Amos 5

1 Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

Here ye this word, for Y reise on you a weilyng.

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

The hous of Israel felle doun, he schal not put to, that it rise ayen; the virgyn of Israel is cast doun in to hir lond, noon is that schal reise hir.

3 For thus saith the Lord GOD: The city that went forth a thousand shall have an hundred left, and that which went forth an hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.

For the Lord God seith these thingis, The citee of which a thousynde wenten out, an hundrid schulen be left ther ynne; and of which an hundrid wenten out, ten schulen be left ther ynne, in the hous of Israel.

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

For the Lord seith these thingis to the hous of Israel, Seke ye me, and ye schulen lyue;

5 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.

and nyle ye seke Bethel, and nyle ye entre in to Galgala, and ye schulen not passe to Bersabee; for whi Galgal schal be led caitif, and Bethel schal be vnprofitable.

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

Seke ye the Lord, and lyue ye, lest perauenture the hous of Joseph be brent as fier; and it schal deuoure Bethel, and there schal not be, that schal quenche.

7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth;

Whiche conuerten doom in to wermod, and forsaken riytwisnesse in the lond,

8 [seek him] that maketh the Pleiades 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;

and forsaken hym that makith Arture and Orion, and hym that turneth derknessis in to the morewtid, and him that chaungith dai in to niyt; which clepith watris of the see, and heldith out hem on the face of erthe; the Lord is name of hym.

9 that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

Which scorneth distriyng on the stronge, and bringith robbyng on the myyti.

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

Thei hatiden a man repreuynge in the yate, and thei wlatiden a man spekynge perfitli.

11 Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him 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 the wine thereof.

Therfor for that that ye robbiden a pore man, and token fro hym the chosun prey, ye schulen bilde housis with square stoon, and ye schulen not dwelle in hem; ye schulen plaunte moost louyd vyneyerdis, and ye schulen not drynke the wyn of hem.

12 For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins; ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].

For Y knew youre grete trespassis many, and youre stronge synnes; enemyes of `the riytwis man, takynge yifte, and berynge doun pore men in the yate.

13 Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Therfor a prudent man schal be stille in that time, for the time is yuel.

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

Seke ye good, and not yuel, that ye lyue, and the Lord God of oostis schal be with you, as ye seiden.

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

Hate ye yuel, and loue ye good, and ordeyne ye in the gate doom; if perauenture the Lord God of oostis haue merci on the remenauntis of Joseph.

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

Therfor the Lord God of oostis, hauynge lordschipe, seith these thingis, Weilyng schal be in alle stretis, and in alle thingis that ben withoutforth it schal be seid, Wo! wo! and thei schulen clepe an erthe tilier to mourenyng, and hem that kunnen weile, to weilyng.

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

And weilyng schal be in alle weies, for Y schal passe forth in the myddil of `the see, seith the Lord.

18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! wherefore would ye have the day of the LORD? it is darkness, and not light.

Wo to hem that desiren the dai of the Lord; wher to desiren ye it to you? This dai of the Lord schal be derknessis, and not liyt.

19 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.

As if a man renne fro the face of a lioun, and a bere renne to hym; and he entre in to the hous, and lene with his hond on the wal, and a serpent dwellynge in schadewe bite hym.

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

Whether the dai of the Lord schal not be derknessis, and not liyt; and myist, and not schynyng ther ynne?

21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Y hatide and castide awei youre feeste daies, and Y schal not take the odour of youre cumpenyes.

22 Yea, though ye offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

That if ye offren to me youre brent sacrifices, and yiftis, Y schal not resseyue, and Y schal not biholde avowis of youre fatte thingis.

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

Do thou awei fro me the noise of thi songis, and Y schal not here the songis of thin harpe.

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

And doom schal be schewid as watir, and riytfulnesse as a strong streem.

25 Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Whether ye, the hous of Israel, offriden to me sacrifices for enemyes to be ouercomun, and sacrifice in desert fourti yeeris?

26 Yea, ye have borne Siccuth your king and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

And ye han bore tabernaclis to Moloch, youre god, and ymage of youre idols, the sterre of youre god, which ye maden to you.

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

And Y schal make you for to passe ouer Damask, seide the Lord; God of oostis is the name of him.