عامُوس 5

١ 1 اسْمَعُوا هَذِهِ الْمَرْثِيَّةَ الَّتِي أَرْثِيكُمْ بِها يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

٢ 2 قَدْ سَقَطَتْ عَذْرَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَنْ تَنْهَضَ بَعْدُ. صَارَتْ طَرِيحَةً عَلَى أَرْضِهَا وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُقِيمُهَا.

The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

٣ 3 لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ الَّتِي قَدَّمَتْ أَلْفاً مِنْ رِجَالِهَا لِلْحَرْبِ، لَا يَبْقَى لَهَا مِنْهُمْ سِوَى مِئَةٍ. وَالَّتِي قَدَّمَتْ مِئَةً مِنْهُمْ لِلْحَرْبِ لَا يَبْقَى لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْهُمْ سِوَى عَشَرَةٍ.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

٤ 4 لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: الْتَمِسُونِي فَتَحْيَوْا.

For thus saith the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

٥ 5 لَا تَسْعَوْا وَرَاءَ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَلا تَدْخُلُوا الْجِلْجَالَ، وَلا تَعْبُرُوا إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، لأَنَّ أَهْلَ الْجِلْجَالِ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتِمَّ سَبْيُهُمْ، وَبَيْتَ إِيلَ تُصْبِحُ عَدَماً.

But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

٦ 6 الْتَمِسُوا الرَّبَّ فَتَحيَوْا لِئَلّا يَنْدَلِعَ كَنَارٍ تُحْرِقُ بَيْتَ يُوسُفَ وَتَلْتَهِمُ بَيْتَ إِيلَ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُطْفِئُ.

Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

٧ 7 إِنَّكُمْ تُحَوِّلُونَ الْعَدْلَ مَرَارَةً، وَتَطْرَحُونَ الْحَقَّ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

٨ 8 إِنَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ الثُّرَيَّا وَالْجَبَّارَ، وَيُحَوِّلُ دَيَاجِيرَ الظُّلْمَةِ إِلَى نَهَارٍ، وَالنَّهَارَ إِلَى لَيْلٍ، وَيَسْتَدْعِي مِيَاهَ الْبَحْرِ وَيُفِيضُهَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، الرَّبُّ اسْمُهُ.

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

٩ 9 الَّذِي يُنْزِلُ الْخَرَابَ بِالْقَوِيِّ، فَيَعْصِفُ الدَّمَارُ بِالْحُصُونِ.

That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

١٠ 10 قَدْ أَبْغَضُوا مَنْ يُنَدِّدُ بِالْجَوْرِ فِي سَاحَةِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَيَكْرَهُونَ مَنْ يَنْطِقُ بِالْحَقِّ.

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

١١ 11 فَلأَنَّكُمْ تَطَأُونَ الْمِسْكِينَ وَتَبْتَزُّونَ مِنْهُ رِشْوَةَ قَمْحٍ حَتَّى تُشَيِّدُوا بُيُوتاً مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ، فَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَسْكُنُوا فِيهَا، وَتَغْرِسُوا كُرُوماً شَهِيَّةً وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَشْرَبُوا مِنْ خَمْرِهَا.

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

١٢ 12 لأَنَّنِي عَالِمٌ بِكَثْرَةِ مَعَاصِيكُمْ وَعِظَمِ خَطَايَاكُمْ، إِذْ إِنَّكُمْ تُضَايِقُونَ الْبَارَّ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْتَشُونَ الَّذِينَ تَصُدُّونَ الْمِسْكِينَ عَنْ حَقِّهِ فِي سَاحَةِ الْقَضَاءِ.

For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

١٣ 13 لِهَذَا يَصْمُتُ الْعَاقِلُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الزَّمَانِ الرَّدِيءِ.

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

١٤ 14 اطْلُبُوا الْخَيْرَ لَا الشَّرَّ لِتَحْيَوْا، فَيَكُونَ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ مَعَكُمْ كَمَا تَقُولُونَ.

