Amos 9

1 I saw YHWH standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

Mehunuu Awurade sɛ ɔgyina afɔrebukyia no ho, na ɔkaa sɛ, “Bɔ Asɔredan no afadum no atifi na mma ne fapem no nwoso. Mommubu ngu nnipa no nyinaa so; wɔn a aka no mede akofena bɛkunkum wɔn. Ɔbaako mpo rentumi nnwane obiara remfiri mu mfi.

2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: (Sheol h7585)

Mpo sɛ wɔtu fam kɔ awumena mu a ɛhɔ na me nsa bɛtwe wɔn afiri aba. Mpo sɛ wɔforo kɔ ɔsoro a ɛhɔ na mɛyi wɔn afiri aba fam. (Sheol h7585)

3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

Mpo sɛ wɔkɔtetɛ bepɔ Karmel atifi a, ɛhɔ na mɛti wɔn akɔkye wɔn aba. Mpo sɛ wɔde wɔn ho sie me wɔ ɛpo ase a ɛhɔ na mɛhyɛ ɔwɔ no ama wakɔkeka wɔn.

4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Mpo, sɛ wɔn atamfoɔ de wɔn kɔ nnommumfa mu a, ɛhɔ na mɛhyɛ akofena akunkum wɔn. “Mɛgyene mʼani ahwɛ wɔn. Mede ɔsɛeɛ bɛba wɔn so na meremmoa wɔn.”

5 And the Sovereign YHWH of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Awurade, Asafo Awurade, Ɔno na ɔde ne nsa ka asase ma ɛnane, ma wɔn a wɔte so nyinaa twa adwo. Asase no nyinaa pagya te sɛ Nil na ɛtwe te sɛ Misraim asubɔnten.

6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: YHWH is his name.

Ɔno na ɔsi nʼahemfie a ɛkrɔn wɔ ɔsoro na ɔto ne fapem wɔ asase so. Ɔno na ɔboaboa ɛpo mu nsuo ano na ɔhwie gu asase so. Awurade ne ne din!

7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith YHWH. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

“Mo Israelfoɔ, mo ho hia me sene Etiopiafoɔ?” Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie. Manyi Israelfoɔ amfiri Misraim, ne Filistifoɔ amfiri Kreta, ɛne Aramfoɔ nso amfiri Kir anaa?

8 Behold, the eyes of the Sovereign YHWH are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith YHWH.

“Ampa ara Otumfoɔ Awurade ani wɔ nnebɔne ahennie no so. Mɛpepa no afiri asase ani, nanso, merensɛe Yakob efie korakora,” sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie.

9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

“Na mɛhyɛ, na mɛwoso Israel efie, wɔ amanaman nyinaa mu, sɛdeɛ wɔhuhu atokoɔ so wɔ huhuamoa mu na aba fua mpo ntɔ fam no.

10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Nnebɔneyɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ me nkurɔfoɔ mu nyinaa bɛtotɔ wɔ akofena ano, wɔn a wɔka sɛ, ‘Amanehunu rento yɛn anaa ɛremma yɛn so da.’

11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

“Saa ɛda no, mɛsane aba abɛsi “Dawid efie a abubu no bio. Mɛsiesie ne baabi a asɛeɛ no, na masi no sɛdeɛ na ɛteɛ no,

12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith YHWH that doeth this.

na wɔafa Edom nkaeɛfoɔ no, ne amanaman a me din da wɔn so.” Awurade a waka no, ɔno na ɔbɛyɛ yeinom nyinaa.

13 Behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

“Nna no reba,” sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie, “A nnɔbaeɛ no bɛba ntɛm ama ɔtwafoɔ no, na bobe no abu so ama deɛ ɔtiatia nsakyiamena no so no. Nsa foforɔ bɛsɔne afiri mmepɔ no so na atene wɔ nkokoɔ no nyinaa so.

14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Mede me nkurɔfoɔ Israel nnommumfoɔ bɛsane aba. “Wɔbɛsane asiesie nkuropɔn a asɛeɛ no na wɔatena mu. Wɔbɛyɛ bobe nturo na wɔanom mu nsã; wɔbɛyɛ mfikyifuo na wɔadi so nnuaba.

15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith YHWH thy Elohim.

Mede Israelfoɔ bɛdua wɔn ankasa asase so a wɔrentu bio da mfiri asase a mede ama wɔn no so,” sɛdeɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn seɛ nie.