Amos 5
1 You people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
Ouvi esta palavra, que levanto sobre vós uma lamentação, ó casa de Israel.
2 “You are like [MET] a young woman, but in spite of that, you will certainly be struck down and you will never get up again! You will lie on the ground, abandoned, and there will be no one to help you stand up.”
A virgem de Israel caiu, nunca mais tornará a levantar-se: desamparada está na sua terra, não há quem a levante.
3 This is what Yahweh the Lord says to the people [MTY] of Israel: [“When your enemies attack you, ] and when 1,000 [of your soldiers] will go [to a battle], there will be only 100 who will survive. When 100 soldiers march out [from a city to fight], there will be only ten who will remain alive.”
Porque assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: A cidade da qual saem mil conservará cem, e aquela da qual saem cem conservará dez à casa de Israel.
4 Yahweh continues to say to the people [MTY] of Israel: “You Israeli people, return to me! If you do that, you will continue to remain alive.
Porque assim diz o Senhor à casa de Israel: buscai-me, e vivei.
5 Do not go to Bethel to seek [my help]; do not go to Gilgal [to worship]; do not [even] go to Beersheba, because [your enemies] will drag away [the people of] Gilgal to other countries, and Bethel will be completely destroyed.”
Porém não busqueis a bethel, nem venhais a Gilgal, nem passeis a Berseba, porque Gilgal certamente será levado cativo, e bethel será desfeito em nada.
6 So, come to Yahweh; if you do that, you will remain alive. If you do not do that, Yahweh will descend on you descendants [MTY] of Joseph like [SIM] a fire; that fire will burn everything in Bethel, and (nothing/no one) will be able to save that town.
Buscai ao Senhor, e vivei, para que não acommetta a casa de José como um fogo, e a consuma, e não haja em bethel quem o apague.
7 You people distort what is fair/right and cause [people to think that] it is something that is very bitter; you treat good things as though they are evil.
(Os que pervertem o juízo em alosna, e deitam na terra a justiça.)
8 [Do you know who] created all the groups of stars and put them in their places? [Each morning] he causes the darkness to become the dawn, and [each evening] he causes the daylight to become darkness. He scoops up water from the oceans [to become clouds], and then he dumps the water [from the clouds] onto the earth. The one who does those things is named Yahweh.
O que faz o setestrello, e o orion, e torna a sombra da noite em manhã, e escurece o dia como a noite, que chama as águas do mar, e as derrama sobre a terra, o Senhor é o seu nome.
9 He causes strong [soldiers] to be killed, and causes the (high walls around/fortresses of) cities to be torn down.
O que esforça o despojado contra o forte: assim que venha a assolação contra a fortaleza.
10 [He is the one who will punish you] because you hate those who challenge anyone who tries to make unjust decisions, and you hate those who tell the truth in your courts.
Na porta aborrecem o que os repreende, e abominam o que fala sinceramente.
11 You oppress poor people and force them to pay big taxes. You have built big stone mansions [for yourselves], but you will not be able to live in them. You have planted vineyards, but there will not be any [grapes for you to harvest to make] wine.
Portanto, visto que pizais o pobre, e dele tomais um cargo de trigo, edificastes casas de pedras lavradas, mas nelas não habitareis; vinhas desejáveis plantastes, mas não bebereis do seu vinho.
12 I know all of your sins and the terrible crimes that you have committed. You oppress righteous/honest people, and you accept bribes. You do not allow judges to treat poor people justly.
Porque sei que são muitas as vossas transgressões, e grossos os vossos pecados: afligem o justo, tomam resgate, e rejeitam os necessitados na porta.
13 This is a time when [many people do] evil things, so people who have good sense say nothing [when they hear about such things being done].
Portanto, o prudente naquele tempo se calará, porque o tempo será mau.
14 In order to remain alive, you must stop doing what is wrong, and start doing what is right. If you do that, the Commander of the armies of angels will be with you like you claim [that he always is].
Buscai o bem, e não o mal, para que vivais: e assim o Senhor, o Deus dos exércitos, estará convosco, como dizeis.
15 Love what is good, and hate what is evil! Try to cause [judges] in your courts to make decisions that are right/fair! If you do those things, perhaps the Commander of the armies of angels will act mercifully toward [you descendants of] Joseph who are still alive.
Aborrecei o mal, e amai o bem, e estabelecei o juízo na porta: porventura o Senhor, o Deus dos exércitos, terá piedade do resto de José.
16 “Because I, Yahweh, [will punish you for your sins], this is what I have solemnly declared: People will be wailing loudly in every street, and people will be very sorrowful in every plaza. Farmers will be summoned to [come and] weep, along with the other official mourners who will wail [for those who have died].
Portanto, assim diz o Senhor Deus dos exércitos, o Senhor: Em todas as ruas haverá pranto, e em todos os bairros dirão: Ai! ai! E ao lavrador chamarão a choro, e ao pranto aos que souberem prantear.
17 People will be wailing in your vineyards, because I will punish you [IDM] severely. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it!”
E em todas as vinhas haverá pranto; porque passarei pelo meio de ti, diz o Senhor.
18 Terrible things will happen to you who desire that it will soon be the day when Yahweh [will punish your enemies], because that will be a day of darkness, not of light.
Ai daqueles que desejam o dia do Senhor! para que pois vos será este dia do Senhor? trevas será e não luz.
19 [At that time, ] when you try to run from a lion, you will face a bear. When you run into your house [to be safe], and you put your hand on a wall, it will be bitten by a snake.
Como o que foge de diante do leão, e se encontra com ele o urso, ou como se entrasse numa casa, e a sua mão encostasse à parede, e fosse mordido de uma cobra.
20 That day, [when he punishes people], will certainly be [RHQ] a very dark day [MET], without even a little bit of light.
Não será pois o dia do Senhor trevas e não luz? e escuridade, sem que haja resplandor?
21 [Yahweh says], “I hate your religious celebrations and the times when you gather to worship me; I detest them [DOU].
Aborreço, desprezo as vossas festas, e os vossos dias de proibição não me darão bom cheiro.
22 Even if you bring me offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar] and offerings of grain, I will no longer accept them. Even if you bring me offerings to renew/maintain fellowship with me, I will not pay any attention to them.
Porque ainda que me ofereceis holocaustos, como também as vossas ofertas de manjares, não me agrado delas: nem atentarei para as ofertas pacíficas de vossos animais gordos.
23 So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps.
Afasta de mim o estrépito dos teus cânticos; porque não ouvirei as salmodias dos teus instrumentos.
24 Instead, your continually acting justly/fairly and righteously should be [never stop, ] like [SIM] [the water in] a river that never stops flowing.
Corra porém o juízo como as águas, e a justiça como o ribeiro impetuoso.
25 You Israeli people [MTY], your [ancestors] wandered through the desert for 40 years; and during that time, they never brought any sacrifices and offerings to me!
Haveis-me porventura oferecido sacrifícios e ofertas no deserto por quarenta anos, ó casa de Israel?
26 But they carried the two idols that they had made— the idols of Succoth, the god [that they considered to be] their king, and Kaiwan, [the image of the] star [that they worshiped].
Antes levastes a tenda de vosso Moloch, e a estátua das vossas imagens, a estrela do vosso deus, que fizestes para vós mesmos.
27 Therefore, now I will force you to go to [a country that is] far beyond Damascus! [That will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it!”
Portanto vos levarei cativos, para além de Damasco, diz o Senhor, cujo nome é o Deus dos exércitos.
