Amosi 4
1 Bino bangombe ya basi ya Bashani, boyoka maloba oyo; bozali lokola ngomba ya Samari, bino bato oyo bonyokolaka babola, bomonisaka bato bakelela pasi mpe bolobaka na mibali na bino: « Bomemela biso masanga mpo tomela. »
Listen to this word, you fat cows that are on the mountain of Samaria, you who make false accusations against the destitute and crush the poor, who say to your nobles, “Bring, and we will drink.”
2 Nkolo Yawe alapi ndayi mpo na bosantu na Ye: « Solo, na mikolo ekoya, bakomema bino mpe bana na bino na bandobo;
The Lord God has sworn in his holiness: behold, the days that will overcome you and that will impale you on poles, and that will place what remains of you in boiling pots.
3 bokobimela na madusu kati na mir, moko na moko na lidusu oyo ezali liboso na ye, mpe bakobengana bino kino na ngomba Erimoni, » elobi Yawe.
And you will go out through the breaches, one over another, and you will be cast out into Harmon, says the Lord.
4 « Bokende na Beteli mpe bosala masumu, bokende na Giligali mpe bosala lisusu masumu koleka. Bobonza bambeka na bino tongo nyonso, mpe eteni na bino ya zomi sima na mokolo ya misato.
Come to Bethel and behave impiously, to Gilgal and increase betrayals. And bring daybreak to your victims, your tithes in three days.
5 Botumba farine oyo batia levire lokola likabo ya kozongisa matondi, mpe bobeta tolo mpo na makabo na bino, oyo bokati kopesa wuta na mokano ya mitema na bino moko. Bino bana ya Isalaele, bolobela yango na mongongo makasi, pamba te bolingaka nde kosala bongo, elobi Nkolo Yawe.
And offer a sacrifice of praise with leaven. And call for voluntary oblations, and announce it. For such is your will, sons of Israel, says the Lord God.
6 Nabomaki bino nzala kati na bingumba na bino nyonso, napimelaki bino bilei kati na bamboka na bino nyonso; kasi atako bongo, bozongelaki Ngai te, » elobi Yawe.
Therefore, because of this, I have given you dull teeth in every one of your cities, and a lack of bread in all your places. And you have not been turned back towards me, says the Lord.
7 « Napimelaki bino lisusu mvula, basanza misato mobimba liboso ete tango oyo babukaka bambuma ekoma. Natindaki mvula na engumba moko mpe nakangaki yango na engumba mosusu. Elanga moko enokelaki mvula, kasi mosusu ezangelaki yango mpe ekawukaki.
Therefore, I have withheld the rains from you, when there were still three months left until the harvest. And I rained on one city, and I did not rain on another city; one part was rained on, and the part on which I did not rain, dried out.
8 Bato bazalaki kotambola-tambola longwa na engumba moko kino na engumba mosusu mpo na koluka mayi, kasi bazwaki mayi oyo ekokelaki baposa na bango te; atako bongo, bozongelaki Ngai te, » elobi Yawe.
And two and three cities went to one city, in order to drink water, and they were not satisfied. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.
9 « Mbala mingi, nazalaki kobwakela bilanga na bino bokono, banzete na bino ya ble mpe ya vino ekomaki kokawuka; bongo mabanki ekomaki kolia banzete na bino ya figi mpe ya olive. Kasi atako bongo, bozongelaki Ngai te, » elobi Yawe.
I struck you with a burning wind and with yellowing; the caterpillar has consumed your many gardens and your vineyards, your olive groves and your fig groves. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.
10 « Natindaki, kati na bino, bokono oyo ebomaka, ndenge nasalaki kati na Ejipito; nabomaki bilenge mibali na bino na mopanga mpe nasalaki ete babotola bampunda na bino; mpe natondisaki bazolo na bino na solo ya bibembe oyo ekufaki na molako na bino. Kasi atako bongo, bozongelaki Ngai te, » elobi Yawe.
I sent death to you by way of Egypt; I struck your youths with the sword, even bringing captivity to your horses. And I made the stench of your camp ascend into your nostrils. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.
11 « Nabebisaki bino ndenge nabebisaki Sodome mpe Gomore; bozalaki lokola koni ya moto oyo babimisi na moto. Kasi atako bongo, bozongelaki Ngai te, » elobi Yawe.
I overturned you, just as God overturned Sodom and Gomorrah, and you became like an ember seized from the fire. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.
12 « Yango wana, Isalaele, tala makambo oyo nakosala yo! Mpe lokola nakosala yo bongo, Isalaele, mibongisa mpo na kokutana na Nzambe na yo. »
Because of this, I will do these things to you, Israel. But after I have done these things to you, Israel, be prepared to meet your God.
13 Pamba te Ye oyo asalaki bangomba, oyo akelaki mipepe, oyo alakisaka makanisi na Ye epai na moto, oyo abongolaka pole molili, oyo atambolaka likolo ya bangomba ya mokili, Kombo na Ye ezali: Yawe, Nzambe Mokonzi ya mampinga.
For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind and announces his speech to man, who makes the morning mist and steps over the heights of the earth: the Lord God of hosts is his name.
