Amos 4
1 You [wealthy women] of Samaria [have grown fat like] [MET] the fat cows of the Bashan [region]. You oppress poor people and you cause needy people to suffer. And you say to your husbands, “Bring us [more wine] to drink!”
Ascoltate queste parole, o vacche di Basàn, che siete sul monte di Samaria, che opprimete i deboli, schiacciate i poveri e dite ai vostri mariti: Porta qua, beviamo!
2 But Yahweh [our] God has said this: “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this: It will [soon] be the time when you all will be taken [to another country]; [your enemies will take you away as though they are] using sharp hooks [DOU] [to grab you].
Il Signore Dio ha giurato per la sua santità: Ecco, verranno per voi giorni, in cui sarete prese con ami e le rimanenti di voi con arpioni da pesca.
3 [Your enemies] will drag you out through breaks/holes [in your city walls], and they will throw you outside the city. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Uscirete per le brecce, una dopo l'altra e sarete cacciate oltre l'Ermon, oracolo del Signore.
4 Go to Bethel and Gilgal [towns where many people worship me] and sin more and more [SAR]! [I say that not because I want you to do it], [but because it is what you have always been doing]! Offer sacrifices on the morning [after you arrive], [and bring me] (a tithe/one tenth) of your crops the next day.
Andate pure a Betel e peccate! A Gàlgala e peccate ancora di più! Offrite ogni mattina i vostri sacrifici e ogni tre giorni le vostre decime.
5 Bring offerings of bread to thank me, and [other] offerings that are not required/commanded, and boast about [these offerings that you bring], because that is what you like to do, [but you do it to impress others, not to please me]. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it.
Offrite anche sacrifici di grazie con lievito e proclamate ad alta voce le offerte spontanee perchè così vi piace di fare, o Israeliti, dice il Signore.
6 I [am the one who] caused there to be no food in any of your cities and towns [DOU], but you rejected me in spite of that.
Eppure, vi ho lasciato a denti asciutti in tutte le vostre città e con mancanza di pane in tutti i vostri villaggi: e non siete ritornati a me, dice il Signore.
7 When it was still three months before [the time of] harvesting [crops], [at the time when your crops needed rain the most], I prevented rain from falling. [Sometimes] I allowed rain to fall on some towns and prevented it from falling on other towns. Rain fell on some fields, but it did not fall on other fields, with the result that [the soil in] those fields [where it did not rain] dried up.
Vi ho pure rifiutato la pioggia tre mesi prima della mietitura; facevo piovere sopra una città e non sopra l'altra; un campo era bagnato di pioggia, mentre l'altro, su cui non pioveva, seccava;
8 People would stagger from one town to another town to find water, but they could not even get enough water to drink, but in spite of that, you have not returned to me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!
due, tre città si muovevano titubanti verso un'altra città per bervi acqua, senza potersi dissetare: e non siete ritornati a me, dice il Signore.
9 I caused your grain fields to dry up; I caused your gardens and vineyards to be struck/destroyed by (blight/hot winds) and mildew. [I sent] locusts to eat [the leaves on] your fig trees and olive trees, but in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Vi ho colpiti con ruggine e carbonchio, vi ho inaridito i giardini e le vigne; i fichi, gli oliveti li ha divorati la cavalletta: e non siete ritornati a me, dice il Signore.
10 I caused you to experience (plagues/severe sicknesses) like the plagues [that I sent to the people] of Egypt. I caused [many of] your young men to die in battles. I allowed [your enemies] to capture your horses. [Many of your soldiers were killed, ] and I caused your camps to be filled with the smell/stink of their [decaying] corpses. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!
Ho mandato contro di voi la peste, come un tempo contro l'Egitto; ho ucciso di spada i vostri giovani, mentre i vostri cavalli diventavano preda; ho fatto salire il fetore dei vostri campi fino alle vostre narici: e non siete ritornati a me, dice il Signore.
11 I got rid of many of you, like I got rid of [the people in] Sodom and Gomorrah. [Those of] you who [did not die] were like [SIM] a burning stick that was snatched from a fire [so that it would not burn completely]. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Vi ho travolti come Dio aveva travolto Sòdoma e Gomorra; eravate come un tizzone strappato da un incendio: e non siete ritornati a me dice il Signore.
12 So [now], you [people of] Israel, I am going to punish you. Prepare to stand in front of me, your God, [when I judge you]!
Perciò ti tratterò così, Israele! Poichè questo devo fare di te, prepàrati all'incontro con il tuo Dio, o Israele!
13 I created the mountains, and [I] created winds. I reveal to humans what I am thinking. I [sometimes] cause the daylight to become dark [like the night]. I [rule over everything]; I [even] walk on the highest mountains on the earth! I am the Commander of the armies of angels!”
Ecco colui che forma i monti e crea i venti, che manifesta all'uomo qual è il suo pensiero, che fa l'alba e le tenebre e cammina sulle alture della terra, Signore, Dio degli eserciti è il suo nome.
