Amòs 4
1 Nou menm, gwo fanm peyi Samari yo, nou gra tankou manman bèf Bazan. N'ap maltrete malere yo, n'ap peze pòv yo, epi n'ap di mari nou yo pote diven ban nou bwè.
You [wealthy women] of Samaria [have grown fat like] [MET] the fat cows of the Bashan [region]. You oppress poor people and you cause needy people to suffer. And you say to your husbands, “Bring us [more wine] to drink!”
2 Koute sa Seyè a di: Seyè a se yon moun apa. Se yon Bondye tout bon. Li fè sèman sou tèt li. Li di konsa: Yon jou gen pou rive, y'ap fwennen nou tankou pwason ki pran nan zen. Y'ap pote nou tout ale.
But Yahweh [our] God has said this: “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this: It will [soon] be the time when you all will be taken [to another country]; [your enemies will take you away as though they are] using sharp hooks [DOU] [to grab you].
3 Y'a fè nou pase nan twou ki nan miray la, de pye devan, yonn apre lòt. Y'ap voye nou jete deyò. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
[Your enemies] will drag you out through breaks/holes [in your city walls], and they will throw you outside the city. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
4 Seyè a di konsa: Nou menm, pèp Izrayèl, se sa! Moute nan tanp lavil Betèl yo, al fè peche! Ale lavil Gilgal, peche kont kò nou! Chak maten, mennen bèt pou yo touye tankou ofrann bay Bondye! Chak twa jou, pote ladim nou!
Go to Bethel and Gilgal [towns where many people worship me] and sin more and more [SAR]! [I say that not because I want you to do it], [but because it is what you have always been doing]! Offer sacrifices on the morning [after you arrive], [and bring me] (a tithe/one tenth) of your crops the next day.
5 Ale non! Ofri pen nou bay Bondye pou di l' mèsi! Mache di toupatou jan nou fè ofrann ak tout kè nou bay Bondye! Apa konsa nou renmen fè, pèp Izrayèl! Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
Bring offerings of bread to thank me, and [other] offerings that are not required/commanded, and boast about [these offerings that you bring], because that is what you like to do, [but you do it to impress others, not to please me]. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it.
6 Se mwen menm ki te fè grangou tonbe sou tout lavil nou yo, kifè nou pa t' ka jwenn manje lakay nou. Malgre sa, nou pa tounen vin jwenn mwen. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
I [am the one who] caused there to be no food in any of your cities and towns [DOU], but you rejected me in spite of that.
7 Lè jaden nou tapral pote rekòt, mwen pa t' kite lapli tonbe. Mwen voye lapli sou yon lavil, mwen fè yon lòt rete san yon grenn lapli. Yon jaden jwenn lapli, yon lòt menm ap mouri.
When it was still three months before [the time of] harvesting [crops], [at the time when your crops needed rain the most], I prevented rain from falling. [Sometimes] I allowed rain to fall on some towns and prevented it from falling on other towns. Rain fell on some fields, but it did not fall on other fields, with the result that [the soil in] those fields [where it did not rain] dried up.
8 Moun soti nan de twa lavil ale nan yon lavil nan vwazinaj al mande dlo, men pa t' gen ase pou yo tout bwè. Malgre sa, nou pa tounen vin jwenn mwen. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
People would stagger from one town to another town to find water, but they could not even get enough water to drink, but in spite of that, you have not returned to me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!
9 Mwen voye yon van cho kou dife boule tout rekòt yo. Krikèt vèt manje tout jaden nou yo ak tout pye rezen nou yo, tout pye fig frans nou yo ak tout pye oliv nou yo. Malgre sa, nou pa tounen vin jwenn mwen. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
I caused your grain fields to dry up; I caused your gardens and vineyards to be struck/destroyed by (blight/hot winds) and mildew. [I sent] locusts to eat [the leaves on] your fig trees and olive trees, but in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!
10 Mwen voye malè sou nou tankou malè mwen te voye sou peyi Lejip la. Mwen touye jenn gason nou yo nan lagè. Mwen te pran tout chwal nou yo mennen ale. Sant kadav moute nan nen nou tout kote nou rete a. Malgre sa, nou pa tounen vin jwenn mwen. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
I caused you to experience (plagues/severe sicknesses) like the plagues [that I sent to the people] of Egypt. I caused [many of] your young men to die in battles. I allowed [your enemies] to capture your horses. [Many of your soldiers were killed, ] and I caused your camps to be filled with the smell/stink of their [decaying] corpses. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!
11 Mwen detwi kèk nan nou, menm jan mwen te detwi moun Sodòm ak moun Gomò yo. Sa ki te sove nan nou yo, se tankou yon bout bwa ki pran dife, epi yo kouri wete l' nan dife a pou li pa fin boule. Malgre sa, nou pa tounen vin jwenn mwen. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
I got rid of many of you, like I got rid of [the people in] Sodom and Gomorrah. [Those of] you who [did not die] were like [SIM] a burning stick that was snatched from a fire [so that it would not burn completely]. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it!
12 Se poutèt sa, nou menm moun pèp Izrayèl, mwen pral pini nou. E paske mwen pral pini nou konsa a, nou mèt pare kò nou pou n'a l' kontre ak Bondye nou an.
So [now], you [people of] Israel, I am going to punish you. Prepare to stand in front of me, your God, [when I judge you]!
13 Se Bondye ki te fè mòn yo. Se li menm ki te kreye van yo. Li fè lèzòm konnen lide li gen nan tèt li. Li fè lajounen soti nan lannwit. L'ap gouvènen sou tout latè. Se poutèt sa, men jan yo rele l': Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a.
I created the mountains, and [I] created winds. I reveal to humans what I am thinking. I [sometimes] cause the daylight to become dark [like the night]. I [rule over everything]; I [even] walk on the highest mountains on the earth! I am the Commander of the armies of angels!”
