Amós 6
1 Ay de los que están tranquilos en Sión, y a los que están seguros en la montaña de Samaria, los hombres notables de los jefes de las naciones, ¡a quien la casa de Israel acude!
Terrible things will happen to you people in Jerusalem who are not worried about anything, and also to you leaders who live on Samaria Hill who think that you are safe. [You think that] [IRO] you are the most important people [in the world], people to whom Israeli people [MTY] go [to get help].
2 Ve a Calneh y mira. Desde allí ve a Hamath la grande. Luego baja a Gat de los filisteos. ¿Son mejores que estos reinos? ¿Su frontera es mayor que la tuya?
But go to Calneh [city] and see [what happened there]. Then go to [see] the great [city] Hamath [and see what happened there]. Then go down to Gath [city] in Philistia [and see what happened to their city walls]. Your land/country is certainly not [RHQ] larger or more powerful than their countries were, [but they were all destroyed].
3 Ay de ti, que alejas el día malo, y hacer que se acerque la sede de la violencia,
You are trying to not think about a day when you will experience disasters, when [your enemies will come and] violently attack you.
4 que yacen en camas de marfil, y se estiran en sus sofás, y comer los corderos del rebaño, y los terneros fuera del centro del establo,
You lie on beds [decorated with expensive] ivory, and on [soft] couches. You eat [the tender meat of] lambs and fat calves.
5 que rasguean las cuerdas de un arpa, que inventan para sí mismos instrumentos de música, como David;
You create/compose new songs and play them on your harps like [King] David did.
6 que beben vino en tazones, y se ungen con los mejores aceites, pero no se afligen por la aflicción de José.
You drink entire bowlfuls of wine and you put expensive oils/perfumes on your bodies, but you do not grieve about [your country of] Israel [MTY], which is about to be destroyed.
7 Por tanto, ahora irán cautivos con los primeros que vayan cautivos. La fiesta y la holgazanería terminarán.
Your feasting and lounging [on soft couches] will soon end, and you will be among the first ones to be forced [by your enemies] to go (into exile/to another country).
8 “El Señor Yahvé ha jurado por sí mismo”, dice Yahvé, el Dios de los Ejércitos: “Aborrezco el orgullo de Jacob, y detesta sus fortalezas. Por eso entregaré la ciudad con todo lo que hay en ella.
Yahweh the Lord has solemnly declared this: “I hate the people of Israel because they are very proud; I detest their fortresses. I will enable [their enemies] to capture their [capital] city and everything in it.”
9 Sucederá que si diez hombres permanecen en una casa morirán.
[When that happens, ] if there are ten people in one house, they will all die.
10 “Cuando el pariente de un hombre lo lleva, incluso el que lo quema, para sacar los cadáveres de la casa, y le pregunta al que está en el interior de la casa: ‘¿Hay todavía alguno con vosotros?’ Y él dice: ‘No’. Y él responda: ‘No’; entonces dirá: ‘Calla, en efecto, no debemos mencionar el nombre de Yahvé’.
If a relative who (has the task of/is responsible for) burning their corpses comes to the house and inquires of anyone who is still hiding there, “Is there anyone here with you?”, and that person replies “No,” [the one who inquired] will say, “Be quiet! We must not mention the name of Yahweh, [lest he cause us also to be killed]!”
11 “Porque, he aquí que Yahvé lo ordena, y la gran casa será hecha pedazos, y la casita en pedazos.
[Terrible things like that will happen] because Yahweh has commanded that large houses [in Israel] must be smashed into pieces, and small houses must be smashed into tiny bits.
12 ¿Corren los caballos por los peñascos? ¿Se ara allí con bueyes? Pero has convertido la justicia en veneno, y el fruto de la justicia en amargura,
Horses certainly do not [RHQ] run on big rocks, and certainly people do not [RHQ] plow the sea with oxen. But you have [done things that no one should do]: You have distorted what is fair/right and caused it to be considered like poison [MET]; you have changed what is right and consider it to be like things that are bitter.
13 tú que te alegras de una cosa de nada, que dices, ‘¿No hemos tomado para nosotros los cuernos por nuestra propia fuerza?’
You are proud because you have captured Lo-Debar [town], and you have said, “We captured Karnaim by our own power!”
14 Porque, he aquí que yo levantaré contra vosotros una nación, casa de Israel,” dice Yahvé, el Dios de los Ejércitos; “y te afligirán desde la entrada de Hamat hasta el arroyo del Arabá”.
But the Commander of the armies of angels declares, “I will cause another nation to attack you people [MTY] of Israel; they will (oppress you/cause you to suffer) all the way from Hamath Pass [in the northwest] to the Dead Sea [in the southeast].”
