Amosi 3
1 Oh bana ya Isalaele, boyoka liloba oyo Yawe alobi na tina na bino, na tina na etuka nyonso oyo nabimisaki na Ejipito:
Give ear to this word which the Lord has said against you, O children of Israel, against all the family which I took up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 « Bozali etuka moko kaka oyo Ngai napona kati na bituka nyonso ya mabele; yango wana nakopesa bino etumbu mpo na mabe nyonso oyo bosali.
You only of all the families of the earth have I taken care of: for this reason I will send punishment on you for all your sins.
3 Boni, bato mibale bakoki solo kotambola nzela moko soki bayokani te?
Is it possible for two to go walking together, if not by agreement?
4 Nkosi ekoki solo koganga na zamba soki emoni te nyama ya kolia? Mwana nkosi ekoki penza konguluma na esika oyo evandaka soki ekangi nyama te?
Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?
5 Ndeke ekoki solo kokangama na motambo oyo ezali na mabele soki ezangi eloko ya kolia? Motambo ekoki solo koningana soki ekangi eloko te?
Is it possible for a bird to be taken in a net on the earth where no net has been put for him? will the net come up from the earth if it has taken nothing at all?
6 Boni, kelelo ya bitumba ekoki solo kobeta kati na engumba, bongo bato bazanga kobanga? Pasi ekoki solo koya na engumba soki Yawe atindi yango te?
If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?
7 Solo, Nkolo Yawe asalaka eloko moko te soki alakisi mabongisi na Ye te epai ya basali na Ye, basakoli.
Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.
8 Nkosi egangi; nani akobanga te? Nkolo Yawe alobi; nani akoki koboya kosakola?
The cry of the lion is sounding; who will not have fear? The Lord God has said the word; is it possible for the prophet to keep quiet?
9 Bosakola makambo oyo kati na bandako ya Asidodi mpe ya Ejipito: ‹ Bosangana na likolo ya bangomba ya Samari mpe botala ndenge nini mobulu mpe minyoko ezali kosalema kati na yango!
Give out the news in the great houses of Assyria and in the land of Egypt, and say, Come together on the mountains of Samaria, and see what great outcries are there, and what cruel acts are done in it.
10 Bato na Ngai bayebi lisusu te kosala makambo na bosembo, › elobi Yawe, ‹ batondisi bandako na bango na bomengo ya bitumba mpe na biloko oyo babotoli na makasi. › »
For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.
11 Mpo na yango, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: « Monguna moko akozingela yo, akosukisa yo mpe akobotola na makasi biloko kati na bandako na yo, oyo batonga makasi. »
For this reason, says the Lord, an attacker will come, shutting in the land on every side; and your strength will come down and your great houses will be made waste.
12 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Ndenge mobateli bibwele alongolaka na monoko ya nkosi makolo mibale to songe ya litoyi ya meme, ndenge wana nde bana ya Isalaele bakobikisama, ba-oyo bavandaka na Samari, na basonge mpe na basuka ya bambeto na bango. »
These are the words of the Lord: As the keeper of sheep takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs or part of an ear; so will the children of Israel be made safe, who are resting in Samaria on seats of honour or on the silk cushions of a bed.
13 « Boyoka makambo oyo mpe bokebisa ndako ya Jakobi, » elobi Yawe, Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
Give ear now, and give witness against the family of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of armies;
14 « Na mokolo oyo nakopesa Isalaele etumbu mpo na masumu na ye, nakobebisa bitumbelo ya Beteli, nakobuka maseke ya bitumbelo, mpe ekokweya na mabele.
For in the day when I give Israel punishment for his sins, I will send punishment on the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the altar will be cut off and come down to the earth.
15 Nakokweyisa ndako ya tango ya malili makasi mpe ya tango ya molunge makasi; mpe bandako oyo batonga kitoko na pembe ya nzoko ekozala lisusu te, » elobi Yawe.
And I will send destruction on the winter house with the summer house; the ivory houses will be falling down and the great houses will come to an end, says the Lord.
