Amos 8
1 Yahweh showed me [in a vision] a basket full of ripe fruit.
Esto es lo que el Señor Dios me dejó ver: y vi una canasta de frutas de verano.
2 He asked me, “Amos, what do you see?” I replied, “A basket of [very] ripe fruit.” He said, “That indicates that it almost the end for my Israeli people. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.
Y él dijo: Amós, ¿qué ves? Y yo dije: Una canasta de frutas de verano. Entonces el Señor me dijo: El fin ha llegado a mi pueblo Israel; Nunca más se cerrarán mis ojos ante su pecado.
3 [Soon, ] instead of singing in the temple, they will be wailing. There will be corpses everywhere [HYP]. So, remain silent (OR, Everyone will be silent). [These things will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it!”
Y las canciones de la casa del rey serán gritos de dolor en ese día, dice el Señor Dios: grande será el número de los cadáveres, y en todas partes los sacarán sin decir una palabra.
4 [It is as though] you people trample on needy people, and you destroy the poor people.
Presten atención a esto, ustedes que están oprimiendo a los pobres, y cuyo propósito es poner fin a los necesitados en la tierra,
5 You habitually say, “We wish that [RHQ] the new moon [festival] would end soon, in order that [restrictions on doing business during the festival will be ended] and we can sell grain. We wish that the Sabbath would end soon, in order that we will again be permitted to sell our wheat”— and [when you sell it], you charge a big price for it, and you cheat people by using scales that do not weigh correctly.
Diciendo: ¿Cuándo se irá la luna nueva, para que podamos comerciar con granos? y el sábado, para que podamos poner en el mercado los productos de nuestros campos? haciendo la medida pequeña y el precio grande, y comerciando falsamente con pesas falsas;
6 You sell wheat that you have swept up from the floor, and as a result it is mixed with dirt. Those who are needy and poor [DOU] and who do not have money [to buy things], you cause them to become your slaves by buying them with the [small amount of] silver [with which you could buy] a pair of sandals!
Para comprar al pobre por plata, y al desvalido por un precio de dos zapatos, y venderemos los desperdicios del grano.
7 Yahweh has declared, “Although you are very proud of [being descendants] [MTY] of Jacob, I solemnly declare that I will not forget the [evil things] that you have done.
El Señor ha jurado por el orgullo de Jacob: Verdaderamente, siempre tendré en cuenta todas sus obras.
8 [Because of those evil things], your country will certainly [RHQ] soon be shaken, and all of you will mourn. [It will be as though] it will repeatedly rise and fall like [SIM] the Nile [River] that gets full of water [and overflows it banks] and then settles back into its riverbed.
¿No se estremecerá la tierra de miedo a causa de esto, y todos en ella llorarán? y subirá todo como el río; y será arrojada y disminuirá como el río de Egipto.
9 On the day [when I punish my people], I will cause the sun to set at noontime, and the [entire] earth will be dark in the daytime.
Y sucederá en ese día, dice el Señor Dios, que haré que el sol se ponga a la mitad del día, y oscurecerá la tierra a la luz del día.
10 I will cause your [religious] celebrations to become times when you mourn; instead of singing, everyone will be weeping. Because of what I [will do], all of you will wear rough sackcloth and shave your heads [to show that you are sorrowing]. I will cause that time to be like when people mourn after an only son [has died]. All of you will be extremely sad all of that day.”
Tus fiestas se convertirán en luto y toda tu melodía en canciones fúnebres; todos estarán vestidos de cilicio y calvice sobre toda cabeza; Haré el llanto como si fuera por un hijo único, y al final como un día amargo.
11 And Yahweh our God says this: “It will [soon] be the time when I will cause something to be very scarce [MET] throughout the country. But it will not be a time when there is no food or water; it will instead be a time when there will be no messages from me for anyone to hear.
Mira, los días se acercan, dice el Señor Dios, cuando enviaré tiempos de gran hambruna en la tierra, no necesidad de comida o deseo de agua, sino de escuchar las palabras del Señor.
12 People will stagger from the [Dead] Sea to the [Mediterranean] Sea, and wander from the north to the east, searching for a message from me, but there will not be any.
E irán vagando de mar en mar, y desde el norte hasta el este, corriendo aquí y allá en busca de la palabra del Señor, y no la encontrarán.
13 At that time, even beautiful young women and strong young men will faint because of being very thirsty.
En aquel día, las bellas vírgenes y los jóvenes se desmayaran por la necesidad de agua.
14 Those who (make oaths/solemnly promise to do something) using the names of their shameful gods of Samaria, and those who solemnly promise to do something [using the name of] the god of Dan, and those who solemnly promise to do something [using the name of] the god of Beersheba, will all die; and they will never live again.”
Los que hacen juramento por el pecado de Samaria y dicen: Por la vida de tu Dios, oh Dan; y, vive el camino de Beerseba; incluso ellos caerán, nunca más para ser levantados.
