عامُوس 3

١ 1 اسْمَعُوا يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي قَضَى بِها الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ، بَلْ عَلَى كُلِّ الْقَبِيلَةِ الَّتِي أَخْرَجْتُهَا مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ:

Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:

٢ 2 إِيَّاكُمْ وَحْدَكُمُ اخْتَرْتُ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ قَبَائِلِ الأَرْضِ، لِهَذَا أُعَاقِبُكُمْ عَلَى جَمِيعِ آثَامِكُمْ.

“I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”

٣ 3 هَلْ يَتَرَافَقُ اثْنَانِ مَعاً مَا لَمْ يَكُونَا عَلَى مَوْعِدٍ؟

Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?

٤ 4 أَيَزْأَرُ أَسَدٌ فِي الْغَابَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَقَعَ عَلَى فَرِيسَةٍ؟ أَيُزَمْجِرُ الشِّبْلُ بِصَوْتِهِ مِنْ عَرِينِهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدِ اقْتَنَصَ شَيْئاً؟

Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?

٥ 5 أَيَسْقُطُ الْعُصْفُورُ فِي فَخٍّ عَلَى الأَرْضِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ فَخٌّ مَنْصُوبٌ؟ أَيَنْطَبِقُ فَخٌّ عَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ أَمْسَكَ شَيْئاً؟

Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?

٦ 6 أَيُدَوِّي بُوقٌ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَلا يَعْتَرِي الشَّعْبَ الْخَوْفُ؟ أَيَقَعُ بَلاءٌ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ مَا لَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَرْسَلَهُ؟

Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn’t done it?

٧ 7 إِنَّ السَّيِّدَ الرَّبَّ لَا يُجْرِي أَمْراً مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُعْلِنَ سِرَّهُ لِعَبِيدِهِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ.

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

٨ 8 قَدْ زَأَرَ الأَسَدُ فَمَنْ لَا يَخَافُ، وَتَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ فَمَنْ لَا يَتَنَبَّأُ؟

The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

٩ 9 أَذِيعُوا فِي حُصُونِ أَشْدُودَ وَفِي حُصُونِ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ وَقُولُوا: احْتَشِدُوا عَلَى جِبَالِ السَّامِرَةِ، وَاشْهَدُوا مَا فِي وَسَطِهَا مِنْ جَلَبَةٍ، وَانْظُرُوا إِلَى الْمَظْلُومِينَ فِي دَاخِلِهَا.

Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.”

١٠ 10 فَهَؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الْجَوْرَ وَالنَّهْبَ فِي قُصُورِهِمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ التَّصَرُّفَ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”

١١ 11 لِذَلِكَ يُعْلِنُ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ: سَيَجْتَاحُ الْعَدُوُّ الْبِلادَ، وَيُحِيلُ حُصُونَكُمْ حُطَاماً وَيَنْهَبُ قُصُورَكُمْ.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.”

١٢ 12 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: كَمَا يَعْجَزُ الرَّاعِي أَنْ يَنْتَزِعَ مِنْ فَمِ الأَسَدِ سِوَى رِجْلَيْ حَمَلٍ، أَوْ قِطْعَةً مِنْ أُذُنٍ، هَكَذَا لَنْ يَنْجُوَ سِوَى الْقَلِيلِ مِنْ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ، الْمُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى الأَرَائِكِ الْوَثِيرَةِ وَالأَسِرَّةِ النَّاعِمَةِ.

Yahweh says: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.”

١٣ 13 اسْمَعُوا وَاشْهَدُوا عَلَى بَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ.

“Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.

١٤ 14 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أُعَاقِبُ فِيهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى تَعَدِّيَاتِهِ، أَهْدِمُ أَيْضاً مَذَابِحَ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَتُقْطَعُ قُرُونُ الْمَذْبَحِ وَتَتَهَاوَى عَلَى الأَرْضِ.

“For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.

١٥ 15 وَأُدَمِّرُ الْبُيُوتَ الَّتِي يَأْوُونَ إِلَيْهَا فِي الشِّتَاءِ، وَبُيُوتَ الْمُنْتَجَعَاتِ الصَّيْفِيَّةِ، وَتَنْدَكُّ بُيُوتُ الْعَاجِ وَتَزُولُ مِنَ الْوُجُودِ قُصُورٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” says Yahweh.