Amos 8:1-14
8 Diswan nao wanem Sovereign Lord Jehovah showim lo mi insaed wanfala vision: Lukim! Wanfala basket wea garem olketa frut blo summer season.
2 Then hem sei, “Wat nao iu lukim, Amos?” Mi sei, “Wanfala basket wea garem olketa frut blo summer season.” Then Jehovah sei lo mi: “End hem kam nao for pipol blo mi Israel. Bae mi no forgivim olketa moa.
3 ‘Lo datfala day olketa singsing wea kamap lo temple bae change lo bigfala krae,’ datwan nao wanem Sovereign Lord Jehovah hem talem. ‘Staka dead body bae leidaon olobaot lo there—no eniwan tok nao!’
4 Herem diswan, iufala wea stepim pipol wea poorAnd wea spoelem hambol pipol blo disfala land,
5 Wea sei, ‘Wat taem nao bae festival blo niu moon hem finis, mekem mifala savve salem grain blo mifala,And Sabbath, mekem mifala savve salem grain blo mifala,
Mekem mifala savve mekem container for measurem ephah* hem smolAnd weight for weim shekel* hem hevi go moa,For adjustim olketa scale blo mifala mekem mifala ravem narawan.
6 Mekem mifala savve baem olketa man nating lo silverAnd olketa wea poor lo olketa sandol,And salem rabis blo grain.’
7 Jehovah hem talem disfala promis lo Glory blo Jacob,‘Mi bae nating forgetim evri samting wea olketa duim.
8 Bikos lo diswan disfala land bae seksek fogud,And evri pipol wea stap lo hem bae sorre.
Hao, bae hem no flood olsem Nile River,And hae and low olsem Nile River lo Egypt?
9 ‘Lo datfala day,’ diswan nao wanem Sovereign Lord Jehovah hem talem,‘Mi bae mekem sun hem set lo midolday,And mi bae mekem darkness kamap lo disfala land lo big daylaet.
10 Mi bae mekem olketa festival blo iufala kamap taem blo sorreAnd evri song blo iufala kamap singsing blo sorre.
Mi bae putim kaleko blo sorre lo evri hips blo iufala and mekem evri hed for bolhed.Mi bae mekem datfala day olsem day wea man sorre for only son blo hem wea dae,And end blo datfala day bae hem nogud tumas.’
11 ‘Lukim! Taem bae kam,’ diswan nao wanem Sovereign Lord Jehovah hem talem,‘Taem mi bae mekem wanfala big hangere kamap lo disfala land,No bigfala hangere for bred or wei for thirsty for wata,Bat for herem olketa toktok blo Jehovah.
12 Olketa bae no wakabaot stret from wanfala sea go kasem nara seaAnd from north go kasem east.*
Olketa bae raraon for lukaotem toktok blo Jehovah, bat olketa bae no faendem datwan.
13 Lo datfala day olketa naesbola virgin bae faint,And olketa young man tu bikos olketa thirsty.
14 Pipol wea talem promis lo olketa false god blo Samaria and wea sei,“Mi promis lo god blo iu wea laef, O Dan!”
And, “Mi promis lo road wea go for Beer-sheba wea laef!”
Olketa hia bae foldaon, and olketa bae no getap moa.’”