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

١٥ 15 امْقُتُوا الشَّرَّ وَأَحِبُّوا الْخَيْرَ وَأَقِيمُوا الْعَدْلَ فِي سَاحَةِ الْقَضَاءِ، لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ الإِلَهَ الْقَدِيرَ يَتَرَفَّقُ عَلَى بَقِيَّةِ بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ.

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

١٦ 16 لِذَلِكَ، هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ، سَيَمْلأُ النَّحِيبُ أَرْجَاءَ السَّاحَاتِ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ عَوِيلُهُمْ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ قَائِلِينَ: آهِ! آهِ! وَيَدْعُونَ الْفَلاحِينَ إِلَى الْبُكَاءِ، وَالنَّادِبَاتِ إِلَى الرِّثَاءِ،

Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the farmer to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing.

١٧ 17 وَتَعْلُو الْوَلْوَلَةُ فِي جَوَانِبِ الْكُرُومِ، لأَنِّي سَأَجْتَازُ مُنْتَقِماً فِي وَسَطِكُمْ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

١٨ 18 وَيْلٌ للَّذِينَ يَتَشَوَّقُونَ لِيَوْمِ الرَّبِّ. لِمَاذَا تَطْلُبُونَ مَجِيءَ يَوْمِ الرَّبِّ؟ فَيَوْمُ الرَّبِّ هُوَ ظُلْمَةٌ لَا نُورٌ.

Woe to you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

١٩ 19 فَتَكُونُونَ كَرَجُلٍ هَرَبَ مِنْ وَجْهِ أَسَدٍ فَلَقِيَهُ دُبٌّ، أَوْ كَمَنْ دَخَلَ إِلَى بَيْتٍ وَاتَّكَأَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى حَائِطٍ فَلَدَغَتْهُ أَفْعَى.

As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

٢٠ 20 أَوَ لَيْسَ يَوْمُ الرَّبِّ ظُلْمَةً لَا نُوراً، وَقَتَاماً خَالِياً مِنَ الضِّيَاءِ؟

Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

٢١ 21 إِنِّي أَمْقُتُ أَعْيَادَكُمْ وَأَحْتَقِرُهَا، وَلا أُسَرُّ بِاحْتِفَالاتِكُمْ.

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not take delight in your solemn assemblies.

٢٢ 22 وَمَعَ أَنَّكُمْ تُقَرِّبُونَ لِي ذَبَائِحَ مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ وَتَقْدِمَاتِكُمْ مِنَ الدَّقِيقِ، فَإِنِّي لَا أَقْبَلُهَا وَلا أَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ مِنْ مُسَمَّنَاتِ مَوَاشِيكُمْ.

Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

٢٣ 23 أَبْعِدُوا عَنِّي جَلَبَةَ أَغَانِيكُمْ لأَنِّي لَنْ أَصْغِيَ إِلَى نَغَمَاتِ رَبَابَاتِكُمْ.

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy harps.

٢٤ 24 إِنَّمَا لِيَجْرِ الْحَقُّ مُتَدَفِّقاً كَالْمِيَاهِ وَالْعَدْلُ كَنَهْرٍ سَيَّالٍ.

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

٢٥ 25 هَلْ قَرَّبْتُمْ لِي ذَبَائِحَ وَتَقْدِمَاتٍ طَوَالَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

Have ye offered to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

٢٦ 26 بَلْ إِنَّ الْمَلِكَ الَّذِي حَمَلْتُمْ خَيْمَتَهُ وَنَصْبَ تَمَاثِيلِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ سِوَى نَجْمٍ صَنَعْتُمُوهُ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَعَبَدْتُمُوهُ كَإِلَهٍ.

But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Molech and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

٢٧ 27 لِذَلِكَ أَسْبِيكُمْ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءَ دِمَشْقَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي اسْمُهُ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ.

Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.