Amos 2
1 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.
Hæc dicit Dominus: Super tribus sceleribus Moab, et super quattuor non convertam eum: eo quod incenderit ossa regis Idumææ usque ad cinerem.
2 So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
Et mittam ignem in Moab, et devorabit ædes Carioth: et morietur in sonitu Moab, in clangore tubæ:
3 I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,”
et disperdam iudicem de medio eius, et omnes principes eius interficiam cum eo, dicit Dominus.
4 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
Hæc dicit Dominus: Super tribus sceleribus Iuda, et super quattuor non convertam eum: eo quod abiecerit legem Domini, et mandata eius non custodierit: deceperant enim eos idola sua, post quæ abierant patres eorum.
5 So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
Et mittam ignem in Iuda, et devorabit ædes Ierusalem.
6 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
Hæc dicit Dominus: Super tribus sceleribus Israel, et super quattuor non convertam eum: pro eo quod vendiderit pro argento iustum, et pauperem pro calceamentis.
7 They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
Qui conterunt super pulverem terræ capita pauperum, et viam humilium declinant: et filius ac pater eius ierunt ad puellam, ut violarent nomen sanctum meum.
8 They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
Et super vestimentis pignoratis accubuerunt iuxta omne altare: et vinum damnatorum bibebant in domo Dei sui.
9 Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
Ego autem exterminavi Amorrhæum a facie eorum: cuius altitudo, cedrorum altitudo eius, et fortis ipse quasi quercus: et contrivi fructum eius desuper, et radices eius subter.
10 And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
Ego sum, qui ascendere vos feci de Terra Ægypti, et duxi vos in deserto quadraginta annis ut possideretis terram Amorrhæi.
11 I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?”
Et suscitavi de filiis vestris in prophetas, et de iuvenibus vestris Nazaræos: numquid non ita est filii Israel, dicit Dominus?
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
Et propinabitis Nazaræis vinum: et prophetis mandabitis, dicentes: Ne prophetetis.
13 Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
Ecce ego stridebo subter vos, sicut stridet plaustrum onustum fœno.
14 Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
Et peribit fuga a veloce, et fortis non obtinebit virtutem suam, et robustus non salvabit animam suam:
15 The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.
et tenens arcum non stabit, et velox pedibus suis non salvabitur, et ascensor equi non salvabit animam suam:
16 Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,”
et robustus corde inter fortes nudus fugiet in illa die, dicit Dominus.
