Amos 4
1 You [wealthy women] of Samaria [have grown fat like] [MET] the fat cows of the Bashan [region]. You oppress poor people and you cause needy people to suffer. And you say to your husbands, “Bring us [more wine] to 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 But Yahweh [our] God has said this: “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this: It will [soon] be the time when you all will be taken [to another country]; [your enemies will take you away as though they are] using sharp hooks [DOU] [to grab you].
Nkolo Yawe alapi ndayi mpo na bosantu na Ye: « Solo, na mikolo ekoya, bakomema bino mpe bana na bino na bandobo;
3 [Your enemies] will drag you out through breaks/holes [in your city walls], and they will throw you outside the city. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
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 Go to Bethel and Gilgal [towns where many people worship me] and sin more and more [SAR]! [I say that not because I want you to do it], [but because it is what you have always been doing]! Offer sacrifices on the morning [after you arrive], [and bring me] (a tithe/one tenth) of your crops the next day.
« 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 Bring offerings of bread to thank me, and [other] offerings that are not required/commanded, and boast about [these offerings that you bring], because that is what you like to do, [but you do it to impress others, not to please me]. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it.
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 I [am the one who] caused there to be no food in any of your cities and towns [DOU], but you rejected me in spite of that.
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 When it was still three months before [the time of] harvesting [crops], [at the time when your crops needed rain the most], I prevented rain from falling. [Sometimes] I allowed rain to fall on some towns and prevented it from falling on other towns. Rain fell on some fields, but it did not fall on other fields, with the result that [the soil in] those fields [where it did not rain] 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 People would stagger from one town to another town to find water, but they could not even get enough water to drink, but in spite of that, you have not returned to me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!
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 caused your grain fields to dry up; I caused your gardens and vineyards to be struck/destroyed by (blight/hot winds) and mildew. [I sent] locusts to eat [the leaves on] your fig trees and olive trees, but in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!
« 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 caused you to experience (plagues/severe sicknesses) like the plagues [that I sent to the people] of Egypt. I caused [many of] your young men to die in battles. I allowed [your enemies] to capture your horses. [Many of your soldiers were killed, ] and I caused your camps to be filled with the smell/stink of their [decaying] corpses. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!
« 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 got rid of many of you, like I got rid of [the people in] Sodom and Gomorrah. [Those of] you who [did not die] were like [SIM] a burning stick that was snatched from a fire [so that it would not burn completely]. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it!
« 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 So [now], you [people of] Israel, I am going to punish you. Prepare to stand in front of me, your God, [when I judge you]!
« Yango wana, Isalaele, tala makambo oyo nakosala yo! Mpe lokola nakosala yo bongo, Isalaele, mibongisa mpo na kokutana na Nzambe na yo. »
13 I created the mountains, and [I] created winds. I reveal to humans what I am thinking. I [sometimes] cause the daylight to become dark [like the night]. I [rule over everything]; I [even] walk on the highest mountains on the earth! I am the Commander of the armies of angels!”
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.
