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!”
Ouvi esta palavra, vós, vacas de Basan, vós, que estais no monte de Samaria, vós, que oprimis aos pobres, que quebrantais os necessitados, vós, que dizeis a seus senhores: dai cá, para que bebamos.
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].
Jurou o Senhor Jehovah, pela sua santidade, que eis que dias estão para vir sobre vós, em que vos levarão com anzois e a vossos descendentes com anzois de 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!
E saireis pelas brechas, uma após outra, e lançareis fora o que levastes para o palácio, disse o Senhor.
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.
Vinde a bethel, e transgredi, em Gilgal aumentai as transgressões, e de manhã trazei os vossos sacrifícios, e os vossos dízimos ao terceiro dia.
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.
E queimai o sacrifício de louvores do pão levedado, e apregoai os sacrifícios voluntários, fazei-o ouvir; porque assim o quereis, ó filhos de Israel, disse o Senhor Jehovah.
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.
Por isso também vos dei limpeza de dentes em todas as vossas cidades, e falta de pão em todos os vossos lugares; contudo não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor.
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.
Além disso, retive de vós a chuva, faltando ainda três meses até à sega; e fiz chover sobre uma cidade, e sobre outra cidade não fiz chover; sobre um campo choveu, mas o outro, sobre o qual não choveu, se secou.
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!
E andaram vagabundas duas ou três cidades a uma cidade, para beberem água, mas não se saciaram: contudo não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor.
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!
Feri-vos com queimadura, e com ferrugem; a multidão das vossas hortas, e das vossas vinhas, e das vossas figueiras, e das vossas oliveiras, comeu a locusta; contudo não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor.
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!
Enviei a peste contra vós, à maneira do Egito: os vossos mancebos matei à espada, e os vossos cavalos deixei levar presos, e o fedor dos vossos exércitos fiz subir aos vossos narizes; contudo não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor.
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!
Subverti a alguns dentre vós, como Deus subverteu a Sodoma e Gomorra, sendo vós como um tição arrebatado do incêndio; contudo não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor.
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]!
Portanto, assim te farei, ó Israel! Porquanto pois isto te farei, prepara-te, ó Israel, a encontrares o teu Deus.
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!”
Porque eis que o que forma os montes, e cria o vento, e declara ao homem qual seja o seu pensamento, o que faz da manhã trevas, e piza os altos da terra, o Senhor Deus dos exércitos é o seu nome.
