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Гибель Исраила

Я видел Владыку стоящим у жертвенника[a]. Он сказал:

– Бей по верхушкам колонн,
    пусть задрожит порог.
Обрушь их на головы им всем,
    а уцелевших Я перебью мечом.
Ни один не укроется,
    никто не спасётся.
Пусть хоть зароются в мир мёртвых –
    и оттуда достанет их Моя рука.
Пусть взберутся на небеса –
    и оттуда Я свергну их.
Пусть укроются на вершине Кармила –
    Я и там отыщу и схвачу их.
Пусть на дне морском спрячутся от Меня –
    Я велю там морскому змею, и он ужалит их.
Пусть враги уведут их в плен –
    прикажу там мечу, и он убьёт их.
Обращу на них свои глаза –
    им на беду, а не во благо.

Владыка Вечный, Повелитель Сил,
    касается земли – и она тает,
    а все живущие на ней плачут.
Вся земля поднимается, словно Нил,
    и опускается, словно река Египта.
Он воздвиг Свой величественный дворец на небесах
    и основания его утвердил на земле,
призвал воды морские
    и разлил их по лицу земли;
    Вечный – Его имя.

– Разве вы, исраильтяне,
    для Меня не то же, что и эфиопы? –
        возвещает Вечный. –
Да, Я вывел Исраил из Египта,
    но Я вывел и филистимлян с Крита[b],
    и сирийцев – из Кира.

Взгляд Владыки Вечного
    обращён на грешное царство.
– Я сотру его с лица земли,
    но не истреблю потомков Якуба до конца, –
        возвещает Вечный. –
Я дам повеление просеять народ Исраила,
    когда они будут разбросаны среди всех народов,
как просеивают зерно решетом,
    и ни один камушек не пройдёт сквозь него.
10 Все грешники средь Моего народа
    умрут от меча,
все те, кто говорит:
    «Беда нас не постигнет, нас не коснётся».

Возрождение Исраила

11 – Трон Давуда – как разрушенный шатёр,
    но в тот день Я воссоздам его,
залатаю в нём дыры,
    восстановлю разрушенное,
    отстрою, как было прежде,
12 чтобы вы завладели оставшимися в Эдоме
    и всеми народами, которые призваны быть Моими, –
        возвещает Вечный, Который сделает всё это.

13 Близятся дни, – возвещает Вечный, –
    когда вы не успеете покончить с жатвой,
    а уже придёт время для нового посева,
не успеете обработать один урожай винограда,
    а уже нужно будет готовить лозу для другого.[c]
Молодое вино будет сочиться из гор
    и течь со всех холмов.
14 Я восстановлю народ Мой Исраил;
    они отстроят разрушенные города и будут в них жить.
Они посадят виноградники и будут пить их вино;
    разведут сады и будут есть их плоды.
15 Насажу Мой народ на его земле,
    и никогда впредь он не будет исторгнут
    из земли, что Я дал ему, –
        говорит Вечный, твой Бог.

Footnotes

  1. 9:1 Или: «на жертвеннике».
  2. 9:7 Букв.: «Кафтора».
  3. 9:13 Букв.: «когда жнеца застанет пахарь, а сажающего виноградник – топчущий виноград».

Israel to Be Destroyed

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:

“Strike the tops of the pillars
    so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads(A) of all the people;
    those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
    none will escape.(B)
Though they dig down to the depths below,(C)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,(D)
    from there I will bring them down.(E)
Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,(F)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.(G)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,(H)
    there I will command the serpent(I) to bite them.(J)
Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword(K) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm(L) and not for good.(M)(N)

The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,(O)
    and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
    then sinks like the river of Egypt;(P)
he builds his lofty palace[a](Q) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(R)

“Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites[c]?”(S)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines(T) from Caphtor[d](U)
    and the Arameans from Kir?(V)

“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
    are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy(W) it
    from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
    the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.(X)
“For I will give the command,
    and I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations
as grain(Y) is shaken in a sieve,(Z)
    and not a pebble will reach the ground.(AA)
10 All the sinners among my people
    will die by the sword,(AB)
all those who say,
    ‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’(AC)

Israel’s Restoration

11 “In that day

“I will restore David’s(AD) fallen shelter(AE)
    I will repair its broken walls
    and restore its ruins(AF)
    and will rebuild it as it used to be,(AG)
12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom(AH)
    and all the nations that bear my name,[e](AI)
declares the Lord, who will do these things.(AJ)

13 “The days are coming,”(AK) declares the Lord,

“when the reaper(AL) will be overtaken by the plowman(AM)
    and the planter by the one treading(AN) grapes.
New wine(AO) will drip from the mountains
    and flow from all the hills,(AP)
14     and I will bring(AQ) my people Israel back from exile.[f](AR)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities(AS) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards(AT) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(AU)
15 I will plant(AV) Israel in their own land,(AW)
    never again to be uprooted(AX)
    from the land I have given them,”(AY)

says the Lord your God.(AZ)

Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  3. Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
  4. Amos 9:7 That is, Crete
  5. Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me
  6. Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel

The Destruction of Israel

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said:

“Strike the [a]doorposts, that the thresholds may shake,
And (A)break them on the heads of them all.
I will slay the last of them with the sword.
(B)He who flees from them shall not get away,
And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered.

“Though(C) they dig into [b]hell,
From there My hand shall take them;
(D)Though they climb up to heaven,
From there I will bring them down;
And though they (E)hide themselves on top of Carmel,
From there I will search and take them;
Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;
Though they go into captivity before their enemies,
From there (F)I will command the sword,
And it shall slay them.
(G)I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.”

The Lord God of hosts,
He who touches the earth and it (H)melts,
(I)And all who dwell there mourn;
All of it shall swell like [c]the River,
And subside like the River of Egypt.
He who builds His (J)layers[d] in the sky,
And has founded His strata in the earth;
Who (K)calls for the waters of the sea,
And pours them out on the face of the earth—
(L)The Lord is His name.

Are you not like the [e]people of Ethiopia to Me,
O children of Israel?” says the Lord.
“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
The (M)Philistines from (N)Caphtor,[f]
And the Syrians from (O)Kir?

“Behold, (P)the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I (Q)will destroy it from the face of the earth;
Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord.

“For surely I will command,
And will [g]sift the house of Israel among all nations,
As grain is sifted in a sieve;
(R)Yet not the smallest [h]grain shall fall to the ground.
10 All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword,
(S)Who say, ‘The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.’

Israel Will Be Restored

11 “On(T) that day I will raise up
The [i]tabernacle of David, which has fallen down,
And [j]repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;
12 (U)That they may possess the remnant of (V)Edom,[k]
And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,”
Says the Lord who does this thing.

13 “Behold, (W)the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“When the plowman shall overtake the reaper,
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
(X)The mountains shall drip with sweet wine,
And all the hills shall flow with it.
14 (Y)I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
(Z)They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
15 I will plant them in their land,
(AA)And no longer shall they be pulled up
From the land I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.

Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:1 Capitals of the pillars
  2. Amos 9:2 Or Sheol
  3. Amos 9:5 The Nile
  4. Amos 9:6 Or stairs
  5. Amos 9:7 Lit. sons of the Ethiopians
  6. Amos 9:7 Crete
  7. Amos 9:9 shake
  8. Amos 9:9 Lit. pebble
  9. Amos 9:11 Lit. booth; a figure of a deposed dynasty
  10. Amos 9:11 Lit. wall up its breaches
  11. Amos 9:12 LXX mankind