Amoos 5
1 Yaa mana Israaʼel dubbii kana, faaruu booʼichaa kan ani waaʼee keessaniif booʼu kana dhagaʼaa:
Hear you 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 “Durbi qulqullittiin Israaʼel kufteerti; isheen lammata hin kaatu; biyyuma ishee keessatti gatamtee nama ol ishee qabu tokko illee dhabde.”
The virgin of Israel has fallen upon his land; there is none that shall raise her up.
3 Waaqayyo Gooftaan akkana jedha: “Magaalaa loltoota kuma tokko Israaʼeliif bobbaafteef dhibba tokko qofatu hafa; magaalaa loltoota dhibba tokko bobbaafteef kudhan qofatu hafa.”
Therefore thus says 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 Waaqayyo mana Israaʼeliin akkana jedha: “Na barbaaddadhaatii jiraadhaa;
Therefore thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live.
5 Beetʼeelin hin barbaaddatinaa; Gilgaal hin dhaqinaa; Bersheebaattis hin ceʼinaa. Gilgaal dhugumaan ni boojiʼamti; Beetʼeelis ni dhabamti.”
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 Waaqayyoon barbaaddadhaatii jiraadhaa; yoo kanaa achii inni akkuma ibiddaa mana Yoosef keessa baʼee haxaaʼaa; ibiddi sun ishee guba; Beetʼeelis nama irraa dhaamsu tokko iyyuu hin qabaattu.
Seek you the Lord, and you 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 Isin warra murtii qajeelaa hadhaatti geeddartanii qajeelummaas lafatti harcaaftanii dha.
[It is he] that executes judgment in the height [above], and he has established justice on the earth:
8 Inni urjiiwwan Torbii fi urjiiwwan Sadee uume, kan dukkana bariitti geeddaru, inni guyyaa dukkaneessee halkan godhu, kan galaana keessaa bishaan ol waamee fuula lafa gogaa irratti dhangalaasu maqaan isaa Waaqayyoo dha.
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 Inni daʼoo jabaatti badiisa tasaa fida; magaalaa dallaa jabaa qabdus ni barbadeessa.
who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress.
10 Isaan nama karra irratti nama ifatu ni jibbu; kan dhugaa dubbatus ni balfu.
They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.
11 Isin hiyyeeyyii dhidhiittanii akka isaan midhaan isinii kennan dirqisiiftu. Kanaafuu isin manneen dhagaa yoo ijaarrattan iyyuu manneen sana keessa hin jiraattan; isin iddoowwan qotiisaa gaarii keessa wayinii yoo dhaabbattan iyyuu daadhii wayinii isaanii hin dhugdan.
Therefore because they have struck the poor with their fists, and you have received of them choice gifts; you have built polished houses, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of them.
12 Balleessaan keessan hammam akka baayʼatuu fi cubbuun keessanis hammam guddaa akka taʼe nan beekaatii. Isaan qajeeltota hacuucanii mattaʼaa irraa fudhatu; hiyyeeyyiis mana murtii keessatti murtii qajeelaa dhowwatu.
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 Kanaafuu namni qalbeeffataan yeroo akkasiitti afaan qabata; barri kun bara hamaadhaatii.
Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.
14 Akka lubbuudhaan jiraattaniif waan hamaa dhiisaatii waan gaarii barbaadaa. Yoos akkuma isin jettan sana Waaqayyo Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu isin wajjin taʼa.
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as you have said,
15 Waan hamaa jibbaa; waan gaarii jaalladhaa; mana murtii keessatti murtii qajeelaa jabeessaa; Waaqayyo Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu tarii hambaa Yoosefiif garaa laafa taʼaatii.
We have hated evil, and loved good: and restore you judgment in the gates; that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
16 Kanaafuu Gooftaan, Waaqayyo Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Daandii hunda irra booʼicha, oobdii uummataa hunda irra immoo iyya dhiphinaatu jira. Qonnaan bultoonni akka booʼaniif, warri booʼan immoo akka wawwaataniif ni waamamu.
Therefore thus says 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 Ani gidduu keessan waanan darbuuf iddoo dhaabaa wayinii hunda keessaa booʼichatu taʼa” jedha Waaqayyo.
And [there shall be] lamentation in all the ways; because I will pass through the midst of you, says the Lord.
18 Isin warra guyyaa Waaqayyoo arguu hawwitaniif wayyoo! Isin maaliif guyyaa Waaqayyoo arguu hawwitu! Guyyaan sun dukkana malee ifa hin taʼuutii.
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 Wanni kun akkuma nama leenca jalaa baʼee afaan amaaketaa buʼu tokkoo ti; yookaan akka nama mana isaa seenee harka isaa keenyan manaa irra kaaʼatee bofti isa idde tokkoo ti.
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 Guyyaan Waaqayyoo ifa utuu hin taʼin dukkana mitii? Dukkana hamaa ifa tokko illee of keessaa hin qabne mitii?
Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this [day] gloom without brightness?
21 “Ani ayyaana amantaa keessanii nan jibba; nan tuffadhas; waldaa keessanittis hin gammadu.
I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell [your] meat-offerings in your general assemblies.
22 Utuu isin aarsaa gubamuu fi kennaa midhaanii naaf fiddanii iyyuu ani jaalladhee isin irraa hin fudhadhu. Utuu isin aarsaa nagaa filatamaa naaf fiddanii iyyuu ani homaattuu isa hin lakkaaʼu.
Therefore if you 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 Waca faarfannaa keessanii asii balleessaa! Ani muuziiqaa baganaa keessanii hin dhaggeeffadhu.
Remove from me the sound of your songs, and I will not hear the music of your instruments.
24 Garuu murtiin qajeelaan akkuma lagaa, qajeelummaanis akkuma burqaa hin gognee haa yaaʼu!
But let judgment roll down as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent.
25 “Yaa mana Israaʼel isin waggaa afurtama gammoojjii keessatti takkumaa aarsaa fi kennaa naaf fiddaniirtuu?
Have you offered to me victims and sacrifices, O house of Israel, forty years in the wilderness?
26 Isin waan harkuma keessaniin tolfattan jechuunis galma waaqeffannaa mootii keessanii, utubaa waaqa keessan tolfamaatii fi fakkii urjii waaqa keessanii ol fuutaniirtu.
Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Raephan, the images of them which you made for yourselves.
27 Kanaafuu ani akka isin boojiʼamtaniif, Damaasqoodhaan gamatti isinan erga” jedha Waaqayyo inni maqaan isaa Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandaʼu taʼe sun.
And I will carry you away beyond Damascus, says the Lord, the Almighty God is his name.
