Amos Propheta 3
1 Audite verbum, quod locutus est Dominus super vos, filii Israel: super omnem cognationem, quam eduxi de Terra Aegypti, dicens:
Hear this word that Jehovah has spoken against you, O sons of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 Tantummodo vos cognovi ex omnibus cognationibus terrae: idcirco visitabo super vos omnes iniquitates vestras.
You only I have known of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
3 Numquid ambulabunt duo pariter, nisi convenerit eis?
Shall two walk together unless they have agreed?
4 Numquid rugiet leo in saltu, nisi habuerit praedam? numquid dabit catulus leonis vocem de cubili suo, nisi aliquid apprehenderit?
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has taken nothing?
5 numquid cadet avis in laqueum terrae absque aucupe? numquid auferetur laqueus de terra antequam quid ceperit?
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no net is set for him? Shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?
6 Si clanget tuba in civitate, et populus non expavescet? si erit malum in civitate, quod Dominus non fecerit?
Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah has not done it?
7 Quia non facit Dominus Deus verbum, nisi revelaverit secretum suum ad servos suos prophetas.
Surely the lord Jehovah will do nothing unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
8 Leo rugiet, quis non timebit? Dominus Deus locutus est, quis non prophetabit?
The lion has roared, who will not fear? The lord Jehovah has spoken, who can but prophesy?
9 Auditum facite in aedibus Azoti, et in aedibus Terrae Aegypti: et dicite: Congregamini super montes Samariae, et videte insanias multas in medio eius, et calumniam patientes in penetralibus eius.
Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are in it, and what oppressions are in the midst of it.
10 Et nescierunt facere rectum, dicit Dominus, thesaurizantes iniquitatem, et rapinas in aedibus suis.
For they do not know to do right, says Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11 Propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus: Tribulabitur et circuietur terra: et detrahetur ex te fortitudo tua, et diripientur aedes tuae.
Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: An adversary shall be, even round about the land, and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.
12 Haec dicit Dominus: Quomodo si eruat pastor de ore leonis duo crura, aut extremum auriculae: sic eruentur filii Israel, qui habitant in Samaria in plaga lectuli, et in Damasci grabato.
Thus says Jehovah: As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the sons of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.
13 Audite, et contestamini in domo Iacob, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum:
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, says the lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.
14 quia in die cum visitare coepero praevaricationes Israel, super eum visitabo, et super altaria Bethel: et amputabuntur cornua altaris, et cadent in terram.
For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15 Et percutiam domum hiemalem cum domo aestiva: et peribunt domus eburneae, et dissipabuntur aedes multae, dicit Dominus.
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, says Jehovah.
