Amos 5
1 Give ear to this word, my song of sorrow over you, O children of Israel.
Ouvi esta palavra, que levanto sobre vós uma lamentação, ó casa de Israel.
2 The virgin of Israel has been made low, never again to be lifted up: she is stretched out by herself on her land; there is no one to put her on her feet again.
A virgem de Israel caiu, nunca mais tornará a levantar-se: desamparada está na sua terra, não ha quem a levante.
3 For these are the words of the Lord God: The town which was able to send out a thousand, will have only a hundred; and that which sent out a hundred, will have only ten, in Israel.
Porque assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: A cidade da qual saem mil conservará cem, e aquella da qual saem cem conservará dez á casa de Israel.
4 For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:
Porque assim diz o Senhor á casa de Israel: Buscae-me, e vivei.
5 Do not be looking for help to Beth-el, and do not go to Gilgal, or make your way to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal will certainly be taken prisoner, and Beth-el will come to nothing.
Porém não busqueis a Beth-el, nem venhaes a Gilgal, nem passeis a Berseba, porque Gilgal certamente será levado captivo, e Beth-el será desfeito em nada.
6 Go to the Lord for help so that you may have life; for fear that he may come like fire bursting out in the family of Joseph, causing destruction, and there will be no one to put it out in Beth-el.
Buscae ao Senhor, e vivei, para que não accommetta a casa de José como um fogo, e a consuma, e não haja em Beth-el quem o apague.
7 You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;
(Os que pervertem o juizo em alosna, e deitam na terra a justiça.)
8 Go for help to him who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep dark is turned into morning, who makes the day black with night; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, sending them out over the face of the earth: the Lord is his name;
O que faz o setestrello, e o orion, e torna a sombra da noite em manhã, e escurece o dia como a noite, que chama as aguas do mar, e as derrama sobre a terra, o Senhor é o seu nome.
9 Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.
O que esforça o despojado contra o forte: assim que venha a assolação contra a fortaleza.
10 They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.
Na porta aborrecem o que os reprehende, e abominam o que falla sinceramente.
11 So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.
Portanto, visto que pizaes o pobre, e d'elle tomaes um cargo de trigo, edificastes casas de pedras lavradas, mas n'ellas não habitareis; vinhas desejaveis plantastes, mas não bebereis do seu vinho.
12 For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.
Porque sei que são muitas as vossas transgressões, e grossos os vossos peccados: affligem o justo, tomam resgate, e rejeitam os necessitados na porta.
13 So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.
Portanto, o prudente n'aquelle tempo se calará, porque o tempo será mau.
14 Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.
Buscae o bem, e não o mal, para que vivaes: e assim o Senhor, o Deus dos Exercitos, estará comvosco, como dizeis.
15 Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.
Aborrecei o mal, e amae o bem, e estabelecei o juizo na porta: porventura o Senhor, o Deus dos Exercitos, terá piedade do resto de José.
16 So these are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in all the open spaces; and in all the streets they will say, Sorrow! sorrow! and they will get in the farmer to the weeping, and the makers of sad songs to give cries of grief.
Portanto, assim diz o Senhor Deus dos Exercitos, o Senhor: Em todas as ruas haverá pranto, e em todos os bairros dirão: Ai! ai! E ao lavrador chamarão a choro, e ao pranto aos que souberem prantear.
17 In all the vine-gardens there will be cries of grief: for I will go through among you, says the Lord.
E em todas as vinhas haverá pranto; porque passarei pelo meio de ti, diz o Senhor.
18 Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.
Ai d'aquelles que desejam o dia do Senhor! para que pois vos será este dia do Senhor? trevas será e não luz.
19 As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.
Como o que foge de diante do leão, e se encontra com elle o urso, ou como se entrasse n'uma casa, e a sua mão encostasse á parede, e fosse mordido d'uma cobra.
20 Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?
Não será pois o dia do Senhor trevas e não luz? e escuridade, sem que haja resplandor?
21 Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings.
Aborreço, desprezo as vossas festas, e os vossos dias de prohibição não me darão bom cheiro.
22 Even if you give me your burned offerings and your meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: I will have nothing to do with the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.
Porque ainda que me offereceis holocaustos, como tambem as vossas offertas de manjares, não me agrado d'ellas: nem attentarei para as offertas pacificas de vossos animaes gordos.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.
Affasta de mim o estrepito dos teus canticos; porque não ouvirei as psalmodias dos teus instrumentos.
24 But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Corra porém o juizo como as aguas, e a justiça como o ribeiro impetuoso.
25 Did you come to me with offerings of beasts and meal offerings in the waste land for forty years, O Israel?
Haveis-me porventura offerecido sacrificios e offertas no deserto por quarenta annos, ó casa de Israel?
26 Truly, you will take up Saccuth your king and Kaiwan your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
Antes levastes a tenda de vosso Moloch, e a estatua das vossas imagens, a estrella do vosso deus, que fizestes para vós mesmos.
27 And I will send you away as prisoners farther than Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of armies.
Portanto vos levarei captivos, para além de Damasco, diz o Senhor, cujo nome é o Deus dos exercitos.
