Amos 5
1 Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:
Nou menm, moun pèp Izrayèl, koute chante m'ap chante nan lapenn mwen gen pou nou:
2 “The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”
Pèp Izrayèl la tankou yon jenn fi. Li tonbe. Li p'ap janm leve ankò. Men li kouche atè a. Pa gen pesonn pou ba l' men.
3 For the Lord Yahweh says: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
Seyè a di konsa: Lè yon lavil nan peyi Izrayèl la voye mil (1000) sòlda nan lagè, se san (100) ase ki tounen. Lè yon lòt lavil voye san (100) se dis ase ki tounen.
4 For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;
Seyè a pale ak pèp Izrayèl la, li di l' konsa: Tounen vin jwenn mwen, n'a gen lavi.
5 but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
Pa al chache m' lavil Betèl. Pa ale lavil Gilgal. Pa moute ale bò Bècheba al fè sèvis. Betèl pa la pou lontan. Yo gen pou yo depòte moun Gilgal yo voye yo nan peyi etranje.
6 Seek Yahweh, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
Chache vin jwenn Seyè a, n'a gen lavi. Si se pa sa, l'ap tonbe sou pèp Izrayèl la tankou dife. Dife a ap boule lavil Betèl. Pesonn p'ap ka tenyen l'.
7 You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
Adye! N'ap vire lajistis lanvè, n'ap pilonnen dwa pèp la anba pye nou!
8 Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,
Se Seyè a ki te fè zetwal yo, Lapousiyè ak Oryon. Li fè lannwit tounen lajounen, li fè lajounen tounen lannwit. Li rele dlo lanmè a, li vide l' sou tout latè. Yo rele l' Seyè. Wi, se konsa yo rele l'.
9 who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.
Li rale malè sou gwo chèf yo, li fè kraze sitadèl yo nèt.
10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
Nou pa vle wè moun k'ap denonse lenjistis. Nou pa vle wè moun k'ap di verite nan tribinal.
11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
Nou fin peze pòv malere yo, nou fòse yo ban nou nan rekòt jaden yo. Se poutèt sa, nou p'ap rete nan bèl gwo kay an wòch nou bati yo, ni nou p'ap bwè diven ki fèt ak rezen ki soti nan bèl jaden nou te plante yo.
12 For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
Mwen konnen tou jan peche nou fè yo gwo anpil, jan se pa de ti krim nou pa fè. Nou pèsekite moun serye. Nou pran lajan nan men moun k'ap achte figi nou. Nou enpoze pòv malere yo jwenn jistis nan tribinal.
13 Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Se poutèt sa, yon moun ki gen konprann, se je wè bouch pe. Tan an twò move deyò a.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
Chache fè sa ki byen pou nou ka viv. Pa fè sa ki mal. Lè sa a, Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, va kanpe avèk nou jan n'ap plede di l' la.
15 Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
Rayi sa ki mal, renmen sa ki byen. Pa kite yo fè lenjistis nan tribinal. Nou pa janm konnen, Seyè a ka gen pitye pou ti rès ki rete nan pitit pitit Jozèf yo.
16 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, di: Moun pral mache nan tout lari, yo pral rele nan tout kalfou: Mezanmi, mezanmi, ki lapenn sa a! Yo pral rele tout moun vin nan lanmò a. Y'ap fè chache moun ki konn rele yo pou yo vin kenbe rèl la.
17 In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.
Nan tout jaden moun ap plenn. Tou sa, paske m'ap vin pini nou. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
18 “Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
Sa pral rèd nèt pou moun ki anvi wè jou Seyè a rive! Kisa jou sa a ap fè pou yo? Se pral yon jou fènwa, se p'ap yon jou limyè.
19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.
Se va tankou yon nonm k'ap kouri pou lapli, epi li tonbe larivyè. Ou ankò, tankou yon moun ki rive lakay li, li mete men l' sou panno kay la, epi yon krab zarenyen mòde l'.
20 Won’t the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Jou Seyè a ap vini an, va fè nwa kou lank, p'ap fè klate. Se va yon jou fènwa, san yon ti limyè.
21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.
Seyè a di konsa: Mwen pa vle wè gwo fèt n'ap fè pou mwen yo. Mwen pa ka santi yo. Mwen pa ka sipòte lè nou reyini pou fè sèvis pou mwen.
22 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
Lè n'a pote bèt pou boule pou mwen, lè n'a fè m' ofrann gato, sa p'ap fè m' plezi. Ni mwen p'ap menm gade bèt gra nou pote vin ofri m' pou di m' mèsi.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
Sispann chante kantik nou yo nan zòrèy mwen. Mwen pa vle tande mizik gita nou yo ankò.
24 But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Tankou dlo k'ap kouri larivyè, se pou nou rann tout moun jistis nan peyi a. Tankou yon kouran dlo k'ap kouri san rete, se pou nou toujou fè sa ki dwat.
25 “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
Nou menm, moun Izrayèl, pandan karantan nou pase nan dezè a, nou janm ofri bèt pou touye pou mwen? Nou janm ofri m' gato?
26 You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
Se konsa, koulye a nou gen pou nou pote lakay nou pòtre nou te fè pou nou yo: pòtre Sakit, wa nou an, ak pòtre zetwal Kevan an, bondye n'ap sèvi a.
27 Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.
M'ap depòte nou nan yon peyi lòt bò Damas. Men sa Seyè a di, li menm yo rele Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a.
