Amos Propheta 5
1 Audite verbum istud, quod ego levo super vos planctum: domus Israël cecidit, et non adjiciet ut resurgat.
Hear these words, which I utter concerning you; This lamentation, O house of Israel!
2 Virgo Israël projecta est in terram suam, non est qui suscitet eam.
She is fallen, she shall rise no more, The virgin of Israel! She is prostrate on her own ground, there is none to raise her up!
3 Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Urbs de qua egrediebantur mille, relinquentur in ea centum; et de qua egrediebantur centum, relinquentur in ea decem in domo Israël.
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah; The city which sent out a thousand shall have a hundred left, And that which sent out a hundred shall have ten left, To the house of Israel.
4 Quia hæc dicit Dominus domui Israël: Quærite me, et vivetis.
For thus saith Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live!
5 Et nolite quærere Bethel, et in Galgalam nolite intrare, et in Bersabee non transibitis, quia Galgala captiva ducetur, et Bethel erit inutilis.
Seek not Bethel, And go not to Gilgal, And pass not over to Beersheba! For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity! And Bethel shall come to naught.
6 Quærite Dominum, et vivite (ne forte comburatur ut ignis domus Joseph, et devorabit, et non erit qui extinguat Bethel:
Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live! Lest he rush like a fire on the house of Joseph, And it devour, and there be none to quench it in the house of Israel.
7 qui convertitis in absinthium judicium, et justitiam in terra relinquitis):
Ye who turn justice into wormwood, And cast righteousness down to the ground.
8 facientem Arcturum et Orionem, et convertentem in mane tenebras, et diem in noctem mutantem; qui vocat aquas maris, et effundit eas super faciem terræ; Dominus nomen est ejus:
Seek him, that made the Pleiades and Orion; That changeth death-like darkness into morning, And darkeneth day into night; That calleth up the waters of the sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name!
9 qui subridet vastitatem super robustum, et depopulationem super potentem affert.
Who sendeth sudden destruction upon the strong, And bringeth desolation upon the fortress.
10 Odio habuerunt corripientem in porta, et loquentem perfecte abominati sunt.
They hate him that pleadeth in the gate, And abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
11 Idcirco, pro eo quod diripiebatis pauperem, et prædam electam tollebatis ab eo, domos quadro lapide ædificabitis, et non habitabitis in eis; vineas plantabis amantissimas, et non bibetis vinum earum.
Since, then, ye trample upon the poor, And take from him presents of wheat, Though ye build houses of hewn stone, ye shall not dwell in them; Though ye plant pleasant vineyards, ye shall not drink their wine.
12 Quia cognovi multa scelera vestra, et fortia peccata vestra: hostes justi, accipientes munus, et pauperes deprimentes in porta.
For I know that your sins are many, And your transgressions manifold, Ye who afflict the righteous, and take a bribe, And oppress the poor in the gate!
13 Ideo prudens in tempore illo tacebit, quia tempus malum est.
Therefore the wise man shall be silent at that time, For it shall be an evil time.
14 Quærite bonum, et non malum, ut vivatis; et erit Dominus Deus exercituum vobiscum, sicut dixistis.
Seek ye good, and not evil, that ye may live; Then shall Jehovah, the God of hosts, be with you, as ye boast.
15 Odite malum et diligite bonum, et constituite in porta judicium: si forte misereatur Dominus Deus exercituum reliquiis Joseph.
Hate ye evil, and love good, And establish justice in the gate; It may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will have pity upon the remnant of Joseph.
16 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum, dominator: In omnibus plateis planctus; et in cunctis quæ foris sunt, dicetur: Væ, væ! et vocabunt agricolam ad luctum, et ad planctum eos qui sciunt plangere.
Thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: In all the streets shall there be wailing, And in all the highways shall they cry, Alas! alas! They shall call the husbandmen to mourning, And those who are skilful in lamentation to wailing,
17 Et in omnibus vineis erit planctus, quia pertransibo in medio tui, dicit Dominus.
And in all vineyards shall be sounds of woe, For I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.
18 Væ desiderantibus diem Domini! ad quid eam vobis? Dies Domini ista, tenebræ, et non lux.
Woe unto them that ask for the day of Jehovah! What is the day of Jehovah to you? It shall be darkness, and not light.
19 Quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis, et occurrat ei ursus; et ingrediatur domum, et innitatur manu sua super parietem, et mordeat eum coluber.
As if a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him; Or went into a house and leaned his hand on a wall, And a serpent bit him;
20 Numquid non tenebræ dies Domini, et non lux; et caligo, et non splendor in ea?
So shall the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light, Even thick darkness, and no brightness in it.
21 Odi, et projeci festivitates vestras, et non capiam odorem cœtuum vestrorum.
I hate, I despise your feasts; I have no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 Quod si obtuleritis mihi holocautomata, et munera vestra, non suscipiam; et vota pinguium vestrorum non respiciam.
When ye offer me burnt-offerings and flour-offerings, I will not accept them; And upon the thank-offerings of your fatlings I will not look.
23 Aufer a me tumultum carminum tuorum; et cantica lyræ tuæ non audiam.
Take ye away from me the noise of your songs, And the music of your harps let me not hear!
24 Et revelabitur quasi aqua judicium, et justitia quasi torrens fortis.
Let justice flow forth as waters, And righteousness as a mighty stream!
25 Numquid hostias et sacrificium obtulistis mihi in deserto quadraginta annis, domus Israël?
Did ye offer me sacrifices and offerings In the wilderness, for forty years, O house of Israel?
26 et portastis tabernaculum Moloch vestro, et imaginem idolorum vestrorum, sidus dei vestri, quæ fecistis vobis.
But ye bore the tabernacle of your king, And the shrine of your images, The star of your god, which ye made for yourselves.
27 Et migrare vos faciam trans Damascum, dicit Dominus: Deus exercituum nomen ejus.
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, Saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts!
