Amos Propheta 6
1 Væ qui opulenti estis in Sion, et confiditis in monte Samariæ: optimates capita populorum, ingredientes pompatice domum Israel.
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
2 Transite in Chalane, et videte, et ite inde in Emath magnam: et descendite in Geth Palæsthinorum, et ad optima quæque regna horum: si latior terminus eorum termino vestro est.
Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border?
3 Qui separati estis in diem malum: et appropinquatis solio iniquitatis.
Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,
4 Qui dormitis in lectis eburneis, et lascivitis in stratis vestris: qui comeditis agnum de grege, et vitulos de medio armenti.
who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall,
5 Qui canitis ad vocem psalterii: sicut David putaverunt se habere vasa cantici.
who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
6 Bibentes vinum in phialis, et optimo unguento delibuti: et nihil patiebantur super contritione Ioseph.
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Quapropter nunc migrabunt in capite transmigrantium: et auferetur factio lascivientium.
Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end.
8 Iuravit Dominus Deus in anima sua, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum: Detestor ego superbiam Iacob, et domos eius odi, et tradam civitatem cum habitatoribus suis.
“The Lord GOD has sworn by himself,” says the LORD, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
9 Quod si reliqui fuerint decem viri in domo una, et ipsi morientur.
It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
10 Et tollet eum propinquus suus, et comburet eum, ut efferat ossa de domo: et dicet ei, qui in penetralibus domus est: Numquid adhuc est penes te? Et respondebit: Finis est. Et dicet ei: Tace, et non recorderis nominis Domini.
“When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention the LORD’s name.’
11 Quia ecce Dominus mandabit, et percutiet domum maiorem ruinis, et domum minorem scissionibus.
“For, behold, the LORD commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
12 Numquid currere queunt in petris equi, aut arari potest in bubalis? quoniam convertistis in amaritudinem iudicium, et fructum iustitiæ in absinthium.
Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plough there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,
13 Qui lætamini in nihilo: qui dicitis: Numquid non in fortitudine nostra assumpsimus nobis cornua?
you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
14 Ecce enim suscitabo super vos domus Israel, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum, gentem: et conteret vos ab introitu Emath, usque ad torrentem deserti.
For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says the LORD, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”
