عامُوس 9

١ 1 وَرَأَيْتُ السَّيِّدَ وَاقِفاً إِلَى جُوَارِ الْمَذْبَحِ قَائِلاً: «اضْرِبْ تِيجَانَ الأَعْمِدَةِ حَتَّى تَهْتَزَّ الْعَتَبَاتُ، وَحَطِّمْهَا عَلَى رُؤُوسِ جَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ. وَمَنْ يَنْجُو مِنْهُمْ أُهْلِكُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ، فَلا يَهْرُبُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ وَلا يُفْلِتُ مِنْهُمْ نَاجٍ.

Yahweh [showed me another vision. In the vision, ] I saw him standing next to the altar. He said, “Shake the tops of the pillars [of the temple], until they become loose and fall down, so that even the foundation will shake. Then cause the [pieces of the temple] to fall down on the people [who are inside]. I will kill with a sword anyone who [tries to] flee; no one will escape.

٢ 2 وَإِنْ نَقَبُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مَلْجَأً فِي أَعْمَاقِ الْهَاوِيَةِ، فَإِنَّ يَدِي تَطُولُهُمْ هُنَاكَ، وَإِنِ ارْتَقَوْا إِلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ فَمِنْ هُنَاكَ أُنْزِلُهُمْ. (Sheol h7585)

If they dig deep pits in the ground, or if they try to climb up to the sky [in order to escape], I will reach out and grab them. (Sheol h7585)

٣ 3 وَإِنِ اخْتَبَأُوا فِي أَعَالِي الْكَرْمَلِ فَهُنَاكَ أَبْحَثُ عَنْهُمْ وَأَعْتَقِلُهُمْ. وَإِنْ تَوَارَوْا عَنِّي فِي أَعْمَاقِ الْبَحْرِ فَإِنِّي آمُرُ هُنَاكَ الْحَيَّةَ فَتَلْدَغُهُمْ.

If they go to the top of Carmel [Mountain] to escape, I will search for them and seize them. If they [try to] hide from me at the bottom of the sea, I will command the [huge] sea monster to bite them.

٤ 4 وَإِنْ سِيقُوا إِلَى السَّبْيِ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ أُلاحِقُهُمْ بِالسَّيْفِ لأَفْنِيَهُمْ، وَأَتَعَقَّبُهُمْ لأَبْتَلِيَهُمْ بِالشَّرِّ لَا بِالْخَيْرِ».

If their enemies [capture them and] force them to go to other countries, I will command that they be killed there with swords. I am determined [IDM] to get rid of them, not to help them.”

٥ 5 إِنَّ الرَّبَّ الإِلَهَ الْقَدِيرَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَلْمَسُ الأَرْضَ فَتَذُوبُ، وَيَنُوحُ كُلُّ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِيهَا، وَيَرْتَفِعُ كُلُّ مَا فِيهَا وَيَنْخَفِضُ كَنَهْرِ نِيلِ مِصْرَ.

When the Commander of the armies of angels touches the earth, it melts, and all over the earth [many people die, and the others] mourn for them. [It is as though] Yahweh causes the earth repeatedly to rise and fall like [SIM] the Nile [River] rises and falls.

٦ 6 هُوَ الَّذِي يَبْنِي مَخَادِعَهُ الْعُلْيَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَيُؤَسِّسُ قُبَّتَهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، الَّذِي يَدْعُو مِيَاهَ الْبَحْرِ وَيَسْكُبُهَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الثَّرَى، الرَّبُّ اسْمُهُ.

He builds his [beautiful] palace in heaven, and sets/causes the sky to be like a dome over the earth. He scoops up the water from the ocean and [puts it into clouds], and then empties [the clouds] onto the earth. His name is Yahweh.

٧ 7 أَلَسْتُمْ لِي يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِثْلَ الْكُوشِيِّينَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ؟ أَلَمْ أُخْرِجْ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ وَالْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مِنْ كَفْتُورَ وَالأَرَامِيِّينَ مِنْ قِيرٍ.

And Yahweh says, “You people of Israel, you are certainly [RHQ] [now no more important to me] than the people of Ethiopia. I brought your [ancestors] here from Egypt, but I also brought the people of Philistia from Crete [Island], and I brought the people of Syria from the Kir [region].

