عامُوس 8

١ 1 ثُمَّ أَرَانِي السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ فِي رُؤْيَا سَلَّةً لِقِطَافِ الثِّمَارِ.

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

٢ 2 وَسَأَلَنِي: «مَاذَا تَرَى يَا عَامُوسُ؟» فَأَجَبْتُ: «سَلَّةً مَلِيئَةً بِثِمَارِ الصَّيْفِ النَّاضِجَةِ». فَقَالَ لِي الرَّبُّ: «لَقَدْ دَنَتْ نِهَايَةُ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَنْ أَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ بَعْدُ.

And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

٣ 3 فَتَتَحَوَّلُ أَغَانِي قُصُورِهِمْ إِلَى عَوِيلٍ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، وَتَكْثُرُ الْجُثَثُ وَيَطْرَحُونَهَا فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ بِصَمْتٍ».

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth with silence.

٤ 4 اسْتَمِعُوا هَذَا أَيُّهَا الدَّائِسُونَ عَلَى الْبَائِسِينَ، يَا مَنْ حَاوَلْتُمْ أَنْ تَقْضُوا عَلَى فُقَرَاءِ الأَرْضِ،

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

٥ 5 قَائِلِينَ: «مَتَى يَنْقَضِي أَوَّلُ الشَّهْرِ حَتَّى نَبِيعَ الْقَمْحَ؟ مَتَى يَمْضِي السَّبْتُ لِنَعْرِضَ الْقَمْحَ فِي السُّوقِ، فَنَعْمَدَ إِلَى تَصْغِيرِ حَجْمِ مِكْيَالِ الإِيفَةِ وَنَرْفَعَ الأَسْعَارَ، وَنَسْتَعْمِلَ مِيزَاناً مَغْشُوشاً.

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

٦ 6 لِنَشْتَرِيَ الْمِسْكِينَ بِقِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَالْبَائِسَ بِنَعْلَيْنِ، وَنَبِيعَ نُفَايَةَ الْقَمْحِ؟»

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat?

٧ 7 قَدْ أَقْسَمَ الرَّبُّ بِعِزَّةِ يَعْقُوبَ قَائِلاً: «لَنْ أَنْسَى شَيْئاً مِنْ مَسَاوِئِهِمْ.

The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

٨ 8 ألا تَرْتَعِبُ الأَرْضُ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ ذَلِكَ، فَيَنُوحَ كُلُّ سَاكِنٍ فِيهَا، فَتَطْمُوَ كَنَهْرٍ، وَتَرْتَفِعَ وَتَنْخَفِضَ كَنِيلِ مِصْرَ؟

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as [by] the flood of Egypt.

٩ 9 وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَجْعَلُ الشَّمْسَ تَغْرُبُ عِنْدَ الظَّهِيرَةِ، وَأَغْمُرُ الأَرْضَ بِالظُّلْمَةِ فِي رَابِعَةِ النَّهَارِ.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

١٠ 10 أُحَوِّلُ أَعْيَادَكُمْ إِلَى مَآتِمَ، وَأَغَانِيَكُمْ إِلَى مَرَاثٍ، وَأُلْبِسُكُمُ الْمُسُوحَ عَلَى أَحْقَائِكُمْ، وَأُفْشِي الصَّلَعَ فِي كُلِّ رَأْسٍ، فَتُصْبِحُ أَعْيَادُكُمْ كَمَنَاحَةٍ عَلَى وَحِيدٍ، وَنِهَايَتُهَا كَيَوْمٍ مُفْعَمٍ بِالْمَرَارَةِ.

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.

١١ 11 سَتَأْتِي أَيَّامٌ أَجْعَلُ فِيهَا الْمَجَاعَةَ تَنْتَشِرُ فِي الأَرْضِ، لَا مَجَاعَةً إِلَى الْخُبْزِ، وَلا ظَمَأً إِلَى الْمَاءِ إِنَّمَا لِسَمَاعِ كَلامِ الرَّبِّ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

١٢ 12 فَيَهِيمُونَ مِنْ بَحْرٍ إِلَى بَحْرٍ، وَمِنَ الشِّمَالِ إِلَى الشَّرْقِ. يَذْهَبُونَ وَيَجِيئُونَ بَحْثاً عَنْ كَلِمَةِ الرَّبِّ وَلا يَحْظَوْنَ بِها.

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find [it].

١٣ 13 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يُغْشَى عَلَى العَذَارَى الْجَمِيلاتِ وَالْفِتْيَانِ مِنْ فَرْطِ الظَّمَإِ.

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

١٤ 14 أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يُقْسِمُونَ بِأَوْثَانِ السَّامِرَةِ قَائِلِينَ: حَيٌّ إِلَهُكَ يَا دَانُ، وَحَيٌّ مَعْبُودُ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ. هَؤُلاءِ يَسْقُطُونَ وَلا يَنْهَضُونَ أَبَداً ثَانِيَةً».

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.