< Amos 2 >
1 thus to say LORD upon three transgression Moab and upon four not to return: repent him upon to burn he bone king Edom to/for lime
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.
2 and to send: depart fire in/on/with Moab and to eat citadel: fortress [the] Kerioth and to die in/on/with roar Moab in/on/with shout in/on/with voice: sound trumpet
So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
3 and to cut: eliminate to judge from entrails: among her and all ruler her to kill with him to say LORD
I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,”
4 thus to say LORD upon three transgression Judah and upon four not to return: repent him upon to reject they [obj] instruction LORD and statute: decree his not to keep: obey and to go astray them lie their which to go: walk father their after them
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
5 and to send: depart fire in/on/with Judah and to eat citadel: fortress Jerusalem
So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
6 thus to say LORD upon three transgression Israel and upon four not to return: repent him upon to sell they in/on/with silver: money righteous and needy in/on/with for the sake of sandal
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
7 [the] to crush upon dust land: country/planet in/on/with head poor and way: journey poor to stretch and man and father his to go: went to(wards) [the] maiden because to profane/begin: profane [obj] name holiness my
They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
8 and upon garment to pledge to stretch beside all altar and wine to fine to drink house: temple God their
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
9 and I to destroy [obj] [the] Amorite from face: before their which like/as height cedar height his and strong he/she/it like/as oak and to destroy fruit his from above and root his from underneath: under
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
10 and I to ascend: establish [obj] you from land: country/planet Egypt and to go: take [obj] you in/on/with wilderness forty year to/for to possess: take [obj] land: country/planet [the] Amorite
And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
11 and to arise: establish from son: child your to/for prophet and from youth your to/for Nazirite also nothing this son: descendant/people Israel utterance LORD
I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?”
12 and to water: drink [obj] [the] Nazirite wine and upon [the] prophet to command to/for to say not to prophesy
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
13 behold I to totter underneath: stand you like/as as which to totter [the] cart [the] full to/for her sheaf
Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
14 and to perish refuge from swift and strong not to strengthen strength his and mighty man not to escape soul: life his
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
15 and to capture [the] bow not to stand: stand and swift in/on/with foot his not to escape and to ride [the] horse not to escape soul: life his
The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.
16 and strong heart his in/on/with mighty man naked to flee in/on/with day [the] he/she/it utterance LORD
Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,”