Amos 4

1 Hear this word, O ye cows of Bashan, that are on the mount of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink.

١ اسْمَعِي هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةِ يَا نِسَاءَ بَاشَانَ، اللَّوَاتِي يُقِمْنَ فِي جَبَلِ السَّامِرَةِ، مِمَّنْ يَظْلِمْنَ الْمِسْكِينَ وَيَسْحَقْنَ الْفُقَرَاءَ وَاللَّوَاتِي يَقُلْنَ لأَزْوَاجِهِنَّ: هَاتُوا مُسْكِراً لِنَشْرَبَ.

2 Sworn hath the Lord Eternal by his holiness, that, lo, days are coming over you, when men will carry you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

٢ قَدْ أَقْسَمَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ بِقَدَاسَتِهِ قَائِلاً: هَا أَيَّامٌ تُقْبِلُ عَلَيْكُنَّ، يَجُرُّكُنَّ فِيهَا الْعَدُوُّ بِالْكَلالِيبِ وَذُرِّيَّتَكُنَّ بِشُصُوصِ السَّمَكِ.

3 And through breaches in the wall shall ye go out, every one through that before her: and ye shall cast off your proud greatness, saith the Lord.

٣ وَتَخْرُجُ كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْكُنَّ مِنْ شَقٍّ، زَاحِفَةً عَلَى وَجْهِهَا، وَتُطْرَدْنَ إِلَى هَرْمُونَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

4 Go then to Beth-el, and transgress; to Gilgal, [and] multiply transgression; and bring in the morning your sacrifices, after three days your tithes:

٤ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَارْتَكِبُوا الْمَعَاصِي، وَأَقْبِلُوا إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ وَكَثِّرُوا ذُنُوبَكُمْ. قَرِّبُوا ذَبَائِحَكُمْ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ، وَعُشُورَكُمْ كُلَّ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ.

5 And burn of leaven a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and proclaim and publish freewill-offerings; for so do you love [to do], O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord Eternal.

٥ قَدِّمُوا مِنَ الْخَمِيرِ قُرْبَانَ شُكْرٍ، وَأَعْلِنُوا مُتَبَاهِينَ عَنْ تَقْدِمَاتِكُمُ التَّطَوُّعِيَّةِ، وَتَفَاخَرُوا بِها، لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوهُ يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

6 But, I also had indeed given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: and yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

٦ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ الْجُوعَ يَعُمُّ مُدُنَكُمْ، فَلَمْ تَتَّسِخْ أَسْنَانُكُمْ بِالطَّعَامِ! وَأَفْقَرْتُكُمْ إِلَى الْخُبْزِ فِي كُلِّ أَمَاكِنِ سُكْنَاكُمْ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ تَائِبِينَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

7 And I also had indeed withholden from you the rain, when it was yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and upon another city I caused it not to rain; one piece of land was rained upon, and another piece whereupon it rained not became dried up;

٧ مَنَعْتُ عَنْكُمُ الْمَطَرَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ بَقِيَ لِلْحَصَادِ سِوَى ثَلاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ، وَأَمْطَرْتُ عَلَى مَدِينَةٍ دُونَ مَدِينَةٍ، وَعَلَى حَقْلٍ دُونَ الآخَرِ، فَجَفَّ الْحَقْلُ الَّذِي لَمْ أُمْطِرْ عَلَيْهِ.

8 And two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: and yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

٨ فَأَقْبَلَتْ مَدِينَتَانِ أَوْ ثَلاثٌ عَلَى مَدِينَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ لِتَشْرَبَ مَاءً، وَلَكِنَّهَا لَمْ تَرْتَوِ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ تَائِبِينَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

9 I had smitten you with blasting and mildew; the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees did the caterpillar devour: and yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

٩ أَرْسَلْتُ الرِّيَاحَ اللّافِحَةَ وَالْيَرَقَانَ لِتُجَفِّفَ مَحَاصِيلَكُمْ، وَالْتَهَمَ الْجَرَادُ حَدَائِقَكُمْ وَكُرُومَكُمْ وَأَشْجَارَ تِينِكُمْ وَزَيْتُونِكُمْ. وَمَا رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَيَّ!

10 I had sent out against you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men with the sword, together with your captive horses; and I had caused the stench of your camps to ascend even into your nostrils; and yet ye have not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

١٠ أَصَبْتُكُمْ بِالأَوْبِئَةِ الَّتِي أُصِيبَتْ بِها مِصْرُ، وَقَضَيْتُ عَلَى شَبَابِكُمْ بِالسَّيْفِ وَسَبَيْتُ خُيُولَكُمْ، وَجَعَلْتُ نَتْنَ مُعَسْكَرِكُمْ يَزْكُمُ أُنُوفَكُمْ. وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ تَائِبِينَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

11 I had produced an overthrow among you, like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye became like a fire-brand snatched out of the burning: and yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

١١ دَمَّرْتُ بَعْضَ مُدُنِكُمْ كَمَا دَمَّرَ اللهُ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ، فَكَانَ مَنْ نَجَا مِنْكُمْ كَشُعْلَةٍ مُنْتَشَلَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ. وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ تَائِبِينَ.

12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: because then I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

١٢ لِذَلِكَ، هَذَا مَا أُجْرِيهِ عَلَيْكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ. فَمِنْ أَجْلِ مَا أَصْنَعُهُ بِكَ تَأَهَّبْ لِلِقَاءِ إِلَهِكَ.

13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning-dawn [and] darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, — The Lord, the God of hosts, is his name.

١٣ فَانْظُرْ إِنَّهُ هُوَ صَانِعُ الْجِبَالِ وَخَالِقُ الرِّيَاحِ، الَّذِي أَعْلَنَ فِكْرَهُ لِلْبَشَرِ، وَأَحَالَ النَّهَارَ إِلَى لَيْلٍ، وَمَشَى فَوْقَ مَشَارِفِ الأَرْضِ، الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ اسْمُهُ.