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Amós 5
Nueva Versión Internacional
Amós 5
Nueva Versión Internacional
Advertencias y lamentos
5 Escuchen, israelitas, esta palabra, este canto fúnebre que por ustedes entono:
2 «Ha caído la virginal Israel
y no volverá a levantarse;
abandonada en su propia tierra,
no hay quien la levante».
3 Así dice el Señor y Dios al reino de Israel:
«La ciudad que salía a la guerra con mil hombres
se quedará solo con cien
y la que salía con cien
se quedará solo con diez».
4 Así dice el Señor a Israel:
«¡Búsquenme y vivirán!
5 Pero no busquen a Betel,
ni vayan a Guilgal,
ni pasen a Berseba;
porque Guilgal será llevada cautiva
y Betel, reducida a la nada».[a]
6 ¡Busquen al Señor y vivirán!,
no sea que él caiga como fuego
sobre los descendientes de José,
fuego que devore a Betel
sin que haya quien lo apague.
7 Ustedes convierten el derecho en amargura
y echan por tierra la justicia.
8 El que hizo las Pléyades y el Orión,
convierte en aurora las densas tinieblas
y oscurece el día hasta convertirlo en noche.
Él convoca las aguas del mar
y las derrama sobre la tierra.
¡Su nombre es el Señor!
9 Él trae una destrucción repentina sobre la fortaleza
y sobre la plaza fuerte, destrucción.
10 Ustedes odian al que defiende la justicia en el tribunal
y detestan al que dice la verdad.
11 Por eso, como oprimen a los pobres
y les exigen un impuesto sobre el grano,
no vivirán en las casas de piedra labrada que han construido
ni beberán del vino de los selectos viñedos que han plantado.
12 ¡Yo sé cuán numerosos son sus delitos,
cuán grandes sus pecados!
Ustedes oprimen al justo, exigen soborno
y en los tribunales atropellan al necesitado.
13 Por eso en circunstancias como estas guarda silencio el prudente,
porque estos tiempos son malos.
14 Busquen el bien y no el mal, y vivirán;
y así estará con ustedes el Señor Dios de los Ejércitos,
tal como ustedes lo afirman.
15 ¡Odien el mal y amen el bien!
Establezcan la justicia en los tribunales;
tal vez así el Señor, el Dios de los Ejércitos,
tenga compasión del remanente de José.
16 Por eso, así dice el Señor y Dios, el Dios de los Ejércitos:
«En todas las plazas se escucharán lamentos
y gritos de angustia en todas las calles.
Llamarán a duelo a los agricultores
y a los llorones profesionales para hacer lamentación.
17 Se escucharán lamentos en todos los viñedos
cuando yo pase en medio de ti»,
dice el Señor.
El día del Señor
18 ¡Ay de los que suspiran
por el día del Señor!
¿De qué les servirá ese día
si va a ser de oscuridad y no de luz?
19 Será como cuando alguien huye de un león
y se le viene encima un oso,
o como cuando al llegar a su casa,
apoya la mano en la pared
y lo muerde una serpiente.
20 ¿No será el día del Señor de oscuridad y no de luz?
¡Será por cierto sombrío y sin resplandor!
21 «Detesto y aborrezco sus fiestas religiosas;
no me agradan sus cultos solemnes.
22 Aunque me traigan holocaustos y ofrendas de cereal,
no los aceptaré;
no prestaré atención
a los sacrificios de comunión de novillos cebados.
23 Aleja de mí el bullicio de tus canciones;
no quiero oír la música de tus liras.
24 Pero ¡que fluya el derecho como las aguas
y la justicia como arroyo inagotable!
25 »Casa de Israel, ¿acaso me ofrecieron ustedes sacrificios y ofrendas
durante los cuarenta años en el desierto?
26 Ustedes cargaban la imagen de Sicut, su rey,
y también la de Quiyún,
imágenes de esos dioses astrales
que ustedes mismos se han fabricado.
27 Por lo tanto, los mandaré al exilio más allá de Damasco»,
dice el Señor, cuyo nombre es Dios de los Ejércitos.
Amos 5
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Amos 5
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A Lament and Call to Repentance
5 Hear this word, Israel, this lament(A) I take up concerning you:
2 “Fallen is Virgin(B) Israel,
never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
with no one to lift her up.(C)”
3 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:
“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
will have only ten left.(D)”
4 This is what the Lord says to Israel:
“Seek(E) me and live;(F)
5 do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,(G)
do not journey to Beersheba.(H)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[a](I)”
6 Seek(J) the Lord and live,(K)
or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;(L)
it will devour them,
and Bethel(M) will have no one to quench it.(N)
8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(R)
who turns midnight into dawn(S)
and darkens day into night,(T)
who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land—
the Lord is his name.(U)
9 With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
and brings the fortified city to ruin.(V)
10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court(W)
and detest the one who tells the truth.(X)
11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(Y)
and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(Z)
you will not live in them;(AA)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
you will not drink their wine.(AB)
12 For I know how many are your offenses
and how great your sins.(AC)
There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes(AD)
and deprive the poor(AE) of justice in the courts.(AF)
13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet(AG) in such times,
for the times are evil.(AH)
14 Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.(AI)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
15 Hate evil,(AJ) love good;(AK)
maintain justice in the courts.(AL)
Perhaps(AM) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(AN)
on the remnant(AO) of Joseph.
16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:
“There will be wailing(AP) in all the streets(AQ)
and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(AR) will be summoned to weep
and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(AS) in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through(AT) your midst,”
says the Lord.(AU)
The Day of the Lord
18 Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!(AV)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(AW)
That day will be darkness,(AX) not light.(AY)
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear,(AZ)
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.(BA)
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(BB) not light—
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(BC)
21 “I hate,(BD) I despise your religious festivals;(BE)
your assemblies(BF) are a stench to me.
22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings(BG) and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.(BH)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.(BI)
23 Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.(BJ)
24 But let justice(BK) roll on like a river,
righteousness(BL) like a never-failing stream!(BM)
25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(BN) and offerings
forty years(BO) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
the pedestal of your idols,(BP)
the star of your god[b]—
which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into exile(BQ) beyond Damascus,”
says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.(BR)
Amos 5
New King James Version
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.
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