Amos 4

1 “Miɖo tom, mi Basan nyinɔ dami siwo le Samaria towo dzi, mi nyɔnu siwo baa hiãtɔwo, eye mietea ame dahewo ɖe to hegblɔna na mia srɔ̃wo be, midi aha vɛ míano!

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

2 Yehowa Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ta eƒe kɔkɔenyenye, be ɣeyiɣi li gbɔna esime yeaɖe mi kple miaƒe dzidzimeviwo kple ƒu.

The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

3 Woakplɔ mi ato gliwo ƒe gbagbãƒee, miakpɔ ŋgɔ tẽe, eye woatsɔ mi aƒu gbe ɖo ɖe Harmon.” Yehowae gblɔe.

You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,”

4 “Miva Betel ne miawɔ nu vɔ̃. Miyi Gilgal ne miadzi miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ɖe edzi, mitsɔ vɔsawo vɛ ŋdi sia ŋdi; mitsɔ nu ewoliawo vɛ ŋkeke etɔ̃ sia ŋkeke etɔ̃.

“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.

5 Mitsɔ amɔʋaʋãbolo wɔ akpedavɔsae. Miɖe gbeƒã lɔlɔ̃nununana. Migblɔe dadatɔe, elabena nenema mielɔ̃a wɔwɔ. O, Israel!” Yehowa Ŋusẽkatãtɔ lae gblɔe.

Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,”

6 “Medɔ dɔwuame ɖe miaƒe duwo me, gake mewɔ naneke le mia ŋuti o, eye miegbe be yewomatrɔ ɖe ŋutinye o.” Yehowae gblɔe.

“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,”

7 “Ɣleti etɔ̃ hafi miadze miaƒe nukuwo ŋeŋe gɔme la, mena tsidzadza tɔ kplo zi ɖeka, eye miaƒe nukuwo gblẽ. Medɔa tsi wòdzana ɖe du ɖeka dzi, medzana ɖe bubuwo dzi o. Ale ne tsi le dzadzam ɖe agble aɖe dzi la, bubuawo me ƒuna kplakplakpla, eye woƒe nukuawo fiana.

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

8 Amewo tsoa du siwo me ku le ɖiɖim le, eye wozɔa mɔ didi yia tsidiƒe le du bubu me afi si tsi le dzadzam le, gake womekpɔnɛ kuna o. Ele alea, gake miegbe be yewomatrɔ ɖe ŋutinye o.” Yehowae gblɔe.

People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,”

9 “Mena miaƒe bliwo dze heteku, eye wohlɔ̃; mena ʋetsuviwo ɖu miaƒe wainkawo kple amitiwo, gake miegbe be yewomatrɔ ɖe ŋutinye o.” Yehowae gblɔe.

“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,”

10 “Mena dɔvɔ̃wo va dze mia dzi abe esiwo mehe va Egiptetɔwo dzi le blema ene. Mena mia viwo tsi aʋa, eye menya miaƒe sɔwo de gbe. Ame kukuwo na miaƒe asaɖa me le ʋeʋẽm kũu, gake miegbe, mietrɔ ɖe ŋutinye o.” Yehowae gblɔe.

“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,”

11 “Metsrɔ̃ miaƒe du aɖewo abe ale si metsrɔ̃ Sodom kple Gomorae ene; ame siwo susɔ la le abe atikpo si woɖe tso dzo me la ene, gake miegbe, mietrɔ ɖe ŋutinye o.” Yehowae gblɔe.

“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,”

12 “Eya ta ale mawɔ na wò, O Israel! Esi wònye aleae mawɔ na wò ta la, dzra ɖo nàdo go wò Mawu, O Israel!”

“Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!

13 Ame si wɔ towo kple ya, eye wòɖea eƒe susuwo fiaa amegbetɔ, eyae trɔa ŋdi wòzua viviti, eye wògbãa towo ɖe eƒe afɔ te gudugudu. Eŋkɔe nye Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu la.

For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”