עמוס 5

1 שִׁמְעוּ אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹשֵׂא עֲלֵיכֶם קִינָה בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

2 נָֽפְלָה לֹא־תוֹסִיף קוּם בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל נִטְּשָׁה עַל־אַדְמָתָהּ אֵין מְקִימָֽהּ׃

The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

3 כִּי כֹה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה הָעִיר הַיֹּצֵאת אֶלֶף תַּשְׁאִיר מֵאָה וְהַיּוֹצֵאת מֵאָה תַּשְׁאִיר עֲשָׂרָה לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

For thus saith the Sovereign YHWH; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

4 כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהֹוָה לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל דִּרְשׁוּנִי וִֽחְיֽוּ׃

For thus saith YHWH unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

5 וְאַֽל־תִּדְרְשׁוּ בֵּֽית־אֵל וְהַגִּלְגָּל לֹא תָבֹאוּ וּבְאֵר שֶׁבַע לֹא תַעֲבֹרוּ כִּי הַגִּלְגָּל גָּלֹה יִגְלֶה וּבֵֽית־אֵל יִהְיֶה לְאָֽוֶן׃

But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

6 דִּרְשׁוּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה וִֽחְיוּ פֶּן־יִצְלַח כָּאֵשׁ בֵּית יוֹסֵף וְאָכְלָה וְאֵין־מְכַבֶּה לְבֵֽית־אֵֽל׃

Seek YHWH, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

7 הַהֹפְכִים לְלַעֲנָה מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה לָאָרֶץ הִנִּֽיחוּ׃

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

8 עֹשֵׂה כִימָה וּכְסִיל וְהֹפֵךְ לַבֹּקֶר צַלְמָוֶת וְיוֹם לַיְלָה הֶחְשִׁיךְ הַקּוֹרֵא לְמֵֽי־הַיָּם וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵם עַל־פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ יְהֹוָה שְׁמֽוֹ׃

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: YHWH is his name:

9 הַמַּבְלִיג שֹׁד עַל־עָז וְשֹׁד עַל־מִבְצָר יָבֽוֹא׃

That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

10 שָׂנְאוּ בַשַּׁעַר מוֹכִיחַ וְדֹבֵר תָּמִים יְתָעֵֽבוּ׃

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

11 לָכֵן יַעַן בּוֹשַׁסְכֶם עַל־דָּל וּמַשְׂאַת־בַּר תִּקְחוּ מִמֶּנּוּ בָּתֵּי גָזִית בְּנִיתֶם וְלֹא־תֵשְׁבוּ בָם כַּרְמֵי־חֶמֶד נְטַעְתֶּם וְלֹא תִשְׁתּוּ אֶת־יֵינָֽם׃

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

12 כִּי יָדַעְתִּי רַבִּים פִּשְׁעֵיכֶם וַעֲצֻמִים חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם צֹרְרֵי צַדִּיק לֹקְחֵי כֹפֶר וְאֶבְיוֹנִים בַּשַּׁעַר הִטּֽוּ׃

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

13 לָכֵן הַמַּשְׂכִּיל בָּעֵת הַהִיא יִדֹּם כִּי עֵת רָעָה הִֽיא׃

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

14 דִּרְשׁוּ־טוֹב וְאַל־רָע לְמַעַן תִּֽחְיוּ וִֽיהִי־כֵן יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָאוֹת אִתְּכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲמַרְתֶּֽם׃

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so YHWH, the Elohim of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

15 שִׂנְאוּ־רָע וְאֶהֱבוּ טוֹב וְהַצִּיגוּ בַשַּׁעַר מִשְׁפָּט אוּלַי יֶחֱנַן יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָאוֹת שְׁאֵרִית יוֹסֵֽף׃

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that YHWH Elohim of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

16 לָכֵן כֹּֽה־אָמַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת אֲדֹנָי בְּכׇל־רְחֹבוֹת מִסְפֵּד וּבְכׇל־חוּצוֹת יֹאמְרוּ הוֹ־הוֹ וְקָרְאוּ אִכָּר אֶל־אֵבֶל וּמִסְפֵּד אֶל־יוֹדְעֵי נֶֽהִי׃

Therefore YHWH, the Elohim of hosts, YHWH, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

17 וּבְכׇל־כְּרָמִים מִסְפֵּד כִּֽי־אֶעֱבֹר בְּקִרְבְּךָ אָמַר יְהֹוָֽה׃

And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith YHWH.

18 הוֹי הַמִּתְאַוִּים אֶת־יוֹם יְהֹוָה לָמָּה־זֶּה לָכֶם יוֹם יְהֹוָה הוּא־חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֽוֹר׃

Woe unto you that desire the day of YHWH! to what end is it for you? the day of YHWH is darkness, and not light.

19 כַּאֲשֶׁר יָנוּס אִישׁ מִפְּנֵי הָאֲרִי וּפְגָעוֹ הַדֹּב וּבָא הַבַּיִת וְסָמַךְ יָדוֹ עַל־הַקִּיר וּנְשָׁכוֹ הַנָּחָֽשׁ׃

As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

20 הֲלֹא־חֹשֶׁךְ יוֹם יְהֹוָה וְלֹא־אוֹר וְאָפֵל וְלֹא־נֹגַֽהּ לֽוֹ׃

Shall not the day of YHWH be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

21 שָׂנֵאתִי מָאַסְתִּי חַגֵּיכֶם וְלֹא אָרִיחַ בְּעַצְּרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

22 כִּי אִם־תַּעֲלוּ־לִי עֹלוֹת וּמִנְחֹתֵיכֶם לֹא אֶרְצֶה וְשֶׁלֶם מְרִיאֵיכֶם לֹא אַבִּֽיט׃

Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

23 הָסֵר מֵעָלַי הֲמוֹן שִׁרֶיךָ וְזִמְרַת נְבָלֶיךָ לֹא אֶשְׁמָֽע׃

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

24 וְיִגַּל כַּמַּיִם מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה כְּנַחַל אֵיתָֽן׃

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

25 הַזְּבָחִים וּמִנְחָה הִֽגַּשְׁתֶּם־לִי בַמִּדְבָּר אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

26 וּנְשָׂאתֶם אֵת סִכּוּת מַלְכְּכֶם וְאֵת כִּיּוּן צַלְמֵיכֶם כּוֹכַב אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם לָכֶֽם׃

But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your elohim, which ye made to yourselves.

27 וְהִגְלֵיתִי אֶתְכֶם מֵהָלְאָה לְדַמָּשֶׂק אָמַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָאוֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃

Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith YHWH, whose name is The Elohim of hosts.