आमोस 5

1Hear ye this word, which I take up concerning you for a lamentation. The house of Israel is fallen, and it shall rise no more.

2The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up.

3For thus saith the Lord God: The city, out of which came forth a thousand, there shall be left in it a hundred: and out of which there came a hundred, there shall be left in it ten, in the house of Israel.

4For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live.

5But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgal, neither shall you pass over to Bersabee: for Galgal shall go into captivity, and Bethel shall be unprofitable.

6Seek ye the Lord, and live: lest the house of Joseph be burnt with fire, and it shall devour, and there shall be none to quench Bethel.

7You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,

8Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

9He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.

10They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.

11Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them.

12Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sins: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate.

13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time.

14Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.

15Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

16Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord: In every street there shall be wailing: and in all places that are without, they shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skillful in lamentation to lament.

17And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: because I will pass through in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

18Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

19As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

20Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it?

21I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive the odour of your assemblies.

22And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts, I will not receive them: neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts.

23Take away from me the tumult of thy songs: and I will not hear the canticles of thy harp.

24But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent.

25Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel?

26But you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch, and the image of your idols, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.

27And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name.

1[Audite verbum istud, quod ego levo super vos planctum: domus Israël cecidit, et non adjiciet ut resurgat.

2Virgo Israël projecta est in terram suam, non est qui suscitet eam.

3Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Urbs de qua egrediebantur mille, relinquentur in ea centum; et de qua egrediebantur centum, relinquentur in ea decem in domo Israël.

4Quia hæc dicit Dominus domui Israël: Quærite me, et vivetis.

5Et nolite quærere Bethel, et in Galgalam nolite intrare, et in Bersabee non transibitis, quia Galgala captiva ducetur, et Bethel erit inutilis.

6Quærite Dominum, et vivite (ne forte comburatur ut ignis domus Joseph, et devorabit, et non erit qui extinguat Bethel:

7qui convertitis in absinthium judicium, et justitiam in terra relinquitis):

8facientem Arcturum et Orionem, et convertentem in mane tenebras, et diem in noctem mutantem; qui vocat aquas maris, et effundit eas super faciem terræ; Dominus nomen est ejus:

9qui subridet vastitatem super robustum, et depopulationem super potentem affert.

10Odio habuerunt corripientem in porta, et loquentem perfecte abominati sunt.

11Idcirco, pro eo quod diripiebatis pauperem, et prædam electam tollebatis ab eo, domos quadro lapide ædificabitis, et non habitabitis in eis; vineas plantabis amantissimas, et non bibetis vinum earum.

12Quia cognovi multa scelera vestra, et fortia peccata vestra: hostes justi, accipientes munus, et pauperes deprimentes in porta.

13Ideo prudens in tempore illo tacebit, quia tempus malum est.

14Quærite bonum, et non malum, ut vivatis; et erit Dominus Deus exercituum vobiscum, sicut dixistis.

15Odite malum et diligite bonum, et constituite in porta judicium: si forte misereatur Dominus Deus exercituum reliquiis Joseph.

16Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum, dominator: In omnibus plateis planctus; et in cunctis quæ foris sunt, dicetur: Væ, væ ! et vocabunt agricolam ad luctum, et ad planctum eos qui sciunt plangere.

17Et in omnibus vineis erit planctus, quia pertransibo in medio tui, dicit Dominus.]

18[Væ desiderantibus diem Domini ! ad quid eam vobis? Dies Domini ista, tenebræ, et non lux.

19Quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis, et occurrat ei ursus; et ingrediatur domum, et innitatur manu sua super parietem, et mordeat eum coluber.

20Numquid non tenebræ dies Domini, et non lux; et caligo, et non splendor in ea?

21Odi, et projeci festivitates vestras, et non capiam odorem cœtuum vestrorum.

22Quod si obtuleritis mihi holocautomata, et munera vestra, non suscipiam; et vota pinguium vestrorum non respiciam.

23Aufer a me tumultum carminum tuorum; et cantica lyræ tuæ non audiam.

24Et revelabitur quasi aqua judicium, et justitia quasi torrens fortis.

25Numquid hostias et sacrificium obtulistis mihi in deserto quadraginta annis, domus Israël?

26et portastis tabernaculum Moloch vestro, et imaginem idolorum vestrorum, sidus dei vestri, quæ fecistis vobis.

27Et migrare vos faciam trans Damascum, dicit Dominus: Deus exercituum nomen ejus.]

1Listen to this word, which I lift over you in lamentation. The house of Israel has fallen, and it will no longer rise again.

2The virgin of Israel has been thrown onto her land, there is no one who can raise her up.

3For thus says the Lord God: In the city from which a thousand departed, a hundred will remain, and in that from which a hundred departed, ten will remain, in the house of Israel.

4For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek me and you will live.

5But do not be willing to seek Bethel, and do not be willing to enter Gilgal, and you will not cross into Beer-sheba. For Gilgal will be led into captivity, and Bethel will be useless.

6Seek the Lord and live. Otherwise, the house of Joseph may be destroyed with fire, and it will devour, and there will be no one who can extinguish Bethel.

7You turn judgment into wormwood, and you abandon justice on earth.

8The Maker of Arcturus and Orion, who turns darkness into daybreak and who changes day into night; who calls forth the waters of the sea and who pours them out over the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

9It is he who smiles destruction on the healthy, and who brings pillaging upon the powerful.

10They held hatred for the one who corrects at the gate, and they have abhorred the one who speaks perfectly.

11Therefore, on his behalf, because you have torn apart the poor and stolen choice prey from him: you will build houses with square stones and you will not dwell in them; you will plant the most delightful vineyards, and you will not drink wine from them.

12For I know your many wicked deeds and the strength of your sins, you enemies of the just, accepting bribes, and depriving the poor at the gate.

13Therefore, the prudent will be silent at that time, for it is an evil time.

14Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. And the Lord God of hosts will be with you, just as you have asked.

15Hate evil and love good, and establish judgment at the gate. Perhaps then the Lord God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

16Therefore, thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Sovereign: In all the streets, there will be wailing. And in every place where they are outdoors, they will say, “Woe, woe!” And they will call the farmer to mourn, and those who know mourning to lamentation.

17And in all the vineyards there will be wailing. For I will cross through your midst, says the Lord.

18Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord. What is it to you? The day of the Lord is this: darkness and not light.

19It is as if a man flees from the face of a lion, only to have a bear meet him; or, he enters a house and leans with his hand against the wall, only to have a snake bite him.

20Will not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?

21I hate and have rejected your feasts; and I will not accept the odor from your gatherings.

22For if you offer me holocausts and your gifts, I will not receive them; and I will not look upon the vows of your fatness.

23Take away from me the tumult of your songs, and I will not listen to the canticles of your lyre.

24And judgment will be revealed like water, and justice like a mighty torrent.

25Was it you who offered victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, house of Israel?

26And you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch and the image of your idols: the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.

27And I will cause you to go into captivity across Damascus, says the Lord. The God of hosts is his name.