Amos 5

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Hear ye this word, which I take up concerning you for a lamentation. The house of Israel is fallen, and it shall rise no more.	1 Hear this word which I utter over you, a lament, O house of Israel:
2 The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up.	2 She is fallen, to rise no more, the virgin Israel; She lies abandoned upon her land, with no one to raise her up.
3 For thus saith the Lord God: The city, out of which came forth a thousand, there shall be left in it a hundred: and out of which there came a hundred, there shall be left in it ten, in the house of Israel.	3 For thus says the Lord GOD: The city that marched out with a thousand shall be left without a hundred, Another that marched out with a hundred shall be left with ten, of the house of Israel.
4 For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live.	4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: Seek me, that you may live,
5 But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgal, neither shall you pass over to Bersabee: for Galgal shall go into captivity, and Bethel shall be unprofitable.	5 but do not seek Bethel; Do not come to Gilgal, and do not cross to Beer-sheba. For Gilgal shall be led into exile, and Bethel shall become nought.
6 Seek ye the Lord, and live: lest the house of Joseph be burnt with fire, and it shall devour, and there shall be none to quench Bethel.	6 Seek the LORD, that you may live, lest he come upon the house of Joseph like a fire That shall consume, with none to quench it for the house of Israel:
7 You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,	7 Woe to those who turn judgment to wormwood and cast justice to the ground!
8 Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.	8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn, and darkens day into night; Who summons the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth;
9 He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.	9 Who flashes destruction upon the strong, and brings ruin upon the fortress; whose name is LORD.
10 They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.	10 They hate him who reproves at the gate and abhor him who speaks the truth.
11 Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them.	11 Therefore, because you have trampled upon the weak and exacted of them levies of grain, Though you have built houses of hewn stone, you shall not live in them! Though you have planted choice vineyards, you shall not drink their wine!
12 Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sine: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate.	12 Yes, I know how many are your crimes, how grievous your sins: Oppressing the just, accepting bribes, repelling the needy at the gate!
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time.	13 Therefore the prudent man is silent at this time, for it is an evil time.
14 Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.	14 Seek good and not evil, that you may live; Then truly will the LORD, the God of hosts, be with you as you claim!
15 Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.	15 Hate evil and love good, and let justice prevail at the gate; Then it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will have pity on the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord: In every street there shall be wailing: and in all places that are without, they shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to lament.	16 Therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord: In every square there shall be lamentation, and in every street they shall cry, Alas! Alas! They shall summon the farmers to wail and professional mourners to lament,
17 And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: because I will pass through in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.	17 And in every vineyard there shall be lamentation when I pass through your midst, says the LORD.
18 Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.	18 Woe to those who yearn for the day of the LORD! What will this day of the LORD mean for you? Darkness and not light!
19 As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.	19 As if a man went to flee from a lion, and a bear should meet him; Or as if on entering his house he were to rest his hand against the wall, and a snake should bite him.
20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it?	20 Will not the day of the LORD be darkness and not light, gloom without any brightness?
21 I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive the odour of your assemblies.	21 I hate, I spurn your feasts, I take no pleasure in your solemnities;
22 And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts, I will not receive them: neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts.	22 Your cereal offerings I will not accept, nor consider your stall-fed peace offerings.
23 Take away from me the tumult of thy songs: and I will not hear the canticles of thy harp.	23 Away with your noisy songs! I will not listen to the melodies of your harps. But if you would offer me holocausts,
24 But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent.	24 then let justice surge like water, and goodness like an unfailing stream.
25 Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel?	25 Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings for forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?
26 But you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch, and the image of your idols, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.	26 You will carry away Sakkuth, your king, and Kaiwan, your star god, the images that you have made for yourselves;
27 And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name.	27 For I will exile you beyond Damascus, say I, the LORD, the God of hosts by name.