٨ 8 هَا إِنَّ عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ مُسَلَّطَتَانِ عَلَى الْمَمْلَكَةِ الْخَاطِئَةِ لأَمْحُوَهَا عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، إِلّا أَنِّي لَنْ أَسْتَأْصِلَ بَيْتَ يَعْقُوبَ قَاطِبَةً يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

I [SYN], Yahweh the Lord, have seen that you people in the kingdom [of Israel] are very sinful, so I will (destroy you/wipe you off the earth). But I will not get rid of all you descendants [MTY] of Jacob. [That is what will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.

٩ 9 أُغَرْبِلُ بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ الأُمَمِ كَمَا تُغَرْبَلُ الْحِنْطَةُ فِي غُرْبَالٍ، فَلا تَسْقُطُ حَبَّةٌ عَلَى الأَرْضِ.

When I command it, [it will be as though] I will shake you Israeli people [who are living] in various nations, like [MET] [a farmer] shakes a sieve [to separate] the stone pebbles [from the grain], in order that they do not fall on the ground [with the grain].

١٠ 10 وَيَمُوتُ جَمِيعُ خُطَاةِ شَعْبِي بِالسَّيْفِ مِمَّنْ يَقُولُونَ: لَنْ يُدْرِكَنَا الشَّرُّ أَوْ يَلْقَانَا.

From among my people, all you sinful people who say, ‘We will not experience disasters; nothing evil will happen to us,’ will be killed by [your enemies’] swords.”

١١ 11 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أُقِيمُ مَسْكَنَ دَاوُدَ الَّذِي تَهَاوَى، وَأَسُدُّ ثُغْرَاتِهِ وَأُعَمِّرُ خَرَائِبَهُ وَأُعِيدُ بِنَاءَهُ كَالْعَهْدِ بِهِ فِي الأَيَّامِ الْغَابِرَةِ.

“The kingdom [over which King] David [ruled has been destroyed, like] [MET] a house that collapsed and then became ruins. But some day I will cause it to be a kingdom again. I will cause it to prosper again just like it did previously.

١٢ 12 لِكَيْ يَرِثَ إِسْرَائِيلُ مَا تَبَقَّى مِنْ أَدُومَ وَجَمِيعَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي دُعِيَ اسْمِي عَلَيْهَا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ صَانِعُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ.

When that happens, your [armies] will seize/capture the remaining part of Edom [region] again, and they will also seize the land in other nations that previously belonged to me [MTY]. I, Yahweh, have said [that I will do these things], and I will certainly cause them to happen.

١٣ 13 هَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، يُدْرِكُ فِيهَا الْحَارِثُ الْحَاصِدَ، وَدَائِسُ الْعِنَبِ بَاذِرَ الْحَبِّ، وَتَسِيلُ الْخُمورُ الطَّيِّبَةُ مِنْ كُرُومِ الْجِبَالِ وَتَفِيضُ بِها التِّلالُ كُلُّهَا.

There will be a time [when your crops will grow very well]. Very soon after the crops are harvested, farmers will plow the ground [to plant more crops in it again], and soon after the vineyards are planted, [farmers will harvest] grapes and tread on them [to make wine]. [And because there will be a lot of] wine, [it will seem as though] wine is flowing down from the hills [DOU].

١٤ 14 وَأَرُدُّ سَبْيَ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيُعِيدُونَ بِنَاءَ الْمُدُنِ الْخَرِبَةِ وَيَسْكُنُونَهَا، وَيَزْرَعُونَ كُرُوماً وَيَشْرَبُونَ مِنْ خَمْرِهَا، وَيَغْرِسُونَ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ ثِمَارِهَا.

I will cause you, my Israeli people, to prosper again. You will rebuild your towns and live in them. You will plant vineyards and then drink the wine [made from the grapes that grows in them].

١٥ 15 وَأَغْرِسُ شَعْبِي فِي أَرْضِهِمْ فَلا يُسْتَأْصَلُونَ ثَانِيَةً أَبَداً مِنَ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لَهُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

I will enable you to live [MET] in your land again, the land that I gave to [your ancestors], and never again will you be forced to leave it. [That is what will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.”