Amos 8

1 Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and behold a basket of summer fruit.

Evo što mi pokaza Jahve Gospod: gle, kotarica zrela ploda:

2 And He said: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A basket of summer fruit.' Then said the LORD unto me: The end is come upon My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any 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 palace shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord GOD; the dead bodies shall be many; in every place silence shall be cast.

I hramske će pjevačice jaukati toga dana - riječ je Jahve Gospoda - bit će mnoštvo trupla, svuda će se bacati.”

4 Hear this, O ye that would swallow the needy, and destroy the poor of the land,

Slušajte ovo, vi što gazite potrebnika i satirete uboge u zemlji!

5 Saying: 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth corn? making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances of 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 poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the corn?'

da kupimo siromaha za novac, potrebita za sandale, i da prodajemo otražak od žita.

7 The LORD hath sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Zakle se Jahve Ponosom Jakovljevim: “Dovijeka neću zaboraviti nijednoga vašeg djela.”

8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? Yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the River 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 it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear 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 turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end 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 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words 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 even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find 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 fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.

U onaj će dan obamirati od žeđi lijepe djevojke i mladići.

14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: 'As thy God, O Dan, liveth'; and: 'As the way of Beer-sheba liveth'; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

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.”