Amos 5
1 Počujte ovu riječ što je iznosim protiv vas, naricaljku, dome Izraelov:
Hear ye this word of the Lord, even a lamentation, which I take up against you. The house of Israel is fallen; it shall no more rise.
2 Pade i više neće ustati djevica izraelska. Na tlu svojem ona leži, nikog da je digne.
The virgin of Israel has fallen upon his land; there is none that shall raise her up.
3 Jer ovako govori Jahve Gospod domu Izraelovu: u gradu iz kojeg izlažaše tisuća, ostat će stotina, iz kojeg izlažaše stotina, ostat će ih deset.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; The city out of which there went forth a thousand, [in it] there shall be left a hundred, and [in that] out of which there went forth a hundred, there shall be left ten to the house of Israel.
4 Jer ovako govori Jahve domu Izraelovu: “Tražite i živjet ćete.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
5 Ne tražite Betela, ne idite u Gilgal, ne putujte u Beer Šebu, jer će Gilgal bit odveden u izgnanstvo, a Betel će se prometnuti u ništa.
But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgala, and cross not over to the Well of the Oath: for Galgala shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall be as that which is not.
6 Tražite Jahvu i živjet ćete, il' će ko' oganj zahvatiti kuću Josipovu i sažeć' je, a u Betelu nikog da plamen ugasi.”
Seek ye the Lord, and ye shall live; lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire, and it devour him, and there shall be none to quench it for the house of Israel.
7 Jao onima koji pravdu pretvaraju u pelin, u prah bacaju poštenje!
[It is he] that executes judgment in the height [above], and he has established justice on the earth:
8 On napravi Vlašiće i Štapce, on obrće mrak u zoru, a dan u najglušu noć. On saziva morske vode i valja ih preko lica zemlje. Jahve mu je ime.
who makes all things, and changes [them], and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night: who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is his name:
9 Nenadano šalje pustoš na tvrđavu i utvrdi propast nosi.
who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress.
10 Mrze čovjeka što na vratima pravdu dijeli i grde onog što zbori pošteno.
They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.
11 Stoga, jer gazite siromaha, dižući od njega porez u žitu - u kućama što ih sazdaste od tesanika nikad živjet' nećete; iz ljupkih vinograda što ih posadiste nikad nećete piti vina.
Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and ye have received of them choice gifts; ye have built polished houses, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted desirable vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine of them.
12 Jer znam mnoge vaše zločine, i vaše grijehe pregoleme: tlačite pravednika i primate mito, odbijajuć' siromaha na gradskim vratima.
For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside [the judgment of] the poor in the gates.
13 Mudrac šuti u ovo vrijeme, jer vremena su tako zla.
Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.
14 Tražite dobro, a ne zlo, da biste živjeli, i da Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, odista s vama bude kao što velite da jest.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as ye have said,
15 Mrzite zlo, ljubite dobro, držite pravicu na gradskim vratima, pa će se možda Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, smilovat' ostatku Josipovu.
We have hated evil, and loved good: and restore ye judgment in the gates; that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
16 Stog ovako govori Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, Gospod: “Na svakom će trgu biti kuknjava, po svim će ulicama zapomagati: 'Jao! Jao!' Težake će sazvat' da jauču, narikače da nariču,
Therefore thus saith the Lord God Almighty; In all the streets [shall be] lamentations; and in all the ways shall it be said, Woe, woe! the husbandman shall be called to mourning and lamentation, and to them that are skilled in complaining.
17 bit će jauk u svakom vinogradu, jer ću proći posred tebe” - veli Jahve.
And [there shall be] lamentation in all the ways; because I will pass through the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
18 “Jao vama što žudite za danom Jahvinim! Što će vam biti dan Jahvin? Tama, a ne svjetlost.
Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it is darkness, and not light.
19 Bit će vam k'o onom što uteče lavljim raljama, a sretne ga medvjed; koji uđe u kuću i stavi ruku na zid, a ujede ga zmija.
As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.
20 Neće li dan Jahvin biti tama, a ne svjetlost? Mrklina, a ne sunčan sjaj?
Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this [day] gloom without brightness?
21 Mrzim i prezirem vaše blagdane i nisu mi mile vaše svečanosti.
I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell [your] meat-offerings in your general assemblies.
22 Paljenice kad mi prinosite, prinosnice mi vaše nisu mile, na pričesnice se od ugojenih telaca vaših i ne osvrćem.
Wherefore if ye should bring me your whole-burnt-sacrifices and meat-offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I have respect to your grand peace-offerings.
23 Uklonite od mene dreku svojih pjesama, neću da slušam zvuke vaših harfa.
Remove from me the sound of thy songs, and I will not hear the music of thine instruments.
24 Pravda nek' poteče kao voda i pravica k'o bujica silna.
But let judgment roll down as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent.
25 Prinosiste li mi žrtve i prinos u pustinji četrdeset godina, dome Izraelov?
Have ye offered to me victims and sacrifices, O house of Israel, forty years in the wilderness?
26 Nosit ćete Sikuta, svoga kralja, i Kevana, boga svoga, likove što ih sebi napraviste,
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Raephan, the images of them which ye made for yourselves.
27 dok vas budem odvodio onkraj Damaska,” govori Jahve - Bog nad Vojskama njemu je ime.
And I will carry you away beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the Almighty God is his name.
