Amós 6
1 ¡Ay de los reposados en Sión, y de los confiados en el monte de Samaria, nombrados entre las mismas naciones principales, las cuales vendrán sobre ellos, o! casa de Israel!
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 Pasád a Calanna, y mirád; y de allí id a la gran Emat; y descendéd a Get de los Palestinos, ¿si son aquellos reinos mejores que estos reinos? ¿si su término es mayor que vuestro término?
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 Los que dilatáis el día malo, y acercáis la silla de iniquidad:
You are trying to not think about a day when you will experience disasters, when [your enemies will come and] violently attack you.
4 Los que duermen en camas de marfil, y se extienden sobre sus lechos, y comen los corderos del rebaño, y los becerros de en medio del engordadero:
You lie on beds [decorated with expensive] ivory, and on [soft] couches. You eat [the tender meat of] lambs and fat calves.
5 Los que hacen de garganta al son de la flauta, e inventan instrumentos músicos, como David:
You create/compose new songs and play them on your harps like [King] David did.
6 Los que beben vino en tazones, y se ungen con los ungüentos más preciosos, ni se afligen por el quebrantamiento 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 pasarán en el principio de los que pasaren; y se acercará el lloro de los extendidos.
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 Jehová juró por su alma, Jehová Dios de los ejércitos dijo: Tengo en abominación la grandeza de Jacob, y sus palacios aborrezco; y la ciudad, y su plenitud entregaré al enemigo.
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 Y acontecerá que si diez hombres quedaren en una casa, morirán.
[When that happens, ] if there are ten people in one house, they will all die.
10 Y su tio tomará a cada uno, y le quemará, para sacar los huesos de casa; y dirá al que estará en los rincones de la casa: ¿Hay aun alguno contigo? y dirá: No. Y dirá: Calla, que no conviene hacer memoria del nombre de Jehová.
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 Jehová mandará, y herirá de hendeduras la casa mayor; y la casa menor de aberturas.
[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 ¿Correrán los caballos por las piedras? ¿ararán con vacas? ¿por qué habéis vosotros tornado el juicio en veneno, y el fruto de justicia en ajenjo?
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 Los que os alegráis en nada: los que decís: ¿Nosotros no nos tomamos cuernos con nuestra fortaleza?
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 sobre vosotros, o! casa de Israel, dijo Jehová Dios de los ejércitos, nación, que os apretará desde la entrada de Emat, hasta el arroyo del desierto.
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].”
