Amos Propheta 3
1 Audite verbum, quod locutus est Dominus super vos, filii Israel: super omnem cognationem, quam eduxi de Terra Aegypti, dicens:
Listen to this message, Israelites, which the Lord has spoken against you, against the whole nation that I brought out of Egypt:
2 Tantummodo vos cognovi ex omnibus cognationibus terrae: idcirco visitabo super vos omnes iniquitates vestras.
You alone have I cared for of all the nations of the world, this is why I will punish you for your crimes.
3 Numquid ambulabunt duo pariter, nisi convenerit eis?
Do two walk together unless they agreed to meet?
4 Numquid rugiet leo in saltu, nisi habuerit praedam? numquid dabit catulus leonis vocem de cubili suo, nisi aliquid apprehenderit?
Does a lion roar in the forest when there is no prey for him? Does a young lion cry out in his den unless he has caught something?
5 numquid cadet avis in laqueum terrae absque aucupe? numquid auferetur laqueus de terra antequam quid ceperit?
Does a bird swoop down into a trap if no bait is set for it? Does a trap spring up from the ground if nothing sets it off?
6 Si clanget tuba in civitate, et populus non expavescet? si erit malum in civitate, quod Dominus non fecerit?
Can a trumpet be blown in a city and the people not tremble? Can disaster strike a city and the Lord not have caused it?
7 Quia non facit Dominus Deus verbum, nisi revelaverit secretum suum ad servos suos prophetas.
Surely the Lord God does nothing without revealing his purpose to his servants the prophets.
8 Leo rugiet, quis non timebit? Dominus Deus locutus est, quis non prophetabit?
The lion has roared; who does not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who will not prophesy?
9 Auditum facite in aedibus Azoti, et in aedibus Terrae Aegypti: et dicite: Congregamini super montes Samariae, et videte insanias multas in medio eius, et calumniam patientes in penetralibus eius.
Proclaim over the palaces in Ashdod, and over the palaces in the land of Egypt: Gather upon the mountain of Samaria, and see the violent turmoil, the acts of oppression in her midst.
10 Et nescierunt facere rectum, dicit Dominus, thesaurizantes iniquitatem, et rapinas in aedibus suis.
For they do not know how to do right. They are heaping up violence and oppression in their palaces, says the Lord.
11 Propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus: Tribulabitur et circuietur terra: et detrahetur ex te fortitudo tua, et diripientur aedes tuae.
Therefore the Lord God says: An enemy will surround the land, he will strip your strength from you. and your palaces will be looted.
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 plaga lectuli, et in Damasci grabato.
The Lord says: Just as a shepherd rescues from the jaws of a lion two shinbones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites living in Sameria will be rescued – with the corner of a couch, and the damask of a divan!
13 Audite, et contestamini in domo Iacob, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum:
Listen and testify against the house of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of hosts.
14 quia in die cum visitare coepero praevaricationes Israel, super eum visitabo, et super altaria Bethel: et amputabuntur cornua altaris, et cadent in terram.
On the day when I punish Israel for their crimes, I will also visit in judgment the altars of Bethel, the horns of the altar will be hacked off, and they will fall to the ground.
15 Et percutiam domum hiemalem cum domo aestiva: et peribunt domus eburneae, et dissipabuntur aedes multae, dicit Dominus.
I will destroy the winter houses together with the summer houses and the houses of ivory will perish. Many great houses will be swept away, says the Lord.
