Amos 3

1 Hear this word that YHWH has spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

١ اسْمَعُوا يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي قَضَى بِها الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ، بَلْ عَلَى كُلِّ الْقَبِيلَةِ الَّتِي أَخْرَجْتُهَا مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ:

2 “Only you have I known of all families of the earth, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.”

٢ إِيَّاكُمْ وَحْدَكُمُ اخْتَرْتُ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ قَبَائِلِ الأَرْضِ، لِهَذَا أُعَاقِبُكُمْ عَلَى جَمِيعِ آثَامِكُمْ.

3 Do two walk together if they have not met?

٣ هَلْ يَتَرَافَقُ اثْنَانِ مَعاً مَا لَمْ يَكُونَا عَلَى مَوْعِدٍ؟

4 Does a lion roar in a forest and he has no prey? Does a young lion give out his voice from his habitation, If he has not caught?

٤ أَيَزْأَرُ أَسَدٌ فِي الْغَابَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَقَعَ عَلَى فَرِيسَةٍ؟ أَيُزَمْجِرُ الشِّبْلُ بِصَوْتِهِ مِنْ عَرِينِهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدِ اقْتَنَصَ شَيْئاً؟

5 Does a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no trap for it? Does a snare go up from the ground, And it does not capture prey?

٥ أَيَسْقُطُ الْعُصْفُورُ فِي فَخٍّ عَلَى الأَرْضِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ فَخٌّ مَنْصُوبٌ؟ أَيَنْطَبِقُ فَخٌّ عَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ أَمْسَكَ شَيْئاً؟

6 Is a horn blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And YHWH has not done [it]?

٦ أَيُدَوِّي بُوقٌ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَلا يَعْتَرِي الشَّعْبَ الْخَوْفُ؟ أَيَقَعُ بَلاءٌ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ مَا لَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَرْسَلَهُ؟

7 For Lord YHWH does nothing, Except He has revealed His counsel to His servants the prophets.

٧ إِنَّ السَّيِّدَ الرَّبَّ لَا يُجْرِي أَمْراً مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُعْلِنَ سِرَّهُ لِعَبِيدِهِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ.

8 A lion has roared—who does not fear? Lord YHWH has spoken—who does not prophesy?

٨ قَدْ زَأَرَ الأَسَدُ فَمَنْ لَا يَخَافُ، وَتَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ فَمَنْ لَا يَتَنَبَّأُ؟

9 “Sound to palaces in Ashdod, And to palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Be gathered on mountains of Samaria, And see many troubles within her, And oppressed ones in her midst.

٩ أَذِيعُوا فِي حُصُونِ أَشْدُودَ وَفِي حُصُونِ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ وَقُولُوا: احْتَشِدُوا عَلَى جِبَالِ السَّامِرَةِ، وَاشْهَدُوا مَا فِي وَسَطِهَا مِنْ جَلَبَةٍ، وَانْظُرُوا إِلَى الْمَظْلُومِينَ فِي دَاخِلِهَا.

10 And they have not known to act straightforwardly,” A declaration of YHWH, “Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.”

١٠ فَهَؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الْجَوْرَ وَالنَّهْبَ فِي قُصُورِهِمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ التَّصَرُّفَ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

11 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: “An adversary—and surrounding the land, And he has brought down your strength from you, And your palaces have been spoiled.”

١١ لِذَلِكَ يُعْلِنُ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ: سَيَجْتَاحُ الْعَدُوُّ الْبِلادَ، وَيُحِيلُ حُصُونَكُمْ حُطَاماً وَيَنْهَبُ قُصُورَكُمْ.

12 Thus said YHWH: “As the shepherd delivers from the lion’s mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So the sons of Israel are delivered, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus [on that of] a couch.

١٢ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: كَمَا يَعْجَزُ الرَّاعِي أَنْ يَنْتَزِعَ مِنْ فَمِ الأَسَدِ سِوَى رِجْلَيْ حَمَلٍ، أَوْ قِطْعَةً مِنْ أُذُنٍ، هَكَذَا لَنْ يَنْجُوَ سِوَى الْقَلِيلِ مِنْ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ، الْمُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى الأَرَائِكِ الْوَثِيرَةِ وَالأَسِرَّةِ النَّاعِمَةِ.

13 Hear and testify to the house of Jacob,” A declaration of Lord YHWH, God of Hosts.

١٣ اسْمَعُوا وَاشْهَدُوا عَلَى بَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ.

14 “For in the day of My charging the transgressions of Israel on him, I have laid a charge on the altars of Beth-El, And the horns of the altar have been cut off, And they have fallen to the earth.

١٤ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أُعَاقِبُ فِيهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى تَعَدِّيَاتِهِ، أَهْدِمُ أَيْضاً مَذَابِحَ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَتُقْطَعُ قُرُونُ الْمَذْبَحِ وَتَتَهَاوَى عَلَى الأَرْضِ.

15 And I have struck the winter-house with the summer-house, And houses of ivory have perished, And many houses have been consumed,” A declaration of YHWH!

١٥ وَأُدَمِّرُ الْبُيُوتَ الَّتِي يَأْوُونَ إِلَيْهَا فِي الشِّتَاءِ، وَبُيُوتَ الْمُنْتَجَعَاتِ الصَّيْفِيَّةِ، وَتَنْدَكُّ بُيُوتُ الْعَاجِ وَتَزُولُ مِنَ الْوُجُودِ قُصُورٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.