Amos 5
New King James Version
A Lament for Israel
5 Hear this word which I (A)take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:
2 The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.
3 For thus says the Lord God:
“The city that goes out by a thousand
Shall have a hundred left,
And that which goes out by a hundred
Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
A Call to Repentance
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
(B)“Seek Me (C)and live;
5 But do not seek (D)Bethel,
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to (E)Beersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And (F)Bethel shall come to nothing.
6 (G)Seek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel—
7 You who (H)turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
8 He made the (I)Pleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
(J)And makes the day dark as night;
He (K)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
(L)The Lord is His name.
9 He [a]rains ruin upon the strong,
So that fury comes upon the fortress.
10 (M)They hate the one who rebukes in the gate,
And they (N)abhor the one who speaks uprightly.
11 (O)Therefore, because you [b]tread down the poor
And take grain [c]taxes from him,
Though (P)you have built houses of hewn stone,
Yet you shall not dwell in them;
You have planted [d]pleasant vineyards,
But you shall not drink wine from them.
12 For I (Q)know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
(R)Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
(S)Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
13 Therefore (T)the prudent keep silent at that time,
For it is an evil time.
14 Seek good and not evil,
That you may live;
So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
(U)As you have spoken.
15 (V)Hate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
(W)It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
The Day of the Lord
16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
(X)And skillful lamenters to wailing.
17 In all vineyards there shall be wailing,
For (Y)I will pass through you,”
Says the Lord.
18 (Z)Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
For what good is (AA)the day of the Lord to you?
It will be darkness, and not light.
19 It will be (AB)as though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light?
Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
21 “I(AC) hate, I despise your feast days,
And (AD)I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
22 (AE)Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.
23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs,
For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
24 (AF)But let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream.
25 “Did(AG) you offer Me sacrifices and offerings
In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 You also carried [e]Sikkuth[f] (AH)your king
And Chiun, your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into captivity (AI)beyond Damascus,”
Says the Lord, (AJ)whose name is the God of hosts.
Amos 5
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Panawagan sa Pagsisisi
5 Mga Israelita, pakinggan nʼyo itong panaghoy tungkol sa inyo:
2 Ang Israel na katulad ng isang babaeng birhen ay nabuwal at hindi na muling makabangon.
Pinabayaan siyang nakahandusay sa sarili niyang lupain at walang tumutulong para ibangon siya.
3 Ito ang sinabi ng Panginoong Dios, “Sa 1,000 sundalo na ipapadala ng isang lungsod sa Israel, 100 na lang ang matitira. At sa 100 sundalo na kanyang ipapadala, 10 na lang ang matitira. 4 Kaya kayong mga Israelita, dumulog kayo sa akin at mabubuhay kayo. 5 Huwag na kayong pumunta sa Betel, sa Gilgal, o sa Beersheba, upang sumamba roon. Sapagkat siguradong bibihagin ang mga mamamayan ng Gilgal at mawawala ang Betel. 6 Dumulog kayo sa akin, kayong mga lahi ni Jose, at mabubuhay kayo. Dahil kung hindi, lulusubin ko kayo na parang apoy. Kaya malilipol ang Betel at walang makakapigil nito.[a] 7 Nakakaawa kayo! Ang katarungan ay ginagawa ninyong marumi[b] at pinawawalang-halaga ninyo ang katuwiran!”
8 Ang Dios ang lumikha ng grupo ng mga bituing tinatawag na Pleyades at Orion. Siya ang nagpapalipas ng liwanag sa dilim, at ng araw sa gabi. Tinitipon niya ang tubig mula sa karagatan para pumunta sa mga ulap upang muling ibuhos sa lupa sa pamamagitan ng ulan. Panginoon ang kanyang pangalan. 9 Agad niyang winawasak ang matitibay na napapaderang bayan,[c] at dinudurog ang napapaderang lungsod.
