Amos 5
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5 Mga taga-Israel, pakinggan ninyo ang panaghoy kong ito tungkol sa inyo:
2 Nabuwal ang Israel at di na makakabangon.
Nakahandusay siya at sa kanya'y walang tumutulong.
3 Sinabi ng Panginoong Yahweh,
“Sa sanlibong kawal na inatasan ng isang lunsod,
iisang daan ang makakabalik;
sa sandaan namang inatasan ng isa pang lunsod,
ang makakabalik ay sampu na lamang.”
4 Ito pa ang sabi ni Yahweh sa mga taga-Israel:
“Lumapit kayo sa akin at kayo'y mabubuhay;
5 huwag kayong pumunta sa Bethel upang humingi ng tulong;
huwag kayong pumunta doon sa Beer-seba,
sapagkat ang mga taga-Gilgal ay tiyak na mabibihag,
at ang Bethel ay mawawalang kabuluhan.”
6 Lumapit kayo kay Yahweh at kayo'y mabubuhay.
Kung hindi, bababâ siyang parang apoy sa mga anak ni Jose,
susunugin ang Bethel at walang makakasugpo sa apoy na ito.
7 Kahabag-habag kayo na nagkakait ng katarungan
at yumuyurak sa karapatan ng mga tao!
8 Nilikha(A) ni Yahweh ang Pleyades at ang Orion.
Itinatakda niya ang araw at ang gabi.
Tinipon niya ang tubig mula sa karagatan,
upang muling ibuhos sa sangkalupaan;
Yahweh ang kanyang pangalan.
9 Winawasak niya ang mga kuta at dinudurog ang mga tanggulan.
10 Namumuhi kayo sa naninindigan sa katarungan,
at hinahamak ang nagsasabi ng katotohanan.
11 Ginigipit ninyo ang mahihirap
at hinuhuthot ang kanilang ani.
Kaya't hindi ninyo matitirhan ang bahay na batong inyong itinayo,
ni malalasap man lang ang alak mula sa malalawak ninyong ubasan.
12 Alam ko kung gaano karami ang inyong ginawang kasamaan,
at kung gaano kabigat ang inyong mga kasalanan.
Kayo'y humihingi ng suhol sa mga taong matuwid,
at ipinagkakait ninyo sa mga mahihirap ang katarungan.
13 Naghahari ang kasamaan sa panahong ito;
kaya't kung ika'y matalino, mananahimik ka na lang.
14 Gawin mo ang matuwid, hindi ang masama,
upang ikaw ay mabuhay.
Sa gayon, sasaiyo si Yahweh, ang Diyos na Makapangyarihan sa lahat,
tulad ng sinasabi mo.
15 Kamuhian mo ang masama, ibigin ang mabuti.
Pairalin mo sa mga hukuman ang katarungan,
baka sakaling kahabagan ni Yahweh
ang matitirang buháy sa lahi ni Jose.
16 Kaya't sinasabi ni Yahweh, ang Diyos na Makapangyarihan sa lahat, ang Panginoon,
“Maririnig sa mga lansangan ang mga pagtangis;
at ang mga paghihinagpis sa mga liwasan.
Pati ang mga magsasaka ay makikidalamhati,
kasama ng mga bayarang taga-iyak.
17 May mga pagtangis sa bawat ubasan,
sapagkat darating na ako sa inyong kalagitnaan.”
18 Kahabag-habag kayo na naghihintay sa pagdating ng araw ni Yahweh!
Bakit ninyo hinihintay ang araw na iyon?
Iyon ay magiging araw ng kadiliman, hindi ng kaliwanagan.
19 Para kayong umiwas sa leon ngunit oso ang nasagupa!
O kaya'y gaya ng isang taong umuwi sa bahay,
ngunit pagsandal sa dingding ay tinuklaw ng ahas!
20 Magiging pusikit na kadiliman at hindi kaliwanagan ang araw ni Yahweh;
araw na napakalungkot at napakadilim!
21 “Namumuhi(B) ako sa inyong mga handaan,
hindi ako nalulugod sa inyong mga banal na pagtitipon.
22 Hindi ko matatanggap ang inyong mga handog na sinusunog,
handog na mga pagkaing butil at mga hayop na pinataba.
Kahit na ang mga iyon ay handog pangkapayapaan,
hindi ko pa rin papansinin.
23 Tigilan na ninyo ang maiingay na awitan;
ayoko nang marinig ang inyong mga alpa.
24 Sa halip ay padaluyin ninyo ang katarungan, gaya ng isang ilog;
gayundin ang katuwiran tulad ng isang di natutuyong batis.
