Amos 5

اِسْمَعُوا هذَا الْقَوْلَ الَّذِي أَنَا أُنَادِي بِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ، مَرْثَاةً يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ:

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

«سَقَطَتْ عَذْرَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. لاَ تَعُودُ تَقُومُ. انْطَرَحَتْ عَلَى أَرْضِهَا لَيْسَ مَنْ يُقِيمُهَا».

The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: «الْمَدِينَةُ الْخَارِجَةُ بِأَلْفٍ، يَبْقَى لَهَا مِئَةٌ، وَالْخَارِجَةُ بِمِئَةٍ يَبْقَى لَهَا عَشَرَةٌ مِنْ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «اطْلُبُوا فَتَحْيَوْا.

For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

وَلاَ تَطْلُبُوا بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَإِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ لاَ تَذْهَبُوا، وَإِلَى بِئْرَ سَبْعٍ لاَ تَعْبُرُوا. لأَنَّ الْجِلْجَالَ تُسْبَى سَبْيًا، وَبَيْتَ إِيلَ تَصِيرُ عَدَمًا».

But 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.

اُطْلُبُوا الرَّبَّ فَتَحْيَوْا لِئَلاَّ يَقْتَحِمَ بَيْتَ يُوسُفَ كَنَارٍ تُحْرِقُ، وَلاَ يَكُونُ مَنْ يُطْفِئُهَا مِنْ بَيْتَِ إِيلَ.

Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth–el.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ يُحَوِّلُونَ الْحَقَّ أَفْسَنْتِينًا، وَيُلْقُونَ الْبِرَّ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

اَلَّذِي صَنَعَ الثُّرَيَّا وَالْجَبَّارَ، وَيُحَوِّلُ ظِلَّ الْمَوْتِ صُبْحًا، وَيُظْلِمُ النَّهَارَ كَاللَّيْلِ. الَّذِي يَدْعُو مِيَاهَ الْبَحْرِ وَيَصُبُّهَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، يَهْوَهُ اسْمُهُ.

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

الَّذِي يُفْلِحُ الْخَرِبَ عَلَى الْقَوِيِّ، فَيَأْتِي الْخَرِبُ عَلَى الْحِصْنِ.

That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

إِنَّهُمْ فِي الْبَابِ يُبْغِضُونَ الْمُنْذِرَ، وَيَكْرَهُونَ الْمُتَكَلِّمَ بِالصِّدْقِ.

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

لِذلِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكُمْ تَدُوسُونَ الْمِسْكِينَ، وَتَأْخُذُونَ مِنْهُ هَدِيَّةَ قَمْحٍ، بَنَيْتُمْ بُيُوتًا مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ وَلاَ تَسْكُنُونَ فِيهَا، وَغَرَسْتُمْ كُرُومًا شَهِيَّةً وَلاَ تَشْرَبُونَ خَمْرَهَا.

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens 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 of them.

لأَنِّي عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ ذُنُوبَكُمْ كَثِيرَةٌ وَخَطَايَاكُمْ وَافِرَةٌ أَيُّهَا الْمُضَايِقُونَ الْبَارَّ، الآخِذُونَ الرَّشْوَةَ، الصَّادُّونَ الْبَائِسِينَ فِي الْبَابِ.

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

لِذلِكَ يَصْمُتُ الْعَاقِلُ فِي ذلِكَ الزَّمَانِ لأَنَّهُ زَمَانٌ رَدِيءٌ.

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

اُطْلُبُوا الْخَيْرَ لاَ الشَّرَّ لِكَىْْ تَحْيَوْا، فَعَلَى هذَا يَكُونُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ الْجُنُودِ مَعَكُمْ كَمَا قُلْتُمْ.

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

اُبْغُضُوا الشَّرَّ، وَأَحِبُّوا الْخَيْرَ، وَثَبِّتُوا الْحَقَّ فِي الْبَابِ، لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَ الْجُنُودِ يَتَرَاءَفُ عَلَى بَقِيَّةِ يُوسُفَ.

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

لِذلِكَ هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ الْجُنُودِ: «فِي جَمِيعِ الأَسْوَاقِ نَحِيبٌ، وَفِي جَمِيعِ الأَزِقَّةِ يَقُولُونَ: آهِ! آهِ! وَيَدْعُونَ الْفَلاَّحَ إِلَى النَّوْحِ، وَجَمِيعَ عَارِفِي الرِّثَاءِ لِلنَّدْبِ.

Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

وَفِي جَمِيعِ الْكُرُومِ نَدْبٌ، لأَنِّي أَعْبُرُ فِي وَسَطِكَ، قَالَ الرَّبُّ».

And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَشْتَهُونَ يَوْمَ الرَّبِّ! لِمَاذَا لَكُمْ يَوْمُ الرَّبِّ؟ هُوَ ظَلاَمٌ لاَ نُورٌ.

Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

كَمَا إِذَا هَرَبَ إِنْسَانٌ مِنْ أَمَامِ الأَسَدِ فَصَادَفَهُ الدُّبُّ، أَوْ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى الْحَائِطِ فَلَدَغَتْهُ الْحَيَّةُ!

As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

أَلَيْسَ يَوْمُ الرَّبِّ ظَلاَمًا لاَ نُورًا، وَقَتَامًا وَلاَ نُورَ لَهُ؟

Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

«بَغَضْتُ، كَرِهْتُ أَعْيَادَكُمْ، وَلَسْتُ أَلْتَذُّ بِاعْتِكَافَاتِكُمْ.

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

إِنِّي إِذَا قَدَّمْتُمْ لِي مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ وَتَقْدِمَاتِكُمْ لاَ أَرْتَضِي، وَذَبَائِحَ السَّلاَمَةِ مِنْ مُسَمَّنَاتِكُمْ لاَ أَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْهَا.

Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

أَبْعِدْ عَنِّي ضَجَّةَ أَغَانِيكَ، وَنَغْمَةَ رَبَابِكَ لاَ أَسْمَعُ.

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

وَلْيَجْرِ الْحَقُّ كَالْمِيَاهِ، وَالْبِرُّ كَنَهْرٍ دَائِمٍ.

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

«هَلْ قَدَّمْتُمْ لِي ذَبَائِحَ وَتَقْدِمَاتٍ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

بَلْ حَمَلْتُمْ خَيْمَةَ مَلْكُومِكُمْ، وَتِمْثَالَ أَصْنَامِكُمْ، نَجْمَ إِلهِكُمُ الَّذِي صَنَعْتُمْ لِنُفُوسِكُمْ.

But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

فَأَسْبِيكُمْ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءَ دِمَشْقَ» قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ الْجُنُودِ اسْمُهُ.

Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.