Amos 5 (MKW) · Opened

1Beno kuwa mambu yayi, beno bantu ya Isayeli. Beno kuwa nzimbu ya mafwa yina mu ke yimbila samu na beno.Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:

2Isayeli me kubwa, yandi ke vumbuka dyaka ve. Isayeli, ndumba ya kitoko. Yandi me kubwa na ntoto ya yandi mosi, ata muntu samu na kutelemisa yandi.“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”

3Ni yawu yina, na yina me tadila bantu ya Isayeli, Yave Mfumu ke na kutuba mutindu yayi: «Mbanza yina vwandaka baka funda mosi (1 000) ya babakala samu na kukwenda na mvita, yawu ke bikana kaka na babakala nkama (100). Mbanza yina vwandaka baka babakala nkama (100), samu na kukwenda na mvita, yawu ke bikana kaka na babakala kumi.»This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will have but a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”

4Yave ke na kutuba mutindu yayi na bantu ya Isayeli: «Beno sosa munu mpe beno ke zinga!For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!

5Kasi beno sosa munu na mbanza Betele ve. Beno sosa munu na mbanza Ngilengale ve, beno meka ve na kulutila kuna. Beno kota ve kuna na Beele-Seba, samu ti ba ke nata na ngolo bantu ya Ngilengale na yinsi ya nzenza mpe ata kima ya yimbi ke bikana na Betele.»Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.

6Beno sosa Yave mpe beno ke zinga. Beno sala keba samu ti yandi bika na kulakisa ngolo ya yandi na bantu ya Yosefi mutindu tiya. Tiya yina ke nyengisa bantu ya Yosefi, mpe ya ke vwanda ve na muntu kuna na Betele, samu na kufwa yawu.Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.

7Beno ke na kusala ti mambu ya kusungama kuvwanda kima ya ndudi ya kulutila. Beno me bwisa ludedomo na ntoto!There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

8Ni yandi yidikaka bambwetete ya konso mutindu, yandi ke kitulaka kitombe ya lufwa na nsemo ya suka, yandi ke bumbaka nsemo samu ti mpimpa kuvwanda. Yandi ke kutikaka maza ya mubu samu na kumwangisa yawu na ntoto. Nkumbu ya yandi kele Yave.He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—

9Ni yandi ke salaka ti ba botola bimvwama ya muntu ya ngolo. Ni yandi ke salaka ti vwanzi kukota na mbanza yina kele na bibaka ya lukengolo.He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.

10Na bisika ya lufundusu, bawu ke yinaka mpe ke talaka yimbi muntu ya kusungama yina ke zonzaka mambu ya tsyelika.There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

11«Mutindu beno ke vunaka muntu ya mpamba mpe beno ke bakaka mwa ndambu ya bambuma ya faline yina ke na yandi, bayinzo yayi ya matadi yina beno tungaka, beno ke zinga ve na yawu. Bilanga yayi ya bayinti ya vinu ya kitoko yina beno kundaka, beno ke kunwa ve vinu ya yawu.Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

12Samu ti mu me zaba mingi yimbi ya beno mpe bunene ya masumu ya beno. Beno bayina ke nyokolaka bantu ya kudedama. Beno ke ndimaka madeso ya bana. Mpe na bisika ya lufundusu, beno ke zolaka ve ti bamputu kununga beno.»For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.

13Ni yawu yina, na bantangu ya mutindu yayi, muntu ya kulwenga me lunga na kuvwanda swii, samu ti ya kele bantangu ya mpasi.Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.

14Beno sadila mambu ya mbote kasi ya yimbi ve, samu ti beno kuzinga. Na mutindu yina, Yave, Nzambi ya Binwani, ke vwanda na beno mutindu beno ke na kutuba yawu.Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.

15Beno kuyina mambu ya yimbi mpe beno kuzola mambu ya mbote. Na bisika ya lufundusu, beno fundisa na mutindu ya kusungama. Na kusalaka mutindu yina, kuzaba ve kana Yave, Nzambi ya lulendo, ke fwila kyadi dikanda ya Yosefi yina me bikana.Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

16Ni yawu yina, Yave, Nzambi ya binwani, Mfumu ya munu ke na kutuba: «Na bisika nyonso yina bantu ke yonzamaka, ba ke kuwa bantu ke na kuyawula. Na banzila nyonso, bantu ke banda na kwendaka looka: “Kyadi! Kyadi!” Na kulutisa bantangu ya kyadi, ba ke bokila bayina ke salaka bilanga. Samu na mikunga ya mafwa, ba ke bokila bayina zaba kuyimbila banzimbu ya mafwa.Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.

17Ntangu mu ke luta na kati-kati ya beno, beno ke banda na kwendaka dila tii na kati ya bilanga nyonso ya bayinti ya vinu. Ni Yave me tuba yawu.»There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.

18Kyadi na bayina ke na nsatu ya kutala Kilumbu ya Yave! Yinki beno ke kuzwa na Kilumbu ya Yave? Beno ke na kubanza ti yawu ke vwanda kilumbu ya nsemo? Ve, yawu ke vwanda kilumbu ya kitombe.Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

19Yawu ke vwanda mutindu muntu ke na kukima nkosi kasi yandi ke na kubwabana uluse. Yawu ke vwanda mutindu muntu me kota na yinzo ya yandi, yandi me tula diboko na kibaka mpe nyoka me tatika yandi.It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

20- Kilumbu ya Yave ke vwanda kilumbu ya nsemo? - Ve, yawu ke vwanda kilumbu ya kitombe, kilumbu ya mpimpa ya kulutila, ata nsemo ke talana ve!Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

21«Mu ke yinaka mikembo ya beno, mu ke mangaka yawu. Mu ke zolaka ve balukutakanu ya beno ya lusambulu.“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

22Ntangu beno ke pesaka munu minkayulu ya kuyoka, munkayulu ya beno ya madya ya bilanga, yawu ke yangidikaka munu ve. Minkayulu ya beno ya kiwisa, minkayulu ya beno ya bibulu yina ke na mafuta, mu ke yinaka yawu.Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.

23Beno katula makelele ya banzimbu ya beno na makutu ya munu. Mu me manga na kuwa muningu ya bansambi ya beno.Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

24Beno bika ti lufundusu kusalama mbote, mutindu maza ke tangaka, ludedomo kuvwanda mutindu muzumba ya maza yina ke yumaka ve!»But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

25«Bantu ya Isayeli, na bamvula makumi yiya yina beno salaka na yinsi ya kuyuma, beno pesaka munu minkayulu mpe makabu?Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

26Kasi beno nataka Sikute, ntinu ya beno ya kiteki, mpe Kiyune, kiteki ya nzambi ya beno, mbwetete ya banzambi ya beno yina beno yidikaka.»You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.

27«Ni yawu yina, mu ke nata beno ntama kuluta mbanza ya Damase.» Ni Yave me tuba yawu. Nkumbu ya yandi: «Nzambi ya Binwani.»Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.

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