Amos 4
1 Hear ye this word, ye heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, —who say to their lords, Bring in, and let us drink!
Bino bangombe ya basi ya Bashani, boyoka maloba oyo; bozali lokola ngomba ya Samari, bino bato oyo bonyokolaka babola, bomonisaka bato bakelela pasi mpe bolobaka na mibali na bino: « Bomemela biso masanga mpo tomela. »
2 Sworn hath My Lord, Yahweh, by his own holiness, That lo! days, are coming upon you, —when he will take you away with hooks, and your followers with fishhooks;
Nkolo Yawe alapi ndayi mpo na bosantu na Ye: « Solo, na mikolo ekoya, bakomema bino mpe bana na bino na bandobo;
3 And, through fissures, shall ye go out, every woman, straight before her, —and ye shall be thrust forth towards the castle, Declareth Yahweh.
bokobimela na madusu kati na mir, moko na moko na lidusu oyo ezali liboso na ye, mpe bakobengana bino kino na ngomba Erimoni, » elobi Yawe.
4 Enter ye Bethel, and transgress, At Gilgal, cause transgression, to abound, —Yea, carry in, every morning, your sacrifices, every three days, your tithes;
« Bokende na Beteli mpe bosala masumu, bokende na Giligali mpe bosala lisusu masumu koleka. Bobonza bambeka na bino tongo nyonso, mpe eteni na bino ya zomi sima na mokolo ya misato.
5 Yea, burn thou incense, of that which is leavened, as a thank-offering, and proclaim ye freewill-offerings, let them be known, —for, so, ye love [to have it], ye sons of Israel, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Botumba farine oyo batia levire lokola likabo ya kozongisa matondi, mpe bobeta tolo mpo na makabo na bino, oyo bokati kopesa wuta na mokano ya mitema na bino moko. Bino bana ya Isalaele, bolobela yango na mongongo makasi, pamba te bolingaka nde kosala bongo, elobi Nkolo Yawe.
6 Moreover also, I, have given you cleanness of teeth throughout all your cities, and want of bread throughout all your dwelling-places, —Yet have ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh.
Nabomaki bino nzala kati na bingumba na bino nyonso, napimelaki bino bilei kati na bamboka na bino nyonso; kasi atako bongo, bozongelaki Ngai te, » elobi Yawe.
7 Moreover also, I, have withholden from you the abundant rain, when yet there were only three mouths to the harvest, Or I might rain upon one city, and, on another city, might not rain, —One portion, would be rained upon, and, the portion whereupon it should not rain, would be dried up;
« Napimelaki bino lisusu mvula, basanza misato mobimba liboso ete tango oyo babukaka bambuma ekoma. Natindaki mvula na engumba moko mpe nakangaki yango na engumba mosusu. Elanga moko enokelaki mvula, kasi mosusu ezangelaki yango mpe ekawukaki.
8 Then would two or three cities totter to one city to drink water, without being satisfied, —Yet have ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh.
Bato bazalaki kotambola-tambola longwa na engumba moko kino na engumba mosusu mpo na koluka mayi, kasi bazwaki mayi oyo ekokelaki baposa na bango te; atako bongo, bozongelaki Ngai te, » elobi Yawe.
9 I have smitten you with blight and with mildew, When your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees have increased, the creeping locust would devour them, —Yet have ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh.
« Mbala mingi, nazalaki kobwakela bilanga na bino bokono, banzete na bino ya ble mpe ya vino ekomaki kokawuka; bongo mabanki ekomaki kolia banzete na bino ya figi mpe ya olive. Kasi atako bongo, bozongelaki Ngai te, » elobi Yawe.
10 I have sent among you pestilence, in the manner of Egypt, I have slain, with the sword, your young men, and therewith have been taken captive your horses, And I have caused to ascend—the stench of your camps, even into your own nostrils, Yet ye have not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh.
« Natindaki, kati na bino, bokono oyo ebomaka, ndenge nasalaki kati na Ejipito; nabomaki bilenge mibali na bino na mopanga mpe nasalaki ete babotola bampunda na bino; mpe natondisaki bazolo na bino na solo ya bibembe oyo ekufaki na molako na bino. Kasi atako bongo, bozongelaki Ngai te, » elobi Yawe.
11 I have made an overthrew among you, like the divine overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye have become like a brand snatched out of the burning, —Yet hate ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh.
« Nabebisaki bino ndenge nabebisaki Sodome mpe Gomore; bozalaki lokola koni ya moto oyo babimisi na moto. Kasi atako bongo, bozongelaki Ngai te, » elobi Yawe.
12 Therefore, thus, will I do unto thee, O Israel, —Because this thing I will do unto thee, Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
« Yango wana, Isalaele, tala makambo oyo nakosala yo! Mpe lokola nakosala yo bongo, Isalaele, mibongisa mpo na kokutana na Nzambe na yo. »
13 For lo! He that fashioned the mountains, and created the wind, and who telleth the son of earth what is his thought, who turneth dawn into darkness, and marcheth upon the high places of the earth, Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name!
Pamba te Ye oyo asalaki bangomba, oyo akelaki mipepe, oyo alakisaka makanisi na Ye epai na moto, oyo abongolaka pole molili, oyo atambolaka likolo ya bangomba ya mokili, Kombo na Ye ezali: Yawe, Nzambe Mokonzi ya mampinga.
