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.
How disastrous it will be for you who have an easy life in Zion, and you who feel secure living on Mount Samaria—you who are the most famous men in all of Israel to whom people come for help!
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?
But go to Calneh, and see what took place there. Then go on to the great city of Hamath, and down to the Philistine city of Gath. Were they better kingdoms than yours? Did they have more territory than you?
3 Mieɖe susu ɖa le ŋkeke vɔ̃ la ŋuti, gake miaƒe nu tovowo wɔwɔ wɔe be Ʋɔnudrɔ̃gbe la le mia lalam.
You put out of your minds any thought of coming disaster, yet you are bringing closer the time when violence reigns.
4 Miemlɔa nyiɖubawo dzi, eye miedrana ɖe zikpui bɔbɔewo dzi heɖina ɖe eme; alẽvi kple nyivi damitɔwoe woɖana na mi.
How disastrous it will be for you people who lie on beds decorated with ivory and lounge on couches, eating lamb from your flocks and fattened calves from the stall.
5 Midzia ha vlowo hevuna ɖe kasaŋku ŋu ƒona abe David ye le ha kpam ene.
You make up songs accompanied by the harp, thinking you're great composers 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,
You drink wine by the bowlful, and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph's descendants.
7 eya ta miawoe anye ame gbãtɔ siwo woaɖe aboyoe, eye miaƒe agbe vivi ɖuɖu la nu atso.
So you will be at the head of those led away into exile; the feasting and lazing around will be over.
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 an oath on his own life. This is what the Lord God of power declares: I detest Jacob's arrogance and I hate his fortresses; I will hand over this city and all in it to the enemy.
9 Ne ŋutsu ewo susɔ ɖe aƒe ɖeka me hã, wo katã woaku.
If there are ten people in a 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.”
And when a relative comes to take away the bodies from the house, he will ask someone inside “Is there anyone else with you?” The person will reply, “No...” Then the other will say, “Quiet! Don't even mention the Lord's name.”
11 Elabena kpɔ ɖa, Yehowa de se be, woagbã aƒe suewo kple gãwo siaa.
Watch out! When the Lord gives the command, large houses will be reduced to rubble, and small houses smashed to pieces.
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.
Can horses gallop over rocks? Can oxen plow the sea? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of doing good 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 joyfully celebrate your conquest of Lodebar, and say “Didn't we in our own strength capture Karnaim?”
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.”
Watch out, people of Israel! I am going to send an enemy nation to attack you, says the Lord God of power, and they will oppress you from the Pass of Hamath to the Arabah Valley.
