Amos 2

1 TUHAN berkata, "Penduduk Moab telah berkali-kali berdosa, karena itu Aku pasti akan menghukum mereka. Mereka menghina Raja Edom yang sudah mati itu, dengan membongkar makamnya serta mengambil tulang-tulangnya dan membakarnya menjadi abu.

Yahweh [also] said this: “[I will punish the people of] Moab because of the many sins [that they have committed]; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they [dug up] the bones of the king of Edom and burned them completely, with the result that [the ashes became as white] as lime.

2 Sebab itu, Aku akan mengirim api ke negeri Moab, dan membakar habis benteng-benteng Keriot. Orang Moab akan mati di tengah-tengah keributan peperangan, sementara trompet dibunyikan, dan pekik pertempuran diteriakkan.

So I will cause a fire to completely burn the fortresses of Kerioth [city in Moab]. [People will hear soldiers] shouting and blowing trumpets [loudly] while I am causing Moab to be destroyed

3 Penguasa Moab dan semua pejabat pemerintahnya akan Kubunuh."

[and while] I am getting rid of its king and all its leaders. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”

4 TUHAN berkata, "Orang Yehuda telah berkali-kali berdosa, karena itu Aku pasti akan menghukum mereka. Mereka melanggar perintah-perintah-Ku dan tidak mempedulikan ajaran-ajaran-Ku. Mereka disesatkan oleh ilah-ilah lain yang disembah oleh leluhur mereka.

Yahweh [also] said this: “[I will also punish the people of] Judah because of the many sins [that they have committed]; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they have rejected what I taught them and they have not obeyed my commands. They have been deceived [and persuaded to worship false gods], the same [gods] that their ancestors [worshiped].

5 Sebab itu, Aku akan mengirim api ke Yehuda dan membakar habis benteng-benteng Yerusalem."

So I will cause a fire to completely burn [everything in] Judah, including the fortresses in Jerusalem.”

6 TUHAN berkata, "Orang Israel telah berkali-kali berdosa, karena itu Aku pasti akan menghukum mereka. Orang jujur yang tak dapat mengembalikan pinjamannya, telah mereka jual menjadi hamba. Demikian pula perlakuan mereka kepada orang miskin yang tak dapat membayar utangnya, sekalipun utang itu hanya seharga sepasang kasut.

Yahweh [also] said this: “[I will punish the people of] Israel because of the many sins [that they have committed]; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they sell righteous [people] to get [a small amount of] silver; they sell poor [people, causing them to become slaves], getting for [each of] them [only the amount of money with which they could buy] a pair of sandals.

7 Mereka menindas orang lemah yang tak berdaya, dan menyingkirkan orang miskin. Ayah dan anak menggauli hamba wanita yang sama, sehingga mencemarkan nama-Ku yang suci.

[It is as though] they trample the poor people into the dirt and do not allow those who are helpless to be treated fairly. Men and their fathers dishonor me [MTY] by both having sex [EUP] with the same [slave] girl.

8 Di setiap tempat ibadah, orang-orang tidur dengan baju yang mereka ambil sebagai jaminan utang dari orang miskin. Di Rumah Allah mereka, mereka minum anggur yang mereka ambil dari orang yang berutang pada mereka.

[When poor people borrow money], [the lenders force those people to give to them a piece of clothing] for them to keep until he can pay back the money. [But at the end of each day, instead of returning that garment as Yahweh had commanded them to], they lie down on that garment at the places where they worship [their gods]! They fine people, and with that money [they buy] wine and drink it in the temples of their gods!

9 Meskipun begitu, hai umat-Ku, untuk kamulah Aku membinasakan orang Amori yang tinggi seperti pohon cemara dan kuat seperti pohon terpentin.

[Long ago, ] to assist your ancestors, I got rid of the Amor people-group. They [seemed to be] as tall as cedar [trees] and as strong as oak [trees], but I got rid of them completely, [as easily as someone cuts off] [MET] the branches of a tree and then digs out all its roots.

10 Kamu telah Kubawa keluar dari Mesir, dan Kutuntun melalui padang pasir empat puluh tahun lamanya. Tanah orang Amori telah Kuberikan kepadamu menjadi negerimu sendiri.

I brought your [ancestors] out of Egypt, and [then] I led them through the desert for 40 years. And then I enabled them to conquer/possess the Amor area.

11 Aku telah memilih beberapa dari anak-anakmu untuk menjadi nabi, dan beberapa orang mudamu untuk menjadi orang Nazir. Bukankah itu benar, hai orang Israel? Aku, TUHAN telah berbicara.

I chose some of you Israelis to be prophets, and I chose others to be Nazir-men [who were completely dedicated to me]. You people of Israel certainly [RHQ] know that what I have said is true!

12 Tapi kamu memberi orang Nazir minum anggur, sehingga membuat mereka mengingkari janji. Dan kamu melarang nabi-nabi menyampaikan pesan-Ku.

But you commanded the prophets to not speak the messages that [I gave to] them, and you persuaded the Nazir-men to drink wine, [which I told them never to do].

13 Sekarang kamu akan Kutekan sampai ke tanah, sehingga kamu mengerang seperti kereta yang sarat dengan muatan gandum.

So I will crush you like [SIM] [the wheels of] a wagon that is loaded with grain crushes [whatever it rolls over].

14 Pelari yang cepat pun tak akan dapat lolos; orang kuat akan kehilangan kekuatannya, dan orang perkasa tak akan dapat menyelamatkan dirinya sendiri.

[Even] if you run fast, you will not escape; [even] if you are strong, [it will be as though] you are weak, and warriors will be unable to save themselves.

15 Pemanah tak akan bertahan, pelari cepat tak akan dapat melarikan diri, dan penunggang kuda tak akan luput.

[Even] if you are able to shoot arrows [well], you will be forced to retreat [LIT]; [even] if you run fast or if you ride [away] on a horse, you will not [be able to] save yourself.

16 Pada hari itu prajurit yang paling berani pun akan meninggalkan senjatanya, lalu lari. Aku TUHAN telah berbicara."

[Even] warriors who are very brave will drop their weapons when they try to flee on the day [that I get rid of them]. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”