Amosi 5
1 Oh libota ya Isalaele, boyoka maloba oyo, eleli oyo nazali koloba na tina na bino:
You people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
2 « Isalaele, mboka kitoko, ekweyi na mabele, ezali kokoka kotelema lisusu te! Basundoli yango kaka bongo, mpe moto akotelemisa yango azali te. »
“You are like [MET] a young woman, but in spite of that, you will certainly be struck down and you will never get up again! You will lie on the ground, abandoned, and there will be no one to help you stand up.”
3 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: « Engumba oyo ekotinda basoda nkoto moko mpo na kobundela Isalaele ekotikala kaka na basoda nkama moko, mpe oyo ekotinda basoda nkama moko ekotikala kaka na basoda zomi. »
This is what Yahweh the Lord says to the people [MTY] of Israel: [“When your enemies attack you, ] and when 1,000 [of your soldiers] will go [to a battle], there will be only 100 who will survive. When 100 soldiers march out [from a city to fight], there will be only ten who will remain alive.”
4 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi na libota ya Isalaele: « Bozonga epai na Ngai mpe bokobika!
Yahweh continues to say to the people [MTY] of Israel: “You Israeli people, return to me! If you do that, you will continue to remain alive.
5 Bokende koluka na Beteli te, bokende na Giligali te, bosala mobembo na Beri-Sheba te. Pamba te Giligali ekokende na bowumbu, mpe Beteli ekokoma eloko pamba. »
Do not go to Bethel to seek [my help]; do not go to Gilgal [to worship]; do not [even] go to Beersheba, because [your enemies] will drag away [the people of] Gilgal to other countries, and Bethel will be completely destroyed.”
6 Boluka Yawe mpe bokobika, soki te akokitela libota ya Jozefi lokola moto oyo ekozikisa yango, mpe moto moko te akozala na Beteli mpo na koboma yango.
So, come to Yahweh; if you do that, you will remain alive. If you do not do that, Yahweh will descend on you descendants [MTY] of Joseph like [SIM] a fire; that fire will burn everything in Bethel, and (nothing/no one) will be able to save that town.
7 Bino bato oyo bobongolaka bosembo ngenge mpe bobwakaka bosolo na mabele,
You people distort what is fair/right and cause [people to think that] it is something that is very bitter; you treat good things as though they are evil.
8 boluka Ye oyo akela lisanga ya minzoto, oyo abongolaka molili pole mpe akomisaka moyi butu, oyo abengaka mayi ya ebale monene mpe asopaka yango na etando ya mokili; Kombo na Ye ezali: Yawe.
[Do you know who] created all the groups of stars and put them in their places? [Each morning] he causes the darkness to become the dawn, and [each evening] he causes the daylight to become darkness. He scoops up water from the oceans [to become clouds], and then he dumps the water [from the clouds] onto the earth. The one who does those things is named Yahweh.
9 Akweyisaka bato ya makasi mpe abebisaka engumba ya makasi.
He causes strong [soldiers] to be killed, and causes the (high walls around/fortresses of) cities to be torn down.
10 Bino bato boyinaka moto oyo akataka makambo na bosembo mpe botiolaka moto oyo alobaka solo,
[He is the one who will punish you] because you hate those who challenge anyone who tries to make unjust decisions, and you hate those who tell the truth in your courts.
11 lokola bozali konyokola babola mpe kobotola bambuma na bango ya ble, bokovanda te na bandako oyo botongaki na mabanga bakata, bokomela te masanga ya vino ya bilanga kitoko ya vino oyo bolonaki.
You oppress poor people and force them to pay big taxes. You have built big stone mansions [for yourselves], but you will not be able to live in them. You have planted vineyards, but there will not be any [grapes for you to harvest to make] wine.
12 Pamba te nayebi ndenge nini mabe na bino ezali ebele mpe ndenge nini masumu na bino ezali minene: bozali konyokola bato ya sembo mpe kozwa kanyaka, mpe lisusu bozali kokata makambo ya babola na bosembo te.
I know all of your sins and the terrible crimes that you have committed. You oppress righteous/honest people, and you accept bribes. You do not allow judges to treat poor people justly.
13 Boye, moto ya mayele alobaka te na tango ya boye, pamba te mikolo ezali mabe.
This is a time when [many people do] evil things, so people who have good sense say nothing [when they hear about such things being done].
14 Bolukaka kosala bolamu, kasi mabe te, mpo ete bokoka kobika. Boye, Yawe Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, akozala elongo na bino, ndenge kaka bozali koloba yango.
