Amos 5
1 “O! Israel ƒe aƒe, metsɔ blanuiléle dzi konyifaha sia na wò:
to hear: hear [obj] [the] word [the] this which I to lift: loud upon you dirge house: household Israel
2 “Ɖetugbi Israel dze anyi, eye magafɔ akpɔ o. Wogbe nu le egbɔ le eya ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi, eye ame aɖeke meli alé eƒe alɔnu afɔe ɖe tsitre o,
to fall: fall not to add: again to arise: rise virgin Israel to leave upon land: soil her nothing to arise: raise her
3 elabena Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔ na Israel be, ‘Ne du aɖe ɖo ame akpe ɖeka ɖe aʋa la, ame alafa ɖeka koe agbɔ, eye du si ɖo ame alafa ɖeka ɖa la ame ewo koe agbɔ.’”
for thus to say Lord YHWH/God [the] city [the] to come out: come thousand to remain hundred and [the] to come out: come hundred to remain ten to/for house: household Israel
4 Yehowa gblɔ na Israel ƒe aƒe la be, “Midim, ne mianɔ agbe.
for thus to say LORD to/for house: household Israel to seek me and to live
5 Migati legba siwo le Betel, Gilgal alo Beerseba yome o, elabena maɖe aboyo Gilgatɔwo, eye Betel atsrɔ̃.”
and not to seek Bethel Bethel and [the] Gilgal not to come (in): come and Beersheba Beersheba not to pass for [the] Gilgal to reveal: remove to reveal: remove and Bethel Bethel to be to/for evil: trouble
6 Midi Yehowa ne mianɔ agbe, ne menye nenema o la; miabi abe dzo ene ato Yosef ƒe aƒe dzi, afia Betel, eye ame aɖeke mate ŋu atsii o.
to seek [obj] LORD and to live lest to rush like/as fire house: household Joseph and to eat and nothing to quench to/for Bethel Bethel
7 O, mi ame siwo trɔ afia nyui tsotso wòzu vevesese, eye mietsɔ dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒu gbe ɖe anyigba!
[the] to overturn to/for wormwood justice and righteousness to/for land: country/planet to rest
8 Midi ame si wɔ ɣletiviwo ƒe ha siwo woyɔna be atifieŋui, avu kple avutɔ, ame si trɔa viviti tsiɖitsiɖi wòzua kekeli, eye wòtrɔa ŋkeke wòzua zã. Eyae yɔa tsi tso atsiaƒu me be wòaho ayi dzi ahadza ɖe anyigba dzi. Aƒetɔ Yehowae nye eƒe ŋkɔ.
to make Pleiades and Orion and to overturn to/for morning shadow and day night to darken [the] to call: call to to/for water [the] sea and to pour: pour them upon face: surface [the] land: country/planet LORD name his
9 Le aɖabaƒoƒo ɖeka me la, enana gbegblẽ vaa ame sesẽ dzi, eye wògbãa eƒe gli sesẽwo.
[the] be cheerful violence upon strong and violence upon fortification to come (in): come
10 Mielé fu ame siwo toa nyateƒe le ʋɔnu, eye miele fu nyateƒetola.
to hate in/on/with gate to rebuke and to speak: speak unblemished: blameless to abhor
11 Esi miefanya ame dahewo kple afɔ, eye mieba wo le blidzɔxɔxɔ me ta la, mianɔ kpexɔ nyui siwo tum miele la me alo ano wain tso waingble siwo dem miele la me o.
to/for so because to trample you upon poor and tribute grain to take: take from him house: home cutting to build and not to dwell in/on/with them vineyard delight to plant and not to drink [obj] wine their
12 Elabena wò nu vɔ̃wo sɔ gbɔ hetri akɔ. Menya wo katã nyuie. Èsẽa ŋuta le ame dzɔdzɔe ŋu, eye nèxɔa zãnu hetrɔa gbo ame dahe ƒe nya dzɔdzɔe,
for to know many transgression your and mighty sin your to vex righteous to take: take ransom and needy in/on/with gate to stretch
13 eya ta ame siwo nye nunyalawo la, azi ɖoɖoe le ɣeyiɣi mawo me, elabena ɣeyiɣi vɔ̃e wònye.
