Amós 5
1 Escuchad esta palabra que tomo para lamentarme por vosotros, casa de Israel:
You people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
2 “La virgen de Israel ha caído; No se levantará más. Está abatida en su tierra; no hay nadie que la levante”.
“You are like [MET] a young woman, but in spite of that, you will certainly be struck down and you will never get up again! You will lie on the ground, abandoned, and there will be no one to help you stand up.”
3 Porque el Señor Yahvé dice: “A la ciudad que salió mil le quedarán cien, y al que salió cien le quedarán diez para la casa de Israel”.
This is what Yahweh the Lord says to the people [MTY] of Israel: [“When your enemies attack you, ] and when 1,000 [of your soldiers] will go [to a battle], there will be only 100 who will survive. When 100 soldiers march out [from a city to fight], there will be only ten who will remain alive.”
4 Porque Yahvé dice a la casa de Israel: “Búscame y vivirás;
Yahweh continues to say to the people [MTY] of Israel: “You Israeli people, return to me! If you do that, you will continue to remain alive.
5 pero no busques a Betel, ni entrar en Gilgal, y no pases a Beersheba; porque Gilgal seguramente irá en cautiverio, y Betel quedará en nada.
Do not go to Bethel to seek [my help]; do not go to Gilgal [to worship]; do not [even] go to Beersheba, because [your enemies] will drag away [the people of] Gilgal to other countries, and Bethel will be completely destroyed.”
6 Busca a Yahvé y vivirás, para que no estalle como el fuego en la casa de José, y lo devora, y no hay quien lo apague en Betel.
So, come to Yahweh; if you do that, you will remain alive. If you do not do that, Yahweh will descend on you descendants [MTY] of Joseph like [SIM] a fire; that fire will burn everything in Bethel, and (nothing/no one) will be able to save that town.
7 Tú que conviertes la justicia en ajenjo, ¡y arrojar la justicia a la tierra!
You people distort what is fair/right and cause [people to think that] it is something that is very bitter; you treat good things as though they are evil.
8 Busca al que hizo las Pléyades y Orión, y convierte la sombra de la muerte en la mañana, y hace que el día se oscurezca con la noche; que llama a las aguas del mar, y los derrama sobre la superficie de la tierra, Yahvé es su nombre,
[Do you know who] created all the groups of stars and put them in their places? [Each morning] he causes the darkness to become the dawn, and [each evening] he causes the daylight to become darkness. He scoops up water from the oceans [to become clouds], and then he dumps the water [from the clouds] onto the earth. The one who does those things is named Yahweh.
9 que trae la destrucción repentina sobre los fuertes, para que la destrucción llegue a la fortaleza.
He causes strong [soldiers] to be killed, and causes the (high walls around/fortresses of) cities to be torn down.
10 Odian al que reprende en la puerta, y aborrecen al que habla sin culpa.
[He is the one who will punish you] because you hate those who challenge anyone who tries to make unjust decisions, and you hate those who tell the truth in your courts.
11 Por eso, porque pisoteáis al pobre y le quitáis los impuestos del trigo, Habéis construido casas de piedra cortada, pero no queréis habitar en ellas. Has plantado viñedos agradables, pero no beberás su vino.
You oppress poor people and force them to pay big taxes. You have built big stone mansions [for yourselves], but you will not be able to live in them. You have planted vineyards, but there will not be any [grapes for you to harvest to make] wine.
12 Porque yo sé cuántas son tus ofensas, y cuán grandes son tus pecados... tú que afliges al justo, que aceptan un soborno, y que rechazan a los necesitados en los tribunales.
I know all of your sins and the terrible crimes that you have committed. You oppress righteous/honest people, and you accept bribes. You do not allow judges to treat poor people justly.
13 Por lo tanto, una persona prudente guarda silencio en ese momento, porque es un tiempo malo.
This is a time when [many people do] evil things, so people who have good sense say nothing [when they hear about such things being done].
