Amos 4
1 »Poslušajte to besedo, ve bašánske krave, ki ste na samarijski gori, ki stiskate uboge, ki drobite pomoči potrebne, ki svojim gospodarjem pravite: ›Prinesite in naj pijemo.‹
Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, "Bring us something to drink."
2 Gospod Bog je prisegel pri svoji svetosti, da, glejte, nad vas bodo prišli dnevi, ko vas bo odvedel proč s kavlji in vaše potomstvo s trnki.
The LORD has sworn by his holiness: "Look, the days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks.
3 Šle boste ven pri vrzelih, vsaka krava pri tisti, ki je pred njo, in vrgle jih boste v palačo, « govori Gospod.
You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon," says the LORD.
4 »Prihajate v Betel in grešite, pri Gilgálu množite prestopek in vsako jutro prinašajte svoje klavne daritve in svoje desetine po treh letih
"Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days,
5 in darujte žrtev zahvaljevanja s kvasom in razglašajte in objavljajte prostovoljne daritve, kajti to vam je všeč, oh vi, Izraelovi otroci, « govori Gospod Bog.
offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: for this pleases you, you children of Israel," says the LORD.
6 »In tudi jaz sem vam dal čistost zob po vseh vaših mestih in pomanjkanje kruha po vseh vaših krajih. Vendar se niste vrnili k meni, « govori Gospod.
"I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven't returned to me," says the LORD.
7 »In tudi jaz sem zadržal dež pred vami, ko je bilo še tri mesece do žetve in mu dal, da dežuje nad enim mestom in dal, da ne dežuje nad drugim mestom. Na en kos je deževalo, kos pa, na katerega ni deževalo, se je posušil.
"I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it did not rain withered.
8 Tako so dva ali tri mesta tavala k enemu mestu, da pijejo vodo, toda niso bila nasičena. Vendar se niste vrnili k meni, « govori Gospod.
So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me," says the LORD.
9 »Udaril sem vas s kvarjenjem in plesnijo. Ko so se množili vaši vrtovi in vaši vinogradi in vaša figova drevesa in vaše oljke, jih je požrla kosmata gosenica. Vendar se niste vrnili k meni, « govori Gospod.
"I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards; and your fig trees and your olive trees have the swarming locust devoured: yet you haven't returned to me," says the LORD.
10 »Med vas sem poslal kužno bolezen po načinu iz Egipta. Vaše mladeniče sem umoril z mečem in vaše konje odvedel proč in storil sem, da se smrad vaših taborov vzdigne do vaših nosnic, vendar se niste vrnili k meni, « govori Gospod.
"I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you haven't returned to me," says the LORD.
11 »Uničil sem nekatere izmed vas, kakor je Bog razdejal Sódomo in Gomóro in ste bili kakor kos tlečega lesa, izvlečenega iz gorenja, vendar se niste vrnili k meni, « govori Gospod.
"I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet you haven't returned to me," says the LORD.
12 »Zato ti bom tako storil, oh Izrael in ker ti bom to storil, se pripravi, da srečaš svojega Boga, oh Izrael.
"Therefore thus will I do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.
13 Kajti glej, tisti ki oblikuje gore in ustvarja veter in razglaša človeku, kaj je njegova misel, ki dela jutranjo temo in mendra na visokih krajih zemlje. Gospod, Bog nad bojevniki, je njegovo ime.«
For, look, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought; who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth: The LORD, the God of hosts, is his name."