to/for so [the] be prudent in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to silence: silent for time distress: evil he/she/it
14 Midi nyui, miasi le vɔ̃ nu ne mianɔ agbe! Ekema Yehowa, Mawu Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, anye kpeɖeŋutɔ vavã na mi abe ale si miawo ŋutɔ miegblɔ la ene.
to seek good and not bad: evil because to live and to be so LORD God Hosts with you like/as as which to say
15 Mitsri nu vɔ̃ eye mialɔ̃ nyui. Mitrɔ miaƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃ƒewo woazu afia nyui tsoƒewo. Ɖewohĩ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu la, akpɔ nublanui na Yosef ƒe aƒe ƒe ame mamlɛawo.
to hate bad: evil and to love: lover good and to set in/on/with gate justice perhaps be gracious LORD God Hosts remnant Joseph
16 Ale Yehowa, Mawu Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: “Avifafa anɔ kpɔdomewo, eye asiƒonu anɔ mɔ dodowo dzi. Míyɔ agbledelawo hã be woafa avi kpli mi; miyɔ konyifalawo hã vɛ be woafa avi kpli mi.
to/for so thus to say LORD God Hosts Lord in/on/with all street/plaza mourning and in/on/with all outside to say Ah! Ah! and to call: call out farmer to(wards) mourning and mourning to(wards) to know wailing
17 Avifafa anɔ waingble ɖe sia ɖe me, elabena mava to afi ma akaka agbleawo.” Yehowae gblɔe.
and in/on/with all vineyard mourning for to pass in/on/with entrails: among your to say LORD
18 Baba na mi, ame siwo tsi dzi ɖe Yehowa ƒe ŋkeke la ƒe vava ŋuti. Nu ka ta mietsi dzi ɖe Yehowa ƒe ŋkeke la ƒe vava ŋuti ɖo? Ŋkeke ma anye viviti, manye kekeli o.
woe! [the] to desire [obj] day LORD to/for what? this to/for you day LORD he/she/it darkness and not light
19 Le ŋkeke ma dzi la, mianɔ abe ame si si le dzata nu ɖake ɖe sisiblisi ŋuti la ene, eye esi wòƒu du ɖo aƒe me heziɔ ɖe gli ŋuti la, da ɖui.
like/as as which to flee man: anyone from face: before [the] lion and to fall on him [the] bear and to come (in): come [the] house: home and to support hand his upon [the] wall and to bite him [the] serpent
20 Ɖe Yehowa ƒe ŋkeke la menye viviti, eye menye kekeli oa? Ɖe menye blukɔe wònye, eye keklẽ mele eme oa?
not darkness day LORD and not light and gloom and not brightness to/for him
21 “Melé fu miaƒe ŋkekenyuiwo, eye metsri wo. Nyemaʋẽ miaƒe takpekpewo kple ŋkekenyuiwo ase o.
to hate to reject feast your and not to smell in/on/with assembly your
22 Ne miewɔ numevɔsa kple nuɖuvɔsawo nam hã la, nyemaxɔ wo o. Ne mietsɔ miaƒe lã damiwo sa vɔe nam hã la, nyemanye kɔ akpɔ wo o.
that if: except if: except to ascend: offer up to/for me burnt offering and offering your not to accept and peace offering fatling your not to look
23 Te wò hawo ƒe ɖiɖi ɖe megbe tso gbɔnye, wò saŋkuƒoƒowo hã le to me vem nam!
to turn aside: remove from upon me crowd song your and melody harp your not to hear: hear
24 Nya dzɔdzɔe nesi abe tsi ene, eye dzɔdzɔenyenye abe tɔʋu si memiena o ene!
and to roll like/as water justice and righteousness like/as torrent: river strong
25 “O, Israelviwo, nyee mietsɔ lã wuwuwo kple numemewo sa vɔ na esi mienɔ gbedzi ƒe blaene sɔŋ?
sacrifice and offering to approach: bring to/for me in/on/with wilderness forty year house: household Israel
26 Miekɔ miaƒe fia, Sakut kple Kaiwan, miaƒe ɣletivimawu siwo ƒe nɔnɔme miewɔ na mia ɖokuiwo la ɖe dzi,
and to lift: raise [obj] Sikkuth king your and [obj] Kiyyun image your star God your which to make to/for you
27 eya ta maɖo mi ɖe aboyo me le Damasko godo.” Yehowa, ame si ŋkɔe nye Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu lae gblɔe.
and to reveal: remove [obj] you from further to/for Damascus to say LORD God Hosts name his
