Amos 3

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

Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of 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 only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."

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

Do two walk together, unless they have 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 roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught 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 bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?

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?

Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does disaster happen to a city, unless the LORD has done it?

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

Surely the LORD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

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

The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The LORD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

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.”

Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountain of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them."

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

"Indeed they do not know to do right," says the LORD, "Who hoard plunder and loot 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 says the LORD: "An adversary will surround the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered."

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 says the LORD: "As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed."

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

"Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the LORD, the God of hosts.

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.

"For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut 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.

I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end," says the LORD.