25 “Sa(C) loob ng apatnapung taóng pamamalagi ninyo sa ilang, O Israel, nagdala ba kayo sa akin ng mga handog na sinusunog at ng mga handog ng pasasalamat? 26 Buhatin na ninyo ang rebulto ni Sakut na inyong hari at ni Kaiwan, ang diyos na bituin, ang mga imahen na inyong ginawa. 27 Dahil dito'y itatapon ko kayo sa kabila pa ng Damasco,” sabi ni Yahweh, na ang pangalan ay Diyos na Makapangyarihan sa lahat.
Amos 5
New American Standard Bible
“Seek Me So That You May Live”
5 Hear this word which I am taking up for you as a (A)song of mourning, house of Israel:
2 She has fallen, she will (B)not rise again—
The (C)virgin Israel.
She lies unnoticed on her land;
There is (D)no one to raise her up.
3 For this is what the Lord [a]God says:
“The city which goes forth a thousand strong
Will have a (E)hundred left,
And the one which goes forth a hundred strong
Will have (F)ten left to the house of Israel.”
4 For this is what the Lord says to the house of Israel:
“(G)Seek Me (H)so that you may live.
5 But do not [b]resort to (I)Bethel
And do not come to (J)Gilgal,
Nor cross over to (K)Beersheba;
For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity
And Bethel will [c]come to nothing.
6 (L)Seek the Lord so that you may live,
Or He will break through like a (M)fire, [d]house of Joseph,
And it will consume with no one to extinguish it for Bethel,
7 For those who turn (N)justice into wormwood,
And [e]throw righteousness to the earth.”
8 He who made the (O)Pleiades and Orion,
And (P)changes deep darkness into morning,
[f]Who also (Q)darkens day into night,
Who (R)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The (S)Lord is His name.
9 It is He who (T)makes destruction flash upon the strong,
So that (U)destruction comes upon the fortress.
10 They hate him who (V)rebukes in the [g]gate,
And they (W)despise him who speaks with integrity.
11 Therefore because you impose heavy [h]rent on the poor
And take a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built (X)houses of cut stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted beautiful vineyards, yet you will (Y)not drink their wine.
12 For I know your offenses are many and your sins are great,
You who are (Z)hostile to the righteous and accept bribes,
And [i]turn away the poor from justice at the [j]gate.
13 Therefore at [k]such a time the prudent person (AA)keeps quiet, because it is an evil time.
14 Seek good and not evil, so that you may live;
And so may the Lord God of armies be with you,
(AB)Just as you have said!
15 (AC)Hate evil, love good,
And establish justice in the [l]gate!
Perhaps the Lord God of armies
(AD)Will be gracious to the (AE)remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore this is what the Lord God of armies, the Lord says:
“There is (AF)mourning in all the public squares,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Oh no! Oh no!’
They also call the (AG)farmer to mourning
And [m](AH)professional mourners to mourning rites.
17 And in all the (AI)vineyards there is mourning,
Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says the Lord.
18 Woe to you who are longing for the (AJ)day of the Lord,
For what [n]purpose will the day of the Lord be to you?
It will be (AK)darkness and not light;
19 As when a man (AL)flees from a lion
And a bear confronts him,
[o]Or he goes home, leans with his hand against the wall,
And a snake bites him.
20 Will the day of the Lord not be (AM)darkness instead of light,
Even gloom with no brightness in it?
21 “I hate, I (AN)reject your festivals,
Nor do I [p](AO)delight in your festive assemblies.
22 Even though you (AP)offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the (AQ)peace offerings of your fattened oxen.
23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.
24 But let (AR)justice roll out like waters,
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
25 “[q](AS)Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, house of Israel? 26 (AT)You also carried along [r]Sikkuth your king and [s]Kiyyun, your images, [t]the star of your gods which you made for yourselves. 27 Therefore I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of armies.
Footnotes
- Amos 5:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Amos 5:5 Lit seek
- Amos 5:5 Lit be
- Amos 5:6 Or in the house
- Amos 5:7 Lit they have thrown
- Amos 5:8 Lit And He darkened
- Amos 5:10 I.e., the place where court was held
- Amos 5:11 Or tax
- Amos 5:12 Lit they turn
- Amos 5:12 I.e., the place where court was held
- Amos 5:13 Lit that time
- Amos 5:15 I.e., the place where court was held
- Amos 5:16 Lit those who know mourning
- Amos 5:18 Lit will this be to you, the day
- Amos 5:19 Or Then
- Amos 5:21 Lit like to smell your
- Amos 5:25 Or You presented Me with the sacrifices and a grain offering
- Amos 5:26 Or Sakkuth (Saturn), or the tabernacle of your Moloch
- Amos 5:26 Or Kaiwan (Saturn), or stands of
- Amos 5:26 Or your star gods
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