Amòs 7
1 Se konsa Seyè a, Bondye a, fè m' fè yon vizyon. Nan vizyon an mwen wè Seyè a t'ap fè yon rafal krikèt vèt. Se te nan epòk yo te fin koupe pòsyon pa wa a nan jaden yo. Chak plant yo te fèk ap boujonnen ankò.
This is what the Lord God showed me: he was forming a swarm of locusts, when the late spring grass began to come up after the king’s share had been harvested.
2 Lè krikèt vèt yo te fin manje plant ki te nan peyi a, mwen di: -Tanpri, Seyè, Bondye, padonnen pèp ou a. Ki jan pou pitit pitit Jakòb yo fè kanpe ankò? Yo tou fèb.
And when they had finished devouring all the land’s vegetation, I said: ‘Lord God, forgive, I beg you! How can Jacob survive, for he is so helpless?’
3 Seyè a chanje lide. Li di: -Sa ou te wè a p'ap rive ankò.
The Lord relented. This will not happen,’ said the Lord.
4 Se konsa, Seyè a, Bondye a, fè m' fè yon lòt vizyon. Nan vizyon an, mwen wè Seyè a t'ap voye yon dife pou l' devore pèp la pou pini l'. Dife a te fin boule gwo lanmè ki anba tè a, li t'ap devore tout jaden.
This is what he showed me: the Lord God was giving command to execute judgment by fire. It burned up the great deep, and had begun to devour the fields, and I said:
5 Mwen di: -Tanpri, Seyè, Bondye, pa fè sa. Ki jan pou pitit pitit Jakòb yo fè kanpe ankò? Yo tou fèb.
‘Lord God, forgive, I beg you! How can Jacob survive, for he is so helpless?’
6 Seyè a chanje lide, li di: -Sa a tou p'ap rive.
The Lord relented. ‘This will not happen either,’ said the Lord.
7 Se konsa, Seyè a fè m' fè yon lòt vizyon ankò. Nan vizyon an, mwen wè Seyè a te kanpe bò yon mi yo te moute tou dwat. Li te gen yon filaplon nan men l'.
This is what the Lord God showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
8 Lè sa a, Seyè a mande m': -Kisa ou wè la a, Amòs? Mwen reponn li: -Yon filaplon. Lè sa a, li di m': -M'ap sèvi ak filaplon sa a pou m' fè pèp la konnen li tankou yon miray ki panche prèt pou tonbe. Mwen p'ap fè pa yo ankò.
And the Lord said to me, ‘What do you see, Amos?’ And I answered, ‘A plumb line,’ Then the Lord said, ‘Watch: I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel, I will no longer overlook their crookedness.
9 Mwen pral kraze tout kote pitit pitit Izarak yo te konn adore m' sou mòn yo. Mwen pral fè tout kay pitit pitit Izrayèl yo te mete apa pou mwen yo tounen mazi. M'ap fè lagè ak fanmi Jewoboram lan, m'ap wete gouvènman an nan men yo.
And the high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste, and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.’
10 Amatsya, prèt nan lavil Betèl la, voye di Jewoboram, wa Izrayèl la: -Men Amòs ap moute konplo sou do ou nan mitan pèp Izrayèl la. Li soti pou l' fini ak peyi a ak pawòl l'ap di yo.
Then Amaziah, chief priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: ‘Amos has conspired against you right in the heart of Israel. The country cannot survive all his words.
11 Men sa l'ap mache di: Jewoboram gen pou l' mouri nan lagè. Y'ap pran moun Izrayèl yo lakay yo, y'ap depòte yo byen lwen nan peyi etranje.
Amos has said, “Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will be led away captive out of their land.”’
12 Apre sa, Amatsya pale ak Amòs, li di l' konsa: -Divinò, al fè wout ou. Ale vit nan peyi Jida a! Al bay mesaj ou yo laba. Y'a peye ou pou sa!
And Amaziah said to Amos, ‘Leave, you who see visions, go to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and prophesy there,
13 Men isit la, lavil Betèl, pito ou sispann bay mesaj ou yo si ou konn bout! Paske, se isit la wa a vin adore. Se yon tanp nasyonal pou tout peyi a.
but don’t prophesy any more at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the royal residence.’
14 Amòs reponn Amatsya: -Monchè, pwofèt pa metye m'. Nitou, mwen pa fè pati sosyete moun k'ap fè metye pwofèt. Metye m' se gade bèt, se okipe pye sikomò.
‘I am no prophet,’ Amos answered Amaziah, ‘nor trained as one. I am a shepherd and a keeper of sycamores fig trees.
15 Men, Seyè a pran m' nan pye travay mwen, dèyè bèt mwen yo, li ban m' lòd pou m' al fè pèp Izrayèl la konnen mesaj li voye ba yo.
But the Lord took me away from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.”
16 Koulye a menm, koute pawòl Seyè a voye di ou: Ou menm w'ap mande m' pou m' pa bay ankenn mesaj sou pèp Izrayèl la, pou m' sispann pale sou pitit Izarak yo.
Now therefore listen to the Lord’s message: “You say not to prophesy against Israel, nor to preach against the house of Isaac.
17 Poutèt sa, Amatsya, men sa Seyè a di: Madanm ou ap tounen jennès nan lavil la! Pitit gason ou yo ak pitit fi ou yo ap mouri nan lagè! Y'ap pran tè ou yo, y'ap separe yo moso pa moso. Ou menm, ou gen pou ou mouri nan yon peyi etranje kote yo pa sèvi Seyè a. Pèp Izrayèl la menm, y'ap pran l', y'ap depòte l' byen lwen peyi l'.
But the Lord says: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up, you will die on unclean soil, and Israel will be led away captive out of their land.”’
