Amos 3
1 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
Nụrụnụ okwu ndị a nke Onyenwe anyị kwuru megide unu, unu ndị Izrel, megidekwa ezinaụlọ ahụ niile nke m kpọpụtara site nʼala Ijipt.
2 “I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”
“Naanị unu ka m họọrọ nʼime ezinaụlọ niile nke nọ nʼelu ụwa; Ọ bụ nʼihi nke a ka m ga-eji nye unu ahụhụ nʼihi mmehie unu niile.”
3 Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
Mmadụ abụọ ga-esi aṅaa jekọọ ije ma ọ bụrụ na ha enweghị nkwekọrịta?
4 Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
Ọdụm ọ na-agbọ ụja nʼọhịa ma ọ bụrụ na o nweghị anụ ọ hụrụ? Nwa ọdụm ọ na-ebigbọ nʼime olulu ya, mgbe ọ dịghị anụ ọ dọgburu?
5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?
Nnụnụ ọ na-ama nʼọnya dị nʼala ma ọ bụrụ na o nweghị ọnya e siri ijide ya? Ọnya e siiri anụ ọ na-akụchi ma ọ bụrụ na o nweghị ihe ọ matara?
6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn’t done it?
Mgbe a fụrụ opi nʼobodo, ọ bụ na ndị bi nʼime ya adịghị ama jijiji? Mgbe mbibi na ịla nʼiyi dakwasịrị obodo ọbụla ọ bụghị Onyenwe anyị mere ka ọ dị?
7 Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
Nʼezie Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị adịghị eme ihe ọbụla tutu ruo mgbe o buru ụzọ gosi ya ndị na-ejere ya ozi bụ ndị amụma.
8 The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?
Ọdụm agbọọla ụja, o nwere onye na-agaghị atụ egwu? Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị ekwuola okwu, onye ga-ahapụ ibu amụma?
9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.”
Kwusaanụ ya nʼobodo niile e wusiri ike nke Ashdọd na ebe niile e wusiri ike nke Ijipt, sị, “Zukọtanụ nʼelu ugwu niile nke Sameria ka unu hụ oke ọgbaaghara nke dị nʼetiti ya na mmegbu niile nke dị nʼetiti ndị ya.”
10 “Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
“Ha echezọọla ime ezi ihe.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “bụ ndị ahụ na-akpakọba ihe e zutere nʼohi na ihe e sitere nʼaka ike pụnara ndị mmadụ nʼime nʼụlọ ha niile e wusiri ike.”
11 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.”
Nʼihi ya nke a bụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Onye iro na-abịa! Ọ ga-agba ala gị gburugburu; ọ ga-akwatu ebe niile gị bụ nke e wusiri ike, ma kwakọrọkwa ihe niile dị nʼụlọ gị ndị ahụ e wusiri ike.”
12 Yahweh says: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.”
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “Dịka onye ọzụzụ atụrụ si anapụta naanị ọkpụkpụ ụkwụ abụọ maọbụ iberibe ntị site nʼọnụ ọdụm, otu a ka a ga-esi zọpụta ụmụ Izrel bi na Sameria, na nkuku isi ihe ndina na nʼiberibe akwa ọma site nʼelu ihe ndina.”
13 “Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.
“Nụrụ nke a, ma gbaanụ ama megide ụmụ Jekọb,” ọ bụ otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, kwubiri.
14 “For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.
“Nʼụbọchị ahụ, m ga-enye Izrel ahụhụ nʼihi mmehie ha, aghaghị m imebikwa ebe ịchụ aja nke dị na Betel. Mpi dị nʼebe ịchụ aja ka a ga-ebipụkwa, mee ka ha daa nʼala.
15 I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” says Yahweh.
Aga m etida ụlọ ndị niile ha wuru maka oge oyi, na nke ha wuru maka oge okpomọkụ; aga m ebibikwa ụlọ ndị ahụ niile ha ji ọdụ enyi wuo. Ọtụtụ ebe obibi ha niile ka a ga-etitukwa.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya.
