Amos 3
1 “You people of Israel, I brought all your ancestors out of Egypt; so listen to what I am saying about you.
Чујте реч коју говори Господ за вас, синови Израиљеви, за све племе које сам извео из земље мисирске, говорећи:
2 From all the people-groups on the earth, I [chose and] took care of only you. That is the reason that I will punish you for the sins that you have committed.”
Само вас познах између свих племена земаљских, зато ћу вас походити за сва безакоња ваша.
3 Two [people] certainly cannot [RHQ] walk together if they have not [already] agreed [about what place they will start walking from].
Хоће ли двојица ићи заједно, ако се не састану?
4 A lion certainly does not [RHQ] roar in the bushes/forest if it has not killed another animal. It does not [RHQ] growl in its den if it is not eating [the flesh of an animal that it has caught].
Хоће ли рикнути лав у шуми, ако нема лова? Хоће ли лавић пустити глас свој из пећине своје, ако не ухвати шта?
5 No one can [RHQ] catch a bird if [he does] not [set] a trap for it. A trap does not spring shut unless some [animal] has not sprung the trap.
Хоће ли птица пасти у мрежу на земљу, ако нема замке? Хоће ли се дигнути мрежа са земље, ако се ништа не ухвати?
6 [Similarly, all] the people in a city certainly [RHQ] become afraid when [they hear someone] blowing a trumpet [to signal that enemies are attacking]. And when a city experiences disaster, Yahweh is the one who has caused it [RHQ].
Хоће ли труба трубити по граду, а народ да не дотрчи уплашен? Хоће ли бити несрећа у граду, а Господ да је не учини?
7 And whatever Yahweh plans to do, he tells his prophets about it.
Јер Господ Господ не чини ништа не откривши тајне своје слугама својим пророцима.
8 Everyone certainly becomes terrified [RHQ] when they hear a lion roar, and if Yahweh the Lord has given messages [to prophets like me], we certainly must [RHQ] proclaim those messages, [even if they cause people to become terrified].
Кад лав рикне, ко се неће бојати? Кад Господ рече, ко неће пророковати?
9 [I said this to the leaders of Samaria] (OR, [Yahweh said this to me]): Send this message to the leaders [MET] in Ashdod [city] and to Egypt: “Come to the hills of Samaria and see [the way that their (leaders/wealthy people)] are causing people in that city to be terrified, and [the way that they] are causing the people to suffer!”
Огласите по дворовима азотским и по дворовима у земљи мисирској, и реците: Скупите се на горе самаријске и видите велике нереде у њој, и насиље у њој.
10 Yahweh says that the people there do not know how to do things that are right. Their homes are filled with [valuable things] that they have stolen or [taken] violently [from others].
Не знају чинити право, говори Господ, сабирају благо насиљем и грабежом у дворима својим.
11 So Yahweh [our] God says that [soon] their enemies will come and tear down their (defenses/high city walls) and take away those valuable things.
Зато овако вели Господ Господ: Непријатељ је око земље и обориће ти силу твоју, и оплениће се дворови твоји.
12 Yahweh has declared this: “When a lion attacks a sheep, [sometimes] a shepherd will be able to snatch from the lion’s mouth only two legs or an ear of the sheep. Similarly, [only] a few people from Samaria will escape, and [they will be able to rescue only] a part of a couch and a part of a bed.”
Овако вели Господ: Као кад пастир истргне из уста лаву две ноге или крај од уха, тако ће се истргнути синови Израиљеви који седе у Самарији на углу од одра и накрај постеље.
13 The Commander of the armies of angels said this: “Proclaim [this message] about the descendants [MTY] of Jacob:
Чујте и засведочите у дому Јаковљевом, говори Господ Господ Бог над војскама.
14 When I, Yahweh, punish [the people of] Israel because of the sins that they have committed, I will cause the altars at Bethel [town] to be destroyed; even the projections at the corners of the altars will be cut off and fall to the ground.
Кад походим Израиља за грехе његове, тада ћу походити и олтаре ветиљске, и одбиће се рогови олтару и пашће на земљу.
15 I will cause the houses [that they live in during] the (winter/rainy season) and those [in which they live during] the (summer/dry season) to be torn down. [Beautiful] big houses and houses [that are decorated] with ivory will be destroyed. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
И ударићу кућу зимну и летњу кућу, и пропашће куће од слонове кости, и нестаће великих кућа, говори Господ.
