Amos 8
1 Thus hath the Lord God shewed vnto me, and behold, a basket of summer fruite.
Evo što mi pokaza Jahve Gospod: gle, kotarica zrela ploda:
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I sayd, A basket of sommer fruite. Then sayd the Lord vnto me, The ende is come vpon my people of Israel, I wil passe by them no more.
“Što vidiš, Amose?” - upita me. “Kotaricu zrela ploda”, rekoh. Tada mi Jahve reče: “Moj narod izraelski dozreo je za propast; neću ga više štedjeti.
3 And the songs of the Temple shalbe howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: many dead bodies shalbe in euery place: they shall cast them forth with silence.
I hramske će pjevačice jaukati toga dana - riječ je Jahve Gospoda - bit će mnoštvo trupla, svuda će se bacati.”
4 Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,
Slušajte ovo, vi što gazite potrebnika i satirete uboge u zemlji!
5 Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit?
Kažete: “Kad li će mlađak proći, da prodamo žito, i subota, da tržimo pšenicu. Smanjujuć' efu, povećavajući šekel, da varamo krivim mjerama:
6 That we may buy the poore for siluer, and the needie for shooes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate.
da kupimo siromaha za novac, potrebita za sandale, i da prodajemo otražak od žita.
7 The Lord hath sworne by the excellencie of Iaakob, Surely I will neuer forget any of their workes.
Zakle se Jahve Ponosom Jakovljevim: “Dovijeka neću zaboraviti nijednoga vašeg djela.”
8 Shall not the lande tremble for this, and euery one mourne, that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise vp wholy as a flood, and it shall bee cast out, and drowned as by the flood of Egypt.
Neće l' se od toga zemlja potresti, protužiti svi njeni stanovnici, neće li se sva podići kao Nil, spustiti kao Rijeka egipatska?
9 And in that day, saith the Lord God, I will euen cause the sunne to go downe at noone: and I will darken the earth in the cleare day.
“Toga ću dana - riječ je Jahve Gospoda - učiniti da sunce zapadne u podne, i pomračit ću zemlju u po bijela dana.
10 And I will turne your feastes into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring sackcloth vpon all loynes, and baldnes vpon euery head: and I will make it as the mourning of an onely sonne, and the ende thereof as a bitter day.
Okrenut ću svetkovine vaše u kuknjavu i sve vaše pjevanje u tužaljku; obući ću u kostrijet svako bedro, oćelavit ću svaku glavu. Bit će kao kad se tuži za jedincem, i što ostane, bit će kao dan gorčine.”
11 Beholde, the dayes come, sayeth the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the lande, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the word of the Lord.
“Evo, dani dolaze - riječ je Jahve Gospoda - kad ću poslati glad na zemlju, ne glad kruha ni žeđ vode, već slušanja riječi Jahvine.
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the North euen vnto the East shall they run to and from to seeke the worde of the Lord, and shall not finde it.
Tumarat će od mora do mora, od sjevera do istoka potucati se ištući riječ Jahvinu, ali je neće naći.
13 In that day shall the faire virgines and the yong men perish for thirst.
U onaj će dan obamirati od žeđi lijepe djevojke i mladići.
14 They that sweare by the sinne of Samaria, and that say, Thy God, O Dan, liueth, and the maner of Beer-sheba liueth, euen they shall fall, and neuer rise vp againe.
Koji se kunu Grijehom samarijskim i zaklinju se: 'Tako živ bio bog tvoj, Dane!' i: 'Tako živ bio Ljubimac tvoj, Beer Šebo!' oni će pasti i nikad ustati neće.”
