Amós 5
1 Escuchen la palabra que pronuncio como lamento por ustedes, oh Casa de Israel:
You people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
2 La virgen de Israel cayó para no levantarse. Está tendido y abandonado su cuerpo. No hay quien 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 ʼAdonay Yavé dice a la Casa de Israel: La ciudad que salía con 1.000, queda con 100, y la que salía con 100, queda con diez.
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 Yavé dice a la Casa de Israel: Búsquenme y vivirán.
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 No busquen a Bet-ʼEl, ni vayan a Gilgal, ni pasen a Beerseba, porque Gilgal ciertamente irá en cautiverio y Bet-ʼEl será reducida a escombro.
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 Busquen a Yavé para que vivan, no sea que Él acometa con fuego la casa de José, y nadie esté en Bet-ʼEl para apagarlo.
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 Ustedes los que convierten el juicio en ajenjo y lanzan a tierra la justicia,
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 [busquen] al que creó las Pléyades y Orión, que cambia en mañana la oscuridad y oscurece el día como la noche, al que llama a las aguas del mar y las derrama sobre la superficie de la tierra. Yavé 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 Quien irrumpe con destrucción repentina caiga contra la fortaleza para que la destruya.
He causes strong [soldiers] to be killed, and causes the (high walls around/fortresses of) cities to be torn down.
10 Ellos aborrecen al que amonesta en la puerta y repugnan al que habla rectamente.
[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 tanto, porque ustedes pisotean al pobre y reciben el tributo de sus granos, aunque edifiquen casas de piedra labrada, no vivirán en ellas. Aunque planten hermosas viñas no beberán 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 Yo conozco bien sus numerosas rebeliones y sus grandes pecados: Oprimen al justo, reciben soborno y atropellan a los pobres en la puerta.
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 tanto, el prudente calla en ese tiempo, porque es tiempo peligroso.
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 ¡Busquen el bien y no el mal, y vivirán. Yavé, ʼElohim de las huestes, estará con ustedes, tal como ustedes dicen!
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 Aborrezcan el mal, amen el bien y afirmen la justicia en la puerta. Tal vez Yavé, ʼElohim de las huestes, tenga compasión del 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 ʼAdonay Yavé, ʼElohim de las huestes dice: En todas las plazas habrá llanto y en todas las calles dirán: ¡Ay! ¡Ay! Y llamarán al labrador a duelo y a lamentación a los que saben lamentar.
“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 llanto, porque pasaré entre ustedes, dice Yavé.
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 los que anhelan el día de Yavé! ¿Para qué desean este día de Yavé? Será de tinieblas y no de 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 cuando uno huye del león y choca con un oso. O al entrar en su casa, apoya la mano en la pared y lo muerde una serpiente.
[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 Yavé oscuridad y no luz? ¿Muy oscuro, sin resplandor?
That day, [when he punishes people], will certainly be [RHQ] a very dark day [MET], without even a little bit of light.
21 ¡Aborrezco, repugno sus solemnidades! ¡Sus asambleas no me son olor grato!
[Yahweh says], “I hate your religious celebrations and the times when you gather to worship me; I detest them [DOU].
22 Aunque me ofrezcan holocaustos y ofrendas vegetales, no las aceptaré, ni miraré sus sacrificios de paz con animales engordados.
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 Retiren el bullicio de los cánticos de mi Presencia. No quiero escuchar el sonido de tus arpas.
So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps.
24 Pero fluya la justicia como las aguas, y la equidad como arroyo perenne.
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 ofrecieron sacrificios y ofrendas en el desierto durante 40 años, oh 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 Más bien, llevaron a Sicut, su rey, y a Quiún, la estrella de sus ʼelohim que hicieron para ustedes.
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 tanto, promoveré que los deporten más allá de Damasco, dice Yavé, cuyo Nombre es ʼElohim de las huestes.
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!”
