Amos 9

1 Mekpɔ Aƒetɔ la wòle tsitre ɖe vɔsamlekpui la gbɔ, eye wògblɔ nam be, “Xlã nu ɖe sɔtiawo tame ne xɔa ƒe agunu naʋuʋu. Mu sɔtiawo woadze ameawo ƒe ta dzi, eye ame siwo susɔ la, mawu wo kple yi. Ame ɖeka pɛ mato le eme o, eye ɖeke hã masi o.

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar. And he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake, and break them in pieces on the head of all of them, and I will kill the last of them with the sword. There shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.

2 Ne woƒu du yi keke tsiẽƒe hã la, mava afi ma ahe wo ado goe; eye ne wolia nu yi dziƒo hã la, mayi afi ma ahe wo vɛ. (Sheol h7585)

Though they dig into Sheol, from there my hand shall take them, and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down. (Sheol h7585)

3 Togbɔ be woasi aɖabe ɖe agakpe siwo le Karmel to tame hã la, madi wo, ake ɖe wo ŋu, ahe wo ado goe le afi ma. Ne wosi ɖabe ɖe atsiaƒu ƒe gogloƒe ke hã la, madɔ ƒumedawo ɖa be woaɖu wo, woaku.

And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there. And though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

4 Togbɔ be woƒe futɔwo akplɔ wo ayi aboyo me hã la, afi ma hã maɖe gbe be woawu wo kple yi. “Nye ŋkuwo anɔ wo ŋu na vɔ̃, ke menye na nyui o.”

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

5 Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu, ame si ka asi anyigba ŋuti wòlolõ, eye edzinɔlawo katã fa konyi, ame si na anyigba kɔ dzi abe Nil ene, eye wòna wòdze eme abe Egipte tɔsisi ene.

For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell therein shall mourn. And it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again like the River of Egypt.

6 Ame si tu nɔƒe kɔkɔwo ɖe dziƒonutowo me, eye wòɖo woƒe agunu ɖe anyigba dzi, ame si lɔ atsiaƒutsi, eye wòtrɔe ɖe anyigba katã dzi. Yehowae nye eƒe ŋkɔ.

He who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault upon the earth, he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth, Jehovah is his name.

7 Yehowa be, “O Israelviwo, ɖe miele nam abe Kustɔwo ene oa? Ɖe menye nyee kplɔ Israel tso Egiptenyigba dzi, Filistitɔwo tso Kaftor kple Siriatɔwo tso Kir oa?”

Are ye not as the sons of the Ethiopians to me, O sons of Israel? says Jehovah. Have I not brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

8 “Aƒetɔ Yehowa ƒe ŋkuwo le fiaɖuƒe sẽto la ŋuti. Matsrɔ̃ wo ɖa le anyigba dzi, negbe Yakob ƒe aƒe la ko nyematsrɔ̃ keŋkeŋ o,” Yehowae gblɔe.

Behold, the eyes of the lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says Jehovah.

9 “Elabena meɖe gbe, eye matsra Israel ƒe aƒe la le dukɔwo dome abe ale si wotsraa bli kple tsranui ene, ke ku ɖeka gɔ̃ hã mage ɖe anyigba o.

For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, just as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet the least kernel shall not fall upon the earth.

10 Nu vɔ̃ wɔla siwo le nye dukɔ me la atsi yi nu kpe ɖe ame siwo gblɔ be, ‘Vɔ̃ aɖeke madzɔ ɖe mía dzi o,’ la ŋu.”

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.

11 “Ekema le ɣe ma ɣi me la, “Magbugbɔ David ƒe agbadɔ atu, maɖɔ eƒe fiasã gbagbãwo ɖo, magaɖo eƒe aƒedowo te, eye magbugbɔ atui abe ale si wònɔ tsã ene,

In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof. And I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old,

12 ale be woaxɔ Edom ƒe ame mamlɛawo kple dukɔ siwo katã ŋuti woyɔ nye ŋkɔ ɖo.” Nye Yehowa ame si awɔ esiawo katã lae gblɔe.

that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, says Jehovah who does this.

13 Yehowa be, “Ŋkekewo li gbɔna,” “esime nukuxala maxa nuku vɔ hafi agbleŋlɔla nagadze agbleŋɔŋlɔ gɔme o, eye wainfiala mafia wain vɔ hafi woagadze waintiwo dodo gɔme o. Aha yeye atsyɔ le towo dzi, eye wòatsa le togbɛwo tame.

Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed, and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

14 “Makplɔ Israel agbɔe tso aboyo me, woagbugbɔ woƒe du siwo zu aƒedo la atso, ahanɔ wo me, woade waingblewo, eye woafia aha ano le wo me. Woade agblewo eye woaɖu wo me kutsetsewo.

And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of it. They shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

15 Maɖo Israel ɖe eya ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi, eye womagaho wo kple ke tso anyigba si metsɔ na wo la dzi akpɔ gbeɖe o.” Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu lae gblɔe.

And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, says Jehovah thy God.