Amos 7
1 Esiae nye nu si Aƒetɔ Yehowa ɖe fiam le ŋutega me: Yehowa le ʋetsuviwo ƒe ha gã drinya aɖe dɔm ɖa be woava aɖu kelemenukuwo. Esia ava eme ne woxe nuku gbãtɔwo ƒe adzɔ na fia la vɔ megbe.
Thus has the Lord God showed me; and, behold, a swarm of locusts coming from the east; and, behold, one caterpillar, king Gog.
2 Esi ʋetsuviawo ɖu nukuawo keŋkeŋ vɔ la, medo ɣli be, “O Aƒetɔ Mawu, meɖe kuku, tsɔe ke dzro. Aleke Yakob ate ŋu anɔ te, elabena enye dukɔ sue aɖe ko?”
And it came to pass when he had finished devouring the grass of the land, that I said, Lord God, be merciful; who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number.
3 Ale Yehowa ɖe asi le susu si wòɖo la ŋuti. Eye Yehowa gblɔ be, “Esia mava eme o.”
Repent, O Lord, for this. And this shall not be, says the Lord.
4 Esiae nye nu si Aƒetɔ Yehowa ɖe fiam: Aƒetɔ Mawu yɔ dzo be wòadza, eye dzo la bi tɔsisi goglowo, eye wòfia anyigba la katã.
Thus has the Lord showed me; and, behold, the Lord called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and devoured the Lord's portion.
5 Ale megblɔ nɛ be, “O Aƒetɔ Mawu, meɖe kuku mègawɔe o, elabena dukɔ sue aɖe ko wònye!” Aleke Yakob ate ŋu anɔ tee?
Then I said, O Lord, cease, I pray you: who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number. Repent, O Lord, for this.
6 Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa ɖe asi le susu sia hã ŋuti, Eye wògblɔ nam be, “Esia mava eme o.”
This also shall not be, says the Lord.
7 Emegbe la, egaɖe nu sia fiam: Aƒetɔ la le tsi tsitre ɖe gli si woɖo, wòdzɔ kã la xa, eye glidzidzenu le esi.
Thus the Lord showed me; and behold, he stood upon a wall of adamant, and in his hand [was] an adamant.
8 Aƒetɔ la biam be, “Amos, nu ka nèkpɔ?” Meɖo eŋuti be, “Glidzidzenu.” Yehowa gayi dzi be, “Kpɔ ɖa, metsɔ glidzidzenu ɖo nye dukɔ, Israel titina. Nyemagatsɔe ake wo azɔ o.
And the Lord said to me, What see you, Amos? And I said, An adamant. And the Lord said to me, Behold, I appoint an adamant in the midst of my people Israel: I will not pass by them any more.
9 “Woagbã Isak ƒe nuxeƒewo, Israel ƒe Kɔkɔeƒewo azu aƒedo, eye matso ɖe Yeroboam ƒe aƒe la ŋu kple yi.”
And the joyful altars shall be abolished, and the sacrifices of Israel shall be set aside; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
10 Ke esi Amazia, nunɔla si le Betel se nya siwo gblɔm Amos le la, eɖo du ɖe Israel fia Yeroboam kaba be, “Amos le nugbe ɖom ɖe ŋutiwò le Israel dukɔ la titina. Amewo mate ŋu atsɔ nya siwo katã gblɔm wòle la o.
Then Amasias the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos is forming conspiracies against you in the midst of the house of Israel: the land will be utterly unable to bear all his words.
11 Amos le gbɔgblɔm be, “‘Yeroboam atsi yi nu eye woaɖe aboyo Israel, akplɔe tso eƒe denyigba dzi.’”
For thus says Amos, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be led away captive from his land.
12 Amazia ɖo ame dɔdɔwo ɖe Amos be, “Wò, nyagblɔɖila, do go le afi sia! Si nàyi ɖe Yudanyigba dzi, eye nàgblɔ nya ɖi le afi ma be nàkpɔ abolo aɖu.
And Amasias said to Amos, Go, seer, remove you into the land of Juda, and live there, and you shall prophesy there:
13 Mègava ɖe fu na mí kple wò ŋutegakpɔkpɔ ƒe nyawo le Betel, míaƒe toxɔdu, afi si fiaɖuƒe la ƒe gbedoxɔ le o!”
but you shall no longer prophesy at Bethel: for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the royal house.
14 Amos ɖo eŋu ɖo ɖe Amazia be, “Menye nyagblɔɖilawo dometɔ ɖekae menye o. Nyemetso nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe ƒome me o. Nye la, lãnyila kple atikutsetsewo fɔla ko menye,
And Amos answered, and said to Amasias, I was not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruits.
15 gake Yehowa yɔm tso lãnyilawo dome gblɔ nam be, ‘Yi nàgblɔ nya ɖi na nye dukɔ Israel.’
And the Lord took me from the sheep, and the Lord said to me, Go, and prophesy to my people Israel.
16 Azɔ ɖo to nàse gbedeasi sia, si tso Yehowa gbɔ na wò. Ègblɔ be, “‘Mègagblɔ nya ɖi ɖe Israel ŋuti o, eye mègagblɔ Mawu ƒe nya tsi tsitre ɖe Isak ƒe aƒe ŋu o.’
And now hear the word of the Lord: You say, Prophesy not to Israel, and raise not a tumult against the house of Jacob.
17 “Aleae nye Yehowa ƒe ŋuɖoɖo na wò, “‘Esime nètsi tsitre ɖe nyagblɔɖiawo ŋuti ta la, srɔ̃wò azu gbolo le du sia me, woawu viwò ŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo kple yi; woatsɔ dzidzeka ama wò anyigbae. Wò ŋutɔ ya, àku ɖe dzronyigba dzi, eye Israelviwo azu kluviwo le aboyo me le anyigba aɖe si le didiƒe ke la dzi.’”
Therefore thus says the Lord; Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be measured with the line; and you shall die in an unclean land; and Israel shall be led captive out of his land. Thus has the Lord God showed me.