10 Kayong mga taga-Israel, napopoot kayo sa humahatol nang tama at nagsasabi ng totoo sa hukuman. 11 Inaapi ninyo ang mga mahihirap at pinipilit na magbigay sa inyo ng kanilang ani.[d] Kaya hindi kayo makakatira sa ipinatayo ninyong mansyon, at hindi kayo makakainom ng katas mula sa itinanim ninyong mga ubas. 12 Sapagkat alam ko[e] kung gaano karami at kabigat ang inyong mga kasalanan. Inuusig ninyo ang mga taong walang kasalanan at kinikikilan pa ninyo. Hindi ninyo binibigyan ng hustisya sa hukuman ang mga mahihirap. 13 Dahil naghahari ngayon ang kasamaan, ang marurunong ay tumatahimik na lang. 14 Gawin na lamang ninyo ang mabuti at huwag ang masama para mabuhay kayo, at sasamahan kayo ng Panginoong Dios na Makapangyarihan, gaya nang inyong sinasabi. 15 Kapootan ninyo ang masama at gawin ang mabuti, at pairalin ninyo ang hustisya sa inyong mga hukuman. Baka sakaling maawa ang Panginoong Dios na Makapangyarihan sa inyong mga natitira sa mga lahi ni Jose.
16 Kaya ito ang sinasabi ng Panginoong Dios na Makapangyarihan: “Darating ang araw na maririnig ang mga iyakan at panaghoy sa mga plasa at mga lansangan. Ipapatawag ang mga magsasaka para umiyak sa mga patay[f] na kasama ng mga taong inupahan para umiyak. 17 May mga iyakan din sa inyong mga taniman ng ubas.[g] Mangyayari ito dahil parurusahan ko kayo. Ako, ang Panginoon, ang nagsasabi nito.”
Ang Araw ng Paghatol ng Dios
18 Nakakaawa kayong naghihintay ng araw ng Panginoon. Huwag ninyong isipin na araw iyon ng inyong kaligtasan. Sapagkat iyon ang araw na parurusahan kayo. 19 Para kayong taong nag-aakalang ligtas na siya dahil nakatakas siya sa leon, pero nasalubong naman niya ang oso. O di kayaʼy nag-aakalang ligtas na siya dahil nasa loob na siya ng kanyang bahay, pero nang isinandal niya ang kanyang kamay sa dingding, tinuklaw ito ng ahas. 20 Tiyak na darating ang araw ng Panginoon at itoʼy magdudulot ng kaparusahan at hindi kaligtasan; katulad ito ng dilim na walang liwanag kahit kaunti man lang.
Ang Gusto ng Panginoon na Dapat Gawin ng Kanyang mga Mamamayan
21 Sinabi ng Panginoon sa mga Israelita, “Napopoot ako sa inyong mga pista; hindi ako nalulugod sa inyong ginagawang pagtitipon. 22 Kaya kahit dalhan pa ninyo ako ng sari-saring handog, kahit pa ang pinakamabuting handog ay hindi ko tatanggapin. 23 Tigilan na ninyo ang maingay ninyong awitan. Ayokong makinig sa tugtog ng inyong mga alpa. 24 Sa halip, nais kong makita na pinaiiral ninyo ang katarungan at ang katuwiran na parang ilog na patuloy na umaagos.
25 “Mga mamamayan ng Israel, noong nasa ilang ang inyong mga ninuno sa loob ng 40 taon, naghandog ba sila sa akin? Hindi! 26 At ngayon ay buhat-buhat ninyo si Sakut, ang dios-diosang itinuturing ninyong hari, at si Kaiwan, ang dios-diosan ninyong bituin. Ginawa ninyo itong mga imahen para sambahin. 27 Kaya ipapabihag ko kayo at dadalhin sa kabila pa ng Damascus.” Ito nga ang sinabi ng Panginoon na tinatawag na Dios na Makapangyarihan.
Footnotes
- 5:6 Kaya malilipol … makakapigil nito: sa literal, Kaya masusunog ang Betel at walang makakapatay nito.
- 5:7 marumi: sa literal, mapait na tanim.
- 5:9 napapaderang bayan: o, malalakas na kawal.
- 5:11 magbigay sa inyo ng kanilang ani bilang buwis o upa sa lupa.
- 5:12 ko: o, ng Dios.
- 5:16 Ipapatawag … umiyak sa mga patay: Ang ibig sabihin, ang mga magsasaka ay makikipaglibing sa mga umusig sa kanila.
- 5:17 Ang ubasan ay lugar ng kasayahan lalo na kapag panahon ng pagpitas ng mga bunga nito. Pero magiging lugar ito ng iyakan.
Amos 5
King James Version
5 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
3 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.
4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
5 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.
6 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.
7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
8 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:
9 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.
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