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 cows of Bashan, you who are in the mountain of Samaria, you who oppress the poor, you who crush the needy, you who say to your husbands, “Bring us drinks.”
2 Nkolo Yawe alapi ndayi mpo na bosantu na Ye: « Solo, na mikolo ekoya, bakomema bino mpe bana na bino na bandobo;
The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness, “Look, the days will come on you when they will take you away with hooks, the last of you with fishhooks.
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.
You will go out through the breaks in the city wall, each one of you going straight through it, and you will be thrown out toward Harmon —this is Yahweh's declaration.”
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.
“Go to Bethel and sin, to Gilgal and multiply sin, bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every 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.
Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice with bread; proclaim freewill offerings; announce them, for this pleases you, you people of Israel —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.
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.
I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places. Yet you have not returned to me —this is Yahweh's declaration.
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.
I also withheld rain from you when there were still three months to the harvest. I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One piece of land was rained on, but the piece of land where it did not rain dried up.
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.
Two or three cities staggered to another city to drink water, but were not satisfied. Yet you have not returned to me —this is Yahweh's declaration.
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 afflicted you with blight and mildew. The multitude of your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees, and your olive trees— the locusts devoured them all. Yet you have not returned to me —this is Yahweh's declaration.
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 a plague on you as on Egypt. I killed your young men with the sword, carried away your horses, and made the stench of your camp come up to your nostrils. Yet you have not returned to me —this is Yahweh's declaration.
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 overthrew cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched out of the fire. Yet you have not returned to me —this is Yahweh's declaration.
12 « Yango wana, Isalaele, tala makambo oyo nakosala yo! Mpe lokola nakosala yo bongo, Isalaele, mibongisa mpo na kokutana na Nzambe na yo. »
Therefore I will do something terrible to you, Israel; and because I will do something terrible to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel!
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, look, he who forms the mountains also creates the wind, reveals his thoughts to mankind, makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth. Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.”
