Amós 8
Almeida Revista e Corrigida 2009
A visão de um cesto de frutos. Ameaças contra Israel
8 O Senhor Jeová assim me fez ver: e eis aqui um cesto de frutos do verão. 2 E disse: Que vês, Amós? E eu disse: Um cesto de frutos do verão. Então, o Senhor me disse: Chegou o fim sobre o meu povo Israel; daqui por diante nunca mais passarei por ele. 3 Mas os cânticos do templo serão ouvidos naquele dia, diz o Senhor Jeová; multiplicar-se-ão os cadáveres; em todos os lugares serão lançados fora em silêncio.
4 Ouvi isto, vós que anelais o abatimento do necessitado e destruís os miseráveis da terra, 5 dizendo: Quando passará a lua nova, para vendermos o grão? E o sábado, para abrirmos os celeiros de trigo, diminuindo o efa, e aumentando o siclo, e procedendo dolosamente com balanças enganadoras, 6 para comprarmos os pobres por dinheiro e os necessitados por um par de sapatos? E, depois, venderemos as cascas do trigo. 7 Jurou o Senhor pela glória de Jacó: Eu não me esquecerei de todas as suas obras para sempre! 8 Por causa disso, não se comoverá a terra? E não chorará todo aquele que habita nela? Certamente, levantar-se-á toda como o grande rio, e será arrojada, e se submergirá como o rio do Egito. 9 E sucederá que, naquele dia, diz o Senhor, farei que o sol se ponha ao meio-dia e a terra se entenebreça em dia de luz. 10 E tornarei as vossas festas em luto e todos os vossos cânticos em lamentações, e aparecerá pano de saco sobre todos os lombos e calva sobre toda cabeça; e farei que isso seja como luto de filho único e o seu fim como dia de amarguras.
11 Eis que vêm dias, diz o Senhor Jeová, em que enviarei fome sobre a terra, não fome de pão, nem sede de água, mas de ouvir as palavras do Senhor. 12 E irão errantes de um mar até outro mar e do Norte até ao Oriente; correrão por toda parte, buscando a palavra do Senhor, e não a acharão. 13 Naquele dia, as virgens formosas e os jovens desmaiarão de sede. 14 Os que juram pelo delito de Samaria, dizendo: Como é certo viver o teu deus, ó Dã; e: Como é certo viver o caminho de Berseba; esses mesmos cairão e não se levantarão mais.
Amos 8
New International Version
A Basket of Ripe Fruit
8 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:(A) a basket of ripe fruit. 2 “What do you see,(B) Amos?(C)” he asked.
“A basket(D) of ripe fruit,” I answered.
Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.(E)
3 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.[a](F) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!(G)”
5 saying,
“When will the New Moon(J) be over
that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
that we may market(K) wheat?”(L)—
skimping on the measure,
boosting the price
and cheating(M) with dishonest scales,(N)
6 buying the poor(O) with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals,
selling even the sweepings with the wheat.(P)
7 The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob:(Q) “I will never forget(R) anything they have done.(S)
8 “Will not the land tremble(T) for this,
and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
it will be stirred up and then sink
like the river of Egypt.(U)
9 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,
“I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.(V)
10 I will turn your religious festivals(W) into mourning
and all your singing into weeping.(X)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth(Y)
and shave(Z) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son(AA)
and the end of it like a bitter day.(AB)
11 “The days are coming,”(AC) declares the Sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
but a famine(AD) of hearing the words of the Lord.(AE)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.(AF)
13 “In that day
Amos 8
Contemporary English Version
A Basket of Fruit
8 The Lord God showed me a basket of ripe fruit 2 and asked, “Amos, what do you see?”
“A basket of ripe fruit,” I replied.
Then he said,
“This is the end[a]
for my people Israel.
I won't forgive them again.
3 Instead of singing
in the temple,
they will cry and weep.
Dead bodies will be everywhere.
So keep silent!
I, the Lord, have spoken!”
Israel Is Doomed
The Lord said:
4 You people crush those in need
and wipe out the poor.
5 You say to yourselves,
“How much longer before the end
of the New Moon Festival?
When will the Sabbath[b] be over?
Our wheat is ready,
and we want to sell it now.
We can't wait to cheat
and charge high prices
for the grain we sell.
