Amos Propheta 8
1 Haec ostendit mihi Dominus Deus: et ecce uncinus pomorum.
Thus did the Lord Eternal show unto me: and, behold, there was a basket of summer fruit.
2 Et dixit: Quid tu vides Amos? Et dixi: Uncinum pomorum. Et dixit Dominus ad me: Venit finis super populum meum Israel: non adiiciam ultra ut pertranseam eum.
And he said, What dost thou see, 'Amos? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come for my people Israel: I will not farther indulge them any more.
3 Et stridebunt cardines templi in die illa, dicit Dominus Deus: multi morientur: in omni loco proiicietur silentium.
And the songs of the temple shall become a wailing on that day, saith the Lord Eternal: many shall be the dead bodies; in every place shall men throw them down, [saying, ] Be silent.
4 Audite hoc qui conteritis pauperem, et deficere facitis egenos terrae,
Hear this, O ye that are greedy to swallow the needy, and to ruin the poor of the land,
5 dicentes: Quando transibit messis, et venundabimus merces: et sabbatum, et aperiemus frumentum: ut imminuamus mensuram, et augeamus siclum, et supponamus stateras dolosas,
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell provision? and the sabbath, that we may open the corn-warehouses, making the ephah small, and increasing the shekel, and cheating with deceitful balances?
6 ut possideamus in argento egenos et pauperes pro calceamentis, et quisquilias frumenti vendamus?
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the corn?
7 Iuravit Dominus in superbiam Iacob: Si oblitus fuero usque ad finem omnia opera eorum.
Sworn hath the Lord by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will not forget to eternity all their works.
8 Numquid super isto non commovebitur terra, et lugebit omnis habitator eius: et ascendet quasi fluvius universus, et eiicicetur, et defluet quasi rivus Aegypti?
Shall because of this the land not tremble, and mourn every one that dwelleth therein? and shall it not rise up like a stream wholly, and roll onward and sink again like the stream of Egypt?
9 Et erit in die illa, dicit Dominus: occidet sol in meridie, et tenebrescere faciam terram in die luminis:
And it shall come to pass on that day, saith the Lord Eternal, that I will cause the sun to set at noon, and I will bring darkness over the earth on a bright day;
10 et convertam festivitates vestras in luctum, et omnia cantica vestra in planctum: et inducam super omne dorsum vestrum saccum, et super omne caput calvitium: et ponam eam quasi luctum unigeniti, et novissima eius quasi diem amarum.
And I will change your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentations; and I will bring upon all loins sackcloth, and upon every head baldness; and I will cause [the land] to mourn as one doth for an only son, and its end to be as a day of bitter [complaint].
11 Ecce dies veniunt, dicet Dominus: et mittam famem in terram: non famem panis, neque sitim aquae, sed audiendi verbum Domini.
Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord Eternal, when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread, nor a thirst for water, but to hear the words of the Lord:
12 Et commovebuntur a Mari usque ad mare, et ab Aquilone usque ad Orientem: circuibunt quaerentes verbum Domini, et non invenient.
And they will wander about from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they will roam about to seek the word of the Lord; but they shall not find it.
13 In die illa deficient virgines pulchrae et adolescentes in siti.
On that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;
14 Qui iurant in delicto Samariae, et dicunt: Vivit Deus tuus Dan: et vivit via Bersabee, et cadent, et non resurgent ultra.
Those that swear by the guilt of Samaria, and say, As thy god liveth, O Dan; and, As liveth the worshipped idol of Beer-sheba', —yea, they shall fall, and never rise up again.
