Amos 5
1 Poslušajte to besedo, ki jo vzdigujem zoper vas, celó žalostinko, oh Izraelova hiša.
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:
2 Devica Izrael je padla, ne bo več vstala, zapuščena je na svoji zemlji, tam ni nikogar, ki bi jo vzdignil.
“The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”
3 Kajti tako govori Gospod Bog: »Mestu, ki je šlo ven po tisoč, jih preostane sto in tistemu, ki je šlo naprej po sto, jih preostane deset, Izraelovi hiši.«
For the Lord GOD says: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
4 Kajti tako govori Gospod Izraelovi hiši: »Iščite me in boste živeli,
For the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;
5 toda ne iščite Betela niti ne vstopajte v Gilgál in ne prečkajte v Beeršébo, kajti Gilgál bo zagotovo šel v ujetništvo in Betel bo prišel v nič.
but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
6 Iščite Gospoda in boste živeli, da ne izbruhne kakor ogenj v Jožefovi hiši in jo použije in tam ne bo nikogar, da bi jo gasil v Betelu.
Seek the LORD, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
7 Vi, ki prevračate sodbo v grenkobo in opuščate pravičnost na zemlji,
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
8 iščite njega, ki določa sedem zvezd in Orion in obrača senco smrti v jutro in dan mrači z nočjo, ki kliče po vodah morja in jih izliva na obličje zemlje, Gospod je njegovo ime,
Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,
9 ki jača oplenjenega zoper močnega, tako da bo oplenjeni prišel zoper trdnjavo.
who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.
10 Sovražijo tistega, ki graja v velikih vratih in prezirajo tistega, ki govori iskreno.
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
11 Ker kakor je torej vaše mendranje nad revnim in vi od njega jemljete bremena žita; zgradili ste hiše iz klesanega kamna, toda ne boste prebivali v njih; sadili ste prijetne vinograde, toda ne boste pili vina od njih.
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
12 Kajti jaz poznam vaše mnogotere prestopke in vaše mogočne grehe; stiskajo pravičnega, jemljejo podkupnino in v velikih vratih revne odvračajo od njihove pravice.
For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
13 Zato bo v tem času razsoden molčal, kajti to je hud čas.
Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
14 Iščite dobro in ne zla, da boste lahko živeli in tako bo Gospod, Bog nad bojevniki, z vami, kakor ste govorili.
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you say.
15 Sovražite zlo in ljubite dobro in vzpostavite sodbo v velikih vratih. Morda bo Gospod, Bog nad bojevniki, milostljiv Jožefovemu preostanku.«
Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
16 Zato Gospod, Bog nad bojevniki, Gospod, tako govori: »Tarnanje bo na vseh ulicah in na vseh glavnih cestah bodo govorili: ›Ojoj! Ojoj!‹ in poklicali bodo poljedelca, da žaluje in tiste, ki so vešči objokovanja, da tarnajo.
Therefore the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
17 In v vseh vinogradih bo tarnanje, kajti jaz pojdem skozte, « govori Gospod.
In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says the LORD.
18 »Gorje vam, ki si želite Gospodovega dneva! Čemu vam bo to? Dan Gospodov je tema in ne svetloba.
“Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light.
19 Kakor če je človek pobegnil pred levom in ga je srečal medved; ali odšel v hišo in svojo roko naslonil na zid in ga je pičila kača.
As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.
20 Mar ne bo Gospodov dan tema in ne svetloba? Celo zelo temen in nobenega svetlikanja v njem?
Won’t the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 Sovražim, preziram vaše praznične dni in nočem povonjati vaših slovesnih zborov.
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.
22 Čeprav mi darujete žgalne daritve in jedilne daritve, jih ne bom sprejel niti se ne bom oziral na mirovne daritve vaših debelih živali.
Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
23 Šum svojih pesmi vzemi proč od mene, kajti ne bom poslušal melodije tvojih lir.
Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24 Temveč naj sodba teče dol kakor vode in pravičnost kakor mogočen vodotok.
But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
25 Mar ste mi darovali klavne daritve in jedilne daritve štirideset let v divjini, oh hiša Izraelova?
“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
26 Toda nosili ste šotor svojega Moloha in Kijúna, svojih podob, zvezdo svojega boga, kar ste si naredili zase.
You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
27 Zatorej vam bom povzročil, da greste v ujetništvo onkraj Damaska, « govori Gospod, čigar ime je Bog nad bojevniki.
Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.
