Amos 7
1 This is what Jehovah showed me: And look, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and look, it was the latter growth after the king's harvest.
Esiae nye nu si Aƒetɔ Yehowa ɖe fiam le ŋutega me: Yehowa le ʋetsuviwo ƒe ha gã drinya aɖe dɔm ɖa be woava aɖu kelemenukuwo. Esia ava eme ne woxe nuku gbãtɔwo ƒe adzɔ na fia la vɔ megbe.
2 It happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, "Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beg you. How could Jacob stand? For he is small."
Esi ʋetsuviawo ɖu nukuawo keŋkeŋ vɔ la, medo ɣli be, “O Aƒetɔ Mawu, meɖe kuku, tsɔe ke dzro. Aleke Yakob ate ŋu anɔ te, elabena enye dukɔ sue aɖe ko?”
3 Jehovah relented concerning this. "It shall not be," says Jehovah.
Ale Yehowa ɖe asi le susu si wòɖo la ŋuti. Eye Yehowa gblɔ be, “Esia mava eme o.”
4 This is what Jehovah showed me: And look, Jehovah called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
Esiae nye nu si Aƒetɔ Yehowa ɖe fiam: Aƒetɔ Mawu yɔ dzo be wòadza, eye dzo la bi tɔsisi goglowo, eye wòfia anyigba la katã.
5 Then I said, "Jehovah, stop, I beg you. How could Jacob stand? For he is small."
Ale megblɔ nɛ be, “O Aƒetɔ Mawu, meɖe kuku mègawɔe o, elabena dukɔ sue aɖe ko wònye!” Aleke Yakob ate ŋu anɔ tee?
6 Jehovah relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says Jehovah.
Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa ɖe asi le susu sia hã ŋuti, Eye wògblɔ nam be, “Esia mava eme o.”
7 This is what Jehovah showed me: And look, he was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
Emegbe la, egaɖe nu sia fiam: Aƒetɔ la le tsi tsitre ɖe gli si woɖo, wòdzɔ kã la xa, eye glidzidzenu le esi.
8 And Jehovah said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then Jehovah said, "Look, I have set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
Aƒetɔ la biam be, “Amos, nu ka nèkpɔ?” Meɖo eŋuti be, “Glidzidzenu.” Yehowa gayi dzi be, “Kpɔ ɖa, metsɔ glidzidzenu ɖo nye dukɔ, Israel titina. Nyemagatsɔe ake wo azɔ o.
9 The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."
“Woagbã Isak ƒe nuxeƒewo, Israel ƒe Kɔkɔeƒewo azu aƒedo, eye matso ɖe Yeroboam ƒe aƒe la ŋu kple yi.”
10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
Ke esi Amazia, nunɔla si le Betel se nya siwo gblɔm Amos le la, eɖo du ɖe Israel fia Yeroboam kaba be, “Amos le nugbe ɖom ɖe ŋutiwò le Israel dukɔ la titina. Amewo mate ŋu atsɔ nya siwo katã gblɔm wòle la o.
11 For Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"
Amos le gbɔgblɔm be, “‘Yeroboam atsi yi nu eye woaɖe aboyo Israel, akplɔe tso eƒe denyigba dzi.’”
12 Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
Amazia ɖo ame dɔdɔwo ɖe Amos be, “Wò, nyagblɔɖila, do go le afi sia! Si nàyi ɖe Yudanyigba dzi, eye nàgblɔ nya ɖi le afi ma be nàkpɔ abolo aɖu.
13 but do not prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house."
Mègava ɖe fu na mí kple wò ŋutegakpɔkpɔ ƒe nyawo le Betel, míaƒe toxɔdu, afi si fiaɖuƒe la ƒe gbedoxɔ le o!”
14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
Amos ɖo eŋu ɖo ɖe Amazia be, “Menye nyagblɔɖilawo dometɔ ɖekae menye o. Nyemetso nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe ƒome me o. Nye la, lãnyila kple atikutsetsewo fɔla ko menye,
15 and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
gake Yehowa yɔm tso lãnyilawo dome gblɔ nam be, ‘Yi nàgblɔ nya ɖi na nye dukɔ Israel.’
16 Now therefore listen to the word of Jehovah: 'You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not proclaim against the house of Isaac.'
Azɔ ɖo to nàse gbedeasi sia, si tso Yehowa gbɔ na wò. Ègblɔ be, “‘Mègagblɔ nya ɖi ɖe Israel ŋuti o, eye mègagblɔ Mawu ƒe nya tsi tsitre ɖe Isak ƒe aƒe ŋu o.’
17 Therefore thus says Jehovah: 'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"
“Aleae nye Yehowa ƒe ŋuɖoɖo na wò, “‘Esime nètsi tsitre ɖe nyagblɔɖiawo ŋuti ta la, srɔ̃wò azu gbolo le du sia me, woawu viwò ŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo kple yi; woatsɔ dzidzeka ama wò anyigbae. Wò ŋutɔ ya, àku ɖe dzronyigba dzi, eye Israelviwo azu kluviwo le aboyo me le anyigba aɖe si le didiƒe ke la dzi.’”
