Amos 5
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:
1[Audite verbum istud, quod ego levo super vos planctum: domus Israël cecidit, et non adjiciet ut resurgat.
2The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise; she is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up.
2Virgo Israël projecta est in terram suam, non est qui suscitet eam.
3For thus saith 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, of the house of Israel.
3Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Urbs de qua egrediebantur mille, relinquentur in ea centum; et de qua egrediebantur centum, relinquentur in ea decem in domo Israël.
4For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live;
4Quia hæc dicit Dominus domui Israël: Quærite me, et vivetis.
5But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
5Et nolite quærere Bethel, et in Galgalam nolite intrare, et in Bersabee non transibitis, quia Galgala captiva ducetur, et Bethel erit inutilis.
6Seek the LORD, and live — lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Bethel —
6Quærite Dominum, et vivite (ne forte comburatur ut ignis domus Joseph, et devorabit, et non erit qui extinguat Bethel:
7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast righteousness to the ground;
7qui convertitis in absinthium judicium, et justitiam in terra relinquitis):
8Him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and bringeth on the shadow of death in the morning, and darkeneth the day into night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; the LORD is His name;
8facientem Arcturum et Orionem, et convertentem in mane tenebras, et diem in noctem mutantem; qui vocat aquas maris, et effundit eas super faciem terræ; Dominus nomen est ejus:
9That causeth destruction to flash upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.
9qui subridet vastitatem super robustum, et depopulationem super potentem affert.
10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
10Odio habuerunt corripientem in porta, et loquentem perfecte abominati sunt.
11Therefore, because ye trample upon the poor, and take from him exactions of wheat; ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them, ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine thereof.
11Idcirco, pro eo quod diripiebatis pauperem, et prædam electam tollebatis ab eo, domos quadro lapide ædificabitis, et non habitabitis in eis; vineas plantabis amantissimas, et non bibetis vinum earum.
12For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins; ye that afflict the just, that take a ransom, and that turn aside the needy in the gate.
12Quia cognovi multa scelera vestra, et fortia peccata vestra: hostes justi, accipientes munus, et pauperes deprimentes in porta.
13Therefore the prudent doth keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
13Ideo prudens in tempore illo tacebit, quia tempus malum est.
14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.
14Quærite bonum, et non malum, ut vivatis; et erit Dominus Deus exercituum vobiscum, sicut dixistis.
15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
15Odite malum et diligite bonum, et constituite in porta judicium: si forte misereatur Dominus Deus exercituum reliquiis Joseph.
16Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord: Lamentation shall be in all the broad places, and they shall say in all the streets: 'Alas! alas!' and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and proclaim lamentation to such as are skilful of wailing.
16Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum, dominator: In omnibus plateis planctus; et in cunctis quæ foris sunt, dicetur: Væ, væ ! et vocabunt agricolam ad luctum, et ad planctum eos qui sciunt plangere.
17And in all vineyards shall be lamentation; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
17Et in omnibus vineis erit planctus, quia pertransibo in medio tui, dicit Dominus.]
18Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! Wherefore would ye have the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light.
18[Væ desiderantibus diem Domini ! ad quid eam vobis? Dies Domini ista, tenebræ, et non lux.
19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; and went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
19Quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis, et occurrat ei ursus; et ingrediatur domum, et innitatur manu sua super parietem, et mordeat eum coluber.
20Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
20Numquid non tenebræ dies Domini, et non lux; et caligo, et non splendor in ea?
21I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
21Odi, et projeci festivitates vestras, et non capiam odorem cœtuum vestrorum.
22Yea, though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.
22Quod si obtuleritis mihi holocautomata, et munera vestra, non suscipiam; et vota pinguium vestrorum non respiciam.
23Take thou away from Me the noise of thy songs; and let Me not hear the melody of thy psalteries.
23Aufer a me tumultum carminum tuorum; et cantica lyræ tuæ non audiam.
24But let justice well up as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
24Et revelabitur quasi aqua judicium, et justitia quasi torrens fortis.
25Did ye bring unto Me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
25Numquid hostias et sacrificium obtulistis mihi in deserto quadraginta annis, domus Israël?
26So shall ye take up Siccuth your king and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
26et portastis tabernaculum Moloch vestro, et imaginem idolorum vestrorum, sidus dei vestri, quæ fecistis vobis.
27Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith He, whose name is the LORD God of hosts.
27Et migrare vos faciam trans Damascum, dicit Dominus: Deus exercituum nomen ejus.]
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