Amos 9
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Quinta visione: caduta del santuario
9 Vidi il Signore che stava presso l'altare e mi diceva:
«Percuoti il capitello
e siano scossi gli architravi,
spezza la testa di tutti
e io ucciderò il resto con la spada;
nessuno di essi riuscirà a fuggire,
nessuno di essi scamperà.
2 Anche se penetrano negli inferi,
di là li strapperà la mia mano;
se salgono al cielo, di là li tirerò giù;
3 se si nascondono in vetta al Carmelo,
di là li scoverò e li prenderò;
se si occultano al mio sguardo in fondo al mare,
là comanderò al serpente di morderli;
4 se vanno in schiavitù davanti ai loro nemici,
là comanderò alla spada di ucciderli.
Io volgerò gli occhi su di loro
per il male e non per il bene».
Dossologia
5 Il Signore, Dio degli eserciti,
colpisce la terra ed essa si fonde
e tutti i suoi abitanti prendono il lutto;
essa si solleva tutta come il Nilo
e si abbassa come il fiume d'Egitto.
6 Egli costruisce nel cielo il suo soglio
e fonda la sua volta sulla terra;
egli chiama le acque del mare
e le riversa sulla terra;
Signore è il suo nome.
Tutti i peccatori periranno
7 Non siete voi per me come gli Etiopi,
Israeliti? Parola del Signore.
Non io ho fatto uscire Israele dal paese d'Egitto,
i Filistei da Caftòr e gli Aramei da Kir?
8 Ecco, lo sguardo del Signore Dio
è rivolto contro il regno peccatore:
io lo sterminerò dalla terra,
ma non sterminerò del tutto la casa di Giacobbe,
oracolo del Signore.
9 Ecco infatti, io darò ordini
e scuoterò, fra tutti i popoli, la casa d'Israele
come si scuote il setaccio
e non cade un sassolino per terra.
10 Di spada periranno tutti i peccatori del mio popolo,
essi che dicevano: «Non si avvicinerà,
non giungerà fino a noi la sventura».
IV. PROSPETTIVE DI RESTAURAZIONE E DI FECONDITA' PARADISIACA
11 In quel giorno rialzerò la capanna di Davide,
che è caduta;
ne riparerò le brecce, ne rialzerò le rovine,
la ricostruirò come ai tempi antichi,
12 perché conquistino il resto di Edom
e tutte le nazioni
sulle quali è stato invocato il mio nome,
dice il Signore, che farà tutto questo.
13 Ecco, verranno giorni,
- dice il Signore -
in cui chi ara s'incontrerà con chi miete
e chi pigia l'uva con chi getta il seme;
dai monti stillerà il vino nuovo
e colerà giù per le colline.
14 Farò tornare gli esuli del mio popolo Israele,
e ricostruiranno le città devastate
e vi abiteranno;
pianteranno vigne e ne berranno il vino;
coltiveranno giardini e ne mangeranno il frutto.
15 Li pianterò nella loro terra
e non saranno mai divelti da quel suolo
che io ho concesso loro,
dice il Signore tuo Dio.
Amos 9
New King James Version
The Destruction of Israel
9 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said:
“Strike the [a]doorposts, that the thresholds may shake,
And (A)break them on the heads of them all.
I will slay the last of them with the sword.
(B)He who flees from them shall not get away,
And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered.
2 “Though(C) they dig into [b]hell,
From there My hand shall take them;
(D)Though they climb up to heaven,
From there I will bring them down;
3 And though they (E)hide themselves on top of Carmel,
From there I will search and take them;
Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;
4 Though they go into captivity before their enemies,
From there (F)I will command the sword,
And it shall slay them.
(G)I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.”
5 The Lord God of hosts,
He who touches the earth and it (H)melts,
(I)And all who dwell there mourn;
All of it shall swell like [c]the River,
And subside like the River of Egypt.
6 He who builds His (J)layers[d] in the sky,
And has founded His strata in the earth;
Who (K)calls for the waters of the sea,
And pours them out on the face of the earth—
(L)The Lord is His name.
7 “Are you not like the [e]people of Ethiopia to Me,
O children of Israel?” says the Lord.
“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
The (M)Philistines from (N)Caphtor,[f]
And the Syrians from (O)Kir?
8 “Behold, (P)the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I (Q)will destroy it from the face of the earth;
Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord.
9 “For surely I will command,
And will [g]sift the house of Israel among all nations,
As grain is sifted in a sieve;
(R)Yet not the smallest [h]grain shall fall to the ground.
10 All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword,
(S)Who say, ‘The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.’
Israel Will Be Restored
11 “On(T) that day I will raise up
The [i]tabernacle of David, which has fallen down,
And [j]repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;
12 (U)That they may possess the remnant of (V)Edom,[k]
And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,”
Says the Lord who does this thing.
13 “Behold, (W)the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“When the plowman shall overtake the reaper,
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
(X)The mountains shall drip with sweet wine,
And all the hills shall flow with it.
14 (Y)I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
(Z)They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
15 I will plant them in their land,
(AA)And no longer shall they be pulled up
From the land I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.
Amos 9
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Destruction of Israel
9 I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:
“Smite the capitals until the thresholds shake,
and shatter them on the heads of all the people;[b]
and what are left of them I will slay with the sword;
not one of them shall flee away,
not one of them shall escape.
2 “Though they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
though they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.
3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,
from there I will search out and take them;
and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies,
there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them;
and I will set my eyes upon them
for evil and not for good.”
5 The Lord, God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and it melts,
and all who dwell in it mourn,
and all of it rises like the Nile,
and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;
6 who builds his upper chambers in the heavens,
and founds his vault upon the earth;
who calls for the waters of the sea,
and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—
the Lord is his name.
7 “Are you not like the Ethiopians to me,
O people of Israel?” says the Lord.
“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir?
8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground;
except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
says the Lord.
9 “For lo, I will command,
and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
but no pebble shall fall upon the earth.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
who say, ‘Evil shall not overtake or meet us.’
The Restoration of David’s Kingdom
11 “In that day I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
and raise up its ruins,
and rebuild it as in the days of old;
12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom
and all the nations who are called by my name,”
says the Lord who does this.
13 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.
14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 I will plant them upon their land,
and they shall never again be plucked up
out of the land which I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
