Amós 2
1 Yahvé dice: “Por tres transgresiones de Moab, sí, por cuatro, No rechazaré su castigo, porque quemó los huesos del rey de Edom hasta convertirlos en cal;
These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because he had the bones of the king of Edom burned to dust.
2 pero enviaré un fuego sobre Moab, y devorará los palacios de Kerioth; y Moab morirá con tumulto, con gritos y con el sonido de la trompeta;
And I will send a fire on Moab, burning up the great houses of Kerioth: and death will come on Moab with noise and outcries and the sound of the horn:
3 y cortaré al juez de entre ellos, y matará a todos sus príncipes con él”. dice Yahvé.
And I will have the judge cut off from among them, and all their captains I will put to death with him, says the Lord.
4 Yahvé dice: “Por tres transgresiones de Judá, sí, por cuatro, No rechazaré su castigo, porque han rechazado la ley de Yahvé, y no han guardado sus estatutos, y sus mentiras los han llevado por el mal camino, tras la cual caminaron sus padres;
These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Judah, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given up the law of the Lord, and have not kept his rules; and their false ways, in which their fathers went, have made them go out of the right way.
5 pero enviaré un fuego sobre Judá, y devorará los palacios de Jerusalén”.
And I will send a fire on Judah, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem.
6 Yahvé dice: “Por tres transgresiones de Israel, sí, por cuatro, No rechazaré su castigo, porque han vendido a los justos por plata, y a los necesitados por un par de sandalias;
These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given the upright man for silver, and the poor for the price of two shoes;
7 Pisotean las cabezas de los pobres en el polvo de la tierra y negar la justicia a los oprimidos. Un hombre y su padre usan la misma doncella, para profanar mi santo nombre.
Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:
8 Se acostaron junto a cada altar sobre ropas tomadas en prenda. En la casa de su Dios beben el vino de los multados.
By every altar they are stretched on clothing taken from those who are in their debt, drinking in the house of their god the wine of those who have made payment for wrongdoing.
9 Sin embargo, yo destruí al amorreo ante ellos, cuya altura era como la de los cedros, y era fuerte como los robles; sin embargo, destruí su fruto desde arriba, y sus raíces desde abajo.
Though I sent destruction on the Amorite before them, who was tall as the cedar and strong as the oak-tree, cutting off his fruit from on high and his roots from under the earth.
10 También te saqué de la tierra de Egipto y te condujo cuarenta años por el desierto, para poseer la tierra de los amorreos.
And I took you up out of the land of Egypt, guiding you for forty years in the waste land, so that you might take for your heritage the land of the Amorite.
11 Yo levanté a algunos de tus hijos como profetas, y a algunos de sus jóvenes como nazireos. ¿No es esto cierto? ¿Israel, hijos de Israel?”, dice Yahvé.
And some of your sons I made prophets, and some of your young men I made separate for myself. Is it not even so, O children of Israel? says the Lord.
12 “Pero tú les diste de beber vino a los nazireos, y ordenó a los profetas, diciendo: “¡No profeticen!
But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.
13 He aquí que te aplastaré en tu lugar, como aplasta un carro que está lleno de grano.
See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.
14 La huida perecerá de los veloces. El fuerte no fortalecerá su fuerza. El poderoso no se entregará.
And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:
15 El que maneja el arco no se sostiene. El que es rápido de pies no escapará. El que monta el caballo no se libra.
And the bowman will not keep his place; he who is quick-footed will not get away safely: and the horseman will not keep his life.
16 El que es valiente entre los poderosos huirán desnudos ese día”. dice Yahvé.
And he who is without fear among the fighting men will go in flight without his clothing in that day, says the Lord.
