Amos 6

1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the foremost of nations, to whom the house of Israel come.

١ وَيْلٌ لِلْمُتْرَفِينَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ وَالْمُطْمَئِنِّينَ فِي جَبَلِ السَّامِرَةِ، نُبلاءِ طَلِيعَةِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ يَتَوَافَدُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

2 Go to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?

٢ تَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى مَدِينَةِ كَلْنَةَ وَتَأَمَّلُوا، ثُمَّ انْتَقِلُوا إِلَى حَمَاةَ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَمِنْهَا انْحَدِرُوا إِلَى جَتَّ مَدِينَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. هَلْ هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْمَمَالِكِ أَمْ تُخُومُهُمْ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ تُخُومِكُمْ؟

3 Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

٣ أَنْتُمْ يَا مَنْ تَتَجَاهَلُونَ يَوْمَ السُّوءِ وَتُقَرِّبُونَ كُرْسِيَّ الظُّلْمِ.

4 Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

٤ وَيْلٌ لِلرَّاقِدِينَ فَوْقَ أَسِرَّةٍ مِنْ عَاجٍ، الْمُسْتَرْخِينَ فَوْقَ الأَرَائِكِ، الآكِلِينَ لَحْمَ خَيْرَةِ الْحُمْلانِ وَالْعُجُولِ الْمُخْتَارَةِ مِنْ وَسَطِ الْمَعْلِفِ.

5 who strum on the strings of a harp; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

٥ الْمُغَنِّينَ عَلَى صَوْتِ الرَّبَابِ، الْمُخْتَرِعِينَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ آلاتِ غِنَاءٍ كَدَاوُدَ.

6 who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

٦ الشَّارِبِينَ خَمْراً فِي كُؤُوسٍ، الْمُتَطَيِّبِينَ بِأَفْضَلِ الْعُطُورِ، وَلا يَكْتَئِبُونَ عَلَى خَرَابِ يُوسُفَ.

7 Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive; and the feasting and lounging will end.

٧ لِهَذَا سَيَكُونُونَ أَوَّلَ الذَّاهِبِينَ إِلَى السَّبْيِ، وَيَزُولُ مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ لَهْوٍ وَعَبَثٍ.

8 "YHWH has sworn by himself," says YHWH, the God of hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

٨ وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: قَدْ أَقْسَمْتُ بِذَاتِي، أَنْ أَمْقُتَ زَهْوَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَأُبْغِضَ قُصُورَهُ، فَأُسَلِّمُ الْمَدِينَةَ بِكُلِّ مَا فِيهَا.

9 And it will be, if there remain ten men in one house, they will die, and the remaining ones will be left.

٩ فَيَكُونُ إِذَا بَقِيَ عَشَرَةُ رِجَالٍ فِي بَيْتٍ وَاحِدٍ، أَنَّهُمْ يَلْقَوْنَ حَتْفَهُمْ.

10 "When a man's relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, 'Is there yet any with you?' And he says, 'No;' then he will say, 'Hush. Indeed we must not mention the name of YHWH.'

١٠ وَعِنْدَمَا يُقْبِلُ عَمُّ الْمَيْتِ الْمُشْرِفُ عَلَى إِحْرَاقِ الْجُثَثِ لِيُخْرِجَ عِظَامَهُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ، وَيَسْأَلُ مَنْ هُوَ مُخْتَبِئٌ فِي أَقْصَى الْمَنْزِلِ: أَمَا بَقِيَ وَاحِدٌ مَعَكَ؟ فَيُجِيبُ: لا، ثُمَّ يُضِيفُ: اصْمُتْ وَلا تَذْكُرِ اسْمَ الرَّبِّ.

11 "For, look, YHWH commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.

١١ لأَنَّهُ هَا الرَّبُّ يَأْمُرُ، فَيَهْدِمُ الْبَيْتَ الْكَبِيرَ فَيَصِيرُ رُكَاماً، وَالْبَيْتَ الصَّغِيرَ حُطَاماً.

12 Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;

١٢ أَتَجْرِي الْخُيُولُ عَلَى الصُّخُورِ؟ وَهَلْ يُحْرَثُ الْبَحْرُ بِثِيرَانٍ؟ لَقَدْ حَوَّلْتُمُ الْحَقَّ سُمّاً زُعَافاً، وَثِمَارَ الْبِرِّ مَرَارَةً.

13 you who rejoice in Lo Debar, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves Karnaim by our own strength?'

١٣ أَنْتُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُبْتَهِجُونَ بِالْعَدَمِ الْقَائِلُونَ: أَلَيْسَ بِقُوَّتِنَا ظَفِرْنَا؟

14 For, look, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel," says YHWH, the God of hosts; "and they will afflict you from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi Arabah."

١٤ هَا أَنَا أُثِيرُ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَّةً يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، فَيَسُومُونَكُمُ الْعَذَابَ مِنْ مَدْخَلِ حَمَاةَ إِلَى وَادِي الْعَرَبَةِ».