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.

Yahweh [showed me another vision. In the vision, ] I saw him standing next to the altar. He said, “Shake the tops of the pillars [of the temple], until they become loose and fall down, so that even the foundation will shake. Then cause the [pieces of the temple] to fall down on the people [who are inside]. I will kill with a sword anyone who [tries to] flee; no one will 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)

If they dig deep pits in the ground, or if they try to climb up to the sky [in order to escape], I will reach out and grab them. (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.

If they go to the top of Carmel [Mountain] to escape, I will search for them and seize them. If they [try to] hide from me at the bottom of the sea, I will command the [huge] sea monster to 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.”

If their enemies [capture them and] force them to go to other countries, I will command that they be killed there with swords. I am determined [IDM] to get rid of them, not to help them.”

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.

When the Commander of the armies of angels touches the earth, it melts, and all over the earth [many people die, and the others] mourn for them. [It is as though] Yahweh causes the earth repeatedly to rise and fall like [SIM] the Nile [River] rises and falls.

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 builds his [beautiful] palace in heaven, and sets/causes the sky to be like a dome over the earth. He scoops up the water from the ocean and [puts it into clouds], and then empties [the clouds] onto the earth. His name is Yahweh.

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?

And Yahweh says, “You people of Israel, you are certainly [RHQ] [now no more important to me] than the people of Ethiopia. I brought your [ancestors] here from Egypt, but I also brought the people of Philistia from Crete [Island], and I brought the people of Syria from the Kir [region].

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.

I [SYN], Yahweh the Lord, have seen that you people in the kingdom [of Israel] are very sinful, so I will (destroy you/wipe you off the earth). But I will not get rid of all you descendants [MTY] of Jacob. [That is what will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.

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.

When I command it, [it will be as though] I will shake you Israeli people [who are living] in various nations, like [MET] [a farmer] shakes a sieve [to separate] the stone pebbles [from the grain], in order that they do not fall on the ground [with the grain].

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

From among my people, all you sinful people who say, ‘We will not experience disasters; nothing evil will happen to us,’ will be killed by [your enemies’] swords.”

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,

“The kingdom [over which King] David [ruled has been destroyed, like] [MET] a house that collapsed and then became ruins. But some day I will cause it to be a kingdom again. I will cause it to prosper again just like it did previously.

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

When that happens, your [armies] will seize/capture the remaining part of Edom [region] again, and they will also seize the land in other nations that previously belonged to me [MTY]. I, Yahweh, have said [that I will do these things], and I will certainly cause them to happen.

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.

There will be a time [when your crops will grow very well]. Very soon after the crops are harvested, farmers will plow the ground [to plant more crops in it again], and soon after the vineyards are planted, [farmers will harvest] grapes and tread on them [to make wine]. [And because there will be a lot of] wine, [it will seem as though] wine is flowing down from the hills [DOU].

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.

I will cause you, my Israeli people, to prosper again. You will rebuild your towns and live in them. You will plant vineyards and then drink the wine [made from the grapes that grows in 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.

I will enable you to live [MET] in your land again, the land that I gave to [your ancestors], and never again will you be forced to leave it. [That is what will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.”