Israel Has Not Returned to God
1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria,
you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy
and say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!”
2The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness:
“The time will surely come
when you will be taken away with hooks,
the last of you with fishhooks.4:2 Or away in baskets, / the last of you in fish baskets
3You will each go straight out
through breaches in the wall,
and you will be cast out toward Harmon,4:3 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew (see Septuagint) out, you mountain of oppression”
declares the Lord.
4“Go to Bethel and sin;
go to Gilgal and sin yet more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three years.4:4 Or days
5Burn leavened bread as a thank offering
and brag about your freewill offerings—
boast about them, you Israelites,
for this is what you love to do,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.
6“I gave you empty stomachs in every city
and lack of bread in every town,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
7“I also withheld rain from you
when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
but withheld it from another.
One field had rain;
another had none and dried up.
8People staggered from town to town for water
but did not get enough to drink,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
9“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
destroying them with blight and mildew.
Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
10“I sent plagues among you
as I did to Egypt.
I killed your young men with the sword,
along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
11“I overthrew some of you
as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
12“Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,
and because I will do this to you, Israel,
prepare to meet your God.”
13He who forms the mountains,
who creates the wind,
and who reveals his thoughts to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
and treads on the heights of the earth—
the Lord God Almighty is his name.
Israel Nsan Nkɔɔ Onyankopɔn Nkyɛn Ɛ
1Muntie asɛm yi, mo Basan “anantwi” a mowɔ Bepɔw Samaria so,
mo mmea a mohyɛ ahiafo so, na moka mmɔborɔfo hyɛ
na moka kyerɛ mo kununom se, “Mommrɛ yɛn nsa!”
2Otumfo Awurade de ne kronkronyɛ aka ntam se,
“Ampa ara bere no bɛba
a wɔde nkaa bɛtwe mo akɔ;
mo mu nea otwa to no, wɔde nsumnam darewa bɛtwe no.
3Mo mu biara bepue akɔ,
na mobɛfa ɔfasu mu ntokuru mu,
na wɔbɛtow mo akyene Harmon fam,”
sɛnea Awurade se ni.
4“Monkɔ Bet-El nkɔyɛ bɔne
na monkɔ Gilgal4.4 Bet-El…Gilgal: Saa nkurow abien yi yɛ nkurow a abakɔsɛm mu wɔde kae Awurade mmoa. Na saa nkurow yi yɛ mmeae a na wɔsom Onyankopɔn wɔ hɔ wɔ Amos bere so. na monkɔyɛ bɔne ara.
Momfa mo afɔrebɔde mmra anɔpa biara,
na momfa mo ntotoso du du mmra mfe abiɛsa biara.
5Monhyew mmɔkaw brodo sɛ aseda afɔre;
Momfa ayɛyɛde a efi mo pɛ mu nhoahoa mo ho,
na momfa ntu mo ho, mo Israelfo,
na eyi ne nea mopɛ sɛ moyɛ,”
sɛnea Otumfo Awurade se ni.
6“Memaa ɔyafunu daa mpan wɔ kuropɔn biara mu
na aduan ho yɛɛ den wɔ nkurow so,
nanso monnsan mmaa me nkyɛn ɛ,”
sɛnea Awurade se ni.
7“Mesan de osu kamee mo,
bere a aka asram abiɛsa na otwabere no adu.
Memaa osu tɔɔ wɔ kurow baako so
na mamma antɔ wɔ kurow foforo so.
Afuw baako nyaa osu
afuw foforo annya bi na hyewee.
8Nnipa totɔɔ ntintan kyinii nkurow so pɛɛ nsu
nanso wɔannya dodow a ɛbɛso wɔn nom,
nanso monnsan mmaa me nkyɛn ɛ,”
sɛnea Awurade se ni.
9“Mpɛn pii no mede nnɔbae yare
ba mo mfikyifuw ne mo bobefuw so.
Mmoadabi sɛee mo borɔdɔma ne mo ngonnua,
nanso monnsan mmaa me nkyɛn ɛ,”
sɛnea Awurade se ni.
10“Mede ɔyaredɔm baa mo so
sɛnea mede yɛɛ Misraimfo no,
mede afoa kunkum mo mmerante
ne apɔnkɔ a mofaa wɔn nnommum
mede mo nsra mu hua a ɛbɔn hyɛn mo hwene mu,
nanso, monnsan mmaa me nkyɛn ɛ,”
sɛnea Awurade se ni.
11“Mituu mo mu bi guu
sɛnea metɔree Sodom ne Gomora ase no.
Moyɛɛ sɛ gyentia a wɔatu afi ogya mu.
Nanso monnsan mmaa me nkyɛn ɛ,”
sɛnea Awurade se ni.
12“Enti afei, Israel, nea mede bɛyɛ wo ni,
na esiane sɛ mede eyi bɛyɛ wo nti,
siesie wo ho, Israel. Hyia wo Nyankopɔn.”
13Nea ɔyɛ mmepɔw na ɔbɔ mframa
na ɔda nʼadwene adi kyerɛ nnipa,
nea ɔma adekyee hann dan sum
na ɔnantew asase sorɔnsorɔmmea so no.
Asafo Awurade Nyankopɔn ne ne din.
