Amos 9
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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 Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The Destruction of Israel
9 I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:
Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake,
and shatter them on the heads of all the people;[b]
and those who are left I will kill 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 sea-serpent, and it shall bite them.
4 And though they go into captivity in front of their enemies,
there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
and I will fix my eyes on them
for harm and not for good.
5 The Lord, God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and it melts,
and all who live 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[c] to me,
O people of Israel? says the Lord.
Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt,
and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?
8 The eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it from the face of the earth
—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 to the ground.
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 On that day I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen,
and repair its[d] breaches,
and raise up its[e] ruins,
and rebuild it as in the days of old;
12 in order 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 The time is surely coming, says the Lord,
when the one who ploughs shall overtake the one who reaps,
and the treader of grapes the one 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 that I have given them,
says the Lord your God.
Amos 9
King James Version
9 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
5 And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.
7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of 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 off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.
9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this.
13 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.
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