Amos Propheta 3
1 Audite verbum, quod locutus est Dominus super vos, filii Israel: super omnem cognationem, quam eduxi de Terra Ægypti, dicens:
Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
2 Tantummodo vos cognovi ex omnibus cognationibus terræ: idcirco visitabo super vos omnes iniquitates vestras.
"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."
3 Numquid ambulabunt duo pariter, nisi convenerit eis?
Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
4 Numquid rugiet leo in saltu, nisi habuerit prædam? Numquid dabit catulus leonis vocem de cubili suo, nisi aliquid apprehenderit?
Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
5 Numquid cadet avis in laqueum terræ absque aucupe? Numquid auferetur laqueus de terra antequam quid ceperit?
Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?
6 Si clanget tuba in civitate, et populus non expavescet? Si erit malum in civitate, quod Dominus non fecerit?
Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does disaster happen to a city, unless the LORD has done it?
7 Quia non facit Dominus Deus verbum, nisi revelaverit secretum suum ad servos suos prophetas.
Surely the LORD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
8 Leo rugiet, quis non timebit? Dominus Deus locutus est, quis non prophetabit?
The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The LORD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?
9 Auditum facite in ædibus Azoti, et in ædibus Terræ Ægypti: et dicite: Congregamini super montes Samariæ, et videte insanias multas in medio eius, et calumniam patientes in penetralibus eius.
Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountain of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them."
10 Et nescierunt facere rectum, dicit Dominus, thesaurizantes iniquitatem, et rapinas in ædibus suis.
"Indeed they do not know to do right," says the LORD, "Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces."
11 Propterea, hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Tribulabitur et circuietur terra: et detrahetur ex te fortitudo tua, et diripientur ædes tuæ.
Therefore thus says the LORD: "An adversary will surround the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered."
12 Hæc dicit Dominus: Quomodo si eruat pastor de ore leonis duo crura, aut extremum auriculæ: sic eruentur filii Israel, qui habitant in Samaria in plaga lectuli, et in Damasci grabato.
Thus says the LORD: "As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed."
13 Audite, et contestamini in domo Iacob, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum:
"Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the LORD, the God of hosts.
14 quia in die cum visitare cœpero prævaricationes Israel, super eum visitabo, et super altaria Bethel: et amputabuntur cornua altaris, et cadent in terram.
"For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15 Et percutiam domum hiemalem cum domo æstiva: et peribunt domus eburneæ, et dissipabuntur ædes multæ, dicit Dominus.
I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end," says the LORD.
