Prophetia Amos, 5

1. Audite verbum istud, quod ego levo super vos, planctum, domus Israel:

1. Hear this word which I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:

2. Cecidit, non adiciet ut resurgat virgo Israel; proiecta est in terram suam, non est qui suscitet eam.

2. "Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel; forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up."

3. Quia haec dicit Dominus Deus: “Urbs, de qua egrediebantur mille, relinquentur in ea centum; et de qua egrediebantur centum, relinquentur in ea decem pro domo Israel”.

3. For thus says the Lord GOD: "The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel."

4. Quia haec dicit Dominus domui Israel: “Quaerite me et vivetis;

4. For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live;

5. et nolite quaerere Bethel et in Galgalam nolite intrare et in Bersabee nolite transire, quia Galgala captiva ducetur, et Bethel erit iniquitas”.

5. but do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nought."

6. Quaerite Dominum et vivite; ne forte invadat sicut ignis domum Ioseph, et devoret, et non sit qui exstinguat Bethel.

6. Seek the LORD and live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,

7. Qui convertunt in absinthium iudicium et iustitiam in terram deiciunt.

7. O you who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!

8. Qui facit stellas Pliadis et Orionem et convertit in mane tenebras et diem in noctem obscurat; qui vocat aquas maris et effundit eas super faciem terrae; Dominus nomen eius.

8. He who made the Plei'ades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,

9. Qui micare facit vastitatem super robustum et vastitatem super arcem affert.

9. who makes destruction flash forth against the strong, so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

10. Odio habuerunt corripientem in porta et loquentem perfecte abominati sunt.

10. They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.

11. Idcirco, pro eo quod conculcastis pauperem et portionem frumenti abstulistis ab eo, domos quadro lapide aedificastis et non habitabitis in eis, vineas plantastis amantissimas et non bibetis vinum earum.

11. Therefore because you trample upon the poor and take from him exactions of wheat, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

12. Quia cognovi multa scelera vestra et fortia peccata vestra, opprimentes iustum, accipientes munus et pauperes deprimentes in porta.

12. For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins -- you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.

13. Ideo prudens in tempore illo tacet, quia tempus malum est.

13. Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time.

14. Quaerite bonum et non malum, ut vivatis, ita ut sit Dominus, Deus exercituum, vobiscum, sicut dixistis.

14. Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.

15. Odite malum et diligite bonum et constituite in porta iudicium, si forte misereatur Dominus, Deus exercituum, reliquiis Ioseph.

15. Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

16. Propterea haec dicit Dominus, Deus exercituum, dominator: “In omnibus plateis planctus, et in cunctis viis dicetur: “Vae, vae!”; et vocabunt agricolam ad luctum et ad planctum eos, qui sciunt lamentationem.

16. Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord: "In all the squares there shall be wailing; and in all the streets they shall say, 'Alas! alas!' They shall call the farmers to mourning and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,

17. Et in omnibus vineis erit luctus, quia pertransibo in medio tui”, dicit Dominus.

17. and in all vineyards there shall be wailing, for I will pass through the midst of you," says the LORD.

18. Vae desiderantibus diem Domini! Ad quid vobis dies Domini? Tenebrae et non lux.

18. Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why would you have the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light;

19. Quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis, et occurrat ei ursus; et ingrediatur domum et innitatur manu sua super parietem, et mordeat eum coluber.

19. as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned with his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.

20. Numquid non tenebrae dies Domini et non lux? Et caligo sine splendore in ea?

20. Is not the day of the LORD darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?

21. “Odi, proieci festivitates vestras et non delector coetibus vestris.

21. "I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

22. Quod si obtuleritis mihi holocautomata, oblationes vestras non suscipiam et sacrificia pinguium vestrorum non respiciam.

22. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and cereal offerings, I will not accept them, and the peace offerings of your fatted beasts I will not look upon.

23. Aufer a me tumultum carminum tuorum, et canticum lyrarum tuarum non audiam.

23. Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen.

24. Et affluat quasi aqua iudicium, et iustitia quasi torrens perennis.

24. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

25. Numquid hostias et oblationes obtulistis mihi in deserto quadraginta annis, domus Israel?

25. "Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

26. Et portastis Saccut regem vestrum, et Caivan, imagines vestras, sidus deorum vestrorum, quae fecistis vobis.

26. You shall take up Sakkuth your king, and Kaiwan your star-god, your images, which you made for yourselves;

27. Et migrare vos faciam trans Damascum”, dicit Dominus; Deus exercituum nomen eius.

27. therefore I will take you into exile beyond Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.