1Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
1 Haŋ kaŋ Rabbi, Koy Beero cab'ay se neeya: Guna, waato kaŋ i na bonkoono subo wi, a banda Rabbi na do te i ma kaa subu zayyaŋ bananta waate.
2And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
2 A ciya mo, waato kaŋ dwa na laabo subo ŋwa ka ban, waato din gaa ay ne: «Ya Rabbi, Koy Beero, ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma yaafa! Mate no Yakuba ga te ka kay d'a? Zama nga wo jama kayna no.»
3Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.
3 Kala Rabbi ye ka ba ye, a na woodin naŋ. Rabbi ne: «A si te.»
4Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritance.
4 Yaadin no Rabbi, Koy Beero cab'ay se: Guna mo, Rabbi, Koy Beero na ceeyaŋ te ka ne i ma kusuuma nda danji. Danjo na guusu bambata ŋwa mo. A goono ga soola nga ma laabo ŋwa ka ban.
5Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
5 Kal ay ne: «Ya Rabbi, Koy Beero, ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma naŋ! Mate no Yakuba ga te ka kay d'a? Zama nga wo jama kayna no.»
6Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.
6 Rabbi ye ka ba ye, a na woodin mo naŋ. Rabbi, Koy Beero ne: «Woodin mo si te.»
7Thus did he shew unto me; and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
7 Haŋ kaŋ a n'ay cabe neeya: Guna, Koy Beero go ga kay cinari fo jarga kaŋ i te da deedandiyaŋ korfo. Deedandiyaŋ korfo mo go a kamba ra.
8And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. And the Lord said, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.
8 Rabbi ne ay se mo: «Amos, ifo no ni di?» Ay ne: «Deedandiyaŋ korfo no.» Kala Koy Beero ne: «Guna, ay ga deedandiyaŋ korfo sinji ay borey Israyla izey game ra. Ay si ye k'i yaafa koyne.
9And the high places of Isaac shall be desolated, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will arise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
9 Isaka tudey boŋ sududuyaŋ nangey ga ciya koonuyaŋ. I ga Israyla nangu hanantey mo ciya kurmu. Ay ga tun da takuba ka gaaba nda Yerobowam banda.»
10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
10 Gaa no Amaziya, kaŋ ga ti Betel alfaga* beero, a donton Israyla bonkoono Yerobowam gaa ka ne: «Amos na me haw ni boŋ Israyla dumo ra. Laabo si hin ka suuru nd'a sanney kulu.
11For thus Amos saith: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall certainly go into captivity out of his land.
11 Zama mate kaŋ Amos ne, way, ‹I ga Yerobowam wi da takuba. Daahir mo i ga Israyla sambu nga laabo ra ka kond'a tamtaray.› »
12And Amaziah said unto Amos, [Thou] seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.
12 Kala Amaziya ne Amos se: «Ya nin kaŋ ga fonnay, ma kaa ka zuru ka koy Yahudiya laabu. Ma ŋwaari ŋwa mo noodin ka annabitaray te noodin.
13But prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.
13 Amma ni ma si ye ka annabitaray te Betel, zama neewo nangu hanante no, bonkoono wane, koytaray windo mo go neewo.»
14And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit.
14 Amos binde tu ka ne Amaziya se: «Ay wo mana bay ka te annabi*. Ay manti annabi ize mo no. Amma ay ya hawji no, durmi tuuri-nya hanseko.
15And Jehovah took me as I followed the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
15 Rabbi mo no k'ay sambu kuro ganayaŋ do. Rabbi ne ay se: ‹Ma koy ka annabitaray te ay jama Israyla borey se.›
16And now hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and utter not [words] against the house of Isaac.
16 Sohõ binde, kala ni ma maa Rabbi sanno: ni go ga ne ay se ay ma si annabitaray te Israyla boŋ, ay ma s'ay sanno gusam mo Isaka kunda boŋ.
17Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided with the line; and thou shalt die in a land that is unclean; and Israel shall certainly go into captivity, out of his land.
17 Woodin sabbay se, haŋ kaŋ Rabbi ci neeya: ‹Ni wando ga ciya kaaruwa kwaara wo ra. Ni izey arey da ni ize wayey, takuba g'i zeeri. Ni farey mo, i g'i fay-fay da korfo candiyaŋ. Nin bumbo mo, ni ga bu laabu fo kaŋ si hanan ra. Daahir no, i ga Israyla sambu nga laabo ra ka kond'a tamtaray.› »