In order to remain alive, you must stop doing what is wrong, and start doing what is right. If you do that, the Commander of the armies of angels will be with you like you claim [that he always is].
15 Boyinaka kosala mabe, kasi bolingaka nde kosala bolamu; bolukaka bosembo tango bozali kosambisa. Tango mosusu Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, akoyokela ndambo ya bato oyo bamikomisaki mbindo te mawa kati na libota ya Jozefi.
Love what is good, and hate what is evil! Try to cause [judges] in your courts to make decisions that are right/fair! If you do those things, perhaps the Commander of the armies of angels will act mercifully toward [you descendants of] Joseph who are still alive.
16 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Nkolo, Yawe, Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Kolela ekozala na babalabala nyonso, mpe koganga ya somo ekozala na bisika nyonso oyo bato bakutanaka. Bakobengisa basali bilanga na matanga, mpe bato oyo balelaka bibembe mpo na kolela.
“Because I, Yahweh, [will punish you for your sins], this is what I have solemnly declared: People will be wailing loudly in every street, and people will be very sorrowful in every plaza. Farmers will be summoned to [come and] weep, along with the other official mourners who will wail [for those who have died].
17 Kolela ekozala na bilanga nyonso ya vino, pamba te nakoleka kati na bino, » elobi Yawe.
People will be wailing in your vineyards, because I will punish you [IDM] severely. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it!”
18 Mawa na bino oyo bozali na posa ya mokolo ya Yawe! Bozali kozela nini na mokolo ya Yawe? Ekozala mokolo ya molili, kasi ya pole te.
Terrible things will happen to you who desire that it will soon be the day when Yahweh [will punish your enemies], because that will be a day of darkness, not of light.
19 Ekozala lokola moto oyo azali kokima nkosi, bongo akutani na ngombolo; lokola moto oyo akoti na ndako na ye mpe atie loboko na ye na mir, bongo nyoka eswi ye.
[At that time, ] when you try to run from a lion, you will face a bear. When you run into your house [to be safe], and you put your hand on a wall, it will be bitten by a snake.
20 Boni, mokolo ya Yawe ekozala te mokolo ya molili? Boni, ekozala te mokolo oyo ezanga pole? Ekozala penza mokolo ya molili makasi, ata kongenga moke ekozala te.
That day, [when he punishes people], will certainly be [RHQ] a very dark day [MET], without even a little bit of light.
21 Nayini bafeti na bino ya bule, nazali kosepela na yango ata moke te; mayangani na bino ya bule ezali kolumba solo mabe liboso na Ngai.
[Yahweh says], “I hate your religious celebrations and the times when you gather to worship me; I detest them [DOU].
22 Ata soki bomemeli Ngai bambeka na bino ya kotumba to ya bambuma, nakondima yango te; ata soki bomemeli Ngai bambeka ya boyokani, oyo eleki mafuta, nakotala yango ata moke te.
Even if you bring me offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar] and offerings of grain, I will no longer accept them. Even if you bring me offerings to renew/maintain fellowship with me, I will not pay any attention to them.
23 Bolongola makelele ya banzembo na bino liboso na Ngai! Nakoyoka mindule ya mandanda na bino te.
So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps.
24 Kasi tika ete makambo ekatama na bosolo ndenge ebale etiolaka, mpe bosembo etambola lokola ebale oyo ekawukaka te.
Instead, your continually acting justly/fairly and righteously should be [never stop, ] like [SIM] [the water in] a river that never stops flowing.
25 Oh bato ya Isalaele, boni, bozalaki kobonzela Ngai mbeka mpe kopesa Ngai makabo na mibu tuku minei oyo bolekisaki na esobe?
You Israeli people [MTY], your [ancestors] wandered through the desert for 40 years; and during that time, they never brought any sacrifices and offerings to me!
26 Nzokande, botombolaki ndako ya kapo ya Sikuti, mokonzi na bino, mpe evandelo ya Kevani, nzambe na bino ya ekeko, monzoto ya nzambe na bino oyo bomisalelaki.
But they carried the two idols that they had made— the idols of Succoth, the god [that they considered to be] their king, and Kaiwan, [the image of the] star [that they worshiped].
27 Yango wana nakotinda bino na bowumbu, mosika koleka Damasi, elobi Ye oyo Kombo na Ye ezali: Yawe, Nzambe Mokonzi ya mampinga.
Therefore, now I will force you to go to [a country that is] far beyond Damascus! [That will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it!”
