Amos 5
1 Heare ye this worde, which I lift vp vpon you, euen a lamentation of the house of Israel.
audite verbum istud quod ego levo super vos planctum domus Israhel cecidit non adiciet ut resurgat
2 The virgine Israel is fallen, and shall no more rise: shee is left vpon her lande, and there is none to raise her vp.
virgo Israhel proiecta est in terram suam non est qui suscitet eam
3 For thus saith ye Lord God, The citie which went out by a thousand, shall leaue an hundreth: and that which went forth by an hundreth, shall leaue ten to the house of Israel.
quia haec dicit Dominus Deus urbs de qua egrediebantur mille relinquentur in ea centum et de qua egrediebantur centum relinquentur in ea decem in domo Israhel
4 For thus saith the Lord vnto the house of Israel, Seeke ye me, and ye shall liue.
quia haec dicit Dominus domui Israhel quaerite me et vivetis
5 But seeke not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and go not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall goe into captiuitie, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
et nolite quaerere Bethel et in Galgala nolite intrare et in Bersabee non transibitis quia Galgala captiva ducetur et Bethel erit inutilis
6 Seeke the Lord, and yee shall liue, least he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph and deuoure it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
quaerite Dominum et vivite ne forte conburatur ut ignis domus Ioseph et devorabit et non erit qui extinguat Bethel
7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth.
qui convertitis in absinthium iudicium et iustitiam in terra relinquitis
8 He maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lord is his Name.
facientem Arcturum et Orionem et convertentem in mane tenebras et diem nocte mutantem qui vocat aquas maris et effundit eas super faciem terrae Dominus nomen eius
9 He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie: and the destroyer shall come against the fortresse.
qui subridet vastitatem super robustum et depopulationem super potentem adfert
10 They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh vprightly.
odio habuerunt in porta corripientem et loquentem perfecte abominati sunt
11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.
idcirco pro eo quod diripiebatis pauperem et praedam electam tollebatis ab eo domos quadro lapide aedificabitis et non habitabitis in eis vineas amantissimas plantabitis et non bibetis vinum earum
12 For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, and they oppresse the poore in ye gate.
quia cognovi multa scelera vestra et fortia peccata vestra hostes iusti accipientes munus et pauperes in porta deprimentes
13 Therefore the prudent shall keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time.
ideo prudens in tempore illo tacebit quia tempus malum est
14 Seeke good and not euil, that ye may liue: and the Lord God of hostes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken.
quaerite bonum et non malum ut vivatis et erit Dominus Deus exercituum vobiscum sicut dixistis
15 Hate the euil, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may bee that the Lord God of hostes will be mercifull vnto the remnant of Ioseph.
odite malum et diligite bonum et constituite in porta iudicium si forte misereatur Dominus Deus exercituum reliquiis Ioseph
16 Therfore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord saith thus, Mourning shalbe in all streetes: and they shall say in al the hie wayes, Alas, alas: and they shall call the husbandman to lamentation, and such as can mourne, to mourning.
propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus exercituum Dominator in omnibus plateis planctus et in cunctis quae foris sunt dicetur vae vae et vocabunt agricolam ad luctum et ad planctum eos qui sciunt plangere
17 And in al the vines shalbe lamentation: for I wil passe through thee, saith the Lord.
et in omnibus vineis erit planctus quia pertransibo in medio tui dicit Dominus
18 Woe vnto you, that desire the day of the Lord: what haue you to do with it? the day of the Lord is darkenes and not light.
vae desiderantibus diem Domini ad quid eam vobis dies Domini ista tenebrae et non lux
19 As if a man did flee from a lyon, and a beare met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis et occurrat ei ursus et ingrediatur domum et innitatur manu sua super parietem et mordeat eum coluber
20 Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes, and not light? euen darkenes and no light in it?
numquid non tenebrae dies Domini et non lux et caligo et non splendor in ea
21 I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smelll in your solemne assemblies.
odi et proieci festivitates vestras et non capiam odorem coetuum vestrorum
22 Though ye offer me burnt offrings and meat offrings, I wil not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offrings of your fat beasts.
quod si adtuleritis mihi holocaustomata et munera vestra non suscipiam et vota pinguium vestrorum non respiciam
23 Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes)
aufer a me tumultum carminum tuorum et cantica lyrae tuae non audiam
24 And let iudgement runne downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer.
et revelabitur quasi aqua iudicium et iustitia quasi torrens fortis
25 Haue ye offered vnto me sacrifices and offrings in the wildernesse fourtie yeeres, O house of Israel?
numquid hostias et sacrificium obtulistis mihi in deserto quadraginta annis domus Israhel
26 But you haue borne Siccuth your King, and Chiun your images, and the starre of your gods, which ye made to your selues.
et portastis tabernaculum Moloch vestro et imaginem idolorum vestrorum sidus dei vestri quae fecistis vobis
27 Therefore wil I cause you to goe into captiuitie beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose Name is the God of hostes.
et migrare vos faciam trans Damascum dixit Dominus Deus exercituum nomen eius
