< Amos 7 >

1 Thus he showed me [the] Lord Yahweh and there! [he was] forming locusts at [the] beginning of [the] coming up of the spring-crop and there! a spring-crop after [the] mowings of the king.
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 And it will be if it had finished to eat [the] vegetation of the land and I said O Lord Yahweh forgive please who? will he stand Jacob for [is] small he.
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 He relented Yahweh on this not it will be he said Yahweh.
Ale Yehowa ɖe asi le susu si wòɖo la ŋuti. Eye Yehowa gblɔ be, “Esia mava eme o.”
4 Thus he showed me [the] Lord Yahweh and there! [was] calling for conducting a case by fire [the] Lord Yahweh and it consumed [the] deep great and it consumed the portion of 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 And I said O Lord Yahweh cease please who? will he stand Jacob for [is] small he.
Ale megblɔ nɛ be, “O Aƒetɔ Mawu, meɖe kuku mègawɔe o, elabena dukɔ sue aɖe ko wònye!” Aleke Yakob ate ŋu anɔ tee?
6 He relented Yahweh on this also it not it will be he said [the] Lord Yahweh.
Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa ɖe asi le susu sia hã ŋuti, Eye wògblɔ nam be, “Esia mava eme o.”
7 Thus he showed me and there! [the] Lord [was] standing on a wall of tin and [was] in hand his tin.
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 he said Yahweh to me what? [are] you seeing O Amos and I said tin and he said [the] Lord here I [am] about to put tin in [the] midst of people my Israel not I will repeat again to pass by it.
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 And they will be made desolate [the] high places of Isaac and [the] sanctuaries of Israel they will be waste and I will arise on [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 And he sent Amaziah [the] priest of Beth-el to Jeroboam [the] king of Israel saying he has conspired on you Amos in [the] midst of [the] house of Israel not it is able the land to endure all words his.
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 thus he has said Amos by the sword he will die Jeroboam and Israel certainly it will go into exile from on land its.
Amos le gbɔgblɔm be, “‘Yeroboam atsi yi nu eye woaɖe aboyo Israel, akplɔe tso eƒe denyigba dzi.’”
12 And he said Amaziah to Amos O seer go flee yourself to [the] land of Judah and eat there bread and there you will prophesy.
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 And Beth-el not you must repeat again to prophesy for [is] a sanctuary of a king it and [is] a house of kingdom it.
Mègava ɖe fu na mí kple wò ŋutegakpɔkpɔ ƒe nyawo le Betel, míaƒe toxɔdu, afi si fiaɖuƒe la ƒe gbedoxɔ le o!”
14 And he answered Amos and he said to Amaziah not [am] a prophet I and not [am] a son of a prophet I for [was] a herdsman I and a fig picker of sycamores.
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 he took me Yahweh from after the flock and he said to me Yahweh go prophesy to people my Israel.
gake Yehowa yɔm tso lãnyilawo dome gblɔ nam be, ‘Yi nàgblɔ nya ɖi na nye dukɔ Israel.’
16 And therefore hear [the] word of Yahweh you [are] saying not you must prophesy on Israel and not you must prophesy on [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 he says Yahweh wife your in the city she will be a prostitute and sons your and daughters your by the sword they will fall and land your with measuring-line it will be divided and you on ground unclean you will die and Israel certainly it will go into exile from on land its.
“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.’”

< Amos 7 >