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

The Lord says: For Moab’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They have burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom,

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

to desecrate the dead. So I will send a fire into Moab. It will devour the palaces of Kirioth, with a war-cry, with the sound of trumpets.

3 and to cut: eliminate to judge from entrails: among her and all ruler her to kill with him to say LORD

I will kill the ruler, all his nobles I will slay with him, says the Lord.

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

The Lord says: For Judah’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They have rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his statutes. Instead their false gods their ancestors followed, have led them astray.

5 and to send: depart fire in/on/with Judah and to eat citadel: fortress Jerusalem

So I will send a fire on Judah. It will devour the palaces 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

The Lord says: For Israel’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They sell the righteous for money, the needy for a pair of shoes.

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 head of the poor, push the humble out of the way. Father and son go to the same temple 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 stretch themselves on garments taken in pledges beside every altar, and they drink the wine of those who have been fined in the house of their God.

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

It was I who destroyed the Amorites for your sake, whose height was like that of the cedars, as strong as oaks. I destroyed their fruit from above and their roots from 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

It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, led you forty years in the wilderness, brought you here to possess the land of the Amorites.

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 some of your sons to be prophets some of your youths to be Nazirites. Is not this indeed so, Israelites? says the Lord.

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 banned the prophets from prophesying.

13 behold I to totter underneath: stand you like/as as which to totter [the] cart [the] full to/for her sheaf

Listen! It is I who will make you groan in your places, as a wagon groans under its load 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

Then flight will fail the swift, and the strength of the strongest will be useless. The warrior 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 firm, the swift of foot will not escape, 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

The bravest of warriors will flee away naked in that day, says the Lord.