Amos 8
1 Evo što mi pokaza Jahve Gospod: gle, kotarica zrela ploda:
The Lord Jehovah showed me this vision: Behold a basket of ripe fruits!
2 “Što vidiš, Amose?” - upita me. “Kotaricu zrela ploda”, rekoh. Tada mi Jahve reče: “Moj narod izraelski dozreo je za propast; neću ga više štedjeti.
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of ripe fruits. Then said Jehovah to me, The destruction of my people Israel is ripe; I will not spare them any more.
3 I hramske će pjevačice jaukati toga dana - riječ je Jahve Gospoda - bit će mnoštvo trupla, svuda će se bacati.”
The songs of the palace shall be shrieks in that day, Saith the Lord Jehovah. There shall be many dead bodies in every place, And they shall be cast forth in silence.
4 Slušajte ovo, vi što gazite potrebnika i satirete uboge u zemlji!
Hear this, ye that pant to oppress the needy, And to destroy the poor of the land.
5 Kažete: “Kad li će mlađak proći, da prodamo žito, i subota, da tržimo pšenicu. Smanjujuć' efu, povećavajući šekel, da varamo krivim mjerama:
That say, 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 heavy, And falsifying the balances for deceit,
6 da kupimo siromaha za novac, potrebita za sandale, i da prodajemo otražak od žita.
That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the refuse of the wheat?
7 Zakle se Jahve Ponosom Jakovljevim: “Dovijeka neću zaboraviti nijednoga vašeg djela.”
Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
8 Neće l' se od toga zemlja potresti, protužiti svi njeni stanovnici, neće li se sva podići kao Nil, spustiti kao Rijeka egipatska?
Shall not the land tremble for this, And shall not all that dwell therein mourn? Shall not all of it rise in waves like a river, And be swept from its place, and overflowed, as by the river of Egypt!
9 “Toga ću dana - riječ je Jahve Gospoda - učiniti da sunce zapadne u podne, i pomračit ću zemlju u po bijela dana.
It shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, That I will cause the sun to go down at noon, And will darken the land in the clear day.
10 Okrenut ću svetkovine vaše u kuknjavu i sve vaše pjevanje u tužaljku; obući ću u kostrijet svako bedro, oćelavit ću svaku glavu. Bit će kao kad se tuži za jedincem, i što ostane, bit će kao dan gorčine.”
I will turn your feasts into mourning, And all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, And baldness upon all heads. I will fill the land with mourning, as for an only son, And its end shall be as a day of bitter woe.
11 “Evo, dani dolaze - riječ je Jahve Gospoda - kad ću poslati glad na zemlju, ne glad kruha ni žeđ vode, već slušanja riječi Jahvine.
Behold, the time cometh, saith the Lord Jehovah, That I will send a famine upon the land; Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the word of Jehovah.
12 Tumarat će od mora do mora, od sjevera do istoka potucati se ištući riječ Jahvinu, ali je neće naći.
And men shall wander from sea to sea, And from the north even to the east shall they run to and fro, To seek an answer from Jehovah, and shall not find it.
13 U onaj će dan obamirati od žeđi lijepe djevojke i mladići.
In that day shall the fair virgins, and the young men, faint for thirst,
14 Koji se kunu Grijehom samarijskim i zaklinju se: 'Tako živ bio bog tvoj, Dane!' i: 'Tako živ bio Ljubimac tvoj, Beer Šebo!' oni će pasti i nikad ustati neće.”
Who swear by the sin of Samaria, And say, By the life of thy God, O Dan! And, By the worship of Beersheba! They shall fall, and shall rise no more!
