesonn pou ba l' men.
3 This is what the Lord says: From a city that sends out a thousand soldiers, only a hundred will return; from a city that sends out a hundred soldiers, only ten will return.
Seyè a di konsa: Lè yon lavil nan peyi Izrayèl la voye mil (1000) sòlda nan lagè, se san (100) ase ki tounen. Lè yon lòt lavil voye san (100) se dis ase ki tounen.
4 This is what the Lord says to the people of Israel: Look to me so you may live!
Seyè a pale ak pèp Izrayèl la, li di l' konsa: Tounen vin jwenn mwen, n'a gen lavi.
5 Do not look to the false gods of Bethel, do not go to the pagan shrines of Gilgal or travel to those of Beersheba. For Gilgal will go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
Pa al chache m' lavil Betèl. Pa ale lavil Gilgal. Pa moute ale bò Bècheba al fè sèvis. Betèl pa la pou lontan. Yo gen pou yo depòte moun Gilgal yo voye yo nan peyi etranje.
6 Look to the Lord so you may live! Otherwise he will explode like fire against the descendants of Joseph and no one from Bethel will be able to quench it.
Chache vin jwenn Seyè a, n'a gen lavi. Si se pa sa, l'ap tonbe sou pèp Izrayèl la tankou dife. Dife a ap boule lavil Betèl. Pesonn p'ap ka tenyen l'.
7 You twist justice and make it bitter, you throw integrity to the ground.
Adye! N'ap vire lajistis lanvè, n'ap pilonnen dwa pèp la anba pye nou!
8 The One who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns the darkness into morning, and daytime into night, who calls for the water of the seas, and pours it down as rain upon the earth—the Lord is his name!
Se Seyè a ki te fè zetwal yo, Lapousiyè ak Oryon. Li fè lannwit tounen lajounen, li fè lajounen tounen lannwit. Li rele dlo lanmè a, li vide l' sou tout latè. Yo rele l' Seyè. Wi, se konsa yo rele l'.
9 In a flash he cuts down the strong and destroys the fortresses.
Li rale malè sou gwo chèf yo, li fè kraze sitadèl yo nèt.
10 You hate anyone who confronts injustice and loathe anyone who speaks honestly.
Nou pa vle wè moun k'ap denonse lenjistis. Nou pa vle wè moun k'ap di verite nan tribinal.
11 Because you trample down the poor and impose a tax on their grain, building for yourselves impressive houses, you will not live in them, and you will not drink wine from the fine vineyards you have planted.
Nou fin peze pòv malere yo, nou fòse yo ban nou nan rekòt jaden yo. Se poutèt sa, nou p'ap rete nan bèl gwo kay an wòch nou bati yo, ni nou p'ap bwè diven ki fèt ak rezen ki soti nan bèl jaden nou te plante yo.
12 For I know the extent of your wrongdoing and your numerous sins. You oppress good people by taking bribes, and you prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.
Mwen konnen tou jan peche nou fè yo gwo anpil, jan se pa de ti krim nou pa fè. Nou pèsekite moun serye. Nou pran lajan nan men moun k'ap achte figi nou. Nou enpoze pòv malere yo jwenn jistis nan tribinal.
13 So smart people keep quiet in such evil times.
Se poutèt sa, yon moun ki gen konprann, se je wè bouch pe. Tan an twò move deyò a.
14 Do what is right, and not evil, so you may live. Then the Lord God of power will be with you, as you claim he is.
Chache fè sa ki byen pou nou ka viv. Pa fè sa ki mal. Lè sa a, Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, va kanpe avèk nou jan n'ap plede di l' la.
15 Hate evil and love good—and make sure justice wins out in your courts. Maybe the Lord God of power will have mercy on those who are left of Jacob's people.
Rayi sa ki mal, renmen sa ki byen. Pa kite yo fè lenjistis nan tribinal. Nou pa janm konnen, Seyè a ka gen pitye pou ti rès ki rete nan pitit pitit Jozèf yo.
16 For this is what the Lord, the Lord God of power says: There will be weeping in the city squares and wailing in the streets. They will call even the farmers to grieve, as well as the professional mourners.
Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, di: Moun pral mache nan tout lari, yo pral rele nan tout kalfou: Mezanmi, mezanmi, ki lapenn sa a! Yo pral rele tout moun vin nan lanmò a. Y'ap fè chache moun ki konn rele yo pou yo vin kenbe rèl la.
17 There will be wailing in every vineyard, for I will pass through the midst of you, says the Lord.
Nan tout jaden moun ap plenn. Tou sa, paske m'ap vin pini nou. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
18 How disastrous it will be for those of you who long for the day of the Lord. Why would you want the day of the Lord to come? It will bring darkness, not light.
Sa pral rèd nèt pou moun ki anvi wè jou Seyè a rive! Kisa jou sa a ap fè pou yo? Se pral yon jou fènwa, se p'ap yon jou limyè.
19 It will be like a man running away from a lion only to meet a bear; or a man who goes home and leans his hand on a wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
Se va tankou yon nonm k'ap kouri pou lapli, epi li tonbe larivyè. Ou ankò, tankou yon moun ki rive lakay li, li mete men l' sou panno kay la, epi yon krab zarenyen mòde l'.
20 Isn't the day of the Lord darkness without light? Yes, pitch dark without a glimmer of light.
Jou Seyè a ap vini an, va fè nwa kou lank, p'ap fè klate. Se va yon jou fènwa, san yon ti limyè.
21 I hate, I despise your festivals and take no delight in your religious assemblies.
Seyè a di konsa: Mwen pa vle wè gwo fèt n'ap fè pou mwen yo. Mwen pa ka santi yo. Mwen pa ka sipòte lè nou reyini pou fè sèvis pou mwen.
22 Even though you present me with burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. As for your peace offerings of fattened cattle—I will not even look at them.
Lè n'a pote bèt pou boule pou mwen, lè n'a fè m' ofrann gato, sa p'ap fè m' plezi. Ni mwen p'ap menm gade bèt gra nou pote vin ofri m' pou di m' mèsi.
23 Stop your noisy worship songs. I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
Sispann chante kantik nou yo nan zòrèy mwen. Mwen pa vle tande mizik gita nou yo ankò.
24 Rather let justice flow like a river, and doing right like an ever-flowing stream.
Tankou dlo k'ap kouri larivyè, se pou nou rann tout moun jistis nan peyi a. Tankou yon kouran dlo k'ap kouri san rete, se pou nou toujou fè sa ki dwat.
25 Did you bring me sacrifices during those forty years in the desert, people of Israel?
Nou menm, moun Izrayèl, pandan karantan nou pase nan dezè a, nou janm ofri bèt pou touye pou mwen? Nou janm ofri m' gato?
26 But now you carry idols of Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god that you made for yourselves.
Se konsa, koulye a nou gen pou nou pote lakay nou pòtre nou te fè pou nou yo: pòtre Sakit, wa nou an, ak pòtre zetwal Kevan an, bondye n'ap sèvi a.
27 So I will send you into exile in a land beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of power.
M'ap depòte nou nan yon peyi lòt bò Damas. Men sa Seyè a di, li menm yo rele Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a.
