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Amos 5
Louis Segond
Amos 5
Louis Segond
5 Écoutez cette parole, Cette complainte que je prononce sur vous, Maison d'Israël!
2 Elle est tombée, elle ne se relèvera plus, La vierge d'Israël; Elle est couchée par terre, Nul ne la relève.
3 Car ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Éternel: La ville qui mettait en campagne mille hommes N'en conservera que cent, Et celle qui mettait en campagne cent hommes N'en conservera que dix, pour la maison d'Israël.
4 Car ainsi parle l'Éternel à la maison d'Israël: Cherchez-moi, et vous vivrez!
5 Ne cherchez pas Béthel, N'allez pas à Guilgal, Ne passez pas à Beer Schéba. Car Guilgal sera captif, Et Béthel anéanti.
6 Cherchez l'Éternel, et vous vivrez! Craignez qu'il ne saisisse comme un feu la maison de Joseph, Et que ce feu ne la dévore, sans personne à Béthel pour l'éteindre,
7 O vous qui changez le droit en absinthe, Et qui foulez à terre la justice!
8 Il a créé les Pléiades et l'Orion, Il change les ténèbres en aurore, Il obscurcit le jour pour en faire la nuit, Il appelle les eaux de la mer, Et les répand à la surface de la terre: L'Éternel est son nom.
9 Il fait lever la ruine sur les puissants, Et la ruine vient sur les forteresses.
10 Ils haïssent celui qui les reprend à la porte, Et ils ont en horreur celui qui parle sincèrement.
11 Aussi, parce que vous avez foulé le misérable, Et que vous avez pris de lui du blé en présent, Vous avez bâti des maisons en pierres de taille, Mais vous ne les habiterez pas; Vous avez planté d'excellentes vignes, Mais vous n'en boirez pas le vin.
12 Car, je le sais, vos crimes sont nombreux, Vos péchés se sont multipliés; Vous opprimez le juste, vous recevez des présents, Et vous violez à la porte le droit des pauvres.
13 Voilà pourquoi, en des temps comme ceux-ci, le sage se tait; Car ces temps sont mauvais.
14 Recherchez le bien et non le mal, afin que vous viviez, Et qu'ainsi l'Éternel, le Dieu des armées, soit avec vous, Comme vous le dites.
15 Haïssez le mal et aimez le bien, Faites régner à la porte la justice; Et peut-être l'Éternel, le Dieu des armées, aura pitié Des restes de Joseph.
16 C'est pourquoi ainsi parle l'Éternel, le Dieu des armées, le Seigneur; Dans toutes les places on se lamentera, Dans toutes les rues on dira: Hélas! hélas! On appellera le laboureur au deuil, Et aux lamentations ceux qui disent des complaintes.
17 Dans toutes les vignes on se lamentera, Lorsque je passerai au milieu de toi, dit l'Éternel.
18 Malheur à ceux qui désirent le jour de l'Éternel! Qu'attendez-vous du jour de l'Éternel? Il sera ténèbres et non lumière.
19 Vous serez comme un homme qui fuit devant un lion Et que rencontre un ours, Qui gagne sa demeure, appuie sa main sur la muraille, Et que mord un serpent.
20 Le jour de l'Éternel n'est-il pas ténèbres et non lumière? N'est-il pas obscur et sans éclat?
21 Je hais, je méprise vos fêtes, Je ne puis sentir vos assemblées.
22 Quand vous me présentez des holocaustes et des offrandes, Je n'y prends aucun plaisir; Et les veaux engraissés que vous sacrifiez en actions de grâces, Je ne les regarde pas.
23 Éloigne de moi le bruit de tes cantiques; Je n'écoute pas le son de tes luths.
24 Mais que la droiture soit comme un courant d'eau, Et la justice comme un torrent qui jamais ne tarit.
25 M'avez-vous fait des sacrifices et des offrandes Pendant les quarante années du désert, maison d'Israël?...
26 Emportez donc la tente de votre roi, Le piédestal de vos idoles, L'étoile de votre Dieu Que vous vous êtes fabriqué!
27 Et je vous emmènerai captifs au delà de Damas, Dit l'Éternel, dont le nom est le Dieu des armées.
Amos 5
King James Version
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.
Amos 5
English Standard Version
Amos 5
English Standard Version
Seek the Lord and Live
5 Hear this word that I (A)take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
2 “Fallen, no more to rise,
is (B)the virgin Israel;
forsaken on her land,
with none to raise her up.”
3 For thus says the Lord God:
“The city that went out a thousand
shall have a hundred left,
and that which went out a hundred
shall have ten left
to the house of Israel.”
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
(C)“Seek me and live;
5 but do not seek (D)Bethel,
and do not enter into (E)Gilgal
or cross over to (F)Beersheba;
for (G)Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
and (H)Bethel shall come to nothing.”
6 (I)Seek the Lord and live,
(J)lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for (K)Bethel,
7 O (L)you who turn justice to wormwood[a]
and cast down righteousness to the earth!
8 He who made the (M)Pleiades and Orion,
and turns deep darkness into the morning
and (N)darkens the day into night,
who (O)calls for the waters of the sea
(P)and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
(Q)the Lord is his name;
9 (R)who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
10 (S)They hate him who reproves (T)in the gate,
and they (U)abhor him who speaks the truth.
11 Therefore because you (V)trample on[b] the poor
and you exact taxes of grain from him,
(W)you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
(X)you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who (Y)take a bribe,
and (Z)turn aside the needy (AA)in the gate.
13 Therefore he who is prudent will (AB)keep silent in such a time,
(AC)for it is an evil time.
14 (AD)Seek good, and not evil,
that you may live;
and so the Lord, (AE)the God of hosts, will be with you,
as you have said.
15 (AF)Hate evil, and love good,
and establish justice (AG)in the gate;
(AH)it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore thus says the Lord, (AI)the God of hosts, the Lord:
“In all the squares (AJ)there shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and (AK)to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,
17 and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
for (AL)I will pass through your midst,”
says the Lord.
Let Justice Roll Down
18 Woe to you who desire (AM)the day of the Lord!
Why would you have the day of the Lord?
(AN)It is darkness, and not light,
19 (AO)as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
20 (AP)Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?
21 (AQ)“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 (AR)Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
to (AS)the melody of your harps I will not listen.
24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
25 (AT)“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 26 (AU)You (AV)shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves, 27 (AW)and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is (AX)the God of hosts.
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.
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.
Louis Segond (LSG)
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