عامُوس 4

١ 1 اسْمَعِي هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةِ يَا نِسَاءَ بَاشَانَ، اللَّوَاتِي يُقِمْنَ فِي جَبَلِ السَّامِرَةِ، مِمَّنْ يَظْلِمْنَ الْمِسْكِينَ وَيَسْحَقْنَ الْفُقَرَاءَ وَاللَّوَاتِي يَقُلْنَ لأَزْوَاجِهِنَّ: هَاتُوا مُسْكِراً لِنَشْرَبَ.

Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, “Bring us drinks!”

٢ 2 قَدْ أَقْسَمَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ بِقَدَاسَتِهِ قَائِلاً: هَا أَيَّامٌ تُقْبِلُ عَلَيْكُنَّ، يَجُرُّكُنَّ فِيهَا الْعَدُوُّ بِالْكَلالِيبِ وَذُرِّيَّتَكُنَّ بِشُصُوصِ السَّمَكِ.

The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness, “Behold, the days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks.

٣ 3 وَتَخْرُجُ كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْكُنَّ مِنْ شَقٍّ، زَاحِفَةً عَلَى وَجْهِهَا، وَتُطْرَدْنَ إِلَى هَرْمُونَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon,” says the LORD.

٤ 4 تَعَالَوْا إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَارْتَكِبُوا الْمَعَاصِي، وَأَقْبِلُوا إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ وَكَثِّرُوا ذُنُوبَكُمْ. قَرِّبُوا ذَبَائِحَكُمْ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ، وَعُشُورَكُمْ كُلَّ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ.

“Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days,

٥ 5 قَدِّمُوا مِنَ الْخَمِيرِ قُرْبَانَ شُكْرٍ، وَأَعْلِنُوا مُتَبَاهِينَ عَنْ تَقْدِمَاتِكُمُ التَّطَوُّعِيَّةِ، وَتَفَاخَرُوا بِها، لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوهُ يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them; for this pleases you, you children of Israel,” says the Lord GOD.

٦ 6 قَدْ جَعَلْتُ الْجُوعَ يَعُمُّ مُدُنَكُمْ، فَلَمْ تَتَّسِخْ أَسْنَانُكُمْ بِالطَّعَامِ! وَأَفْقَرْتُكُمْ إِلَى الْخُبْزِ فِي كُلِّ أَمَاكِنِ سُكْنَاكُمْ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ تَائِبِينَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

“I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you have not returned to me,” says the LORD.

٧ 7 مَنَعْتُ عَنْكُمُ الْمَطَرَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ بَقِيَ لِلْحَصَادِ سِوَى ثَلاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ، وَأَمْطَرْتُ عَلَى مَدِينَةٍ دُونَ مَدِينَةٍ، وَعَلَى حَقْلٍ دُونَ الآخَرِ، فَجَفَّ الْحَقْلُ الَّذِي لَمْ أُمْطِرْ عَلَيْهِ.

“I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One field was rained on, and the field where it did not rain withered.

٨ 8 فَأَقْبَلَتْ مَدِينَتَانِ أَوْ ثَلاثٌ عَلَى مَدِينَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ لِتَشْرَبَ مَاءً، وَلَكِنَّهَا لَمْ تَرْتَوِ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ تَائِبِينَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied; yet you have not returned to me,” says the LORD.

٩ 9 أَرْسَلْتُ الرِّيَاحَ اللّافِحَةَ وَالْيَرَقَانَ لِتُجَفِّفَ مَحَاصِيلَكُمْ، وَالْتَهَمَ الْجَرَادُ حَدَائِقَكُمْ وَكُرُومَكُمْ وَأَشْجَارَ تِينِكُمْ وَزَيْتُونِكُمْ. وَمَا رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَيَّ!

“I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards, and the swarming locusts have devoured your fig trees and your olive trees; yet you have not returned to me,” says the LORD.

١٠ 10 أَصَبْتُكُمْ بِالأَوْبِئَةِ الَّتِي أُصِيبَتْ بِها مِصْرُ، وَقَضَيْتُ عَلَى شَبَابِكُمْ بِالسَّيْفِ وَسَبَيْتُ خُيُولَكُمْ، وَجَعَلْتُ نَتْنَ مُعَسْكَرِكُمْ يَزْكُمُ أُنُوفَكُمْ. وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ تَائِبِينَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

“I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you have not returned to me,” says the LORD.

١١ 11 دَمَّرْتُ بَعْضَ مُدُنِكُمْ كَمَا دَمَّرَ اللهُ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ، فَكَانَ مَنْ نَجَا مِنْكُمْ كَشُعْلَةٍ مُنْتَشَلَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ. وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ تَائِبِينَ.

“I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet you have not returned to me,” says the LORD.

١٢ 12 لِذَلِكَ، هَذَا مَا أُجْرِيهِ عَلَيْكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ. فَمِنْ أَجْلِ مَا أَصْنَعُهُ بِكَ تَأَهَّبْ لِلِقَاءِ إِلَهِكَ.

“Therefore I will do this to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.

١٣ 13 فَانْظُرْ إِنَّهُ هُوَ صَانِعُ الْجِبَالِ وَخَالِقُ الرِّيَاحِ، الَّذِي أَعْلَنَ فِكْرَهُ لِلْبَشَرِ، وَأَحَالَ النَّهَارَ إِلَى لَيْلٍ، وَمَشَى فَوْقَ مَشَارِفِ الأَرْضِ، الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ اسْمُهُ.

For, behold, he who forms the mountains, creates the wind, declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth: The LORD, the God of Armies, is his name.”