Amos 2

1 Deɛ Awurade seɛ nie: “Moab ayɛ bɔne bebree ama no atra so, ɛno enti, merennane mʼabufuo. Ɔhyee Edomhene nnompe, ma ɛdanee nsõ.

Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Moab, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because it burnt the bones of the King of Edom into lime.

2 Mede ogya bɛto Moab mu, na ahye Keriot aban. Moab bɛhwe ase wɔ hooyɛ, ɔko nteateamu ne totorobɛnto nnyegyeeɛ mu.

Therefore will I send a fire vpon Moab, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Kerioth, and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of a trumpet.

3 Mɛsɛe ne sodifoɔ na makunkum ne mmapɔmma aka ne ho,” sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie.

And I will cut off the iudge out of the mids thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, sayth the Lord.

4 Deɛ Awurade seɛ nie: “Yuda ayɛ bɔne bebree ama no atra so, ɛno enti, merennane mʼabufuo. Wɔapo Awurade mmara no na wɔanni nʼahyɛdeɛ so ɛfiri sɛ atorɔ anyame no ama wɔafom ɛkwan no, anyame a wɔn nananom dii akyire no.

Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Iudah, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they haue cast away the Lawe of the Lord, and haue not kept his commandementes, and their lies caused them to erre after the which their fathers haue walked.

5 Mede ogya bɛto Yuda mu na ahye Yerusalem aban.”

Therefore will I send a fire vpon Iudah, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ierusalem.

6 Deɛ Awurade seɛ nie: “Israel ayɛ bɔne bebree ama no atra so, ɛno enti, merennane mʼabufuo. Wɔtɔn ateneneefoɔ de gye dwetɛ, ne ahiafoɔ de gye mpaboa.

Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Israel, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they solde the righteous for siluer and the poore for shooes.

7 Wɔtiatia ahiafoɔ so te sɛ deɛ wɔyɛ fam mfuturo na wɔma atɛntenenee bɔ mmɔborɔwafoɔ. Agya ne ne ba ne ɔbaa baako da de gu me din kronkron no ho fi.

They gape ouer the head of the poore, in the dust of the earth, and peruert the wayes of the meeke: and a man and his father will goe in to a mayde to dishonour mine holy Name.

8 Wɔdeda afɔrebukyia biara ho wɔ wɔn awowa ntoma so. Wɔ wɔn anyame efie no mu no wɔnom nsã a wɔagye sɛ mmaratodeɛ.

And they lye downe vpon clothes layde to pledge by euery altar: and they drinke the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.

9 “Mesɛee Amorifoɔ no wɔ wɔn anim, ɛwom sɛ wɔware te sɛ ntweneduro. Wɔn ho nso yɛ den sɛ odum. Mesɛee nʼaba wɔ ne soro, ne ne nhini wɔ nʼase.

Yet destroyed I the Amorite before the, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the okes: notwithstanding I destroyed his fruite from aboue, and his roote from beneath.

10 Meyii wo firii Misraim, na medii wʼanim mfirinhyia aduanan wɔ ɛserɛ so sɛdeɛ mede Amorifoɔ asase bɛma wo.

Also I brought you vp from the land of Egypt, and led you fourtie yeres thorowe the wildernesse, to possesse the land of the Amorite.

11 Meyiyii mo mmammarima no bi yɛɛ wɔn adiyifoɔ, ne mo mmeranteɛ binom sɛ Nasarefoɔ. Na ɛnte saa anaa, Israelfoɔ?” Deɛ Awurade bisa nie.

And I raysed vp of your sonnes for Prophets, and of your yong men for Nazarites. Is it not euen thus, O ye children of Israel, sayth the Lord?

12 “Nanso momaa Nasarefoɔ no nom nsã na mohyɛɛ adiyifoɔ no sɛ wɔnnhyɛ nkɔm.

But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, and commanded the Prophetes, saying, Prophecie not.

13 “Na afei, mɛdwerɛ mo sɛdeɛ teaseɛnam a aduane ayɛ no ma mia asase no.

Behold, I am pressed vnder you as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaues.

14 Ahoɔherɛfoɔ rentumi nnwane. Ahoɔdenfoɔ rennya ahoɔden, na akofoɔ rennya ne ho ntete.

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie saue his life.

15 Agyantofoɔ rentumi nnyina deɛ ɔgyina. Asraafoɔ ahoɔherɛfoɔ rentumi nnwane, na pɔnkɔsotefoɔ rentumi mpere ne nkwa.

Nor he that handleth the bowe, shall stand, and he that is swift of foote, shall not escape, neyther shall he that rideth the horse, saue his life.

16 Mpo akofoɔ akokoɔdurufoɔ de adagya bɛdwane wɔ saa da no,” sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie.

And he that is of a mighty courage among the strong men, shall flee away naked in that day, sayth the Lord.