Amos 4

1 "Dengarlah firman ini, hai lembu-lembu Basan, yang ada di gunung Samaria, yang memeras orang lemah, yang menginjak orang miskin, yang mengatakan kepada tuan-tuanmu: bawalah ke mari, supaya kita minum-minum!

You [wealthy women] of Samaria [have grown fat like] [MET] the fat cows of the Bashan [region]. You oppress poor people and you cause needy people to suffer. And you say to your husbands, “Bring us [more wine] to drink!”

2 Tuhan ALLAH telah bersumpah demi kekudusan-Nya: sesungguhnya, akan datang masanya bagimu, bahwa kamu diangkat dengan kait dan yang tertinggal di antara kamu dengan kail ikan.

But Yahweh [our] God has said this: “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this: It will [soon] be the time when you all will be taken [to another country]; [your enemies will take you away as though they are] using sharp hooks [DOU] [to grab you].

3 Kamu akan keluar melalui belahan tembok, masing-masing lurus ke depan, dan kamu akan diseret ke arah Hermon," demikianlah firman TUHAN.

[Your enemies] will drag you out through breaks/holes [in your city walls], and they will throw you outside the city. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!

4 "Datanglah ke Betel dan lakukanlah perbuatan jahat, ke Gilgal dan perhebatlah perbuatan jahat! Bawalah korban sembelihanmu pada waktu pagi, dan persembahan persepuluhanmu pada hari yang ketiga!

Go to Bethel and Gilgal [towns where many people worship me] and sin more and more [SAR]! [I say that not because I want you to do it], [but because it is what you have always been doing]! Offer sacrifices on the morning [after you arrive], [and bring me] (a tithe/one tenth) of your crops the next day.

5 Bakarlah korban syukur dari roti yang beragi dan maklumkanlah persembahan-persembahan sukarela; siarkanlah itu! Sebab bukankah yang demikian kamu sukai, hai orang Israel?" demikianlah firman Tuhan ALLAH.

Bring offerings of bread to thank me, and [other] offerings that are not required/commanded, and boast about [these offerings that you bring], because that is what you like to do, [but you do it to impress others, not to please me]. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it.

6 "Sekalipun Aku ini telah memberi kepadamu gigi yang tidak disentuh makanan di segala kotamu dan kekurangan roti di segala tempat kediamanmu, namun kamu tidak berbalik kepada-Ku," demikianlah firman TUHAN.

I [am the one who] caused there to be no food in any of your cities and towns [DOU], but you rejected me in spite of that.

7 "Akupun telah menahan hujan dari padamu, ketika tiga bulan lagi sebelum panen; Aku menurunkan hujan ke atas kota yang satu dan tidak menurunkan hujan ke atas kota yang lain; ladang yang satu kehujanan, dan ladang, yang tidak kena hujan, menjadi kering;

When it was still three months before [the time of] harvesting [crops], [at the time when your crops needed rain the most], I prevented rain from falling. [Sometimes] I allowed rain to fall on some towns and prevented it from falling on other towns. Rain fell on some fields, but it did not fall on other fields, with the result that [the soil in] those fields [where it did not rain] dried up.

8 penduduk dua tiga kota pergi terhuyung-huyung ke satu kota untuk minum air, tetapi mereka tidak menjadi puas; namun kamu tidak berbalik kepada-Ku," demikianlah firman TUHAN.

People would stagger from one town to another town to find water, but they could not even get enough water to drink, but in spite of that, you have not returned to me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!

9 "Aku telah memukul kamu dengan hama dan penyakit gandum, telah melayukan taman-tamanmu dan kebun-kebun anggurmu, pohon-pohon ara dan pohon-pohon zaitunmu dimakan habis oleh belalang, namun kamu tidak berbalik kepada-Ku," demikianlah firman TUHAN.

I caused your grain fields to dry up; I caused your gardens and vineyards to be struck/destroyed by (blight/hot winds) and mildew. [I sent] locusts to eat [the leaves on] your fig trees and olive trees, but in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!

10 "Aku telah melepas penyakit sampar ke antaramu seperti kepada orang Mesir; Aku telah membunuh terunamu dengan pedang pada waktu kudamu dijarah; Aku telah membuat bau busuk perkemahanmu tercium oleh hidungmu; namun kamu tidak berbalik kepada-Ku," demikianlah firman TUHAN.

I caused you to experience (plagues/severe sicknesses) like the plagues [that I sent to the people] of Egypt. I caused [many of] your young men to die in battles. I allowed [your enemies] to capture your horses. [Many of your soldiers were killed, ] and I caused your camps to be filled with the smell/stink of their [decaying] corpses. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!

11 "Aku telah menjungkirbalikkan kota-kota di antara kamu, seperti Allah menjungkirbalikkan Sodom dan Gomora, sehingga kamu menjadi seperti puntung yang ditarik dari kebakaran, namun kamu tidak berbalik kepada-Ku," demikianlah firman TUHAN.

I got rid of many of you, like I got rid of [the people in] Sodom and Gomorrah. [Those of] you who [did not die] were like [SIM] a burning stick that was snatched from a fire [so that it would not burn completely]. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it!

12 "Sebab itu demikianlah akan Kulakukan kepadamu, hai Israel. --Oleh karena Aku akan melakukan yang demikian kepadamu, maka bersiaplah untuk bertemu dengan Allahmu, hai Israel!"

So [now], you [people of] Israel, I am going to punish you. Prepare to stand in front of me, your God, [when I judge you]!

13 Sebab sesungguhnya, Dia yang membentuk gunung-gunung dan menciptakan angin, yang memberitahukan kepada manusia apa yang dipikirkan-Nya, yang membuat fajar dan kegelapan dan yang berjejak di atas bukit-bukit bumi--TUHAN, Allah semesta alam, itulah nama-Nya.

I created the mountains, and [I] created winds. I reveal to humans what I am thinking. I [sometimes] cause the daylight to become dark [like the night]. I [rule over everything]; I [even] walk on the highest mountains on the earth! I am the Commander of the armies of angels!”