Amos 3

1 Muntie saa asɛm a Awurade aka atia mo yi, Israelfo, nea etia abusua a miyii wɔn fii Misraim no nyinaa:

Heare this worde that the Lord pronounceth against you, O children of Israel, euen against the whole familie which I brought vp from the land of Egypt, saying,

2 “Mo nko ara na mayi mo wɔ mmusua a ɛwɔ asase so nyinaa mu; enti mɛtwe mo aso wɔ mo bɔne nyinaa ho.”

You onely haue I knowen of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visite you for all your iniquities.

3 Nnipa baanu betumi abɔ mu anantew, wɔ bere a wɔnyɛɛ nokoro ana?

Can two walke together except they bee agreed?

4 Gyata bobɔ mu wɔ ɔdɔtɔ ase wɔ bere a onhuu hanam biara ana? Ɔbobɔ mu wɔ ne tu mu wɔ bere a ɔnkyeree hanam biara ana?

Will a lion roare in ye forest, when he hath no pray? or wil a lions whelpe cry out of his den, if he haue taken nothing?

5 Anomaa bɛtɔ afiri mu wɔ fam wɔ baabi a wonsum afiri ana? Afiri huan konkɔn hɔ wɔ bere a enyii aboa ana?

Can a birde fall in a snare vpon the earth, where no fouler is? or will he take vp the snare from the earth, and haue taken nothing at all?

6 Sɛ wɔhyɛn torobɛnto wɔ kuropɔn mu a nnipa no ho mpopo ana? Sɛ atoyerɛnkyɛm ba kuropɔn bi mu a ɛnyɛ Awurade na ɔyɛe ana?

Or shall a trumpet be blowen in the citie, and the people be not afraide? or shall there be euil in a citie, and the Lord hath not done it?

7 Ampa ara, Otumfo Awurade nyɛ biribi a ɔnna ne nhyehyɛe adi nkyerɛ nʼAsomafo adiyifo no.

Surely the Lord God will doe nothing, but he reueileth his secrete vnto his seruantes the Prophets.

8 Gyata no abobɔ mu, hena na onnsuro? Otumfo Awurade akasa, hena na ɔrenhyɛ ho nkɔm?

The lyon hath roared: who will not bee afraide? the Lord God hath spoken: who can but prophecie?

9 Mompae mu nka nkyerɛ Asdod aban ne Misraim aban: “Mommoaboa mo ho ano wɔ Samaria mmepɔw so; hwɛ basabasayɛ a ɛwɔ no so ne nhyɛso a ɛwɔ ne nkurɔfo mu.”

Proclayme in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the lande of Egypt, and saye, Assemble your selues vpon the mountaines of Samaria: so beholde the great tumultes in the middes thereof, and the oppressed in the middes thereof.

10 “Wonnim sɛnea wɔyɛ nea eye,” sɛnea Awurade se ni. “Wɔde nneɛma a wɔafow ne nea wɔawia sie wɔ wɔn aban mu.”

For they knowe not to doe right, sayth the Lord: they store vp violence, and robbery in their palaces.

11 Ɛno nti, sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se, “Ɔtamfo bi betwiw afa mo asase no so; Obebubu mo bammɔ agu, na wɔafow mo aban.”

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, An aduersary shall come euen rounde about the countrey, and shall bring downe thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shalbe spoyled.

12 Nea Awurade se ni: “Sɛnea oguanhwɛfo gye anan abien nnompe anaa aso sin pɛ fi gyata anum no, saa ara na wobegye Israelfo nkwa, wɔn a wɔtete wɔn mpa ntwea so wɔ Samaria, ne wɔn a wɔdeda nkongua pa mu wɔ Damasko no.”

Thus saieth the Lord, As the shephearde taketh out of the mouth of the lyon two legges, or a piece of an eare: so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus, as in a couche.

13 “Tie eyi, na di adanse tia Yakobfi,” sɛnea Awurade, Asafo Awurade Nyankopɔn se ni.

Heare, and testifie in the house of Iaakob, saith the Lord God, the God of hostes.

14 “Da a mɛtwe Israel aso wɔ ne nnebɔne ho no, mɛsɛe afɔremuka a ɛwɔ Bet-El; wobetwitwa afɔremuka no mmɛn na abu ahwe fam.

Surely in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel vpon him, I wil also visite the altars of Beth-el, and the hornes of the altar shall be broken off, and fall to the ground.

15 Medwiriw awɔwbere mu ofi ne ahuhurubere mu ofi agu; na afi a wɔde asonse adura ho no wɔbɛsɛe no na afi akɛse no nso wobebubu agu,” sɛnea Awurade se ni.

And I wil smite the winter house with the sommer house, and the houses of yuorie shall perish, and the great houses shalbe consumed, sayth the Lord.