Prophetia Amos, 3

1. Audite verbum hoc, quod locutus est Dominus super vos, filii Israel, super omnem cognationem, quam eduxi de terra Aegypti, dicens:

1. Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt:

2. “Tantummodo vos cognovi ex omnibus cognationibus terrae; idcirco visitabo super vos omnes iniquitates vestras.

2. "You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

3. Numquid ambulabunt duo pariter, nisi convenerint?

3. "Do two walk together, unless they have made an appointment?

4. Numquid rugiet leo in saltu, nisi habuerit praedam? Numquid dabit catulus leonis vocem de cubili suo, nisi aliquid apprehenderit?

4. Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?

5. Numquid cadet avis super terram absque laqueo? Numquid laxatur laqueus de terra, antequam quid ceperit?

5. Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing?

6. Si clanget tuba in civitate,populus non expavescet? Si erit malum in civitate, nonne Dominus fecit?

6. Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does evil befall a city, unless the LORD has done it?

7. Nihil enim faciet Dominus Deus, nisi revelaverit secretum suum ad servos suos prophetas.

7. Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

8. Leo rugit, quis non timebit? Dominus Deus locutus est, quis non prophetabit?

8. The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken; who can but prophesy?"

9. Auditum facite in aedibus Assyriae et in aedibus terrae Aegypti et dicite: “Congregamini super montes Samariae”; et videte insanias multas in medio eius et oppressos in sinu eius.

9. Proclaim to the strongholds in Assyria, and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Sama'ria, and see the great tumults within her, and the oppressions in her midst."

10. Et nescierunt facere rectum, dicit Dominus, thesaurizantes violentiam et rapinas in aedibus suis”.

10. "They do not know how to do right," says the LORD, "those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds."

11. Propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus: “Inimicus circumdabit terram, et detrahetur ex te fortitudo tua, et diripientur aedes tuae”.

11. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "An adversary shall surround the land, and bring down your defenses from you, and your strongholds shall be plundered."

12. Haec dicit Dominus: “Quomodo si eruat pastor de ore leonis duo crura aut extremum auriculae, sic eruentur filii Israel, qui habitant in Samaria, in margine lectuli et in Damasci grabato.

12. Thus says the LORD: "As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Sama'ria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed."

13. Audite et contestamini in domo Iacob, dicit Dominus, Deus exercituum:

13. "Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

14. In die cum visitavero praevaricationes Israel, super eum visitabo et super altaria Bethel, et amputabuntur cornua altaris et cadent in terram;

14. "that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.

15. et percutiam domum hiemalem cum domo aestiva, et peribunt domus eburneae, et dissipabuntur aedes magnae”, dicit Dominus.

15. I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end," says the LORD.