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 sawe the Lord standing vpon the altar, and he sayde, Smite the lintel of the doore, that the postes may shake: and cut them in pieces, euen the heads of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them, shall not flee away: and he that escapeth of them, shall not be deliuered.

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 digge into the hell, thence shall mine hande take them: though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe. (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 them selues in the toppe of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence: and though they be hid from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commande the serpent, and he 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 goe into captiuitie before their enemies, thence wil I commande the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes vpon them for euill, 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.

And the Lord God of hosts shall touch the land, and it shall melt away, and al that dwel therein shall mourne, and it shall rise vp wholy like a flood, and shall bee drowned as by the flood 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 buildeth his spheres in the heauen, and hath laide the foundation of his globe of elements in the earth: hee calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lord 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 Ethiopians vnto mee, O children of Israel, sayeth the Lord? haue not I brought vp Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistims from Caphtor, and Aram 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.

Beholde, the eyes of the Lord God are vpon the sinfull kingdome, and I will destroy it cleane out of the earth. Neuerthelesse I will not vtterly destroy the house of Iaakob, saith the Lord.

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 loe, I will command and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corne is sifted in a sieue: yet shall not the least stone fall vpon 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.’

But all the sinners of my people shall dye by the sword, which say, The euill shall not come, nor hasten for vs.

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 will I raise vp the tabernacle of Dauid, that is fallen downe, and close vp the breaches therof, and I will rayse vp his ruines, and I will builde it, as in the dayes of olde,

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 possesse the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, because my Name is called vpon them, sayeth the Lord, that doeth 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 dayes come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall touche the mower, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seede: and the mountaines shall drop sweete wine, and all the hilles 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 againe the captiuitie of my people of Israel: and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabite the, and they shall plant vineyardes, and drinke the wine thereof: they shall also make gardens, and eate the fruites 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 wil plant them vpon their land, and they shall no more bee pulled vp againe out of their lande, which I haue giuen them, sayeth the Lord thy God.