We will use dishonest scales
6 and mix dust in the grain.
Those who are needy and poor
don't have any money.
We will make them our slaves
for the price
of a pair of sandals.”
7 I, the Lord, won't forget
any of this,
though you take great pride
in your ancestor Jacob.[c]
8 Your country will tremble,
and you will mourn.
It will be like the Nile River
that rises and overflows,
then sinks back down.
9 On that day, I, the Lord God,
will make the sun
go down at noon,
and I will turn daylight
into darkness.
10 Your festivals and joyful singing
will turn into sorrow.
You will wear sackcloth[d]
and shave your heads,
as you would at the death
of your only son.
It will be a horrible day.
11 I, the Lord, also promise you
a terrible shortage,
but not of food and water.
You will hunger and thirst
to hear my message.
12 You will search everywhere—
from north to south,
from east to west.
You will go all over the earth,
seeking a message
from me, the Lord.
But you won't find one.
13 Your beautiful young women
and your young men
will faint from thirst.
14 You made promises
to the goddess Ashimah
at Samaria;
you made vows to other gods
at the shrines
of Dan and Beersheba.[e]
So now you will fall
and never get up.
Footnotes
- 8.2 end: In Hebrew “ripe fruit” and “end” sound alike.
- 8.5 New Moon Festival … Sabbath: Selling grain at these times was forbidden by the Law of Moses.
- 8.7 though … Jacob: Or “though I am the God that Jacob proudly worshiped.”
- 8.10 sackcloth: A rough, dark-colored cloth made from goat or camel hair and used to make grain sacks. It was worn in times of trouble or sorrow.
- 8.14 You made … Beersheba: Or “You made promises to the goddess Ashimah at Samaria, and you made vows in the names of other gods at the shrines of Dan and Beersheba.”
Amos 8
La Nuova Diodati
8 Ecco ciò che mi fece vedere il Signore, l'Eterno: era un cesto di frutti estivi.
2 Egli mi disse: «Amos che cosa vedi?». Io risposi: «Un cesto di frutti estivi». L'Eterno mi disse: «E' giunta la fine per il mio popolo Israele; non lo risparmierò piú a lungo.
3 In quel giorno i canti del tempio, diventeranno lamenti», dice il Signore, l'Eterno. «Ci saranno ovunque molti cadaveri; li getteranno fuori in silenzio».
4 Ascoltate questo, o voi che divorate il bisognoso e sopprimete i poveri del paese,
5 e dite: «Quando passerà la luna nuova perché possiamo vendere il grano, e il sabato perché possiamo dar inizio alla vendita del grano, rimpicciolendo l'efa e ingrandendo il siclo, falsificando le bilance per frodare,
6 comprando i poveri con denaro, il bisognoso per un paio di sandali e vendendo anche i rifiuti di scarto del grano?».
7 L'Eterno l'ha giurato per l'orgoglio di Giacobbe: «Non dimenticherò mai nessuna delle loro opere.
8 Non tremerà forse il paese per questo e non saranno in lutto tutti i suoi abitanti? Si solleverà tutto quanto come il Nilo, si agiterà e si abbasserà come il fiume d'Egitto.
9 In quel giorno avverrà», dice il Signore, l'Eterno, «che io farò tramontare il sole a mezzodì e oscurerò la terra in pieno giorno.
10 Muterò le vostre feste in lutto e tutti i vostri canti in lamento, farò mettere su ogni fianco il sacco e renderò calva ogni testa. Ne farò come un lutto per un figlio unico e la sua fine sarà come un giorno di amarezza.
11 Ecco, verranno i giorni», dice il Signore, l'Eterno, «in cui manderò la fame nel paese, non fame di pane né sete di acqua, ma piuttosto di udire le parole dell'Eterno.
12 Essi andranno errando da un mare all'altro, da nord a est, correranno qua e là in cerca della parola dell'Eterno, ma non la troveranno.
13 In quel giorno le belle fanciulle e i giovani scelti verranno meno per la sete.
14 Quelli che giurano per il peccato di Samaria e dicono: "Come il tuo DIO vive, o Dan" e: "Come vive Beer-Sceba" cadranno e non risorgeranno piú».
Amos 8
King James Version
8 Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
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