Amos 5
1 Hear these words, which I utter concerning you; This lamentation, O house of Israel!
Audite verbum istud, quod ego levo super vos planctum. Domus Israel cecidit, et non adiiciet ut resurgat.
2 She is fallen, she shall rise no more, The virgin of Israel! She is prostrate on her own ground, there is none to raise her up!
Virgo Israel proiecta est in terram suam, non est qui suscitet eam.
3 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah; The city which sent out a thousand shall have a hundred left, And that which sent out a hundred shall have ten left, To the house of Israel.
Quia haec dicit Dominus Deus: Urbs, de qua egrediebantur mille, relinquentur in ea centum: et de qua egrediebantur centum, relinquentur in ea decem in domo Israel.
4 For thus saith Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live!
Quia haec dicit Dominus domui Israel: Quaerite me, et vivetis.
5 Seek not Bethel, And go not to Gilgal, And pass not over to Beersheba! For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity! And Bethel shall come to naught.
Et nolite quaerere Bethel, et in Galgalam nolite intrare, et in Bersabee non transibitis: quia Galgala captiva ducetur, et Bethel erit inutilis.
6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live! Lest he rush like a fire on the house of Joseph, And it devour, and there be none to quench it in the house of Israel.
Quaerite Dominum, et vivite: ne forte comburatur ut ignis domus Ioseph, et devorabit, et non erit qui extinguat Bethel.
7 Ye who turn justice into wormwood, And cast righteousness down to the ground.
Qui convertitis in absinthium iudicium, et iustitiam in terra relinquitis.
8 Seek him, that made the Pleiades and Orion; That changeth death-like darkness into morning, And darkeneth day into night; That calleth up the waters of the sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name!
Facientem Arcturum, et Orionem, et convertentem in mane tenebras, et diem in noctem mutantem: qui vocat aquas maris, et effundit eas super faciem terrae: Dominus nomen est eius.
9 Who sendeth sudden destruction upon the strong, And bringeth desolation upon the fortress.
Qui subridet vastitatem super robustum, et depopulationem super potentem affert.
10 They hate him that pleadeth in the gate, And abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Odio habuerunt corripientem in porta: et loquentem perfecte abominati sunt.
11 Since, then, ye trample upon the poor, And take from him presents of wheat, Though ye build houses of hewn stone, ye shall not dwell in them; Though ye plant pleasant vineyards, ye shall not drink their wine.
Idcirco, pro eo quod diripiebatis pauperem, et praedam electam tollebatis ab eo: domos quadro lapide aedificabitis, et non habitabitis in eis: vineas plantabis amantissimas, et non bibetis vinum earum.
12 For I know that your sins are many, And your transgressions manifold, Ye who afflict the righteous, and take a bribe, And oppress the poor in the gate!
Quia cognovi multa scelera vestra, et fortia peccata vestra: hostes iusti accipientes munus, et pauperes deprimentes in porta:
13 Therefore the wise man shall be silent at that time, For it shall be an evil time.
Ideo prudens in tempore illo tacebit, quia tempus malum est.
14 Seek ye good, and not evil, that ye may live; Then shall Jehovah, the God of hosts, be with you, as ye boast.
Quaerite bonum, et non malum, ut vivatis: et erit Dominus Deus exercituum vobiscum, sicut dixistis.
15 Hate ye evil, and love good, And establish justice in the gate; It may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will have pity upon the remnant of Joseph.
Odite malum, et diligite bonum, et constituite in porta iudicium: si forte misereatur Dominus Deus exercituum reliquiis Ioseph.
16 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: In all the streets shall there be wailing, And in all the highways shall they cry, Alas! alas! They shall call the husbandmen to mourning, And those who are skilful in lamentation to wailing,
Propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus exercituum dominator, in omnibus plateis planctus: et in cunctis, quae foris sunt, dicetur vae vae: et vocabunt agricolam ad luctum, et ad planctum eos, qui sciunt plangere.
17 And in all vineyards shall be sounds of woe, For I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.
Et in omnibus vineis erit planctus: quia pertransibo in medio tui, dicit Dominus.
18 Woe unto them that ask for the day of Jehovah! What is the day of Jehovah to you? It shall be darkness, and not light.
Vae desiderantibus diem Domini: ad quid eam vobis? dies Domini ista, tenebrae, et non lux.
19 As if a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him; Or went into a house and leaned his hand on a wall, And a serpent bit him;
Quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis, et occurrat ei ursus: et ingrediatur domum, et innitatur manu sua super parietem, et mordeat eum coluber.
20 So shall the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light, Even thick darkness, and no brightness in it.
Numquid non tenebrae dies Domini, et non lux: et caligo, et non splendor in ea?
21 I hate, I despise your feasts; I have no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Odi, et proieci festivitates vestras: et non capiam odorem coetuum vestrorum.
22 When ye offer me burnt-offerings and flour-offerings, I will not accept them; And upon the thank-offerings of your fatlings I will not look.
Quod si obtuleritis mihi holocaustomata, et munera vestra, non suscipiam: et vota pinguium vestrorum non respiciam.
23 Take ye away from me the noise of your songs, And the music of your harps let me not hear!
Aufer a me tumultum carminum tuorum: et cantica lyrae tuae non audiam.
24 Let justice flow forth as waters, And righteousness as a mighty stream!
Et revelabitur quasi aqua iudicium, et iustitia quasi torrens fortis.
25 Did ye offer me sacrifices and offerings In the wilderness, for forty years, O house of Israel?
Numquid hostias et sacrificium obtulistis mihi in deserto quadraginta annis, domus Israel?
26 But ye bore the tabernacle of your king, And the shrine of your images, The star of your god, which ye made for yourselves.
Et portastis tabernaculum Moloch vestro, et imaginem idolorum vestrorum, sidus dei vestri, quae fecistis vobis.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, Saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts!
Et migrare vos faciam trans Damascum, dicit Dominus, Deus exercituum nomen eius.
