Amos 2
1 This is what the Lord says: The people of Moab have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they desecrated the bones of the king of Edom by burning them, turning them into lime.
Yavé dice: Por tres pecados de Moab, y por el cuarto, no revocaré su castigo: Porque quemó los huesos del rey de Edom hasta calcinarlos.
2 So I will send down fire on Moab, and I will burn up the fortresses of Kerioth, and the people of Moab will die in the midst of uproar, battle cries, and the sound of the trumpet.
Enviaré fuego sobre Moab, y devorará los palacios de Queriot. En el tumulto morirá Moab, con gritos de guerra y el sonido de trompeta.
3 I will cut down their king and all their princes with him, says the Lord.
También cortaré al juez de en medio de ella. Mataré con él a todos sus jefes, dice Yavé.
4 This is what the Lord says: The people of Judah have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his commands. Their lies have led them astray, the same lies that their forefathers followed.
Yavé dice: Por tres pecados de Judá, y por el cuarto, no le revocaré su castigo: Porque despreciaron la Ley de Yavé y no guardaron sus Ordenanzas, y los extraviaron sus mentiras, tras las cuales anduvieron sus antepasados.
5 So I will send down fire on Judah, and I will burn up the fortresses of Jerusalem.
Encenderé fuego en Judá, que devorará los palacios de Jerusalén.
6 This is what the Lord says: The people of Israel have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they sell good people for silver, and poor people for a pair of sandals.
Yavé dice: Por tres pecados de Israel, y por el cuarto, no revocaré su castigo: Porque venden al justo por dinero, y al necesitado por un par de sandalias.
7 They trample the heads of the poor into the dust, and push the needy out of the way. A man and his father have sex with the same servant girl so that my holy name is profaned.
Codician hasta el polvo de la tierra que está sobre la cabeza del pobre, y pervierten la senda del humilde. Un hombre y su padre se unen con la misma joven, a fin de profanar mi santo Nombre.
8 At every altar they stretch themselves out in clothes taken from debtors as collateral, in the temple of their god they drink wine taken from the people they fined.
Se acuestan sobre ropas retenidas en prenda junto a cualquier altar y beben el vino de los multados en la casa de su ʼelohim.
9 Yet it was I was the one who destroyed the Amorites before you, even though they were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed them root and branch.
Yo destruí al amorreo ante ellos, cuya estatura era como la altura de los cedros y fuertes como los robles. Sin embargo Yo destruí su fruto arriba y sus raíces abajo,
10 It was I who brought you out of the land of Egypt and led you through the desert for forty years so that you could take the Amorites' land.
Yo, Quien los saqué de la tierra de Egipto y los conduje por el desierto durante 40 años para que poseyeran la tierra del amorreo.
11 I appointed some of your sons to be prophets, and some of your young men to be Nazirites. Isn't this true, people of Israel?
Entonces levanté a algunos de sus hijos para que fueran profetas y a algunos de sus jóvenes para que fueran nazareos. ¿No es así, oh hijos de Israel? dice Yavé.
12 But you made the Nazirites sin by drinking wine, and you told the prophets, “Don't tell us what God says.”
Pero ustedes dieron a beber vino a los nazareos y mandaron a los profetas: No profeticen.
13 Now see what I am going to do. I will crush you where you are, as if crushed by a heavy cart loaded down with sheaves of grain.
Ciertamente, ustedes me presionaron, como una carreta es presionada cuando está cargada de gavillas.
14 Not even your fastest runners will escape; strong men will lose their strength. Even the greatest warrior will not be able to save his life.
No hay escape para el ágil, ni el fuerte saca su fuerza, ni el valiente salva su vida.
15 The archer will not stand his ground. The quickest on his feet will not be able to get away, and even those on horseback will not save themselves.
El que empuña el arco no resistirá, el ligero de pies no escapará, ni el jinete salvará su vida.
16 On that day even the bravest of the mighty warriors will run away naked, says the Lord.
Aun el más bravo entre los guerreros huirá desnudo en aquel día, dice Yavé.
