Amos, 5

1. Listen to this word, which I lift over you in lamentation. The house of Israel has fallen, and it will no longer rise again.

1. Poèujte ovu rijeè što je iznosim protiv vas, naricaljku, dome Izraelov:

2. The virgin of Israel has been thrown onto her land, there is no one who can raise her up.

2. Pade i više neæe ustati djevica izraelska. Na tlu svojem ona leži, nikog da je digne.

3. For thus says the Lord God: In the city from which a thousand departed, a hundred will remain, and in that from which a hundred departed, ten will remain, in the house of Israel.

3. Jer ovako govori Jahve Gospod domu Izraelovu: u gradu iz kojeg izlažaše tisuæa, ostat æe stotina, iz kojeg izlažaše stotina, ostat æe ih deset.

4. For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek me and you will live.

4. Jer ovako govori Jahve domu Izraelovu: "Tražite i živjet æete.

5. But do not be willing to seek Bethel, and do not be willing to enter Gilgal, and you will not cross into Beer-sheba. For Gilgal will be led into captivity, and Bethel will be useless.

5. Ne tražite Betela, ne idite u Gilgal, ne putujte u Beer Šebu, jer æe Gilgal bit odveden u izgnanstvo, a Betel æe se prometnuti u ništa.

6. Seek the Lord and live. Otherwise, the house of Joseph may be destroyed with fire, and it will devour, and there will be no one who can extinguish Bethel.

6. Tražite Jahvu i živjet æete, il' æe ko' oganj zahvatiti kuæu Josipovu i sažeæ' je, a u Betelu nikog da plamen ugasi."

7. You turn judgment into wormwood, and you abandon justice on earth.

7. Jao onima koji pravdu pretvaraju u pelin, u prah bacaju poštenje!

8. The Maker of Arcturus and Orion, who turns darkness into daybreak and who changes day into night; who calls forth the waters of the sea and who pours them out over the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

8. On napravi Vlašiæe i Štapce, on obræe mrak u zoru, a dan u najglušu noæ. On saziva morske vode i valja ih preko lica zemlje. Jahve mu je ime.

9. It is he who smiles destruction on the healthy, and who brings pillaging upon the powerful.

9. Nenadano šalje pustoš na tvrðavu i utvrdi propast nosi.

10. They held hatred for the one who corrects at the gate, and they have abhorred the one who speaks perfectly.

10. Mrze èovjeka što na vratima pravdu dijeli i grde onog što zbori pošteno.

11. Therefore, on his behalf, because you have torn apart the poor and stolen choice prey from him: you will build houses with square stones and you will not dwell in them; you will plant the most delightful vineyards, and you will not drink wine from them.

11. Stoga, jer gazite siromaha, dižuæi od njega porez u žitu - u kuæama što ih sazdaste od tesanika nikad živjet' neæete; iz ljupkih vinograda što ih posadiste nikad neæete piti vina.

12. For I know your many wicked deeds and the strength of your sins, you enemies of the just, accepting bribes, and depriving the poor at the gate.

12. Jer znam mnoge vaše zloèine, i vaše grijehe pregoleme: tlaèite pravednika i primate mito, odbijajuæ' siromaha na gradskim vratima.

13. Therefore, the prudent will be silent at that time, for it is an evil time.

13. Mudrac šuti u ovo vrijeme, jer vremena su tako zla.

14. Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. And the Lord God of hosts will be with you, just as you have asked.

14. Tražite dobro, a ne zlo, da biste živjeli, i da Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, odista s vama bude kao što velite da jest.

15. Hate evil and love good, and establish judgment at the gate. Perhaps then the Lord God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

15. Mrzite zlo, ljubite dobro, držite pravicu na gradskim vratima, pa æe se možda Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, smilovat' ostatku Josipovu.

16. Therefore, thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Sovereign: In all the streets, there will be wailing. And in every place where they are outdoors, they will say, “Woe, woe!” And they will call the farmer to mourn, and those who know mourning to lamentation.

16. Stog ovako govori Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, Gospod: "Na svakom æe trgu biti kuknjava, po svim æe ulicama zapomagati: 'Jao! Jao!' Težake æe sazvat' da jauèu, narikaèe da narièu,

17. And in all the vineyards there will be wailing. For I will cross through your midst, says the Lord.

17. bit æe jauk u svakom vinogradu, jer æu proæi posred tebe" - veli Jahve.

18. Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord. What is it to you? The day of the Lord is this: darkness and not light.

18. "Jao vama što žudite za danom Jahvinim! Što æe vam biti dan Jahvin? Tama, a ne svjetlost.

19. It is as if a man flees from the face of a lion, only to have a bear meet him; or, he enters a house and leans with his hand against the wall, only to have a snake bite him.

19. Bit æe vam k'o onom što uteèe lavljim raljama, a sretne ga medvjed; koji uðe u kuæu i stavi ruku na zid, a ujede ga zmija.

20. Will not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?

20. Neæe li dan Jahvin biti tama, a ne svjetlost? Mrklina, a ne sunèan sjaj?

21. I hate and have rejected your feasts; and I will not accept the odor from your gatherings.

21. Mrzim i prezirem vaše blagdane i nisu mi mile vaše sveèanosti.

22. For if you offer me holocausts and your gifts, I will not receive them; and I will not look upon the vows of your fatness.

22. Paljenice kad mi prinosite, prinosnice mi vaše nisu mile, na prièesnice se od ugojenih telaca vaših i ne osvræem.

23. Take away from me the tumult of your songs, and I will not listen to the canticles of your lyre.

23. Uklonite od mene dreku svojih pjesama, neæu da slušam zvuke vaših harfa.

24. And judgment will be revealed like water, and justice like a mighty torrent.

24. Pravda nek' poteèe kao voda i pravica k'o bujica silna.

25. Was it you who offered victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, house of Israel?

25. Prinosiste li mi žrtve i prinos u pustinji èetrdeset godina, dome Izraelov?

26. And you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch and the image of your idols: the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.

26. Nosit æete Sikuta, svoga kralja, i Kevana, boga svoga, likove što ih sebi napraviste,

27. And I will cause you to go into captivity across Damascus, says the Lord. The God of hosts is his name.

27. dok vas budem odvodio onkraj Damaska," govori Jahve - Bog nad Vojskama njemu je ime.