Amos 9

1 Mihuu Awurade sɛ ogyina afɔremuka no ho, na ɔkae se, “Bɔ Asɔredan no afadum no atifi na mma ne fapem no nwosow. Munnwiriw ngu nnipa no nyinaa so; wɔn a aka no mede afoa bekunkum wɔn. Ɔbaako mpo rentumi nguan, obiara rennya ne ho sɔnn.

I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered.

2 Mpo sɛ wotu fam kɔ ɔda mu a, hɔ na me nsa bɛtwe wɔn afi aba. Mpo sɛ wɔforo kɔ ɔsoro a, hɔ na meyi wɔn afi aba fam. (Sheol h7585)

Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. (Sheol h7585)

3 Mpo sɛ wɔkɔtetɛw bepɔw Karmel atifi a, hɔ na metiw wɔn akɔkyere wɔn aba. Mpo sɛ wɔde wɔn ho sie me wɔ po ase a, hɔ na mɛhyɛ ɔwɔ no ama wakɔkeka wɔn.

And though they be hid in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them away from thence: and though they hide themselves from my eyes in the depth of the sea, there will I command the serpent and he shall bite them.

4 Mpo sɛ wɔn atamfo de wɔn kɔ nnommum mu a, hɔ na mɛhyɛ afoa akunkum wɔn. “Megyen mʼani ahwɛ wɔn. Mede ɔsɛe bɛba wɔn so na meremmoa wɔn.”

And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

5 Awurade, Asafo Awurade, Ɔno na ɔde ne nsa ka asase ma ɛnan, ma wɔn a wɔte so nyinaa twa adwo. Asase no nyinaa ma ne ho so te sɛ Nil na ɛtwe te sɛ Misraim asubɔnten.

And the Lord the God of hosts is he who toucheth the earth, and it shall melt: and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up as a river, and shall run down as the river of Egypt.

6 Ɔno na osi nʼahemfi a ɛkorɔn wɔ ɔsoro na ɔto ne fapem wɔ asase so. Ɔno na ɔboaboa po mu nsu ano na ohwie gu asase so. Awurade ne ne din!

He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.

7 “Mo Israelfo, mo ho hia me sen Etiopiafo?” Sɛnea Awurade se ni. Manyi Israelfo amfi Misraim, ne Filistifo amfi Kaftor, ne Aramfo nso amfi Kir ana?

Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? did not I bring up Israel, out of the land of Egypt: and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene?

8 “Ampa ara Otumfo Awurade ani wɔ nnebɔne ahenni no so. Mɛpepa no afi asase ani, nanso merensɛe Yakobfi korakora,” sɛnea Awurade se ni.

Behold the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.

9 “Na mɛhyɛ, na mɛwosow Israelfi, wɔ amanaman nyinaa mu, sɛnea wohuhuw atoko so wɔ huhuamoa mu na aba fua mpo ntɔ fam no.

For behold I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve: and there shall not a little stone fall to the ground.

10 Nnebɔneyɛfo a wɔwɔ me nkurɔfo mu nyinaa bɛtotɔ wɔ afoa ano, wɔn a wɔka se, ‘Amanehunu rento yɛn anaa ɛremma yɛn so da no.’

All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.

11 “Saa da no, mɛsan aba abesi “Dawid fi a abubu no bio. Mesiesie ne mmeae a asɛesɛe no, na masi no sɛnea na ɛte no,

In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that is fallen: and I will close up the breaches of the walls thereof, and repair what was fallen: and I will rebuild it as in the days of old.

12 na wɔafa Edom nkae no ne amanaman a me din da wɔn so.” Awurade a waka no, ɔno na ɔbɛyɛ eyinom nyinaa.

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations, because my name is invoked upon them: saith the Lord that doth these things.

13 “Nna no reba,” sɛnea Awurade se ni, “A nnɔbae no bɛba ntɛm ama otwafo no, na bobe no abu so ama nea otiatia nsakyiamoa no so no. Nsa foforo bɛsosɔ afi mmepɔw no so na ateɛ afi nkoko no nyinaa so.

Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed: and the mountains shall drop sweetness, and every hill shall be tilled.

14 Mede me nkurɔfo Israel nnommum bɛsan aba. “Wɔbɛsan asiesie nkuropɔn a asɛe no na wɔatena mu. Wɔbɛyɛ bobe nturo na wɔanom mu nsa; wɔbɛyɛ mfikyifuw na wɔadi so nnuaba.

And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel: and they shall build the abandoned cities, and inhabit them: and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of them: and shall make gardens, and eat the fruits of them.

15 Mede Israelfo bedua wɔn ankasa asase so a wɔrentu bio da mfi asase a mede ama wɔn no so,” sɛnea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn se ni.

And I will plant them upon their own land: and I will no more pluck them out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.