Amos 3
1 Hear ye this word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:
Oh bana ya Isalaele, boyoka liloba oyo Yawe alobi na tina na bino, na tina na etuka nyonso oyo nabimisaki na Ejipito:
2 Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.
« Bozali etuka moko kaka oyo Ngai napona kati na bituka nyonso ya mabele; yango wana nakopesa bino etumbu mpo na mabe nyonso oyo bosali.
3 Do two walk together if they have not met?
Boni, bato mibale bakoki solo kotambola nzela moko soki bayokani te?
4 Roar doth a lion in a forest and prey he hath none? Give out doth a young lion his voice from his habitation, If he hath not caught?
Nkosi ekoki solo koganga na zamba soki emoni te nyama ya kolia? Mwana nkosi ekoki penza konguluma na esika oyo evandaka soki ekangi nyama te?
5 Doth a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no gin for it? Doth a snare go up from the ground, And prey it captureth not?
Ndeke ekoki solo kokangama na motambo oyo ezali na mabele soki ezangi eloko ya kolia? Motambo ekoki solo koningana soki ekangi eloko te?
6 Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done [it]?
Boni, kelelo ya bitumba ekoki solo kobeta kati na engumba, bongo bato bazanga kobanga? Pasi ekoki solo koya na engumba soki Yawe atindi yango te?
7 For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.
Solo, Nkolo Yawe asalaka eloko moko te soki alakisi mabongisi na Ye te epai ya basali na Ye, basakoli.
8 A lion hath roared — who doth not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken — who doth not prophesy?
Nkosi egangi; nani akobanga te? Nkolo Yawe alobi; nani akoki koboya kosakola?
9 Sound ye unto palaces in Ashdod, And to palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Be ye gathered on mountains of Samaria, And see many troubles within her, And oppressed ones in her midst.
Bosakola makambo oyo kati na bandako ya Asidodi mpe ya Ejipito: ‹ Bosangana na likolo ya bangomba ya Samari mpe botala ndenge nini mobulu mpe minyoko ezali kosalema kati na yango!
10 And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.
Bato na Ngai bayebi lisusu te kosala makambo na bosembo, › elobi Yawe, ‹ batondisi bandako na bango na bomengo ya bitumba mpe na biloko oyo babotoli na makasi. › »
11 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: An adversary — and surrounding the land, And he hath brought down from thee thy strength, And spoiled have been thy palaces.
Mpo na yango, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: « Monguna moko akozingela yo, akosukisa yo mpe akobotola na makasi biloko kati na bandako na yo, oyo batonga makasi. »
12 Thus said Jehovah: As the shepherd delivereth from the lion's mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So delivered are the sons of Israel, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus [on that of] a couch.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Ndenge mobateli bibwele alongolaka na monoko ya nkosi makolo mibale to songe ya litoyi ya meme, ndenge wana nde bana ya Isalaele bakobikisama, ba-oyo bavandaka na Samari, na basonge mpe na basuka ya bambeto na bango. »
13 Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts.
« Boyoka makambo oyo mpe bokebisa ndako ya Jakobi, » elobi Yawe, Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
14 For in the day of My charging the transgressions of Israel on him, I have laid a charge on the altars of Beth-El, And cut off have been the horns of the altar, And they have fallen to the earth.
« Na mokolo oyo nakopesa Isalaele etumbu mpo na masumu na ye, nakobebisa bitumbelo ya Beteli, nakobuka maseke ya bitumbelo, mpe ekokweya na mabele.
15 And I have smitten the winter-house with the summer-house, And perished have houses of ivory, And consumed have been many houses, An affirmation of Jehovah!
Nakokweyisa ndako ya tango ya malili makasi mpe ya tango ya molunge makasi; mpe bandako oyo batonga kitoko na pembe ya nzoko ekozala lisusu te, » elobi Yawe.
