Amos 3

1 Hear ye this word, which Yahweh hath spoken, concerning you, ye sons of Israel, —concerning the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt saying: —

Muntie saa asɛm a Awurade aka atia mo yi, Israelfo, nea etia abusua a miyii wɔn fii Misraim no nyinaa:

2 Only you, have I acknowledged, of all the families of the ground, For this cause, will I visit upon you all your iniquities.

“Mo nko ara na mayi mo wɔ mmusua a ɛwɔ asase so nyinaa mu; enti mɛtwe mo aso wɔ mo bɔne nyinaa ho.”

3 Can two walk together, —except they meet?

Nnipa baanu betumi abɔ mu anantew, wɔ bere a wɔnyɛɛ nokoro ana?

4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when, prey, he hath none? Will a young lion utter his voice out of his den, when he hath made no capture?

Gyata bobɔ mu wɔ ɔdɔtɔ ase wɔ bere a onhuu hanam biara ana? Ɔbobɔ mu wɔ ne tu mu wɔ bere a ɔnkyeree hanam biara ana?

5 Will a bird fall upon a net to the earth, when there is no, snare, for it? Will a net rise from the ground, when it hath, captured nothing?

Anomaa bɛtɔ afiri mu wɔ fam wɔ baabi a wonsum afiri ana? Afiri huan konkɔn hɔ wɔ bere a enyii aboa ana?

6 Or a horn be blown in a city, and, a people, not tremble? Or calamity happen in a city, and, Yahweh, not have wrought with effect?

Sɛ wɔhyɛn torobɛnto wɔ kuropɔn mu a nnipa no ho mpopo ana? Sɛ atoyerɛnkyɛm ba kuropɔn bi mu a ɛnyɛ Awurade na ɔyɛe ana?

7 Surely My Lord Yahweh, will do, nothing, —except he have disclosed his secret unto his servants, the prophets!

Ampa ara, Otumfo Awurade nyɛ biribi a ɔnna ne nhyehyɛe adi nkyerɛ nʼAsomafo adiyifo no.

8 A lion, hath roared, Who will not fear? My Lord Yahweh, hath spoken, Who can forbear to prophesy?

Gyata no abobɔ mu, hena na onnsuro? Otumfo Awurade akasa, hena na ɔrenhyɛ ho nkɔm?

9 Announce it over the palaces in Ashdod, and over the palaces in the land of Egypt, —and say ye—Gather yourselves together upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold ye—the great disorders in the midst thereof, and the oppressed within her.

Mompae mu nka nkyerɛ Asdod aban ne Misraim aban: “Mommoaboa mo ho ano wɔ Samaria mmepɔw so; hwɛ basabasayɛ a ɛwɔ no so ne nhyɛso a ɛwɔ ne nkurɔfo mu.”

10 Therefore do they not know how to do right, Declareth Yahweh, who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.

“Wonnim sɛnea wɔyɛ nea eye,” sɛnea Awurade se ni. “Wɔde nneɛma a wɔafow ne nea wɔawia sie wɔ wɔn aban mu.”

11 Therefore—Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, An adversary! Yea round about the land, —and he who shall bring down, from thee, thy strength, And spoiled shall be thy palaces.

Ɛno nti, sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se, “Ɔtamfo bi betwiw afa mo asase no so; Obebubu mo bammɔ agu, na wɔafow mo aban.”

12 Thus, saith Yahweh, Just as a shepherd rescueth, out of the mouth of the lion, a couple of shankbones, or the tip of an ear, so, shall be rescued the sons of Israel, who are tarrying in Samaria, in the corner of the divan, and on the damask of the luxurious couch.

Nea Awurade se ni: “Sɛnea oguanhwɛfo gye anan abien nnompe anaa aso sin pɛ fi gyata anum no, saa ara na wobegye Israelfo nkwa, wɔn a wɔtete wɔn mpa ntwea so wɔ Samaria, ne wɔn a wɔdeda nkongua pa mu wɔ Damasko no.”

13 Hear ye and bear witness, throughout the house of Jacob, —Commandeth My Lord, Yahweh, God of hosts:

“Tie eyi, na di adanse tia Yakobfi,” sɛnea Awurade, Asafo Awurade Nyankopɔn se ni.

14 That, in the day I visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, then will I punish, concerning the altars of Bethel, So shall the horns of the altar, be broken off, and they shall fall to the ground;

“Da a mɛtwe Israel aso wɔ ne nnebɔne ho no, mɛsɛe afɔremuka a ɛwɔ Bet-El; wobetwitwa afɔremuka no mmɛn na abu ahwe fam.

15 And I will smite the winter house along with the summer house, —and the houses of ivory, shall be destroyed! and the great houses, shall disappear, Declareth Yahweh.

Medwiriw awɔwbere mu ofi ne ahuhurubere mu ofi agu; na afi a wɔde asonse adura ho no wɔbɛsɛe no na afi akɛse no nso wobebubu agu,” sɛnea Awurade se ni.