Amos 5
1 Hear the word this which I [am] lifting up on you a lamentation O house of Israel.
Hear ye this word, which, I, am taking up concerning you—even a dirge, O house of Israel.
2 She has fallen not she will repeat to rise [the] virgin of Israel she has been abandoned on own land her there not [is one who] raises up her.
She hath fallen—she cannot again rise, the virgin, Israel, —she lieth forsaken on her soil, there is none to raise her up.
3 For thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh the city which goes out a thousand it will have left a hundred and which goes out a hundred it will have left ten of [the] house of Israel.
For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, The city that goeth out a thousand strong, shall have left it a hundred, —And, that which goeth out a hundred strong, shall have left it ten, belonging to the house of Israel.
4 For thus he says Yahweh to [the] house of Israel seek me and live.
For, thus, saith Yahweh, to the house of Israel, —Seek me, and live;
5 And may not you seek Beth-el and Gilgal not you must go and Beer Sheba not you must pass over for Gilgal certainly it will go into exile and Beth-el it will become trouble.
Then do not seek Bethel, and, Gilgal, shall ye not enter, and, unto Beer-sheba, shall ye not cross over, For, Gilgal, shall, surely go into exile, and, Bethel, shall become a trouble.
6 Seek Yahweh and live lest he should rush like fire [the] house of Joseph and it will consume and not [one who] extinguishes [it] [will belong] to Beth-el.
Seek ye Yahweh, and live, —lest he break forth, like a fire, upon the house of Joseph, and it devour with none to quench it, for Bethel.
7 O those [who] turn into wormwood justice and righteousness to the ground they thrust down.
Ye who turn, into, wormwood, justice, and, righteousness—to the ground have let fall.
8 [the] maker of Pleiades and Orion and [the one who] turns into morning deep darkness and day night he makes dark the [one who] summons [the] waters of the sea and he poured out them on [the] surface of the earth [is] Yahweh name his.
[Seek him] who made the Cluster and the Giant, and turneth, into morning, the shadow of death, and who, day into night, doth darken, Him who calleth to the waters of the sea, and poureth them out on the face of the land, Yahweh, is his name:
9 The [who] causes to flash devastation on [the] strong and devastation on a fortress it will come.
Him who flasheth force on the strong, —and, force, on the fortress, alighteth!
10 They hate in the gate [one who] reproves and [one who] speaks blameless they abhor.
They hate the man who, in the gate, rebuketh, —and, him who speaketh truthfully, they abhor.
11 Therefore because trample you on [the] poor and a portion of grain you take from him houses of hewn [stone] you have built and not you will dwell in them vineyards of delight you have planted and not you will drink wine their.
Therefore—because ye have trampled on the poor, and, the gift of corn, ye would take away from him, though, houses of hewn stone, ye have built, Yet shall ye not dwell in them, —Though, delightful vineyards, ye have planted, Yet shall ye not drink the wine of them.
12 For I know many transgressions your and numerous sins your O opposers of [the] righteous O takers of ransom and needy [people] in the gate they turn aside.
For I know how numerous are your transgressions, and how surpassing your sins, —ye adversaries of the righteous! ye acceptors of a bribe! Even the needy in the gate, have they turned away!
13 Therefore the prudent [person] at the time that he will be silent for [is] a time evil it.
Therefore, the prudent man, at that time, will be dumb, —Because an evil time, it is!
14 Seek good and may not [it be] evil so that you will live and it may be thus Yahweh God of hosts [will be] with you just as you have said.
Seek ye right and not wrong, that ye nay live, —that, so, Yahweh God of hosts, may be with you, as ye have said.
15 Hate evil and love good and set up in the gate justice perhaps he will show favor to Yahweh God of hosts [the] remnant of Joseph.
Hate wrong, and love right, and station, Justice, in the gate, —Peradventure, Yahweh, God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore thus he says Yahweh God of hosts [the] Lord [will be] in all [the] open places wailing and in all [the] streets people will say alas! alas! and people will call a farmer to mourning and wailing to [those who] know lamentation.
Therefore, thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, My Lord, In all broadways, shall be lamentation, and, in all streets, shall they say, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the husbandman unto the mourning, and, unto the lamentation, them who know a wailing song;
17 And [will be] in all [the] vineyards wailing for I will pass in midst your he says Yahweh.
Ye, in all vineyards, lamentation, —For I will pass along through thy midst, saith Yahweh.
18 Woe to! those [who] desire [the] day of Yahweh why? this to you [the] day of Yahweh it [will be] darkness and not light.
Alas for them who are longing for the day of Yahweh, —What good to you, is the day of Yahweh? it, being darkness and not light:
19 Just as he flees someone from before the lion and it meets him the bear and he goes the house and he leans hand his on the wall and it bites him the snake.
As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and there should meet him—a bear! or he should have entered the house, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and there should bite him—a serpent!
20 ¿ Not [be] darkness [will] [the] day of Yahweh and not light and gloomy and not brightness [will belong] to it.
Shall not the day of Yahweh be, darkness, and not light? yea, thick darkness and no brightness in it?
21 I hate I reject feasts your and not I delight in assemblies your.
I hate, I despise your festivals, —and can scent no fragrance in your solemn feasts.
22 That except you will offer up to me burnt offerings and grain offerings your not I will accept [them] and [the] peace offering of fatlings your not I will pay attention to.
Nay, though ye cause to ascend unto me ascending-sacrifices, and your meal-offerings, I will not accept [them], —nor, the peace-offering of your fat heifers, will I regard.
23 Remove from with me [the] noise of songs your and [the] music of lyres your not I will listen to.
Take thou away from me, the noise of thy songs, —Even the melody of thy harps, will I not hear.
24 And it may roll on like water justice and righteousness like a wadi ever-flowing.
But let, justice, roll along like water, —and, righteousness, as a torrent over flowing.
25 ¿ Sacrifices and grain offering[s] did you bring near to me in the wilderness forty year[s] O house of Israel.
The sacrifices and meal-offering, ye brought near unto me, in the desert, for forty years O house of Israel;
26 And you will lift up Sikkuth king your and Kiyyun images your [the] star of gods your which you made for yourselves.
But ye carried the tent of your king-idol, and your Saturn-images, —the star of your gods, which ye made for yourselves:
27 And I will send into exile you from beyond Damascus he says [is] Yahweh God of hosts name his.
Therefore will I carry you into exile beyond Damascus, —saith Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.
