Amos 6

1 Woe [to] those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel.

١ وَيْلٌ لِلْمُتْرَفِينَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ وَالْمُطْمَئِنِّينَ فِي جَبَلِ السَّامِرَةِ، نُبلاءِ طَلِيعَةِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ يَتَوَافَدُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

2 Pass ye over [to] Calneh and see, And go thence [to] Hamath the great, And go down [to] Gath of the Philistines, Are [they] better than these kingdoms? Greater [is] their border than your border?

٢ تَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى مَدِينَةِ كَلْنَةَ وَتَأَمَّلُوا، ثُمَّ انْتَقِلُوا إِلَى حَمَاةَ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَمِنْهَا انْحَدِرُوا إِلَى جَتَّ مَدِينَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. هَلْ هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْمَمَالِكِ أَمْ تُخُومُهُمْ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ تُخُومِكُمْ؟

3 Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,

٣ أَنْتُمْ يَا مَنْ تَتَجَاهَلُونَ يَوْمَ السُّوءِ وَتُقَرِّبُونَ كُرْسِيَّ الظُّلْمِ.

4 Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches, And are eating lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall,

٤ وَيْلٌ لِلرَّاقِدِينَ فَوْقَ أَسِرَّةٍ مِنْ عَاجٍ، الْمُسْتَرْخِينَ فَوْقَ الأَرَائِكِ، الآكِلِينَ لَحْمَ خَيْرَةِ الْحُمْلانِ وَالْعُجُولِ الْمُخْتَارَةِ مِنْ وَسَطِ الْمَعْلِفِ.

5 Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music;

٥ الْمُغَنِّينَ عَلَى صَوْتِ الرَّبَابِ، الْمُخْتَرِعِينَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ آلاتِ غِنَاءٍ كَدَاوُدَ.

6 Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And [with] chief perfumes anoint [themselves], And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.

٦ الشَّارِبِينَ خَمْراً فِي كُؤُوسٍ، الْمُتَطَيِّبِينَ بِأَفْضَلِ الْعُطُورِ، وَلا يَكْتَئِبُونَ عَلَى خَرَابِ يُوسُفَ.

7 Therefore now they remove at the head of the captives, And turned aside is the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones.

٧ لِهَذَا سَيَكُونُونَ أَوَّلَ الذَّاهِبِينَ إِلَى السَّبْيِ، وَيَزُولُ مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ لَهْوٍ وَعَبَثٍ.

8 Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by Himself, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts: I am abominating the excellency of Jacob, And his high places I have hated, And I have delivered up the city and its fulness.

٨ وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: قَدْ أَقْسَمْتُ بِذَاتِي، أَنْ أَمْقُتَ زَهْوَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَأُبْغِضَ قُصُورَهُ، فَأُسَلِّمُ الْمَدِينَةَ بِكُلِّ مَا فِيهَا.

9 And if there are left ten persons in one house, It hath come to pass — that they have died.

٩ فَيَكُونُ إِذَا بَقِيَ عَشَرَةُ رِجَالٍ فِي بَيْتٍ وَاحِدٍ، أَنَّهُمْ يَلْقَوْنَ حَتْفَهُمْ.

10 And lifted him up hath his loved one, even his burner, To bring forth the bones from the house, And he said to him who [is] in the sides of the house, 'Is there yet with thee?' And he said, 'None,' then he said, 'Hush! Save to make mention of the name of Jehovah.'

١٠ وَعِنْدَمَا يُقْبِلُ عَمُّ الْمَيْتِ الْمُشْرِفُ عَلَى إِحْرَاقِ الْجُثَثِ لِيُخْرِجَ عِظَامَهُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ، وَيَسْأَلُ مَنْ هُوَ مُخْتَبِئٌ فِي أَقْصَى الْمَنْزِلِ: أَمَا بَقِيَ وَاحِدٌ مَعَكَ؟ فَيُجِيبُ: لا، ثُمَّ يُضِيفُ: اصْمُتْ وَلا تَذْكُرِ اسْمَ الرَّبِّ.

11 For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house [with] breaches, And the little house [with] clefts.

١١ لأَنَّهُ هَا الرَّبُّ يَأْمُرُ، فَيَهْدِمُ الْبَيْتَ الْكَبِيرَ فَيَصِيرُ رُكَاماً، وَالْبَيْتَ الصَّغِيرَ حُطَاماً.

12 Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough [it] with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.

١٢ أَتَجْرِي الْخُيُولُ عَلَى الصُّخُورِ؟ وَهَلْ يُحْرَثُ الْبَحْرُ بِثِيرَانٍ؟ لَقَدْ حَوَّلْتُمُ الْحَقَّ سُمّاً زُعَافاً، وَثِمَارَ الْبِرِّ مَرَارَةً.

13 O ye who are rejoicing at nothing, Who are saying, 'Have we not by our strength taken to ourselves horns?'

١٣ أَنْتُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُبْتَهِجُونَ بِالْعَدَمِ الْقَائِلُونَ: أَلَيْسَ بِقُوَّتِنَا ظَفِرْنَا؟

14 Surely, lo, I am raising against you a nation, O house of Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts, And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath, Unto the stream of the desert.

١٤ هَا أَنَا أُثِيرُ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَّةً يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، فَيَسُومُونَكُمُ الْعَذَابَ مِنْ مَدْخَلِ حَمَاةَ إِلَى وَادِي الْعَرَبَةِ».