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Wò mí kí o sì yè

Gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ yìí, ìwọ ilé Israẹli, ìpohùnréré ẹkún tí mo ṣe nípa rẹ:

“Wúńdíá Israẹli ṣubú
    láì kò sì le padà dìde
ó di ẹni ìkọ̀tì ní ilẹ̀ rẹ̀
    kò sí ẹni tí yóò gbé e dìde.”

Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa Olódùmarè wí:

“Ìlú tí ẹgbẹ̀rún alágbára ti jáde,
    yóò dín ku ọgọ́ọ̀rún ní Israẹli.
Ìlú tí ọgọ́ọ̀rún alàgbà ti jáde
    yóò ṣẹ́kù ẹni mẹ́wàá.”

Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa sọ fún ilé Israẹli:

“Wá mi kí o sì yè;
    Ẹ má ṣe wá Beteli,
Ẹ má ṣe lọ sí Gilgali
    Ẹ má ṣe rìnrìn àjò lọ sí Beerṣeba.
Nítorí dájúdájú a ó kó Gilgali ní ìgbèkùn
    A ó sì sọ Beteli di asán.”
Ẹ wá Olúwa, ẹ̀yin yóò sì yè,
    kí ó má ba à gbilẹ̀ bí iná ní Josẹfu
a sì jó o run
    Beteli kò sì ní rí ẹni tí yóò bu omi pa á.

Ẹ̀yin tí ẹ̀ sọ òdodo di ìkorò
    tí ẹ sì gbé olódodo ṣánlẹ̀.

Ẹni tí ó dá ìràwọ̀ Pleiadesi àti Orioni
    ẹni tí ó sọ òru dúdú di òwúrọ̀
    tí ó sọ ọjọ́ dúdú di ìmọ́lẹ̀
ẹni tí ó wọ́ omi Òkun jọ pọ̀
    tí ó sì rọ̀ wọ́n sí orí ilẹ̀
    Olúwa ni orúkọ rẹ̀,
Ó fọ́n ìparun sí ìlú olódi
    tí ó sì sọ àwọn ibùgbé àwọn ọmọ-aládé di ahoro.

10 Ìwọ kórìíra ẹni tí ń bá ni wí ní ẹnu ibodè
    ó sì ń pẹ̀gàn ẹni tí ń sọ òtítọ́.

11 Ìwọ ń tẹ tálákà mọ́lẹ̀
    o ń fi ipá gba ọkà lọ́wọ́ wọn
Nítorí náà, ìwọ ti fi òkúta tí a gbẹ́ kọ́lé
    ṣùgbọ́n ẹ kò sì ní gbé inú wọn
Nítòótọ́ ìwọ ti gbin ọgbà àjàrà tí ó lẹ́wà.
    Ìwọ kò ní mu wáìnì inú wọn
12 Nítorí mo mọ iye àìṣedéédéé rẹ
    mo sì mọ bí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ tí tóbi tó.

Ìwọ ni olódodo lára, ìwọ sì ń gba àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀
    o sì ń fi òtítọ́ du tálákà ní ilé ẹjọ́
13 Àwọn ọlọ́gbọ́n máa ń dákẹ́ jẹ́ẹ́ ní àkókò wọ̀nyí,
    nítorí búburú ni gbogbo ọjọ́.

14 Wá rere, má ṣe wá búburú
    kí ìwọ ba à le yè
Nígbà náà ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run àwọn ọmọ-ogun yóò wà pẹ̀lú rẹ.
    Òun yóò sì wà pẹ̀lú rẹ bí ìwọ ṣe wí
15 Kórìíra búburú kí o sì fẹ́ rere
    dúró ní orí òtítọ́ ní ilé ẹjọ́
bóyá Olúwa Ọlọ́run alágbára
    yóò ṣíjú àánú wo ọmọ Josẹfu tó ṣẹ́kù.

16 Nítorí èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa, Olúwa Ọlọ́run àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí:

“Ẹkún yóò wà ní àwọn òpópónà
    igbe ìnira yóò sì wà ní àwọn gbàgede ìlú
A ó kó àwọn àgbẹ̀ jọ láti sọkún
    àti àwọn tí ń ṣọ̀fọ̀ láti pohùnréré ẹkún
17 Ìpohùnréré ẹkún yóò wà ní gbogbo ọgbà àjàrà
    Nítorí èmi yóò la àárín yín kọjá,”
    ni Olúwa wí.

