< عامُوس 8 >

ثُمَّ أَرَانِي السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ فِي رُؤْيَا سَلَّةً لِقِطَافِ الثِّمَارِ. ١ 1
Thus has Lord YHWH showed me, and behold, a basket of summer-fruit.
وَسَأَلَنِي: «مَاذَا تَرَى يَا عَامُوسُ؟» فَأَجَبْتُ: «سَلَّةً مَلِيئَةً بِثِمَارِ الصَّيْفِ النَّاضِجَةِ». فَقَالَ لِي الرَّبُّ: «لَقَدْ دَنَتْ نِهَايَةُ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَنْ أَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ بَعْدُ. ٢ 2
And He says, “What are you seeing, Amos?” And I say, “A basket of summer-fruit.” And YHWH says to me: “The end has come to My people Israel, I no longer pass over to it anymore.
فَتَتَحَوَّلُ أَغَانِي قُصُورِهِمْ إِلَى عَوِيلٍ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، وَتَكْثُرُ الْجُثَثُ وَيَطْرَحُونَهَا فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ بِصَمْتٍ». ٣ 3
And female singers have howled of a palace in that day,” A declaration of Lord YHWH, “Many [are] the carcasses, into any place throw—hush!”
اسْتَمِعُوا هَذَا أَيُّهَا الدَّائِسُونَ عَلَى الْبَائِسِينَ، يَا مَنْ حَاوَلْتُمْ أَنْ تَقْضُوا عَلَى فُقَرَاءِ الأَرْضِ، ٤ 4
Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, To cause the poor of the land to cease,
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. ٥ 5
Saying, “When does the new moon pass, And we sell ground grain? And the Sabbath, and we open out pure grain? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use balances of deceit perversely.
لِنَشْتَرِيَ الْمِسْكِينَ بِقِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَالْبَائِسَ بِنَعْلَيْنِ، وَنَبِيعَ نُفَايَةَ الْقَمْحِ؟» ٦ 6
To purchase the poor with money, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Indeed, the refuse of the pure grain we sell.”
قَدْ أَقْسَمَ الرَّبُّ بِعِزَّةِ يَعْقُوبَ قَائِلاً: «لَنْ أَنْسَى شَيْئاً مِنْ مَسَاوِئِهِمْ. ٧ 7
YHWH has sworn by the excellence of Jacob: “I do not forget any of their works forever.
ألا تَرْتَعِبُ الأَرْضُ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ ذَلِكَ، فَيَنُوحَ كُلُّ سَاكِنٍ فِيهَا، فَتَطْمُوَ كَنَهْرٍ، وَتَرْتَفِعَ وَتَنْخَفِضَ كَنِيلِ مِصْرَ؟ ٨ 8
Does the land not tremble for this, And every dweller in it has mourned? And all of it has come up as a flood. And it has been cast out, and has sunk, Like the flood of Egypt.
وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَجْعَلُ الشَّمْسَ تَغْرُبُ عِنْدَ الظَّهِيرَةِ، وَأَغْمُرُ الأَرْضَ بِالظُّلْمَةِ فِي رَابِعَةِ النَّهَارِ. ٩ 9
And it has come to pass in that day,” A declaration of Lord YHWH, “I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,
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. ١٠ 10
And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head—baldness, And made it as a mourning of an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness.
سَتَأْتِي أَيَّامٌ أَجْعَلُ فِيهَا الْمَجَاعَةَ تَنْتَشِرُ فِي الأَرْضِ، لَا مَجَاعَةً إِلَى الْخُبْزِ، وَلا ظَمَأً إِلَى الْمَاءِ إِنَّمَا لِسَمَاعِ كَلامِ الرَّبِّ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ. ١١ 11
Behold, days are coming,” A declaration of Lord YHWH, “And I have sent a famine into the land, Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, But of hearing the words of YHWH.
فَيَهِيمُونَ مِنْ بَحْرٍ إِلَى بَحْرٍ، وَمِنَ الشِّمَالِ إِلَى الشَّرْقِ. يَذْهَبُونَ وَيَجِيئُونَ بَحْثاً عَنْ كَلِمَةِ الرَّبِّ وَلا يَحْظَوْنَ بِها. ١٢ 12
And they have wandered from sea to sea, And from north even to east, They go to and fro to seek the word of YHWH, And they do not find [it].
فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يُغْشَى عَلَى العَذَارَى الْجَمِيلاتِ وَالْفِتْيَانِ مِنْ فَرْطِ الظَّمَإِ. ١٣ 13
In that day the beautiful virgins, And the young men, faint with thirst.
أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يُقْسِمُونَ بِأَوْثَانِ السَّامِرَةِ قَائِلِينَ: حَيٌّ إِلَهُكَ يَا دَانُ، وَحَيٌّ مَعْبُودُ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ. هَؤُلاءِ يَسْقُطُونَ وَلا يَنْهَضُونَ أَبَداً ثَانِيَةً». ١٤ 14
Those swearing by the guilt of Samaria, And who have said, Your god lives, O Dan, And, The way of Beer-Sheba lives, Indeed, they have fallen and do not rise again!”

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