Ámos 4
1 Slyšte slovo toto, ó krávy Bázanské, kteréž jste na horách Samařských, kteréž nátisk činíte chudým, a potíráte nuzné, kteréž říkáte pánům jejich: Přineste, ať pijeme.
You [wealthy women] of Samaria [have grown fat like] [MET] the fat cows of the Bashan [region]. You oppress poor people and you cause needy people to suffer. And you say to your husbands, “Bring us [more wine] to drink!”
2 Přisáhl Panovník Hospodin skrze svatost svou, že aj, dnové jdou na vás, v nichž vezme vás na háky, a potomky vaše na udice rybářské.
But Yahweh [our] God has said this: “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this: It will [soon] be the time when you all will be taken [to another country]; [your enemies will take you away as though they are] using sharp hooks [DOU] [to grab you].
3 I vyjdete mezerami, každá tak, jakž stojí, a budete rozhazovati, což na palácích, dí Hospodin.
[Your enemies] will drag you out through breaks/holes [in your city walls], and they will throw you outside the city. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
4 Jdětež do Bethel, a buďtež poběhlci Galgala, rozmnožujte převrácenost, a přinášejte každého jitra oběti své, třetího roku desátky své.
Go to Bethel and Gilgal [towns where many people worship me] and sin more and more [SAR]! [I say that not because I want you to do it], [but because it is what you have always been doing]! Offer sacrifices on the morning [after you arrive], [and bring me] (a tithe/one tenth) of your crops the next day.
5 A pálíce obět chvály z kvašených věcí, provolejte i oběti dobrovolné, a rozhlaste, poněvadž se vám tak líbí, ó synové Izraelští, dí Panovník Hospodin.
Bring offerings of bread to thank me, and [other] offerings that are not required/commanded, and boast about [these offerings that you bring], because that is what you like to do, [but you do it to impress others, not to please me]. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it.
6 A ačkoli já dal jsem vám čistotu zubů po všech městech vašich, totiž nedostatek chleba na všech místech vašich, a však jste se ke mně neobrátili, dí Hospodin.
I [am the one who] caused there to be no food in any of your cities and towns [DOU], but you rejected me in spite of that.
7 Já také zadržel jsem vám déšť, když ještě tři měsícové byli do žně, a dštil jsem na jedno město, a na druhé město jsem nedštil; jeden díl deštěm svlažen byl, a ten díl, na kterýž nepršelo, uschl.
When it was still three months before [the time of] harvesting [crops], [at the time when your crops needed rain the most], I prevented rain from falling. [Sometimes] I allowed rain to fall on some towns and prevented it from falling on other towns. Rain fell on some fields, but it did not fall on other fields, with the result that [the soil in] those fields [where it did not rain] dried up.
8 A toulali se dvě i tři města k jednomu městu, aby se napili vody, aniž se napiti mohli, a však jste se neobrátili ke mně, dí Hospodin.
People would stagger from one town to another town to find water, but they could not even get enough water to drink, but in spite of that, you have not returned to me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!
9 Bil jsem vás suchem a rzí; hojnost, kterouž přinášely zahrady vaše a vinice vaše, i fíkoví vaše, i olivoví vaše, pojedly housenky, a však jste se neobrátili ke mně, dí Hospodin.
I caused your grain fields to dry up; I caused your gardens and vineyards to be struck/destroyed by (blight/hot winds) and mildew. [I sent] locusts to eat [the leaves on] your fig trees and olive trees, but in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!
10 Poslal jsem na vás mor tak jako na Egypt, zbil jsem mečem mládence vaše, v zajetí jsem vydal koně vaše, a učinil jsem, že vstupoval smrad vojsk vašich i v chřípě vaše, a však jste se neobrátili ke mně, dí Hospodin.
I caused you to experience (plagues/severe sicknesses) like the plagues [that I sent to the people] of Egypt. I caused [many of] your young men to die in battles. I allowed [your enemies] to capture your horses. [Many of your soldiers were killed, ] and I caused your camps to be filled with the smell/stink of their [decaying] corpses. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!
11 Podvrátil jsem vás, jako podvrátil Bůh Sodomu a Gomoru, tak že jste byli jako hlavně vychvácená z ohně, vždy však neobrátili jste se ke mně, dí Hospodin.
I got rid of many of you, like I got rid of [the people in] Sodom and Gomorrah. [Those of] you who [did not die] were like [SIM] a burning stick that was snatched from a fire [so that it would not burn completely]. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it!
12 A protož takť učiním, ó Izraeli, a poněvadž takť učiniti míním, připraviž se vstříc Bohu svému, ó Izraeli.
So [now], you [people of] Israel, I am going to punish you. Prepare to stand in front of me, your God, [when I judge you]!
13 Nebo aj, on jest sformovatel hor a stvořitel větrů, a oznamuje člověku, jaké by bylo jeho myšlení; činí z záře jitřní tmu, a šlapá po vysokostech země. Hospodin Bůh zástupů jest jméno jeho.
I created the mountains, and [I] created winds. I reveal to humans what I am thinking. I [sometimes] cause the daylight to become dark [like the night]. I [rule over everything]; I [even] walk on the highest mountains on the earth! I am the Commander of the armies of angels!”
