Amos 4

1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, Who [are] on the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: “Bring in, and we 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 Lord YHWH has sworn by His holiness, “Behold, days are coming on you, And He has taken you away with hooks, And your posterity with fish-hooks.

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

3 And [by] breaches you go forth, A woman before her, And you have cast down the high place,” A declaration of YHWH.

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

4 “Enter Beth-El, and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression, And bring in your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every third year.

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

5 And burn a thank-offering with leaven as incense, And proclaim willing gifts, sound! For so you have loved, O sons of Israel,” A declaration of Lord YHWH.

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 “And I also—I have given to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places, And you have not turned back to Me,” A declaration of YHWH.

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—I have withheld from you the rain, While yet three months to harvest, And I have sent rain on one city, And on another city I do not send rain, One portion is rained on, And the portion on which it does not rain withers.

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 have wandered, To the same city to drink water, And they are not satisfied, And you have not turned back to Me,” A declaration of YHWH.

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

9 “I have struck you with blasting and with mildew, The abundance of your gardens and of your vineyards, And of your figs, and of your olives, The palmer-worm eats, And you have not turned back to Me,” A declaration of YHWH.

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

10 “I have sent among you pestilence by the way of Egypt, I have slain your choice ones by sword, With your captive horses, And I cause the stink of your camps to come up—Even into your nostrils, And you have not turned back to Me,” A declaration of YHWH.

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 have overturned among you, Like the overturn by God of Sodom and Gomorrah, And you are as a brand delivered from a burning, And you have not turned back to Me,” A declaration of YHWH.

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 I do to you, O Israel, at last, Because this I do to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel.”

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

13 For behold, the Former of mountains, and Creator of wind, And the Declarer to man what [is] His thought, He is making dawn obscurity, And is treading on high places of earth, YHWH, 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.