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!

Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, you who are in the mountain of Samaria, you who oppress the poor, you who crush the needy, you who say to your husbands, “Bring us drinks.”

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

The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness, “Look, the days will come on you when they will take you away with hooks, the last of you 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 the breaks in the city wall, each one of you going straight through it, and you will be thrown out toward Harmon —this is Yahweh's declaration.”

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 sin, to Gilgal and multiply sin, 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 a thanksgiving sacrifice with bread; proclaim freewill offerings; announce them, for this pleases you, you people of Israel —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.

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

I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places. Yet you have not returned to me —this is Yahweh's declaration.

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 rain from you when there were still three months to the harvest. I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One piece of land was rained on, but the piece of land where it did not rain dried up.

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.

Two or three cities staggered to another city to drink water, but were not satisfied. Yet you have not returned to me —this is Yahweh's declaration.

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 afflicted you with blight and mildew. The multitude of your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees, and your olive trees— the locusts devoured them all. Yet you have not returned to me —this is Yahweh's declaration.

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 a plague on you as on Egypt. I killed your young men with the sword, carried away your horses, and made the stench of your camp come up to your nostrils. Yet you have not returned to me —this is Yahweh's declaration.

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.

I overthrew cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched out of the fire. Yet you have not returned to me —this is Yahweh's declaration.

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 I will do something terrible to you, Israel; and because I will do something terrible to you, prepare to meet your God, 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, look, he who forms the mountains also creates the wind, reveals his thoughts to mankind, makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth. Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.”