Amos 6
1 Baba na mi, ame siwo ɖe dzi ɖi bɔkɔɔ le Zion kple ame siwo susu be yewosu te le Samaria towo dzi, mi ame siwo nye ame veviwo kple ame ŋkutawo le Israel, ame siwo gbɔ dukɔ la xɔa aɖaŋu le.
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
2 Miyi ɖe Kalne ne miakpɔ nu si dzɔ le afi ma la ɖa; eye miayi ɖe du gã Hamat me, ahaɖiɖi ɖe Gat, Filistitɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi, akpɔ nu si dzɔ la ɖa. Ɖe mienyo wu fiaɖuƒe siawo alo ɖe miaƒe anyigba lolo wu wo tɔa?
Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border?
3 Mieɖe susu ɖa le ŋkeke vɔ̃ la ŋuti, gake miaƒe nu tovowo wɔwɔ wɔe be Ʋɔnudrɔ̃gbe la le mia lalam.
Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,
4 Miemlɔa nyiɖubawo dzi, eye miedrana ɖe zikpui bɔbɔewo dzi heɖina ɖe eme; alẽvi kple nyivi damitɔwoe woɖana na mi.
who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall,
5 Midzia ha vlowo hevuna ɖe kasaŋku ŋu ƒona abe David ye le ha kpam ene.
who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
6 Miekua wain ɖe tre gãwo me wòyɔna banaa mienona, eye miesia ami ʋeʋĩwo, gake Yosef ƒe aƒe la ƒe gbegblẽ ya meka mi o,
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 eya ta miawoe anye ame gbãtɔ siwo woaɖe aboyoe, eye miaƒe agbe vivi ɖuɖu la nu atso.
Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end.
8 Aƒetɔ Yehowa ta eƒe agbe. Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu la gblɔ be, “Yakob ƒe dada ƒuƒlu la le ŋu nyɔm nam, eye melé fu eƒe mɔ sesẽwo. Matsɔ du gã sia kple emenu nyuiwo ade asi na eƒe futɔwo.”
“The Lord GOD has sworn by himself,” says the LORD, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
9 Ne ŋutsu ewo susɔ ɖe aƒe ɖeka me hã, wo katã woaku.
It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
10 Ne ƒometɔ aɖe si atɔ dzo ame kukuawo va aƒea me la, abia ame si ɣla ɖe aƒea me la be, “Ame aɖewo gatsi agbe kpe ɖe ŋuwòa?” Ame la aɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Ao!” Ekema ame si va la, agblɔ be, “Mia nu. Mele be míayɔ Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ le afi sia o.”
“When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention the LORD’s name.’
11 Elabena kpɔ ɖa, Yehowa de se be, woagbã aƒe suewo kple gãwo siaa.
“For, behold, the LORD commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
12 Sɔwo ate ŋu aƒu du le agakpewo dzia? Ɖe nyitsu siwo wotsɔna ŋlɔa agblee la ate ŋu aŋlɔ atsiaƒu dzia? Ke mietrɔ afia nyui tsotso wòzu aɖi, eye miedo ŋunyɔ nu sia nu si nye nu dzɔdzɔe la wòzu atsa.
Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,
13 Mi ame siwo kpɔ dzidzɔ esi wogbã Lodeba eye miegblɔ be, “Ɖe menye míawo ŋutɔ ƒe ŋusẽe míetsɔ xɔ Karnaim oa?”
you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Have not we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
14 Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu la gblɔ be, “O Israel ƒe aƒe, mana dukɔ aɖe natso ɖe ŋuwò. Ate wò ɖe to vevie tso Lebo Hamat va se ɖe Wadi Araba tɔʋu la to.”
For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says the LORD, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”