14 Busca el bien y no el mal, para que puedas vivir; y así Yahvé, el Dios de los Ejércitos, estará con vosotros, como tú dices.
In order to remain alive, you must stop doing what is wrong, and start doing what is right. If you do that, the Commander of the armies of angels will be with you like you claim [that he always is].
15 Odia el mal, ama el bien, y establecer la justicia en los tribunales. Puede ser que Yahvé, el Dios de los Ejércitos, sea benévolo con el remanente de José”.
Love what is good, and hate what is evil! Try to cause [judges] in your courts to make decisions that are right/fair! If you do those things, perhaps the Commander of the armies of angels will act mercifully toward [you descendants of] Joseph who are still alive.
16 Por eso dice Yahvé, el Dios de los Ejércitos, el Señor: “Los lamentos serán en todos los caminos anchos. Dirán en todas las calles: “¡Ay! Ay! Llamarán al agricultor al luto, y los que son hábiles en el lamento a los lamentos.
“Because I, Yahweh, [will punish you for your sins], this is what I have solemnly declared: People will be wailing loudly in every street, and people will be very sorrowful in every plaza. Farmers will be summoned to [come and] weep, along with the other official mourners who will wail [for those who have died].
17 En todas las viñas habrá lamentos, porque pasaré por en medio de ti”, dice Yahvé.
People will be wailing in your vineyards, because I will punish you [IDM] severely. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it!”
18 “¡Ay de ustedes que desean el día de Yahvé! ¿Por qué anhelas el día de Yahvé? Es la oscuridad, y no la luz.
Terrible things will happen to you who desire that it will soon be the day when Yahweh [will punish your enemies], because that will be a day of darkness, not of light.
19 Como si un hombre huyera de un león, y un oso le salió al encuentro; o entró en la casa y apoyó la mano en la pared, y una serpiente lo mordió.
[At that time, ] when you try to run from a lion, you will face a bear. When you run into your house [to be safe], and you put your hand on a wall, it will be bitten by a snake.
20 ¿No será el día de Yahvé oscuridad y no luz? ¿Incluso muy oscuro, y sin brillo en él?
That day, [when he punishes people], will certainly be [RHQ] a very dark day [MET], without even a little bit of light.
21 Odio, desprecio tus fiestas, y no puedo soportar sus asambleas solemnes.
[Yahweh says], “I hate your religious celebrations and the times when you gather to worship me; I detest them [DOU].
22 Sí, aunque me ofrezcáis vuestros holocaustos y vuestras ofrendas, No los aceptaré; ni miraré las ofrendas de paz de tus animales gordos.
Even if you bring me offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar] and offerings of grain, I will no longer accept them. Even if you bring me offerings to renew/maintain fellowship with me, I will not pay any attention to them.
23 ¡Aleja de mí el ruido de tus canciones! No escucharé la música de tus arpas.
So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps.
24 Pero que la justicia corra como los ríos, y la justicia como una poderosa corriente.
Instead, your continually acting justly/fairly and righteously should be [never stop, ] like [SIM] [the water in] a river that never stops flowing.
25 “¿Me trajisteis sacrificios y ofrendas en el desierto durante cuarenta años, casa de Israel?
You Israeli people [MTY], your [ancestors] wandered through the desert for 40 years; and during that time, they never brought any sacrifices and offerings to me!
26 También llevasteis la tienda de vuestro rey y el santuario de vuestras imágenes, la estrella de vuestro dios, que os hicisteis.
But they carried the two idols that they had made— the idols of Succoth, the god [that they considered to be] their king, and Kaiwan, [the image of the] star [that they worshiped].
27 Por eso haré que vayas al cautiverio más allá de Damasco”, dice Yahvé, cuyo nombre es el Dios de los Ejércitos.
Therefore, now I will force you to go to [a country that is] far beyond Damascus! [That will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it!”
