عامُوس 3

١ 1 اسْمَعُوا يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي قَضَى بِها الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ، بَلْ عَلَى كُلِّ الْقَبِيلَةِ الَّتِي أَخْرَجْتُهَا مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ:

Hear this word that Jehovah has spoken against you, O sons of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,

٢ 2 إِيَّاكُمْ وَحْدَكُمُ اخْتَرْتُ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ قَبَائِلِ الأَرْضِ، لِهَذَا أُعَاقِبُكُمْ عَلَى جَمِيعِ آثَامِكُمْ.

You only I have known of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.

٣ 3 هَلْ يَتَرَافَقُ اثْنَانِ مَعاً مَا لَمْ يَكُونَا عَلَى مَوْعِدٍ؟

Shall two walk together unless they have agreed?

٤ 4 أَيَزْأَرُ أَسَدٌ فِي الْغَابَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَقَعَ عَلَى فَرِيسَةٍ؟ أَيُزَمْجِرُ الشِّبْلُ بِصَوْتِهِ مِنْ عَرِينِهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدِ اقْتَنَصَ شَيْئاً؟

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has taken nothing?

٥ 5 أَيَسْقُطُ الْعُصْفُورُ فِي فَخٍّ عَلَى الأَرْضِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ فَخٌّ مَنْصُوبٌ؟ أَيَنْطَبِقُ فَخٌّ عَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ أَمْسَكَ شَيْئاً؟

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no net is set for him? Shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

٦ 6 أَيُدَوِّي بُوقٌ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَلا يَعْتَرِي الشَّعْبَ الْخَوْفُ؟ أَيَقَعُ بَلاءٌ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ مَا لَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَرْسَلَهُ؟

Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah has not done it?

٧ 7 إِنَّ السَّيِّدَ الرَّبَّ لَا يُجْرِي أَمْراً مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُعْلِنَ سِرَّهُ لِعَبِيدِهِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ.

Surely the lord Jehovah will do nothing unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

٨ 8 قَدْ زَأَرَ الأَسَدُ فَمَنْ لَا يَخَافُ، وَتَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ فَمَنْ لَا يَتَنَبَّأُ؟

The lion has roared, who will not fear? The lord Jehovah has spoken, who can but prophesy?

٩ 9 أَذِيعُوا فِي حُصُونِ أَشْدُودَ وَفِي حُصُونِ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ وَقُولُوا: احْتَشِدُوا عَلَى جِبَالِ السَّامِرَةِ، وَاشْهَدُوا مَا فِي وَسَطِهَا مِنْ جَلَبَةٍ، وَانْظُرُوا إِلَى الْمَظْلُومِينَ فِي دَاخِلِهَا.

Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are in it, and what oppressions are in the midst of it.

١٠ 10 فَهَؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الْجَوْرَ وَالنَّهْبَ فِي قُصُورِهِمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ التَّصَرُّفَ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

For they do not know to do right, says Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

١١ 11 لِذَلِكَ يُعْلِنُ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ: سَيَجْتَاحُ الْعَدُوُّ الْبِلادَ، وَيُحِيلُ حُصُونَكُمْ حُطَاماً وَيَنْهَبُ قُصُورَكُمْ.

Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: An adversary shall be, even round about the land, and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.

١٢ 12 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: كَمَا يَعْجَزُ الرَّاعِي أَنْ يَنْتَزِعَ مِنْ فَمِ الأَسَدِ سِوَى رِجْلَيْ حَمَلٍ، أَوْ قِطْعَةً مِنْ أُذُنٍ، هَكَذَا لَنْ يَنْجُوَ سِوَى الْقَلِيلِ مِنْ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ، الْمُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى الأَرَائِكِ الْوَثِيرَةِ وَالأَسِرَّةِ النَّاعِمَةِ.

Thus says Jehovah: As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the sons of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.

١٣ 13 اسْمَعُوا وَاشْهَدُوا عَلَى بَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ.

Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, says the lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.

١٤ 14 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أُعَاقِبُ فِيهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى تَعَدِّيَاتِهِ، أَهْدِمُ أَيْضاً مَذَابِحَ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَتُقْطَعُ قُرُونُ الْمَذْبَحِ وَتَتَهَاوَى عَلَى الأَرْضِ.

For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

١٥ 15 وَأُدَمِّرُ الْبُيُوتَ الَّتِي يَأْوُونَ إِلَيْهَا فِي الشِّتَاءِ، وَبُيُوتَ الْمُنْتَجَعَاتِ الصَّيْفِيَّةِ، وَتَنْدَكُّ بُيُوتُ الْعَاجِ وَتَزُولُ مِنَ الْوُجُودِ قُصُورٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, says Jehovah.