Amos 5
1 Pakinggan ninyo ang mga salitang ito na itinataghoy ko sa inyo, o sambahayan ng Israel.
You people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
2 Bumagsak na ang birheng Israel; hindi na siya muling makatatayo; pinabayaan siya sa kaniyang bayan; at wala ni isang tutulong upang itayo siya.
“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 Sapagkat ito ang sinasabi ng Panginoong Yahweh: “Ang lungsod na isang libo ang lalabas ay isang daan ang matitira, at ang isa na lalabas na may isang daan ay sampu ang matitira na pagmamay-ari ng sambayanan ng 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 Sapagkat ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh sa sambahayan ng Israel: “Hanapin ako at mabuhay!
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 Huwag hanapin ang Bethel; ni pumasok sa Gilgal, at huwag dumaan sa Beer-seba. Dahil tiyak na bibihagin ang Gilgal, at magdadalamhati ang Bethel.
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 Hanapin si Yahweh at mabuhay, kung hindi, magliliyab siya na parang apoy sa tahanan ni Jose. Ito ay tutupok, at wala kahit isa na makapapatay nito sa Bethel.
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 Ang mga taong ginagawang mapait na bagay ang katarungan at itinatapon sa lupa ang katuwiran!”
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 Nilikha ng Diyos ang Pleyades at Orion; ginawa niyang umaga ang dilim; pinagdidilim niya ang araw na maging gabi at tinawag niya ang mga tubig sa dagat; ibinubuhos niya ang mga iyon sa ibabaw ng mundo. Yaweh ang kaniyang pangalan!
[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 Nagdudulot siya ng biglang pagkawasak sa malalakas upang sa gayon masisira ang mga tanggulan
He causes strong [soldiers] to be killed, and causes the (high walls around/fortresses of) cities to be torn down.
10 Kinamumuhian nila ang sinumang magtuwid sa kanila sa tarangkahan ng lungsod at kinapopootan nila ang sinumang magsasabi ng katotohanan.
[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 Dahil tinatapakan ninyo ang mahihirap at kinukuha ninyo ang mga bahagi ng trigo mula sa kanila—at kahit na nagtayo kayo ng mga bahay na gawa sa bato, hindi ninyo matitirahan ang mga ito. Mayroon kayong masaganang ubasan, ngunit hindi ninyo maiinom ang mga alak nito.
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 Sapagkat alam ko kung gaano karami ang inyong nagawang pagkakasala at kung gaano karami ang inyong mga kasalanan—kayo na nagpapahirap sa mga matutuwid, tumatanggap ng mga suhol, at tinalikuran ang mga nangangailangan sa tarangkahan ng lungsod.
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 Kaya sinumang taong matino ang pag-iisip ay tatahimik sa panahong iyon, sapagkat panahon ito ng kasamaan.
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 Hanapin ang mabuti at hindi ang masama, upang kayo ay mabuhay. Upang si Yahweh, na Diyos ng mga hukbo, ay tiyak na makakasama ninyo, tulad ng inyong sinabi.
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 Kamuhian ang kasamaan, ibigin ang mabuti, magtatag kayo ng katarungan sa tarangkahan ng lungsod. Baka sakaling mahabag si Yahweh, ang Diyos ng mga hukbo, sa mga nalalabi ni Jose.
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 Kaya, ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng mga hukbo, ang Panginoon: “May tumataghoy sa lahat ng mga liwasan, at sasabihin nila sa lahat ng lansangan, 'Aba! Aba!' Tatawagin nila ang mga magsasaka upang magluksa at ang mga mangluluksa upang managhoy.
“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 May tumatangis sa lahat ng ubasan, sapagkat dadaan ako sa kalagitnaan ninyo,” sabi ni Yahweh.
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 Aba sa inyo na naghahangad sa araw ni Yahweh! Bakit ninyo hinahangad ang araw ni Yahweh? Ito ay kadiliman at hindi liwanag.
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 Gaya ng isang tao na tinatakasan niya ang isang leon at isang oso ang sumasalubong sa kaniya, o kaya pumapasok siya sa tahanan at inihawak ang kaniyang kamay sa pader at isang ahas ang tutuklaw sa kaniya.
[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 Hindi ba kadiliman ang araw ni Yahweh at hindi liwanag? Makulimlim at walang liwanag?
That day, [when he punishes people], will certainly be [RHQ] a very dark day [MET], without even a little bit of light.
21 “Kinamumuhian ko, at kinasusuklaman ko ang inyong mga kapistahan, hindi ako nasisiyahan sa inyong mga taimtim na mga pagpupulong.
[Yahweh says], “I hate your religious celebrations and the times when you gather to worship me; I detest them [DOU].
22 Kahit na ihandog ninyo sa akin ang inyong mga handog na susunugin at mga handog na butil, hindi ko tatanggapin ang mga iyan, ni hindi ko titingnan ang mga pinataba ninyong hayop na ihahandog ninyong pangkapayapaan.
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 Huwag ninyong iparinig ang ingay ng inyong mga awit; hindi ko pakikinggan ang mga tunog ng inyong mga alpa.
So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps.
24 Sa halip, paaagusin ninyo ang katarungan na tulad ng tubig na umaagos, at paaagusin ninyo ang katuwiran tulad ng batis na patuloy sa pag-agos.
Instead, your continually acting justly/fairly and righteously should be [never stop, ] like [SIM] [the water in] a river that never stops flowing.
25 Kayong mga sambahayan ni Israel, nagdala ba kayo ng mga alay at mga handog ninyo sa akin sa ilang ng apatnapung taon?
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 Bubuhatin ninyo si Sakut bilang inyong hari, at si Kaiwan, na bituwing diyus-diyosan ninyo—mga diyos diyusan na ginawa ninyo para sa inyong sarili.
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 Kaya ipabibihag ko kayo sa kabila ng Damasco,” sabi ni Yahweh, na ang pangalan ay ang Diyos ng mga hukbo.
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!”