Ọjọ́ Olúwa

18 Ègbé ni fún ìwọ tí ó pẹ́
    nítorí ọjọ́ Olúwa
kí ni ìwọ fi pẹ́ fún ọjọ́ Olúwa?
    Ìmọ́lẹ̀ yóò di òkùnkùn ní ojú ọjọ́
19 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ènìyàn tí ó sá fún kìnnìún,
    tí ó padà wá bọ́ sí ẹnu àmọ̀tẹ́kùn.
Yóò dàbí ẹni tí ó wọ ilé rẹ̀ lọ
    tí ó sinmi lé ògiri ilé rẹ̀
    tí ejò sì bù ú ṣán.
20 Ǹjẹ́ ọjọ́ Olúwa kò ha ní ṣókùnkùn dípò kí ó ní ìmọ́lẹ̀?
    Tí yóò sì ṣókùnkùn dúdú láìsí ìmọ́lẹ̀ kankan níbẹ̀.

21 “Mo kórìíra, mo kẹ́gàn àwọn àsè ẹ̀sìn in yín
    Èmi kò sì ní inú dídùn sí àpéjọ yín
22 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ẹ mú ẹbọ sísun àti ọrẹ ọkà wá
    Èmi kò ní tẹ́wọ́ gbà wọ́n
Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ẹ mú àṣàyàn ọrẹ àlàáfíà wá.
    Èmi kò ní náání wọn.
23 Ẹ gbé ariwo orin yín sẹ́yìn
    Èmi kò ní fetísí ohun èlò orin yín.
24 Jẹ́ kí òtítọ́ sàn bí odò
    àti òdodo bí ìsun tí kò lé è gbẹ!

25 (A)“Àbí ẹ̀yin mú ẹbọ àti ọrẹ tọ̀ mí wá
    ní ogójì ọdún ní aginjù ìwọ ilé Israẹli?
26 Ẹ̀yin ti gbé ibi ìrúbọ àwọn ọba yín sókè
    ibùgbé àwọn òrìṣà yín
    àní, ti àwọn òrìṣà yín tí ó níyì jùlọ,
    èyí tí ẹ̀yin fi ọwọ́ ara yín ṣe.
27 Nítorí náà èmi yóò rán an yín lọ sí ìgbèkùn ní ìkọjá Damasku,”
    ni Olúwa wí, ẹni tí orúkọ rẹ̀ ń jẹ́ Ọlọ́run alágbára.

A Lament and Call to Repentance

Hear this word, Israel, this lament(A) I take up concerning you:

“Fallen is Virgin(B) Israel,
    never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
    with no one to lift her up.(C)

This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:

“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
    will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
    will have only ten left.(D)

This is what the Lord says to Israel:

“Seek(E) me and live;(F)
    do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,(G)
    do not journey to Beersheba.(H)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
    and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[a](I)
Seek(J) the Lord and live,(K)
    or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;(L)
it will devour them,
    and Bethel(M) will have no one to quench it.(N)

There are those who turn justice into bitterness(O)
    and cast righteousness(P) to the ground.(Q)

He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(R)
    who turns midnight into dawn(S)
    and darkens day into night,(T)
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(U)
With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
    and brings the fortified city to ruin.(V)

10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court(W)
    and detest the one who tells the truth.(X)

11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(Y)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(Z)
    you will not live in them;(AA)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.(AB)
12 For I know how many are your offenses
    and how great your sins.(AC)

There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes(AD)
    and deprive the poor(AE) of justice in the courts.(AF)
13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet(AG) in such times,
    for the times are evil.(AH)

14 Seek good, not evil,
    that you may live.(AI)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
    just as you say he is.
15 Hate evil,(AJ) love good;(AK)
    maintain justice in the courts.(AL)
Perhaps(AM) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(AN)
    on the remnant(AO) of Joseph.

16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:

“There will be wailing(AP) in all the streets(AQ)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(AR) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(AS) in all the vineyards,
    for I will pass through(AT) your midst,”
says the Lord.(AU)

The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long
    for the day of the Lord!(AV)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(AW)
    That day will be darkness,(AX) not light.(AY)
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
    only to meet a bear,(AZ)
as though he entered his house
    and rested his hand on the wall
    only to have a snake bite him.(BA)
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(BB) not light—
    pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(BC)

21 “I hate,(BD) I despise your religious festivals;(BE)
    your assemblies(BF) are a stench to me.
22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings(BG) and grain offerings,
    I will not accept them.(BH)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
    I will have no regard for them.(BI)
23 Away with the noise of your songs!
    I will not listen to the music of your harps.(BJ)
24 But let justice(BK) roll on like a river,
    righteousness(BL) like a never-failing stream!(BM)

25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(BN) and offerings
    forty years(BO) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
    the pedestal of your idols,(BP)
    the star of your god[b]
    which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into exile(BQ) beyond Damascus,”
    says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.(BR)

Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:5 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see Hosea 4:15.
  2. Amos 5:26 Or lifted up Sakkuth your king / and Kaiwan your idols, / your star-gods; Septuagint lifted up the shrine of Molek / and the star of your god Rephan, / their idols

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

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

For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

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

But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

Seek him that maketh the seven stars 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:

That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

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

11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens 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 wine of them.

12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

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

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

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

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

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

18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

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.

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

21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

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

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

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

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

26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

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