Amos 3

3 ¹Hear dis word wey our Papa don talk against una, una children of Israel—against di whole family wey I bring comot from Egypt:

²For all di families for di earth, na only una I don know; na im make I go make una answer for all una sins.

³Two people fit waka together, if dem no first gree to meet? ⁴Lion dey roar for inside bush when e no get meat wey e catch? Young lion dey cry comot from im hole if e no catch anything? ⁵Bird dey fall inside trap for ground when trap no dey set for am? Trap dey jump comot from ground when e never catch anything? ⁶If dem blow ram horn for inside town, di people no go shake? If wahala come reach one town, no be our Papa do am? ⁷For true, di Papa wey be Oga no dey do anything without to first show im secret to im servants, di prophets. ⁸Di lion don roar—who no go fear? Di Papa wey be Oga don talk—who fit stop to prophesy?

⁹Announce am for di strong fortresses for Ashdod and for di strong fortresses for di land of Egypt, and talk say: “Gather for di mountains of Samaria and see di big confusion wey dey inside am, and di wickedness wey dey among dem.” ¹⁰Dem no sabi how to do di correct thing, na so our Papa talk—dem wey dey gather violence and stolen things for dem fortresses.

¹¹So di Papa wey be Oga talk say: Enemy go surround di land, pull down di things wey dey protect una, and thief comot everything for una fortresses.

¹²Na dis our Papa talk: Just as shepherd dey rescue two leg or piece of ear from lion mouth, na so dem go rescue di children of Israel wey dey live for Samaria—wit only corner of chair, small part of bed. ¹³Hear, and testify against di house of Jacob, na so di Papa wey be Oga talk, di Papa of di army for heaven: ¹⁴For di day wey I go punish Israel for im rebellion, I go also punish di altars of Bethel; dem go cut off di horns of di altar and e go fall for ground. ¹⁵I go strike di house for cold season together wit di house for hot season; di houses wey dem make wit ivory go perish, and di big big houses go finish, na so our Papa talk.