Amos 6
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
6 Vai de cei ce trăiesc(A) fără grijă în Sion şi la adăpost, pe muntele Samariei, vai de mai-marii(B) aceştia ai celui dintâi dintre neamuri, la care aleargă casa lui Israel!… 2 Treceţi(C) la Calne(D) şi vedeţi, duceţi-vă de acolo până la Hamatul(E) cel mare şi pogorâţi-vă în Gat(F), la filisteni. Sunt oare cetăţile acestea mai înfloritoare(G) decât cele două împărăţii ale voastre şi este ţinutul lor mai întins decât al vostru?… 3 Credeţi(H) că ziua nenorocirii(I) este departe şi faceţi să se apropie(J) domnia silniciei(K). 4 Ei se culcă pe paturi de fildeş şi stau întinşi alene pe aşternuturile lor; mănâncă miei din turmă şi viţei puşi la îngrăşat. 5 Aiurează(L) în sunetul alăutei, se cred iscusiţi, ca David(M), în instrumentele de muzică. 6 Beau vin cu pahare largi, se ung cu cel mai bun untdelemn şi nu se întristează de prăpădul(N) lui Iosif! 7 De aceea vor merge în robie în fruntea prinşilor de război şi vor înceta strigătele de veselie ale acestor desfătaţi. 8 Domnul(O) Dumnezeu a jurat pe Sine Însuşi şi Domnul, Dumnezeul oştirilor, a zis: ‘Mi-e scârbă de mândria(P) lui Iacov şi-i urăsc palatele, de aceea voi da în mâna vrăjmaşului cetatea cu tot ce este în ea. 9 Şi, dacă vor mai rămâne zece oameni într-o casă, vor muri. 10 Când unchiul său va lua pe cel mort să-l ardă, ridicându-i oasele din casă, şi va întreba pe cel din fundul casei: «Mai este cineva cu tine?» acela va răspunde: «Nimeni»… Iar celălalt va zice: «Tăcere(Q)! Căci(R) nu trebuie să pomenim acum Numele Domnului!» 11 Căci iată că Domnul(S) porunceşte să se dărâme casa cea mare(T) şi să se facă bucăţi casa cea mică. 12 Pot caii să alerge pe o stâncă? Sau poate cineva să are marea cu boii, de aţi prefăcut judecata în otravă(U) şi roada dreptăţii în pelin? 13 Vă bucuraţi de lucruri de nimic şi ziceţi: «Oare nu prin tăria noastră am câştigat noi putere?» 14 De aceea, iată, voi ridica(V) împotriva voastră, casa lui Israel, zice Domnul, Dumnezeul oştirilor, un neam care vă va asupri de la intrarea Hamatului(W) până la pârâul pustiei’.
Amos 6
New International Version
Woe to the Complacent
6 Woe to you(A) who are complacent(B) in Zion,
and to you who feel secure(C) on Mount Samaria,(D)
you notable men of the foremost nation,
to whom the people of Israel come!(E)
2 Go to Kalneh(F) and look at it;
go from there to great Hamath,(G)
and then go down to Gath(H) in Philistia.
Are they better off than(I) your two kingdoms?
Is their land larger than yours?
3 You put off the day of disaster
and bring near a reign of terror.(J)
4 You lie on beds adorned with ivory
and lounge on your couches.(K)
You dine on choice lambs
and fattened calves.(L)
5 You strum away on your harps(M) like David
and improvise on musical instruments.(N)
6 You drink wine(O) by the bowlful
and use the finest lotions,
but you do not grieve(P) over the ruin of Joseph.(Q)
7 Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile;(R)
your feasting and lounging will end.(S)
The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel
8 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself(T)—the Lord God Almighty declares:
“I abhor(U) the pride of Jacob(V)
and detest his fortresses;(W)
I will deliver up(X) the city
and everything in it.(Y)”
9 If ten(Z) people are left in one house, they too will die. 10 And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them[a](AA) asks anyone who might be hiding there, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will go on to say, “Hush!(AB) We must not mention the name of the Lord.”
11 For the Lord has given the command,
and he will smash(AC) the great house(AD) into pieces
and the small house into bits.(AE)
Amos 6
New American Standard Bible 1995
“Those at Ease in Zion”
6 (A)Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The (B)distinguished men of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.
2 Go over to (C)Calneh and look,
And go from there to (D)Hamath the great,
Then go down to (E)Gath of the Philistines.
Are [a]they better than these kingdoms,
Or is their territory greater than yours?
3 Do you (F)put off the day of calamity,
And would you (G)bring near the seat of violence?
4 Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their (H)couches,
And (I)eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
5 Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have [b]composed (J)songs for themselves,
6 Who (K)drink wine from [c]sacrificial bowls
While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils,
Yet they have not (L)grieved over the ruin of Joseph.
7 Therefore, they will now (M)go into exile at the head of the exiles,
And the (N)sprawlers’ [d]banqueting will [e]pass away.
8 The Lord [f]God has (O)sworn by Himself, the Lord God of hosts has declared:
“I (P)loathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And [g]detest his (Q)citadels;
Therefore I will (R)deliver up the city and [h]all it contains.”
9 And it will be, if (S)ten men are left in one house, they will die. 10 Then one’s [i]uncle, or his [j](T)undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will [k]answer, “(U)Keep quiet. For [l]the name of the Lord is (V)not to be mentioned.” 11 For behold, the Lord is going to (W)command that the (X)great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.
12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow [m]them with oxen?
Yet you have turned (Y)justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into [n]wormwood,
13 You who rejoice in [o](Z)Lodebar,
[p]And say, “Have we not (AA)by our own strength taken [q]Karnaim for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, (AB)I am going to raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord God of hosts,
“And they will afflict you from the (AC)entrance of Hamath
To the (AD)brook of the Arabah.”
Footnotes
- Amos 6:2 Or you
- Amos 6:5 Or invented musical instruments
- Amos 6:6 Lit sprinkling basins
- Amos 6:7 Or cultic feasts
- Amos 6:7 Lit turn aside
- Amos 6:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Amos 6:8 Lit hate
- Amos 6:8 Lit its fullness
- Amos 6:10 Or beloved one
- Amos 6:10 Lit one who burns him
- Amos 6:10 Lit say
- Amos 6:10 Lit not to make mention of the name of
- Amos 6:12 Another reading is the sea with oxen
- Amos 6:12 I.e. bitterness
- Amos 6:13 Lit a thing of nothing
- Amos 6:13 Lit Who
- Amos 6:13 Lit a pair of horns
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