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Ang mga Hatol ng Panginoon

Nakita kong nakatayo sa may altar ang Panginoon. At siya'y nag-utos ng ganito:

“Bayuhin mo ang mga haligi ng templo hanggang sa mauga ang buong pundasyon,
    at ihampas ito sa ulo ng mga tao.
Ang mga nalabi ay masasawi sa digmaan,
    walang sinumang makakatakas;
    isa ma'y walang makakaligtas.
Humukay man sila patungo sa daigdig ng mga patay,
    aabutan ko pa rin sila.
Umakyat man sila sa langit,
    hihilahin ko silang pababa mula roon.
Kung magtago man sila sa Bundok ng Carmel,
    tutugisin ko sila't huhulihin.
Magtago man sila sa kalaliman ng dagat,
    uutusan ko ang dambuhala sa dagat upang sila'y lamunin.
Kung bihagin man sila ng kanilang kaaway,
    iuutos kong sila'y patayin sa pamamagitan ng tabak.
Ipinasya ko nang puksain sila at hindi tulungan.”

Si Yahweh, ang Makapangyarihang Panginoon,
    siya na humipo sa lupa at iyon ay natutunaw,
    at ang lahat ng naroon ay nagdadalamhati.
Dahil dito'y ang buong lupain ay tumataas gaya ng Ilog Nilo,
    at bumababa gaya ng ilog sa Egipto.
Siya na gumagawa ng mga silid doon sa kalangitan,
    at naglalagay ng pundasyon nito sa ibabaw ng lupa,
inipon niya ang tubig sa dagat,
    at ibinubuhos iyon sa lupa.
Yahweh ang kanyang pangalan!

Sinasabi ni Yahweh,
“Para sa akin, kayong mga taga-Israel, ay kapantay lang ng mga taga-Etiopia.
Hinango ko ang Israel mula sa Egipto;
    iniahon ko ang mga Filisteo sa Caftor at ang mga taga-Siria mula sa Kir.
Ako ang Panginoong Yahweh na nagmamasid sa makasalanang kaharian ng Israel.
    Lilipulin ko sila sa balat ng lupa,
    ngunit di ko lubusang pupuksain ang lahi ni Jacob.

“Iuutos kong ligligin
    ang bayan ng Israel kasama ng lahat ng bansa;
tulad ng pag-alog sa salaan,
    ngunit walang butil na babagsak sa lupa.
10 Ang mga makasalanan sa aking bayan ay masasawi sa digmaan;
    lahat ng nagsasabing, ‘Hindi ipahihintulot ng Diyos na tayo'y mapahamak.’”

Manunumbalik ang Israel

11 “Sa(A) araw na iyon, ibabangon kong muli
    ang nawasak na kaharian ni David,
at aayusin kong muli ang mga nasirang dako.
    Ibabalik ang mga guho;
    itatayo kong muli iyon, kagaya noong una.
12 Sa gayon ay sasakupin ng Israel ang nalalabi sa lupain ng Edom
    at ang lahat ng bansang dati'y aking pag-aari,”
    sabi ni Yahweh na siyang gagawa ng mga bagay na ito.

13 Sinabi rin ni Yahweh, “Darating ang panahon,
    mag-aararo ang magbubukid habang nag-aani pa ang manggagapas;
    at maghahasik na ng binhi ng ubas ang magsasaka habang gumagawa pa ng alak ang mag-aalak.
Dadaloy sa mga bundok ang bagong alak,
    at masaganang aagos sa mga burol.
14 Ibabalik ko sa kanilang lupain ang aking bayan.
    Itatayo nilang muli ang kanilang mga lunsod na nawasak, at doon sila maninirahan.
Tatamnan nilang muli ang mga ubasan at sila'y iinom ng alak.
    Magtatanim silang muli sa mga halamanan at kakain ng mga bunga niyon.
15     Ibabalik ko ang Israel sa lupaing ibinigay ko sa kanila,
    at hindi na sila maaalis pang muli roon.”
Si Yahweh na inyong Diyos ang nagsasalita.

Israel to Be Destroyed

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:

“Strike the tops of the pillars
    so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads(A) of all the people;
    those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
    none will escape.(B)
Though they dig down to the depths below,(C)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,(D)
    from there I will bring them down.(E)
Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,(F)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.(G)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,(H)
    there I will command the serpent(I) to bite them.(J)
Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword(K) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm(L) and not for good.(M)(N)

The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,(O)
    and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
    then sinks like the river of Egypt;(P)
he builds his lofty palace[a](Q) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(R)

“Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites[c]?”(S)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines(T) from Caphtor[d](U)
    and the Arameans from Kir?(V)

“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
    are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy(W) it
    from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
    the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.(X)
“For I will give the command,
    and I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations
as grain(Y) is shaken in a sieve,(Z)
    and not a pebble will reach the ground.(AA)
10 All the sinners among my people
    will die by the sword,(AB)
all those who say,
    ‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’(AC)

Israel’s Restoration

11 “In that day

“I will restore David’s(AD) fallen shelter(AE)
    I will repair its broken walls
    and restore its ruins(AF)
    and will rebuild it as it used to be,(AG)
12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom(AH)
    and all the nations that bear my name,[e](AI)
declares the Lord, who will do these things.(AJ)

13 “The days are coming,”(AK) declares the Lord,

“when the reaper(AL) will be overtaken by the plowman(AM)
    and the planter by the one treading(AN) grapes.
New wine(AO) will drip from the mountains
    and flow from all the hills,(AP)
14     and I will bring(AQ) my people Israel back from exile.[f](AR)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities(AS) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards(AT) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(AU)
15 I will plant(AV) Israel in their own land,(AW)
    never again to be uprooted(AX)
    from the land I have given them,”(AY)

says the Lord your God.(AZ)

Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  3. Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
  4. Amos 9:7 That is, Crete
  5. Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me
  6. Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel

The Destruction of Israel

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.

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.
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.
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.

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;
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.

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?
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.

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 plows 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.

Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:1 Or on
  2. Amos 9:1 Heb all of them
  3. Amos 9:7 Or Nubians; Heb Cushites
  4. Amos 9:11 Gk: Heb their
  5. Amos 9:11 Gk: Heb his