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 estáis en el monte de Samaria, que oprimís al pobre, que aplastáis al necesitado, que decís a vuestros maridos: “¡Traednos bebida!”

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].

El Señor Yahvé ha jurado por su santidad, “He aquí que vendrán días en que os llevarán con garfios, y el último de ustedes con anzuelos.

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!

Saldrás por las roturas del muro, todo el mundo delante de ella; y os arrojaréis a Harmon”, 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.

“Ve a Betel y peca; a Gilgal, y a pecar más. Trae tus sacrificios cada mañana, sus diezmos cada tres días,

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.

ofrecer un sacrificio de acción de gracias de lo que está leudado, y proclaman ofrendas de libre albedrío y se jactan de ellas; porque esto os agrada, hijos de Israel”, dice el Señor Yahvé.

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.

“También os he dado limpieza de dientes en todas vuestras ciudades, y la falta de pan en todos los pueblos; pero no has vuelto 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 también he retenido la lluvia para ti, cuando aún faltaban tres meses para la cosecha; y he hecho que llueva en una ciudad, y ha hecho que no llueva en otra ciudad. En un campo llovió, y el campo donde no llovió se marchitó.

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!

Así que dos o tres ciudades se dirigieron a una sola para beber agua, y no estaban satisfechos; pero no has vuelto 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!

“Te he atacado muchas veces con tizón y moho en tus jardines y en tus viñedos, y las langostas han devorado tus higueras y tus olivos; pero no has vuelto 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 plagas entre ustedes como lo hice con Egipto. He matado a tus jóvenes con la espada, y se han llevado sus caballos. Llené tus fosas nasales con el hedor de tu campamento, pero no has vuelto 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!

“He derribado a algunos de vosotros, como cuando Dios derrocó a Sodoma y Gomorra, y tú eras como un palo ardiendo arrancado del fuego; pero no has vuelto 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 lo tanto, haré esto contigo, Israel; porque yo te haré esto, prepárate para encontrarte con tu Dios, 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, he aquí, el que forma las montañas, crea el viento, declara al hombre cuál es su pensamiento, que hace la oscuridad de la mañana, y pisa las alturas de la tierra: Yahvé, el Dios de los Ejércitos, es su nombre”.