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 message, women of Sameria, you well-fed cows of Bashan, who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us another drink!”

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: The time is coming when you will be carried away in baskets, your children carried away in fish-baskets,

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

and through the breaches in the city wall you will go, thrown out on the garbage dump, 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.

Come to Bethel and transgress, at Gilgald increase your transgression. Bring your sacrifices in the morning, every third day your tithes!

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.

Burn some leavened bread as a thank-offering, proclaim aloud your voluntary offerings, for you love to do this, Israelites! 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.

But it was I who gave to you empty stomachs in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your towns, 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.

It was I who withheld from you the rain, sending rain on one city, while on another I allowed no rain. One field received rain, while a field without rain withered.

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

People from two or three cities ranged as far as another city for drinking water, and still they did not have enough, yet you did not return 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, I laid waste your gardens and vineyards. The swarming locust devoured your fig and your olive trees, yet you did not return 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 plague among you like the plagues of Egypt, I slew your youths with the sword, your horses raided away, I caused the stench of your camps to rise in your nostrils, yet you did not return 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 wrought a destruction among you, as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a stick snatched from the fire, yet you did not return to me, says the Lord.

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

Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I am about to 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.

He is here! He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, declares to his thoughts to mortals, makes dawn and darkness, treads upon the heights of the earth, the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!