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Amos 5:14-24
New Living Translation
Amos 5:14-24
New Living Translation
14 Do what is good and run from evil
so that you may live!
Then the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper,
just as you have claimed.
15 Hate evil and love what is good;
turn your courts into true halls of justice.
Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies
will have mercy on the remnant of his people.[a]
16 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, says:
“There will be crying in all the public squares
and mourning in every street.
Call for the farmers to weep with you,
and summon professional mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing in every vineyard,
for I will destroy them all,”
says the Lord.
Warning of Coming Judgment
18 What sorrow awaits you who say,
“If only the day of the Lord were here!”
You have no idea what you are wishing for.
That day will bring darkness, not light.
19 In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion—
only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house—
and he’s bitten by a snake.
20 Yes, the day of the Lord will be dark and hopeless,
without a ray of joy or hope.
21 “I hate all your show and pretense—
the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
22 I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings.
I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.
23 Away with your noisy hymns of praise!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24 Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice,
an endless river of righteous living.
Footnotes
- 5:15 Hebrew the remnant of Joseph.
Amós 5:14-24
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Amós 5:14-24
Nueva Traducción Viviente
14 ¡Hagan lo bueno y huyan del mal
para que vivan!
Entonces el Señor Dios de los Ejércitos Celestiales será su ayudador,
así como ustedes han dicho.
15 Odien lo malo y amen lo bueno;
conviertan sus tribunales en verdaderas cortes de justicia.
Quizás el Señor Dios de los Ejércitos Celestiales
todavía tenga compasión del remanente de su pueblo.[a]
16 Por lo tanto, esto es lo que dice el Señor, el Señor Dios de los Ejércitos Celestiales:
«Habrá llanto en todas las plazas públicas
y lamentos en cada calle.
Llamen a los campesinos para que lloren con ustedes
y traigan a los que les pagan por lamentar.
17 Habrá gemidos en cada viñedo,
porque yo los destruiré a todos»,
dice el Señor.
Advertencia sobre el juicio que viene
18 Qué aflicción les espera a ustedes que dicen:
«¡Si tan solo hoy fuera el día del Señor!».
No tienen la menor idea de lo que desean.
Ese día no traerá luz, sino oscuridad.
19 En ese día ustedes serán como un hombre que huye de un león,
solo para encontrarse con un oso.
Y, al escapar del oso, apoya su mano contra una pared en su casa
y lo muerde una serpiente.
20 Así es, el día del Señor será oscuro y sin remedio,
sin un rayo de alegría ni esperanza.
21 «Odio todos sus grandes alardes y pretensiones,
la hipocresía de sus festivales religiosos y asambleas solemnes.
22 No aceptaré sus ofrendas quemadas ni sus ofrendas de grano.
Ni siquiera prestaré atención a sus ofrendas selectas de paz.
23 ¡Fuera de aquí con sus ruidosos himnos de alabanza!
No escucharé la música de sus arpas.
24 En cambio, quiero ver una tremenda inundación de justicia
y un río inagotable de rectitud.
Footnotes
- 5:15 En hebreo del remanente de José.
Amos 5:14-24
New International Version
Amos 5:14-24
New International Version
14 Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.(A)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
15 Hate evil,(B) love good;(C)
maintain justice in the courts.(D)
Perhaps(E) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(F)
on the remnant(G) of Joseph.
16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:
“There will be wailing(H) in all the streets(I)
and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(J) will be summoned to weep
and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(K) in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through(L) your midst,”
says the Lord.(M)
The Day of the Lord
18 Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!(N)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(O)
That day will be darkness,(P) not light.(Q)
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear,(R)
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.(S)
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(T) not light—
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(U)
21 “I hate,(V) I despise your religious festivals;(W)
your assemblies(X) are a stench to me.
22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings(Y) and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.(Z)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.(AA)
23 Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.(AB)
24 But let justice(AC) roll on like a river,
righteousness(AD) like a never-failing stream!(AE)
Amos 5:14-24
King James Version
Amos 5:14-24
King James Version
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.
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