Amos 5
1 Èujte ovu rijeè, naricanje koje podižem za vama, dome Izrailjev.
Hear ye this word, which, I, am taking up concerning you—even a dirge, O house of Israel.
2 Pade, neæe više ustati djevojka Izrailjeva; baèena je na zemlju svoju, nema nikoga da je podigne.
She hath fallen—she cannot again rise, the virgin, Israel, —she lieth forsaken on her soil, there is none to raise her up.
3 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: u gradu iz kojega je izlazila tisuæa ostaæe stotina, a iz kojega je izlazila stotina u njemu æe ostati deset domu Izrailjevu.
For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, The city that goeth out a thousand strong, shall have left it a hundred, —And, that which goeth out a hundred strong, shall have left it ten, belonging to the house of Israel.
4 Jer ovako veli Gospod domu Izrailjevu: tražite me, i biæete živi.
For, thus, saith Yahweh, to the house of Israel, —Seek me, and live;
5 A ne tražite Vetilja, i ne idite u Galgal, i ne prolazite u Virsaveju, jer æe Galgal otiæi u ropstvo, a Vetilj æe se obratiti u ništa.
Then do not seek Bethel, and, Gilgal, shall ye not enter, and, unto Beer-sheba, shall ye not cross over, For, Gilgal, shall, surely go into exile, and, Bethel, shall become a trouble.
6 Tražite Gospoda i biæete živi, da ne obuzme doma Josifova kao oganj i spali i ne bude nikoga da gasi Vetilj.
Seek ye Yahweh, and live, —lest he break forth, like a fire, upon the house of Joseph, and it devour with none to quench it, for Bethel.
7 Koji obraæate sud u pelen, i pravdu na zemlju obarate,
Ye who turn, into, wormwood, justice, and, righteousness—to the ground have let fall.
8 Onoga tražite koji je stvorio zvijezde kola i štape, i koji pretvara sjen smrtni u jutro a dan u tamnu noæ, koji doziva vode morske i proljeva ih po zemlji; ime mu je Gospod.
[Seek him] who made the Cluster and the Giant, and turneth, into morning, the shadow of death, and who, day into night, doth darken, Him who calleth to the waters of the sea, and poureth them out on the face of the land, Yahweh, is his name:
9 Koji podiže pogibao na jakoga, te pogibao doðe na grad.
Him who flasheth force on the strong, —and, force, on the fortress, alighteth!
10 Mrze na onoga koji kara na vratima, i gade se na onoga koji govori pravo.
They hate the man who, in the gate, rebuketh, —and, him who speaketh truthfully, they abhor.
11 Zato što gazite siromaha i uzimate od njega žito u danak, sagradiste kuæe od tesana kamena, ali neæete sjedjeti u njima; nasadiste lijepe vinograde, ali neæete piti vina iz njih.
Therefore—because ye have trampled on the poor, and, the gift of corn, ye would take away from him, though, houses of hewn stone, ye have built, Yet shall ye not dwell in them, —Though, delightful vineyards, ye have planted, Yet shall ye not drink the wine of them.
12 Jer znam bezakonja vaša, kojih je mnogo, i grijehe vaše, koji su veliki, koji muèite pravednika, primate poklone i izvræete pravdu ubogima na vratima.
For I know how numerous are your transgressions, and how surpassing your sins, —ye adversaries of the righteous! ye acceptors of a bribe! Even the needy in the gate, have they turned away!
13 Zato æe pravedni muèati u ovo vrijeme, jer je zlo vrijeme.
Therefore, the prudent man, at that time, will be dumb, —Because an evil time, it is!
14 Tražite dobro a ne zlo, da biste bili živi; i tako æe Gospod Bog nad vojskama biti s vama, kako rekoste.
Seek ye right and not wrong, that ye nay live, —that, so, Yahweh God of hosts, may be with you, as ye have said.
15 Mrzite na zlo i ljubite dobro, i postavite na vratima sud, ne bi li se Gospod Bog nad vojskama smilovao na ostatak Josifov.
Hate wrong, and love right, and station, Justice, in the gate, —Peradventure, Yahweh, God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16 Zato ovako veli Gospod Bog nad vojskama, Gospod: biæe tužnjava po svijem ulicama, i po svijem putovima govoriæe: jaoh! jaoh! i zvaæe ratare na žalost i na tužnjavu one koji umiju naricati.
Therefore, thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, My Lord, In all broadways, shall be lamentation, and, in all streets, shall they say, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the husbandman unto the mourning, and, unto the lamentation, them who know a wailing song;
17 I po svijem æe vinogradima biti tužnjava, jer æu proæi posred tebe, govori Gospod.
Ye, in all vineyards, lamentation, —For I will pass along through thy midst, saith Yahweh.
18 Teško onima koji žele dan Gospodnji! što æe vam dan Gospodnji? tada je mrak a ne vidjelo.
Alas for them who are longing for the day of Yahweh, —What good to you, is the day of Yahweh? it, being darkness and not light:
19 Kao da bi ko bježao od lava pa bi ga sreo medvjed; ili kao da bi ko došao u kuæu i naslonio se rukom na zid, pa bi ga zmija ujela.
As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and there should meet him—a bear! or he should have entered the house, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and there should bite him—a serpent!
20 Nije li dan Gospodnji mrak a ne vidjelo? i tama, bez svjetlosti?
Shall not the day of Yahweh be, darkness, and not light? yea, thick darkness and no brightness in it?
21 Mrzim na vaše praznike, odbacio sam ih, i neæu da mirišem svetkovina vaših.
I hate, I despise your festivals, —and can scent no fragrance in your solemn feasts.
22 Ako mi prinesete žrtve paljenice i prinose svoje, neæu ih primiti, i neæu pogledati na zahvalne žrtve od ugojene stoke vaše.
Nay, though ye cause to ascend unto me ascending-sacrifices, and your meal-offerings, I will not accept [them], —nor, the peace-offering of your fat heifers, will I regard.
23 Ukloni od mene buku pjesama svojih, i sviranja psaltira tvojih neæu da èujem.
Take thou away from me, the noise of thy songs, —Even the melody of thy harps, will I not hear.
24 Nego sud neka teèe kao voda i pravda kao silan potok.
But let, justice, roll along like water, —and, righteousness, as a torrent over flowing.
25 Jeste li meni prinosili žrtve i dare u pustinji èetrdeset godina, dome Izrailjev?
The sacrifices and meal-offering, ye brought near unto me, in the desert, for forty years O house of Israel;
26 Nego ste nosili šator Moloha svojega, i Hijuna, likove svoje, zvijezdu boga svojega, koje sami sebi naèiniste.
But ye carried the tent of your king-idol, and your Saturn-images, —the star of your gods, which ye made for yourselves:
27 Zato æu vas preseliti iza Damaska, govori Gospod, kojemu je ime Bog nad vojskama.
Therefore will I carry you into exile beyond Damascus, —saith Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.
