Amos 9

1 Mehunuu Awurade sɛ ɔgyina afɔrebukyia no ho, na ɔkaa sɛ, “Bɔ Asɔredan no afadum no atifi na mma ne fapem no nwoso. Mommubu ngu nnipa no nyinaa so; wɔn a aka no mede akofena bɛkunkum wɔn. Ɔbaako mpo rentumi nnwane obiara remfiri mu mfi.

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar. And he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake, and break them in pieces on the head of all of them, and I will kill the last of them with the sword. There shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.

2 Mpo sɛ wɔtu fam kɔ awumena mu a ɛhɔ na me nsa bɛtwe wɔn afiri aba. Mpo sɛ wɔforo kɔ ɔsoro a ɛhɔ na mɛyi wɔn afiri aba fam. (Sheol h7585)

Though they dig into Sheol, from there my hand shall take them, and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down. (Sheol h7585)

3 Mpo sɛ wɔkɔtetɛ bepɔ Karmel atifi a, ɛhɔ na mɛti wɔn akɔkye wɔn aba. Mpo sɛ wɔde wɔn ho sie me wɔ ɛpo ase a ɛhɔ na mɛhyɛ ɔwɔ no ama wakɔkeka wɔn.

And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there. And though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

4 Mpo, sɛ wɔn atamfoɔ de wɔn kɔ nnommumfa mu a, ɛhɔ na mɛhyɛ akofena akunkum wɔn. “Mɛgyene mʼani ahwɛ wɔn. Mede ɔsɛeɛ bɛba wɔn so na meremmoa wɔn.”

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will 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 ɛnane, ma wɔn a wɔte so nyinaa twa adwo. Asase no nyinaa pagya te sɛ Nil na ɛtwe te sɛ Misraim asubɔnten.

For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell therein shall mourn. And it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again like the River of Egypt.

6 Ɔno na ɔsi nʼahemfie a ɛkrɔn wɔ ɔsoro na ɔto ne fapem wɔ asase so. Ɔno na ɔboaboa ɛpo mu nsuo ano na ɔhwie gu asase so. Awurade ne ne din!

He who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault upon the earth, he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth, Jehovah is his name.

7 “Mo Israelfoɔ, mo ho hia me sene Etiopiafoɔ?” Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie. Manyi Israelfoɔ amfiri Misraim, ne Filistifoɔ amfiri Kreta, ɛne Aramfoɔ nso amfiri Kir anaa?

Are ye not as the sons of the Ethiopians to me, O sons of Israel? says Jehovah. Have I not brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

8 “Ampa ara Otumfoɔ Awurade ani wɔ nnebɔne ahennie no so. Mɛpepa no afiri asase ani, nanso, merensɛe Yakob efie korakora,” sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie.

Behold, the eyes of the lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says Jehovah.

9 “Na mɛhyɛ, na mɛwoso Israel efie, wɔ amanaman nyinaa mu, sɛdeɛ wɔhuhu atokoɔ so wɔ huhuamoa mu na aba fua mpo ntɔ fam no.

For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, just as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet the least kernel shall not fall upon the earth.

10 Nnebɔneyɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ me nkurɔfoɔ mu nyinaa bɛtotɔ wɔ akofena ano, wɔn a wɔka sɛ, ‘Amanehunu rento yɛn anaa ɛremma yɛn so da.’

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.

11 “Saa ɛda no, mɛsane aba abɛsi “Dawid efie a abubu no bio. Mɛsiesie ne baabi a asɛeɛ no, na masi no sɛdeɛ na ɛteɛ no,

In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof. And I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old,

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

that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, says Jehovah who does this.

13 “Nna no reba,” sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie, “A nnɔbaeɛ no bɛba ntɛm ama ɔtwafoɔ no, na bobe no abu so ama deɛ ɔtiatia nsakyiamena no so no. Nsa foforɔ bɛsɔne afiri mmepɔ no so na atene wɔ nkokoɔ no nyinaa so.

Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed, and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

14 Mede me nkurɔfoɔ Israel nnommumfoɔ bɛsane aba. “Wɔbɛsane asiesie nkuropɔn a asɛeɛ no na wɔatena mu. Wɔbɛyɛ bobe nturo na wɔanom mu nsã; wɔbɛyɛ mfikyifuo na wɔadi so nnuaba.

And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of it. They shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

15 Mede Israelfoɔ bɛdua wɔn ankasa asase so a wɔrentu bio da mfiri asase a mede ama wɔn no so,” sɛdeɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn seɛ nie.

And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, says Jehovah thy God.