Amos 3
1 Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
Poslušajte to besedo, ki jo je Gospod govoril zoper vas, oh Izraelovi otroci, zoper celotno družino, ki sem jo privedel iz egiptovske dežele, rekoč:
2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.
»Samo vas sem poznal izmed vseh zemeljskih družin, zato vas bom kaznoval zaradi vseh vaših krivičnosti.
3 Shall two walk together except they be agreed?
Mar lahko dva hodita skupaj, razen če se strinjata?
4 Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den if he have taken nothing?
Ali bo lev rjovel v gozdu, kadar nima plena? Ali bo mlad lev vpil iz svojega brloga, če ni ničesar dobil?
5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth when no gin [is laid] for him? Will the snare spring up from the earth when nothing at all hath been taken?
Ali lahko ptica pade v zanko na tla, kjer zanjo ni nobene pasti? Mar nekdo pobere zanko s tal in ni sploh ničesar ujel?
6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah not have done [it]?
Mar bo šofar zatrobil v mestu in ljudstvo ne bo prestrašeno? Mar bo zlo v mestu in Gospod tega ni storil?
7 But the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Zagotovo Gospod Bog ne bo storil ničesar, da ne bi svojo skrivnost razodeval svojim služabnikom prerokom.
8 The lion hath roared, — who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken, — who can but prophesy?
Lev je zarjovel, kdo se ne bo bal? Gospod Bog je spregovoril, kdo ne bi prerokoval?
9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great uproar in the midst thereof, and the oppressions that are within her:
Razglasi v palačah pri Ašdódu in v palačah egiptovske dežele in reci: ›Zberite se na gorah Samarije in glejte velike nemire v njeni sredi in zatirane v njeni sredi.‹
10 and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.
Kajti ne znajo delati pravilno, « govori Gospod, »tisti, ki kopičijo nasilje in rop v svojih palačah.«
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary! — even round about the land! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be pillaged.
Zato tako govori Gospod Bog: »Nasprotnik bo celo naokoli dežele in tvojo moč bo privedel dol od tebe in tvoje palače bodo oplenjene.«
12 Thus saith Jehovah: Like as the shepherd rescueth out of the jaw of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and upon the damask of a bed.
Tako govori Gospod: »Kakor pastir iz levjih ust izvleče dve nogi ali košček ušesa, tako bodo izvlečeni Izraelovi otroci, ki prebivajo v Samariji, v kotu postelje in na ležišču v Damasku.
13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts,
Prisluhnite in pričujte v Jakobovi hiši, « govori Gospod Bog, Bog nad bojevniki,
14 that in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
»da na dan, ko bom na njem obiskal Izraelove prestopke, bom obiskal tudi oltarje Betela in oltarni rogovi bodo odsekani in padli na tla.
15 And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.
Zimsko hišo bom udaril s poletno hišo [vred] in slonokoščene hiše bodo izginile in velike hiše bodo uničene, « govori Gospod.
