Amos 9

1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake. Break them in pieces on the head of all of them. I will kill the last of them with the sword. Not one of them will flee away. Not one of them will escape.

Mwen fè yon vizyon, mwen wè Seyè a kanpe sou lotèl la. Li di konsa: -Frape tèt poto tanp lan jouk tout galeri a tranble. Kraze tèt poto yo pou yo tonbe an miyèt moso sou tèt moun yo. Rès ki pa mouri a, m'ap touye yo nan lagè. Yo yonn p'ap chape, yo yonn p'ap sove.

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

Menm si yo fouye twou pou yo antre nan peyi kote mò yo ye a, m'ap rale yo met deyò. Menm si yo ta moute anwo nan syèl la, m'ap rale yo desann. (Sheol h7585)

3 Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.

Si y' al kache sou tèt mòn Kamèl, m'ap chache yo, m'ap mete men sou yo. Si y' al kache pou mwen nan fon lanmè, m'ap bay gwo sèpan lanmè a lòd pou l' mòde yo.

4 Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.

Si lènmi fè yo prizonye pou l' ta mennen yo ale kite peyi yo a, m'ap bay lòd touye yo. M'ap voye je m' sou yo. Men, fwa sa a, se p'ap pou byen yo, se va pou malè yo.

5 For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt.

Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, ap annik manyen latè, latè ap pran tranble. Tout moun ki rete sou latè ap nan lapenn. Latè ap moute, l'ap gonfle, epi l'ap bese tankou dlo larivyè Nil.

6 It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth—Yahweh is his name.

Seyè a bati kay li anwo nan syèl la. Li mete vout syèl la anlè latè. Li rale dlo lanmè a, li vide l' sou tout latè. Yo rele li Seyè. Wi, se konsa yo rele l'.

7 Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?” says Yahweh. “Haven’t I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Men sa Seyè a di ankò: Nou menm, moun Izrayèl yo, mwen konsidere nou koulye a menm jan ak moun Letiopi yo. Se mwen menm, pa vre, ki te fè pèp Izrayèl la soti kite peyi Lejip? Se pa mwen menm tou ki te fè moun Filisti yo soti kite lil Lakrèt, epi ki te fè moun Siri yo soti lavil Kir?

8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” says Yahweh.

Mwen voye je m' sou pèp Izrayèl la, mwen wè jan yo lage kò yo nan fè sa ki mal. Mwen pral disparèt yo sou latè. Men, mwen p'ap fin touye tout pitit Jakòb yo nèt. Non. Mwen pa ka fè sa. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa.

9 “For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.

Men, mwen pral pase yon lòd. Mwen pral vannen moun Izrayèl ki nan mitan lòt nasyon yo tankou yo vannen grenn nan laye. Pa menm yon bon grenn p'ap tonbe atè.

10 All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, ‘Evil won’t overtake nor meet us.’

Tout moun nan pèp la k'ap fè sa ki mal pral mouri nan lagè. Yo tout k'ap plede di: O wi, Bondye p'ap kite malè rive nou, ni li p'ap kite malè tonbe sou nou, yo tout pral mouri nan lagè.

11 In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old,

Seyè a di: Yon jou gen pou rive! Jou sa a, m'a mete peyi wa David la kanpe ankò sou de pye l'. Koulye a li tankou yon kay k'ap fin kraze. Lè sa a, m'a repare tout kote ki fann yo. M'a refè miray ki te fin kraze yo. M'ap rebati peyi a jan l' te ye nan tan lontan an.

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

Konsa, pèp Izrayèl la va pran posesyon pòsyon ki rete nan peyi Edon an. Y'a donminen ankò sou lòt nasyon mwen te fè yo. Se Seyè a ki di sa, se li menm menm k'ap fè sa rive konsa!

13 “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills.

Jou yo ap vini. Lè sa a, yo p'ap kò fin ranmase rekòt, y'ap gen tan ap pare tè pou plante ankò. Yo p'ap kò fin kraze rezen pou fè diven, y'ap gen tan ap pare pou mete pye rezen nan tè ankò. Diven byen dous ap koule sou tout mòn yo, l'ap koule desann sou tout ti mòn yo. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.

14 I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat their fruit.

M'ap mennen pèp mwen an tounen nan peyi l' ankò. Y'a rebati lavil ki te fin kraze yo, y'a rete ladan yo. Y'a plante jaden rezen, y'a bwè diven. Y'a fè bèl jaden, y'a manje rekòt jaden yo.

15 I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.

M'a plante pèp mwen an nan peyi yo a, nan peyi mwen te ba yo a. Pesonn p'ap janm ka derasinen yo ankò. Se Seyè a, Bondye a, ki pale.