Amòs 5
1 Nou menm, moun pèp Izrayèl, koute chante m'ap chante nan lapenn mwen gen pou nou:
Hear ye this word of the Lord, even a lamentation, which I take up against you. The house of Israel is fallen; it shall no more rise.
2 Pèp Izrayèl la tankou yon jenn fi. Li tonbe. Li p'ap janm leve ankò. Men li kouche atè a. Pa gen pesonn pou ba l' men.
The virgin of Israel has fallen upon his land; there is none that shall raise her up.
3 Seyè a di konsa: Lè yon lavil nan peyi Izrayèl la voye mil (1000) sòlda nan lagè, se san (100) ase ki tounen. Lè yon lòt lavil voye san (100) se dis ase ki tounen.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; The city out of which there went forth a thousand, [in it] there shall be left a hundred, and [in that] out of which there went forth a hundred, there shall be left ten to the house of Israel.
4 Seyè a pale ak pèp Izrayèl la, li di l' konsa: Tounen vin jwenn mwen, n'a gen lavi.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
5 Pa al chache m' lavil Betèl. Pa ale lavil Gilgal. Pa moute ale bò Bècheba al fè sèvis. Betèl pa la pou lontan. Yo gen pou yo depòte moun Gilgal yo voye yo nan peyi etranje.
But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgala, and cross not over to the Well of the Oath: for Galgala shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall be as that which is not.
6 Chache vin jwenn Seyè a, n'a gen lavi. Si se pa sa, l'ap tonbe sou pèp Izrayèl la tankou dife. Dife a ap boule lavil Betèl. Pesonn p'ap ka tenyen l'.
Seek ye the Lord, and ye shall live; lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire, and it devour him, and there shall be none to quench it for the house of Israel.
7 Adye! N'ap vire lajistis lanvè, n'ap pilonnen dwa pèp la anba pye nou!
[It is he] that executes judgment in the height [above], and he has established justice on the earth:
8 Se Seyè a ki te fè zetwal yo, Lapousiyè ak Oryon. Li fè lannwit tounen lajounen, li fè lajounen tounen lannwit. Li rele dlo lanmè a, li vide l' sou tout latè. Yo rele l' Seyè. Wi, se konsa yo rele l'.
who makes all things, and changes [them], and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night: who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is his name:
9 Li rale malè sou gwo chèf yo, li fè kraze sitadèl yo nèt.
who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress.
10 Nou pa vle wè moun k'ap denonse lenjistis. Nou pa vle wè moun k'ap di verite nan tribinal.
They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.
11 Nou fin peze pòv malere yo, nou fòse yo ban nou nan rekòt jaden yo. Se poutèt sa, nou p'ap rete nan bèl gwo kay an wòch nou bati yo, ni nou p'ap bwè diven ki fèt ak rezen ki soti nan bèl jaden nou te plante yo.
Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and ye have received of them choice gifts; ye have built polished houses, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted desirable vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine of them.
12 Mwen konnen tou jan peche nou fè yo gwo anpil, jan se pa de ti krim nou pa fè. Nou pèsekite moun serye. Nou pran lajan nan men moun k'ap achte figi nou. Nou enpoze pòv malere yo jwenn jistis nan tribinal.
For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside [the judgment of] the poor in the gates.
13 Se poutèt sa, yon moun ki gen konprann, se je wè bouch pe. Tan an twò move deyò a.
Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.
14 Chache fè sa ki byen pou nou ka viv. Pa fè sa ki mal. Lè sa a, Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, va kanpe avèk nou jan n'ap plede di l' la.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as ye have said,
15 Rayi sa ki mal, renmen sa ki byen. Pa kite yo fè lenjistis nan tribinal. Nou pa janm konnen, Seyè a ka gen pitye pou ti rès ki rete nan pitit pitit Jozèf yo.
We have hated evil, and loved good: and restore ye judgment in the gates; that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
16 Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, di: Moun pral mache nan tout lari, yo pral rele nan tout kalfou: Mezanmi, mezanmi, ki lapenn sa a! Yo pral rele tout moun vin nan lanmò a. Y'ap fè chache moun ki konn rele yo pou yo vin kenbe rèl la.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God Almighty; In all the streets [shall be] lamentations; and in all the ways shall it be said, Woe, woe! the husbandman shall be called to mourning and lamentation, and to them that are skilled in complaining.
17 Nan tout jaden moun ap plenn. Tou sa, paske m'ap vin pini nou. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
And [there shall be] lamentation in all the ways; because I will pass through the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
18 Sa pral rèd nèt pou moun ki anvi wè jou Seyè a rive! Kisa jou sa a ap fè pou yo? Se pral yon jou fènwa, se p'ap yon jou limyè.
Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it is darkness, and not light.
19 Se va tankou yon nonm k'ap kouri pou lapli, epi li tonbe larivyè. Ou ankò, tankou yon moun ki rive lakay li, li mete men l' sou panno kay la, epi yon krab zarenyen mòde l'.
As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.
20 Jou Seyè a ap vini an, va fè nwa kou lank, p'ap fè klate. Se va yon jou fènwa, san yon ti limyè.
Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this [day] gloom without brightness?
21 Seyè a di konsa: Mwen pa vle wè gwo fèt n'ap fè pou mwen yo. Mwen pa ka santi yo. Mwen pa ka sipòte lè nou reyini pou fè sèvis pou mwen.
I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell [your] meat-offerings in your general assemblies.
22 Lè n'a pote bèt pou boule pou mwen, lè n'a fè m' ofrann gato, sa p'ap fè m' plezi. Ni mwen p'ap menm gade bèt gra nou pote vin ofri m' pou di m' mèsi.
Wherefore if ye should bring me your whole-burnt-sacrifices and meat-offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I have respect to your grand peace-offerings.
23 Sispann chante kantik nou yo nan zòrèy mwen. Mwen pa vle tande mizik gita nou yo ankò.
Remove from me the sound of thy songs, and I will not hear the music of thine instruments.
24 Tankou dlo k'ap kouri larivyè, se pou nou rann tout moun jistis nan peyi a. Tankou yon kouran dlo k'ap kouri san rete, se pou nou toujou fè sa ki dwat.
But let judgment roll down as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent.
25 Nou menm, moun Izrayèl, pandan karantan nou pase nan dezè a, nou janm ofri bèt pou touye pou mwen? Nou janm ofri m' gato?
Have ye offered to me victims and sacrifices, O house of Israel, forty years in the wilderness?
26 Se konsa, koulye a nou gen pou nou pote lakay nou pòtre nou te fè pou nou yo: pòtre Sakit, wa nou an, ak pòtre zetwal Kevan an, bondye n'ap sèvi a.
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Raephan, the images of them which ye made for yourselves.
27 M'ap depòte nou nan yon peyi lòt bò Damas. Men sa Seyè a di, li menm yo rele Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a.
And I will carry you away beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the Almighty God is his name.
