1Thus the Lord Yahweh showed 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 harvest.
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.
2It happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? 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.»
3Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.
3 Kala Rabbi ye ka ba ye, a na woodin naŋ. Rabbi ne: «A si te.»
4Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
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 I said, “Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? 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.»
6Yahweh relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord Yahweh.
6 Rabbi ye ka ba ye, a na woodin mo naŋ. Rabbi, Koy Beero ne: «Woodin mo si te.»
7Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside 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.
8Yahweh said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A plumb line.” Then 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.
9The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise 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 has conspired against you 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 Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive 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.› »
12Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, 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 don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
13 Amma ni ma si ye ka annabitaray te Betel, zama neewo nangu hanante no, bonkoono wane, koytaray windo mo go neewo.»
14Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
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 Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to 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.›
16Now therefore listen to the word of Yahweh: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach 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 says Yahweh: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive 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.› »