Amoos 5
1 Yaa mana Israaʼel dubbii kana, faaruu booʼichaa kan ani waaʼee keessaniif booʼu kana dhagaʼaa:
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel.
2 “Durbi qulqullittiin Israaʼel kufteerti; isheen lammata hin kaatu; biyyuma ishee keessatti gatamtee nama ol ishee qabu tokko illee dhabde.”
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise! she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to 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.”
For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went forth [by] a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
4 Waaqayyo mana Israaʼeliin akkana jedha: “Na barbaaddadhaatii jiraadhaa;
For thus saith the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
5 Beetʼeelin hin barbaaddatinaa; Gilgaal hin dhaqinaa; Bersheebaattis hin ceʼinaa. Gilgaal dhugumaan ni boojiʼamti; Beetʼeelis ni dhabamti.”
But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to naught.
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 the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [it], and [there be] none to quench [it] in Beth-el.
7 Isin warra murtii qajeelaa hadhaatti geeddartanii qajeelummaas lafatti harcaaftanii dha.
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness 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.
[Seek him] that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shades of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: JEHOVAH [is] his name:
9 Inni daʼoo jabaatti badiisa tasaa fida; magaalaa dallaa jabaa qabdus ni barbadeessa.
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
10 Isaan nama karra irratti nama ifatu ni jibbu; kan dhugaa dubbatus ni balfu.
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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.
Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink 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 manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate [from their right].
13 Kanaafuu namni qalbeeffataan yeroo akkasiitti afaan qabata; barri kun bara hamaadhaatii.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it [is] an evil time.
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 ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
15 Waan hamaa jibbaa; waan gaarii jaalladhaa; mana murtii keessatti murtii qajeelaa jabeessaa; Waaqayyo Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu tarii hambaa Yoosefiif garaa laafa taʼaatii.
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to 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 the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
17 Ani gidduu keessan waanan darbuuf iddoo dhaabaa wayinii hunda keessaa booʼichatu taʼa” jedha Waaqayyo.
And in all vineyards [shall be] wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith 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! to what end [is] it for you? the day of the LORD [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 fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Guyyaan Waaqayyoo ifa utuu hin taʼin dukkana mitii? Dukkana hamaa ifa tokko illee of keessaa hin qabne mitii?
[Shall] not the day of the LORD [be] darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 “Ani ayyaana amantaa keessanii nan jibba; nan tuffadhas; waldaa keessanittis hin gammadu.
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn 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.
Though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings, I will not accept [them]; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Waca faarfannaa keessanii asii balleessaa! Ani muuziiqaa baganaa keessanii hin dhaggeeffadhu.
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24 Garuu murtiin qajeelaan akkuma lagaa, qajeelummaanis akkuma burqaa hin gognee haa yaaʼu!
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25 “Yaa mana Israaʼel isin waggaa afurtama gammoojjii keessatti takkumaa aarsaa fi kennaa naaf fiddaniirtuu?
Have ye offered to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 Isin waan harkuma keessaniin tolfattan jechuunis galma waaqeffannaa mootii keessanii, utubaa waaqa keessan tolfamaatii fi fakkii urjii waaqa keessanii ol fuutaniirtu.
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27 Kanaafuu ani akka isin boojiʼamtaniif, Damaasqoodhaan gamatti isinan erga” jedha Waaqayyo inni maqaan isaa Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandaʼu taʼe sun.
Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name [is] The God of hosts.
