< Amosa 8 >
1 Tas Kungs Dievs man šādu lietu lika redzēt, un raugi, tur bija kurvis ar vasaras augļiem.
Yahweh showed me [in a vision] a basket full of ripe fruit.
2 Un Viņš sacīja: ko tu redzi, Amos? Un es sacīju: kurvi ar vasaras augļiem. Tad Tas Kungs uz mani sacīja: gals ir nācis maniem Israēla ļaudīm, Es tos vairs netaupīšu.
He asked me, “Amos, what do you see?” I replied, “A basket of [very] ripe fruit.” He said, “That indicates that it almost the end for my Israeli people. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.
3 Un Dieva nama dziesmas tai dienā taps par kaukšanu, saka Tas Kungs Dievs; tur būs daudz nomirušas miesas, ikkatrā vietā tās klusi taps nomestas.
[Soon, ] instead of singing in the temple, they will be wailing. There will be corpses everywhere [HYP]. So, remain silent (OR, Everyone will be silent). [These things will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it!”
4 Klausiet šo vārdu, jūs, kas aprijat nabagu un izdeldat bēdu ļaudis tai zemē,
[It is as though] you people trample on needy people, and you destroy the poor people.
5 Un sakāt: kad jaunais mēnesis pāries, ka labību pārdodam? Un svētdiena, ka labības klētis varam atdarīt un mazāku darām ēfu un sēķeli lielāku, viltīgi pārgrozīdami svaru?
You habitually say, “We wish that [RHQ] the new moon [festival] would end soon, in order that [restrictions on doing business during the festival will be ended] and we can sell grain. We wish that the Sabbath would end soon, in order that we will again be permitted to sell our wheat”— and [when you sell it], you charge a big price for it, and you cheat people by using scales that do not weigh correctly.
6 Ka tos mazos varam pirkt par naudu un tos nabagus par pāri kurpju, tad pelus pārdosim par labību.
You sell wheat that you have swept up from the floor, and as a result it is mixed with dirt. Those who are needy and poor [DOU] and who do not have money [to buy things], you cause them to become your slaves by buying them with the [small amount of] silver [with which you could buy] a pair of sandals!
7 Tas Kungs ir zvērējis pie Jēkaba goda: Es visus viņu darbus neaizmirsīšu nemūžam.
Yahweh has declared, “Although you are very proud of [being descendants] [MTY] of Jacob, I solemnly declare that I will not forget the [evil things] that you have done.
8 Vai šādas lietas dēļ zemei nebūs kustināties, un visiem iedzīvotājiem iekš tās nebūs bēdāties? Tā visai uzplūdīs kā upe un plūdīs un nosīks kā Ēģiptes upe.
[Because of those evil things], your country will certainly [RHQ] soon be shaken, and all of you will mourn. [It will be as though] it will repeatedly rise and fall like [SIM] the Nile [River] that gets full of water [and overflows it banks] and then settles back into its riverbed.
9 Un notiks tai dienā saka Tas Kungs Dievs, tad Es saulei likšu noiet dienas vidū un aptumšošu zemi pašā gaismā.
On the day [when I punish my people], I will cause the sun to set at noontime, and the [entire] earth will be dark in the daytime.
10 Un Es pārvērtīšu jūsu svētkus par bēdām un visas jūsu dziesmas par vaimanām, un uz visiem gurniem likšu maisu un uz visām galvām pleiķi(noskūt galvu), un Es likšu bēdāties kā par vienīgo dēlu, un gals būs rūgta diena.
I will cause your [religious] celebrations to become times when you mourn; instead of singing, everyone will be weeping. Because of what I [will do], all of you will wear rough sackcloth and shave your heads [to show that you are sorrowing]. I will cause that time to be like when people mourn after an only son [has died]. All of you will be extremely sad all of that day.”
11 Redzi, dienas nāk, saka Tas Kungs Dievs, ka es badu sūtīšu tai zemē, ne badu pēc maizes un ne tvīkšanu pēc ūdens, bet klausīt Tā Kunga vārdus.
And Yahweh our God says this: “It will [soon] be the time when I will cause something to be very scarce [MET] throughout the country. But it will not be a time when there is no food or water; it will instead be a time when there will be no messages from me for anyone to hear.
12 Un tie skraidīs no vienas jūras līdz otrai, un tecēs apkārt no ziemeļa puses līdz rīta pusei Tā Kunga vārdu meklēt, bet neatradīs.
People will stagger from the [Dead] Sea to the [Mediterranean] Sea, and wander from the north to the east, searching for a message from me, but there will not be any.
13 Tai dienā skaistās jaunavas un jaunekļi apģībs no tvīkšanas,
At that time, even beautiful young women and strong young men will faint because of being very thirsty.
14 Kas pie Samarijas nozieguma zvērē un saka: tik tiešām kā tavs Dievs dzīvo, Dan, tik tiešām kā tas ceļš uz Bēršebu! Un tie kritīs un vairs necelsies.
Those who (make oaths/solemnly promise to do something) using the names of their shameful gods of Samaria, and those who solemnly promise to do something [using the name of] the god of Dan, and those who solemnly promise to do something [using the name of] the god of Beersheba, will all die; and they will never live again.”