Amos 5
1 Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
Audite verbum istud, quod ego levo super vos planctum. Domus Israel cecidit, et non adiiciet ut resurgat.
2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise. She is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
Virgo Israel proiecta est in terram suam, non est qui suscitet eam.
3 For thus says the lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.
Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Urbs, de qua egrediebantur mille, relinquentur in ea centum: et de qua egrediebantur centum, relinquentur in ea decem in domo Israel.
4 For thus says Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
Quia hæc dicit Dominus domui Israel: Quærite me, et vivetis.
5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba. For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to naught.
Et nolite quærere Bethel, et in Galgalam nolite intrare, et in Bersabee non transibitis: quia Galgala captiva ducetur, et Bethel erit inutilis.
6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
Quærite Dominum, et vivite: ne forte comburatur ut ignis domus Ioseph, et devorabit, et non erit qui extinguat Bethel.
7 Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Qui convertitis in absinthium iudicium, et iustitiam in terra relinquitis.
8 seek him who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name),
Facientem Arcturum, et Orionem, et convertentem in mane tenebras, et diem in noctem mutantem: qui vocat aquas maris, et effundit eas super faciem terræ: Dominus nomen est eius.
9 who brings sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
Qui subridet vastitatem super robustum, et depopulationem super potentem affert.
10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks uprightly.
Odio habuerunt corripientem in porta: et loquentem perfecte abominati sunt.
11 Inasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions of wheat from him. Ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them. Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
Idcirco, pro eo quod diripiebatis pauperem, et prædam electam tollebatis ab eo: domos quadro lapide ædificabitis, et non habitabitis in eis: vineas plantabis amantissimas, et non bibetis vinum earum.
12 For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate.
Quia cognovi multa scelera vestra, et fortia peccata vestra: hostes iusti accipientes munus, et pauperes deprimentes in porta:
13 Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Ideo prudens in tempore illo tacebit, quia tempus malum est.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.
Quærite bonum, et non malum, ut vivatis: et erit Dominus Deus exercituum vobiscum, sicut dixistis.
15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate. It may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Odite malum, et diligite bonum, et constituite in porta iudicium: si forte misereatur Dominus Deus exercituum reliquiis Ioseph.
16 Therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways. And they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing.
Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum Dominator, in omnibus plateis planctus: et in cunctis, quæ foris sunt, dicetur: Væ, væ! Et vocabunt agricolam ad luctum, et ad planctum eos, qui sciunt plangere.
17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing, for I will pass through the midst of thee, says Jehovah.
Et in omnibus vineis erit planctus: quia pertransibo in medio tui, dicit Dominus.
18 Woe to you who desire the day of Jehovah! Why would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.
Væ desiderantibus diem Domini: ad quid eam vobis? dies Domini ista, tenebræ, et non lux.
19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis, et occurrat ei ursus: et ingrediatur domum, et innitatur manu sua super parietem, et mordeat eum coluber.
20 Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light, even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Numquid non tenebræ dies Domini, et non lux: et caligo, et non splendor in ea?
21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Odi, et proieci festivitates vestras: et non capiam odorem cœtuum vestrorum.
22 Yea, though ye offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Quod si obtuleritis mihi holocautomata, et munera vestra, non suscipiam: et vota pinguium vestrorum non respiciam.
23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs, for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
Aufer a me tumultum carminum tuorum: et cantica lyræ tuæ non audiam.
24 But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Et revelabitur quasi aqua iudicium, et iustitia quasi torrens fortis.
25 Did ye bring sacrifices and offerings to me in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Numquid hostias et sacrificium obtulistis mihi in deserto quadraginta annis, domus Israel?
26 Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, your images which ye made to yourselves.
Et portastis tabernaculum Moloch vestro, et imaginem idolorum vestrorum, sidus dei vestri, quæ fecistis vobis.
27 Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.
Et migrare vos faciam trans Damascum, dicit Dominus: Deus exercituum nomen eius.
