Amos 4
1 Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.
Ouvi esta palavra, vós, vaccas de Basan, vós, que estaes no monte de Samaria, vós, que opprimis aos pobres, que quebrantaes os necessitados, vós, que dizeis a seus senhores: Dae cá, para que bebamos.
2 The Lord God has taken an oath by his holy name, that the days are coming when they will take you away with hooks, and the rest of you with fish-hooks.
Jurou o Senhor Jehovah, pela sua sanctidade, que eis que dias estão para vir sobre vós, em que vos levarão com anzoes e a vossos descendentes com anzoes de pesca.
3 And you will go out through the broken places, every one going straight before her, and you will be sent into Harmon, says the Lord.
E saireis pelas brechas, uma após outra, e lançareis fóra o que levastes para o palacio, disse o Senhor.
4 Come to Beth-el and do evil; to Gilgal, increasing the number of your sins; come with your offerings every morning and your tenths every three days:
Vinde a Beth-el, e transgredi, em Gilgal augmentae as transgressões, e de manhã trazei os vossos sacrificios, e os vossos dizimos ao terceiro dia.
5 Let that which is leavened be burned as a praise-offering, let the news of your free offerings be given out publicly; for this is pleasing to you, O children of Israel, says the Lord.
E queimae o sacrificio de louvores do pão levedado, e apregoae os sacrificios voluntarios, fazei-o ouvir; porque assim o quereis, ó filhos de Israel, disse o Senhor Jehovah.
6 But in all your towns I have kept food from your teeth, and in all your places there has been need of bread: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Por isso tambem vos dei limpeza de dentes em todas as vossas cidades, e falta de pão em todos os vossos logares; comtudo não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor.
7 And I have kept back the rain from you, when it was still three months before the grain-cutting: I sent rain on one town and kept it back from another: one part was rained on, and the part where there was no rain became a waste.
Além d'isso, retive de vós a chuva, faltando ainda tres mezes até á sega; e fiz chover sobre uma cidade, e sobre outra cidade não fiz chover; sobre um campo choveu, mas o outro, sobre o qual não choveu, se seccou.
8 So two or three towns went wandering to one town looking for water, and did not get enough: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
E andaram vagabundas duas ou tres cidades a uma cidade, para beberem agua, mas não se saciaram: comtudo não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor.
9 I have sent destruction on your fields by burning and disease: the increase of your gardens and your vine-gardens, your fig-trees and your olive-trees, has been food for worms: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Feri-vos com queimadura, e com ferrugem; a multidão das vossas hortas, e das vossas vinhas, e das vossas figueiras, e das vossas oliveiras, comeu a locusta; comtudo não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor.
10 I have sent disease among you, as it was in Egypt: I have put your young men to the sword, and have taken away your horses; I have made the evil smell from your tents come up to your noses: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Enviei a peste contra vós, á maneira do Egypto: os vossos mancebos matei á espada, e os vossos cavallos deixei levar presos, e o fedor dos vossos exercitos fiz subir aos vossos narizes; comtudo não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor.
11 And I have sent destruction among you, as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Subverti a alguns d'entre vós, como Deus subverteu a Sodoma e Gomorrah, sendo vós como um tição arrebatado do incendio; comtudo não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor.
12 So this is what I will do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, be ready for a meeting with your God, O Israel.
Portanto, assim te farei, ó Israel! Porquanto pois isto te farei, prepara-te, ó Israel, a encontrares o teu Deus.
13 For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.
Porque eis que o que fórma os montes, e cria o vento, e declara ao homem qual seja o seu pensamento, o que faz da manhã trevas, e piza os altos da terra, o Senhor Deus dos Exercitos é o seu nome.
