Amós 4

1 Escuchen esta palabra, vacas de Basán, que están en la colina de Samaria, por quienes los pobres son oprimidos, y los necesitados son agraviados; que dicen a sus señores: traigan ahora, para que bebamos.

You [wealthy women] of Samaria [have grown fat like] [MET] the fat cows of the Bashan [region]. You oppress poor people and you cause needy people to suffer. And you say to your husbands, “Bring us [more wine] to drink!”

2 El Señor Dios ha jurado por su santo nombre, que vendrán días en que las llevarán con anzuelos, y al remanente de ustedes con anzuelos.

But Yahweh [our] God has said this: “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this: It will [soon] be the time when you all will be taken [to another country]; [your enemies will take you away as though they are] using sharp hooks [DOU] [to grab you].

3 Y saldrás a través de los portillos rotos, cada una yendo directamente delante de ella, y serás enviada a Harmon, dice el Señor.

[Your enemies] will drag you out through breaks/holes [in your city walls], and they will throw you outside the city. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!

4 Ven a Betel y haz el mal; a Gilgal, aumentando el número de tus pecados; ven con tus ofrendas cada mañana y tus décimas cada tres días.

Go to Bethel and Gilgal [towns where many people worship me] and sin more and more [SAR]! [I say that not because I want you to do it], [but because it is what you have always been doing]! Offer sacrifices on the morning [after you arrive], [and bring me] (a tithe/one tenth) of your crops the next day.

5 Que lo que se leuda sea quemado como una ofrenda de alabanza, que las noticias de tus ofrendas gratuitas se divulguen públicamente; porque esto les agrada, hijos de Israel, dice el Señor.

Bring offerings of bread to thank me, and [other] offerings that are not required/commanded, and boast about [these offerings that you bring], because that is what you like to do, [but you do it to impress others, not to please me]. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it.

6 Pero en todos tus pueblos te he hecho pasar hambre, y en todos tus lugares ha habido necesidad de pan; y aún así no has vuelto a mí, dice el Señor.

I [am the one who] caused there to be no food in any of your cities and towns [DOU], but you rejected me in spite of that.

7 Y he ocultado la lluvia de ustedes, cuando todavía faltaban tres meses para la cosecha; envié lluvia a una ciudad y la alejé de otra; una parte llovió y la parte donde no había lluvia se secó.

When it was still three months before [the time of] harvesting [crops], [at the time when your crops needed rain the most], I prevented rain from falling. [Sometimes] I allowed rain to fall on some towns and prevented it from falling on other towns. Rain fell on some fields, but it did not fall on other fields, with the result that [the soil in] those fields [where it did not rain] dried up.

8 De modo que de dos o tres pueblos fueron errantes a un pueblo en busca de agua, y no obtuvieron suficiente; y aún no han vuelto a mí, dice el Señor.

People would stagger from one town to another town to find water, but they could not even get enough water to drink, but in spite of that, you have not returned to me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!

9 He enviado destrucción con viento abrasador y plagas; el aumento de tus jardines y tus viñedos, tus higueras y tus olivos, ha sido alimento para gusanos; y aún no has vuelto a mí, dice el Señor.

I caused your grain fields to dry up; I caused your gardens and vineyards to be struck/destroyed by (blight/hot winds) and mildew. [I sent] locusts to eat [the leaves on] your fig trees and olive trees, but in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!

10 He enviado enfermedades entre ustedes, como sucedió en Egipto: he puesto a tus jóvenes a espada, y he quitado tus caballos; He hecho que el mal olor de sus muertos llegue hasta sus narices, y aún no se volvieron a mí, dice el Señor.

I caused you to experience (plagues/severe sicknesses) like the plagues [that I sent to the people] of Egypt. I caused [many of] your young men to die in battles. I allowed [your enemies] to capture your horses. [Many of your soldiers were killed, ] and I caused your camps to be filled with the smell/stink of their [decaying] corpses. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!

11 Y he enviado destrucción entre ustedes, como cuando Dios envió destrucción sobre Sodoma y Gomorra, y tú eras como un palo ardiente sacado del fuego; y aún así no se volvieron a mí, dice el Señor.

I got rid of many of you, like I got rid of [the people in] Sodom and Gomorrah. [Those of] you who [did not die] were like [SIM] a burning stick that was snatched from a fire [so that it would not burn completely]. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it!

12 Así que esto es lo que te haré, oh Israel: y porque te haré esto, prepárate para una reunión con tu Dios, oh Israel.

So [now], you [people of] Israel, I am going to punish you. Prepare to stand in front of me, your God, [when I judge you]!

13 Porque he aquí, el que dio forma a las montañas y crea el viento, dando conocimiento de su propósito al hombre, que hace a las tinieblas mañana y camina por los lugares altos de la tierra: el Señor, el Dios de ejércitos, es su nombre.

I created the mountains, and [I] created winds. I reveal to humans what I am thinking. I [sometimes] cause the daylight to become dark [like the night]. I [rule over everything]; I [even] walk on the highest mountains on the earth! I am the Commander of the armies of angels!”