Amos 3
1 Listen to this message, Israelites, which the Lord has spoken against you, against the whole nation that I brought out of Egypt:
Audite verbum, quod locutus est Dominus super vos, filii Israel: super omnem cognationem, quam eduxi de Terra Ægypti, dicens:
2 You alone have I cared for of all the nations of the world, this is why I will punish you for your crimes.
Tantummodo vos cognovi ex omnibus cognationibus terræ: idcirco visitabo super vos omnes iniquitates vestras.
3 Do two walk together unless they agreed to meet?
Numquid ambulabunt duo pariter, nisi convenerit eis?
4 Does a lion roar in the forest when there is no prey for him? Does a young lion cry out in his den unless he has caught something?
Numquid rugiet leo in saltu, nisi habuerit prædam? Numquid dabit catulus leonis vocem de cubili suo, nisi aliquid apprehenderit?
5 Does a bird swoop down into a trap if no bait is set for it? Does a trap spring up from the ground if nothing sets it off?
Numquid cadet avis in laqueum terræ absque aucupe? Numquid auferetur laqueus de terra antequam quid ceperit?
6 Can a trumpet be blown in a city and the people not tremble? Can disaster strike a city and the Lord not have caused it?
Si clanget tuba in civitate, et populus non expavescet? Si erit malum in civitate, quod Dominus non fecerit?
7 Surely the Lord God does nothing without revealing his purpose to his servants the prophets.
Quia non facit Dominus Deus verbum, nisi revelaverit secretum suum ad servos suos prophetas.
8 The lion has roared; who does not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who will not prophesy?
Leo rugiet, quis non timebit? Dominus Deus locutus est, quis non prophetabit?
9 Proclaim over the palaces in Ashdod, and over the palaces in the land of Egypt: Gather upon the mountain of Samaria, and see the violent turmoil, the acts of oppression in her midst.
Auditum facite in ædibus Azoti, et in ædibus Terræ Ægypti: et dicite: Congregamini super montes Samariæ, et videte insanias multas in medio eius, et calumniam patientes in penetralibus eius.
10 For they do not know how to do right. They are heaping up violence and oppression in their palaces, says the Lord.
Et nescierunt facere rectum, dicit Dominus, thesaurizantes iniquitatem, et rapinas in ædibus suis.
11 Therefore the Lord God says: An enemy will surround the land, he will strip your strength from you. and your palaces will be looted.
Propterea, hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Tribulabitur et circuietur terra: et detrahetur ex te fortitudo tua, et diripientur ædes tuæ.
12 The Lord says: Just as a shepherd rescues from the jaws of a lion two shinbones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites living in Sameria will be rescued – with the corner of a couch, and the damask of a divan!
Hæc dicit Dominus: Quomodo si eruat pastor de ore leonis duo crura, aut extremum auriculæ: sic eruentur filii Israel, qui habitant in Samaria in plaga lectuli, et in Damasci grabato.
13 Listen and testify against the house of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of hosts.
Audite, et contestamini in domo Iacob, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum:
14 On the day when I punish Israel for their crimes, I will also visit in judgment the altars of Bethel, the horns of the altar will be hacked off, and they will fall to the ground.
quia in die cum visitare cœpero prævaricationes Israel, super eum visitabo, et super altaria Bethel: et amputabuntur cornua altaris, et cadent in terram.
15 I will destroy the winter houses together with the summer houses and the houses of ivory will perish. Many great houses will be swept away, says the Lord.
Et percutiam domum hiemalem cum domo æstiva: et peribunt domus eburneæ, et dissipabuntur ædes multæ, dicit Dominus.
