< 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!”
Escuchad esta palabra, vacas de Basán, que vivís en el monte de Samaria; que oprimís a los desvalidos y holláis a los pobres, y decís a vuestros señores: “Traed y beberemos.”
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].
Juró Yahvé, el Señor, por su santidad: “He aquí que os sobrevendrán días en que os sacarán con ganchos, y a las últimas de entre vosotras con anzuelos 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!
Y os evadiréis por las brechas, una tras otra; y seréis arrojadas a Harmón”, dice Yahvé.
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.
Id a Betel a pecar, y a Gálgala para aumentar las prevaricaciones; ofreced cada mañana vuestros sacrificios, y cada tres días vuestros diezmos.
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.
Haced con pan fermentado sacrificios de alabanza, pregonad ofrendas voluntarias, proclamadlas; porque así lo queréis, oh hijos de Israel, dice Yahvé, el Señor.
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.
“En todas vuestras ciudades os he dejado con los dientes limpios, y faltos de pan en todos vuestros lugares; y con todo no os habéis convertido a Mí”, dice Yahvé.
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.
“Yo detuve asimismo las lluvias cuando aún faltaban tres meses para la siega, hice que lloviese sobre una ciudad, y que no lloviese sobre otra; una parte del campo tuvo lluvia, y la otra quedó sin lluvia y se secó.
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!
Iban dos o tres ciudades a otra ciudad para beber agua, sin poder saciarse; pero no os habéis convertido a Mí”, dice Yahvé.
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!
“Os herí con tizón y con añublo; la langosta devoró la multitud de vuestros huertos y de vuestras viñas, de vuestras higueras y de vuestros olivos, y con todo no os habéis convertido a Mí”, dice Yahvé.
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!
“Envié contra vosotros la peste, como contra Egipto; hice morir al filo de la espada a vuestros jóvenes; fueron apresados vuestros caballos, e hice subir el hedor de vuestros campamentos a vuestras narices; pero no os habéis convertido a Mí”, dice Yahvé.
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!
“Os trastorné como trastornó Dios a Sodoma y Gomorra; y fuisteis como tizón arrebatado de un incendio: y con todo no os habéis convertido a Mí”, dice Yahvé.
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]!
Por eso, así te trataré, oh Israel; y ya que esto haré contigo; prepárate para salir al encuentro de tu Dios, oh Israel.
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 Él es quien formó las montañas y creó los vientos; Él es quien manifiesta al hombre su pensamiento, convierte la aurora en tinieblas anda sobre los montes de la tierra. Yahvé, Dios de los ejércitos, es su Nombre.

< Amos 4 >