Amos 5

1 Listen, people of Israel, to this funeral lament that I sing about you!

Here ye this word, for Y reise on you a weilyng.

2 Virgin Israel has fallen, and will never rise again! She lies abandoned on the ground, and there is no one to help her up.

The hous of Israel felle doun, he schal not put to, that it rise ayen; the virgyn of Israel is cast doun in to hir lond, noon is that schal reise hir.

3 This is what the Lord says: From a city that sends out a thousand soldiers, only a hundred will return; from a city that sends out a hundred soldiers, only ten will return.

For the Lord God seith these thingis, The citee of which a thousynde wenten out, an hundrid schulen be left ther ynne; and of which an hundrid wenten out, ten schulen be left ther ynne, in the hous of Israel.

4 This is what the Lord says to the people of Israel: Look to me so you may live!

For the Lord seith these thingis to the hous of Israel, Seke ye me, and ye schulen lyue;

5 Do not look to the false gods of Bethel, do not go to the pagan shrines of Gilgal or travel to those of Beersheba. For Gilgal will go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.

and nyle ye seke Bethel, and nyle ye entre in to Galgala, and ye schulen not passe to Bersabee; for whi Galgal schal be led caitif, and Bethel schal be vnprofitable.

6 Look to the Lord so you may live! Otherwise he will explode like fire against the descendants of Joseph and no one from Bethel will be able to quench it.

Seke ye the Lord, and lyue ye, lest perauenture the hous of Joseph be brent as fier; and it schal deuoure Bethel, and there schal not be, that schal quenche.

7 You twist justice and make it bitter, you throw integrity to the ground.

Whiche conuerten doom in to wermod, and forsaken riytwisnesse in the lond,

8 The One who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns the darkness into morning, and daytime into night, who calls for the water of the seas, and pours it down as rain upon the earth—the Lord is his name!

and forsaken hym that makith Arture and Orion, and hym that turneth derknessis in to the morewtid, and him that chaungith dai in to niyt; which clepith watris of the see, and heldith out hem on the face of erthe; the Lord is name of hym.

9 In a flash he cuts down the strong and destroys the fortresses.

Which scorneth distriyng on the stronge, and bringith robbyng on the myyti.

10 You hate anyone who confronts injustice and loathe anyone who speaks honestly.

Thei hatiden a man repreuynge in the yate, and thei wlatiden a man spekynge perfitli.

11 Because you trample down the poor and impose a tax on their grain, building for yourselves impressive houses, you will not live in them, and you will not drink wine from the fine vineyards you have planted.

Therfor for that that ye robbiden a pore man, and token fro hym the chosun prey, ye schulen bilde housis with square stoon, and ye schulen not dwelle in hem; ye schulen plaunte moost louyd vyneyerdis, and ye schulen not drynke the wyn of hem.

12 For I know the extent of your wrongdoing and your numerous sins. You oppress good people by taking bribes, and you prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.

For Y knew youre grete trespassis many, and youre stronge synnes; enemyes of `the riytwis man, takynge yifte, and berynge doun pore men in the yate.

13 So smart people keep quiet in such evil times.

Therfor a prudent man schal be stille in that time, for the time is yuel.

14 Do what is right, and not evil, so you may live. Then the Lord God of power will be with you, as you claim he is.

Seke ye good, and not yuel, that ye lyue, and the Lord God of oostis schal be with you, as ye seiden.

15 Hate evil and love good—and make sure justice wins out in your courts. Maybe the Lord God of power will have mercy on those who are left of Jacob's people.

Hate ye yuel, and loue ye good, and ordeyne ye in the gate doom; if perauenture the Lord God of oostis haue merci on the remenauntis of Joseph.

16 For this is what the Lord, the Lord God of power says: There will be weeping in the city squares and wailing in the streets. They will call even the farmers to grieve, as well as the professional mourners.

Therfor the Lord God of oostis, hauynge lordschipe, seith these thingis, Weilyng schal be in alle stretis, and in alle thingis that ben withoutforth it schal be seid, Wo! wo! and thei schulen clepe an erthe tilier to mourenyng, and hem that kunnen weile, to weilyng.

17 There will be wailing in every vineyard, for I will pass through the midst of you, says the Lord.

And weilyng schal be in alle weies, for Y schal passe forth in the myddil of `the see, seith the Lord.

18 How disastrous it will be for those of you who long for the day of the Lord. Why would you want the day of the Lord to come? It will bring darkness, not light.

Wo to hem that desiren the dai of the Lord; wher to desiren ye it to you? This dai of the Lord schal be derknessis, and not liyt.

19 It will be like a man running away from a lion only to meet a bear; or a man who goes home and leans his hand on a wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

As if a man renne fro the face of a lioun, and a bere renne to hym; and he entre in to the hous, and lene with his hond on the wal, and a serpent dwellynge in schadewe bite hym.

20 Isn't the day of the Lord darkness without light? Yes, pitch dark without a glimmer of light.

Whether the dai of the Lord schal not be derknessis, and not liyt; and myist, and not schynyng ther ynne?

21 I hate, I despise your festivals and take no delight in your religious assemblies.

Y hatide and castide awei youre feeste daies, and Y schal not take the odour of youre cumpenyes.

22 Even though you present me with burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. As for your peace offerings of fattened cattle—I will not even look at them.

That if ye offren to me youre brent sacrifices, and yiftis, Y schal not resseyue, and Y schal not biholde avowis of youre fatte thingis.

23 Stop your noisy worship songs. I will not listen to the melody of your harps.

Do thou awei fro me the noise of thi songis, and Y schal not here the songis of thin harpe.

24 Rather let justice flow like a river, and doing right like an ever-flowing stream.

And doom schal be schewid as watir, and riytfulnesse as a strong streem.

25 Did you bring me sacrifices during those forty years in the desert, people of Israel?

Whether ye, the hous of Israel, offriden to me sacrifices for enemyes to be ouercomun, and sacrifice in desert fourti yeeris?

26 But now you carry idols of Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god that you made for yourselves.

And ye han bore tabernaclis to Moloch, youre god, and ymage of youre idols, the sterre of youre god, which ye maden to you.

27 So I will send you into exile in a land beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of power.

And Y schal make you for to passe ouer Damask, seide the Lord; God of oostis is the name of him.