Amos 3
1 Hear this word that YHWH has spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
Oh bana ya Isalaele, boyoka liloba oyo Yawe alobi na tina na bino, na tina na etuka nyonso oyo nabimisaki na Ejipito:
2 “Only you have I known of all families of the earth, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.”
« Bozali etuka moko kaka oyo Ngai napona kati na bituka nyonso ya mabele; yango wana nakopesa bino etumbu mpo na mabe nyonso oyo bosali.
3 Do two walk together if they have not met?
Boni, bato mibale bakoki solo kotambola nzela moko soki bayokani te?
4 Does a lion roar in a forest and he has no prey? Does a young lion give out his voice from his habitation, If he has not caught?
Nkosi ekoki solo koganga na zamba soki emoni te nyama ya kolia? Mwana nkosi ekoki penza konguluma na esika oyo evandaka soki ekangi nyama te?
5 Does a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no trap for it? Does a snare go up from the ground, And it does not capture prey?
Ndeke ekoki solo kokangama na motambo oyo ezali na mabele soki ezangi eloko ya kolia? Motambo ekoki solo koningana soki ekangi eloko te?
6 Is a horn blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And YHWH has not done [it]?
Boni, kelelo ya bitumba ekoki solo kobeta kati na engumba, bongo bato bazanga kobanga? Pasi ekoki solo koya na engumba soki Yawe atindi yango te?
7 For Lord YHWH does nothing, Except He has revealed His counsel to His servants the prophets.
Solo, Nkolo Yawe asalaka eloko moko te soki alakisi mabongisi na Ye te epai ya basali na Ye, basakoli.
8 A lion has roared—who does not fear? Lord YHWH has spoken—who does not prophesy?
Nkosi egangi; nani akobanga te? Nkolo Yawe alobi; nani akoki koboya kosakola?
9 “Sound to palaces in Ashdod, And to palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Be gathered on mountains of Samaria, And see many troubles within her, And oppressed ones in her midst.
Bosakola makambo oyo kati na bandako ya Asidodi mpe ya Ejipito: ‹ Bosangana na likolo ya bangomba ya Samari mpe botala ndenge nini mobulu mpe minyoko ezali kosalema kati na yango!
10 And they have not known to act straightforwardly,” A declaration of YHWH, “Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.”
Bato na Ngai bayebi lisusu te kosala makambo na bosembo, › elobi Yawe, ‹ batondisi bandako na bango na bomengo ya bitumba mpe na biloko oyo babotoli na makasi. › »
11 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: “An adversary—and surrounding the land, And he has brought down your strength from you, And your palaces have been spoiled.”
Mpo na yango, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: « Monguna moko akozingela yo, akosukisa yo mpe akobotola na makasi biloko kati na bandako na yo, oyo batonga makasi. »
12 Thus said YHWH: “As the shepherd delivers from the lion’s mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So the sons of Israel are delivered, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus [on that of] a couch.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Ndenge mobateli bibwele alongolaka na monoko ya nkosi makolo mibale to songe ya litoyi ya meme, ndenge wana nde bana ya Isalaele bakobikisama, ba-oyo bavandaka na Samari, na basonge mpe na basuka ya bambeto na bango. »
13 Hear and testify to the house of Jacob,” A declaration of Lord YHWH, God of Hosts.
« Boyoka makambo oyo mpe bokebisa ndako ya Jakobi, » elobi Yawe, Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
14 “For in the day of My charging the transgressions of Israel on him, I have laid a charge on the altars of Beth-El, And the horns of the altar have been cut off, And they have fallen to the earth.
« Na mokolo oyo nakopesa Isalaele etumbu mpo na masumu na ye, nakobebisa bitumbelo ya Beteli, nakobuka maseke ya bitumbelo, mpe ekokweya na mabele.
15 And I have struck the winter-house with the summer-house, And houses of ivory have perished, And many houses have been consumed,” A declaration of YHWH!
Nakokweyisa ndako ya tango ya malili makasi mpe ya tango ya molunge makasi; mpe bandako oyo batonga kitoko na pembe ya nzoko ekozala lisusu te, » elobi Yawe.
