< Amos 4 >

1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
Tande pawòl sa a, nou menm, vach Basan k ap rete sou mòn Samarie yo, k ap oprime malere, k ap kraze sila ki nan bezwen yo, ki di a mari nou yo: “Pote bwason nou!”
2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
Senyè BONDYE a te sèmante pa sentete Li, “Gade byen, jou yo ap vini sou nou, lè yo va rache pran nou ak kwòk vyann, e dènye bout nan nou ak gaf pwason.
3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every [cow at that which is] before her; and ye shall cast [them] into the palace, saith the LORD.
Nou va sòti atravè brèch miray yo, nou chak tou dwat devan li a, e konsa, nou va jete nan sitadèl la,” deklare SENYÈ a.
4 Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, [and] your tithes after three years:
“Antre nan Béthel pou fè peche; nan Guilgal pou miltipliye peche yo! Pote sakrifis nou yo chak maten, dim nou yo chak twa jou.
5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim [and] publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Ofri yon ofrann remèsiman, sitou sa ki gen ledven ladan, epi pwoklame ofrann bòn volonte yo. Fè l parèt wo pou moun wè! Paske se konsa nou renmen fè l, nou menm, fis Israël yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
“Men Mwen te bay nou anplis, dan netwaye nan tout vil nou yo, ak mank pen tout kote. Malgre sa, nou pa t retounen vin jwenn Mwen,” deklare SENYÈ a.
7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when [there were] yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Anplis de sa, Mwen te fè lapli sispann pandan te gen twa mwa ankò avan rekòlt la. Konsa, Mwen te voye lapli nan yon vil pandan Mwen te refize li nan yon lòt. Yon pati te jwenn lapli, pandan pati ki pa t resevwa lapli a te seche.
8 So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Konsa, de oswa twa vil te kilbite rive nan yon lòt pou bwè dlo, men yo pa t satisfè; malgre sa, nou pa t retounen vin jwenn Mwen, deklare SENYÈ a.
9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured [them: ] yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Mwen te frape nou ak van cho, ak lakanni; epi cheni te devore jaden ak chan rezen nou yo, pye figye etranje ak pye doliv yo. Malgre sa, nou pa t retounen vin jwenn Mwen,” deklare SENYÈ a.
10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
“Mwen te voye yon epidemi nan mitan nou, tankou sa ki te konn rive an Égypte yo. Mwen te touye jenn mesye nou yo ak nepe, e te retire cheval nou yo. E Mwen te fè movèz odè kan ou monte antre nan nen nou. Malgre sa, nou pa t retounen vin jwenn Mwen,” deklare SENYÈ a.
11 I have overthrown [some] of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
“Mwen te boulvèse kèk nan nou nèt, jan Bondye te boulvèse Sodome ak Gomorrhe. Nou te tankou yon bout bwa byen cho ki te rache soti nan dife; malgre sa, nou pa t retounen vin jwenn Mwen,” deklare SENYÈ a.
12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: [and] because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
“Akoz sa, se konsa Mwen va fè ou, O Israël! Paske se sa Mwen va fè ou; prepare pou rankontre Bondye ou a, O Israël.
13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what [is] his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, [is] his name.
Paske gade byen, Sila ki fòme mòn yo, ki kreye van an, e ki deklare a lòm tout refleksyon li yo; sila ki fè jou leve nan fènwa a, e ki foule wo plas sou latè yo; SENYÈ Bondye dèzame yo, se non Li.”

< Amos 4 >