Amos 2

1 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Le Moab ƒe nu vɔ̃ gbogboawo ta la, nyematsɔ wo akee o, elabena etsɔ Edom fia ƒe ƒuwo me akaloe.

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.

2 Eya ta mana dzo nava fia Moab, eye wòabi mɔ sesẽ siwo le Keriyɔt. Moab fia ŋutɔ atsrɔ̃ le ʋunyaʋunya me le aʋaɣli kple kpẽwo ƒe ɖiɖi me,

But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

3 eye mawu eƒe fia kple eŋutimewo katã.” Yehowae gblɔe.

and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

4 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Le Yuda ƒe nu vɔ̃ gbogboawo ta la, nyematsɔ wo akee o, elabena egbe nu le Yehowa ƒe seawo gbɔ, eye wògbe eƒe ɖoɖowo dzi wɔwɔ, ke boŋ ena eƒe alakpalegba siwo yome wo fofowo dze la kplɔe trae,

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk.

5 eya ta mana dzo nava fia Yuda, eye wòafia Yerusalem ƒe mɔ sesẽwo.”

But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

6 “Le Israel ƒe nu vɔ̃ gbogboawo ta la, “Nyematsɔ wo akee o, elabena etsɔ ame dzɔdzɔe dzra ɖe klosalo ta, eye wòtsɔ ame dahe dzra ɖe atokota dodo ɖeka pɛ ta.

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes—

7 Wotea ame dahewo ɖe to, eye wotrɔa gbo nya dzɔdzɔewo na ame gblɔe siwo wote ɖe to. Vɔ̃ɖitɔe nye be, ŋutsu kple via dea ɖetugbi ɖeka gbɔ heƒoa ɖi nye ŋkɔ kɔkɔe la.

they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the [same] maiden, to profane my holy name:

8 Woɖoa atsyɔ̃ kple avɔ siwo woxɔ le fenyilawo si le vɔsamlekpuiwo katã gbɔ, eye wonoa nyadrɔ̃ha siwo woxɔ le woƒe mawuwo ƒe aƒe me.

and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

9 “Metsrɔ̃ Amoritɔwo le wo ŋgɔ, togbɔ be wodzɔ atsu abe sedati, eye wosẽ abe sesewu ene hã la, meho wo kple ke.

Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

10 Mekplɔ wò do goe tso Egipte, eye mekplɔ wò le gbedzi ƒe blaene sɔŋ, be woava xɔ Amoritɔwo ƒe anyigba.

Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

11 Meɖo mia viŋutsuwo nyagblɔɖilawo kple míaƒe ɖekakpuiwo Mawu ƒe kluwo na Israel; ɖe nàte ŋu agblɔ be esiawo katã mele eme oa? Yehowae gblɔe.

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

12 Gake miena wain Mawu ƒe kluwo wono. Gawu la, miegbe na nyagblɔɖilawo be womagblɔ nya ɖi o.

But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

13 “Eya ta mate mi ɖe to abe ale si keke si wodo bligba na fũu la yia toe ene.

Behold, I will press [you] in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

14 Miaƒe aʋawɔla ɖeablawo mate ŋu asi, akpɔ sitsoƒe o, ame sesẽwo mate ŋu azã woƒe ŋusẽ o, eye kalẽtɔ mate ŋu aɖe eƒe agbe o.

And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

15 Aŋutrɔdala manɔ te adae o, asrafo zazɛ̃wo mate ŋu asi o, eye sɔdola nyuitɔ mate ŋu ado sɔ asi le tsɔtsrɔ̃ la nu o.

neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver [himself]; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

16 Dzideƒotɔ siwo le kalẽtɔwo dome hã asi amamae gbe ma gbe.” Yehowae gblɔe.

and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.