1 הֹוי הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּים בְּצִיֹּון וְהַבֹּטְחִים בְּהַר שֹׁמְרֹון נְקֻבֵי רֵאשִׁית הַגֹּויִם וּבָאוּ לָהֶם בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל | 1 Woe to you that are wealthy in Sion, and to you that have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: ye great men, heads of the people, that go in with state into the house of Israel. |
2 עִבְרוּ כַלְנֵה וּרְאוּ וּלְכוּ מִשָּׁם חֲמַת רַבָּה וּרְדוּ גַת־פְּלִשְׁתּים הֲטֹובִים מִן־הַמַּמְלָכֹות הָאֵלֶּה אִם־רַב גְּבוּלָם מִגְּבֻלְכֶם | 2 Pass ye over to Chalane, and see, and go from thence into Emath the great: and go down into Geth of the Philistines, and to all the best kingdoms of these: if their border be larger than your border. |
3 הַמְנַדִּים לְיֹום רָע וַתַּגִּישׁוּן שֶׁבֶת חָמָס | 3 You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity; |
4 הַשֹּׁכְבִים עַל־מִטֹּות שֵׁן וּסְרֻחִים עַל־עַרְשֹׂותָם וְאֹכְלִים כָּרִים מִצֹּאן וַעֲגָלִים מִתֹּוךְ מַרְבֵּק | 4 You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are wanton on your couches: that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the herd; |
5 הַפֹּרְטִים עַל־פִּי הַנָּבֶל כְּדָוִיד חָשְׁבוּ לָהֶם כְּלֵי־שִׁיר | 5 You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David; |
6 הַשֹּׁתִים בְּמִזְרְקֵי יַיִן וְרֵאשִׁית שְׁמָנִים יִמְשָׁחוּ וְלֹא נֶחְלוּ עַל־שֵׁבֶר יֹוסֵף | 6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best ointments: and they are not concerned for the affliction of Joseph. |
7 לָכֵן עַתָּה יִגְלוּ בְּרֹאשׁ גֹּלִים וְסָר מִרְזַח סְרוּחִים׃ פ | 7 Wherefore now they shall go captive at the head of them that go into captivity: and the faction of the luxurious ones shall be taken away. |
8 נִשְׁבַּע אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה בְּנַפְשֹׁו נְאֻם־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאֹות מְתָאֵב אָנֹכִי אֶת־גְּאֹון יַעֲקֹב וְאַרְמְנֹתָיו שָׂנֵאתִי וְהִסְגַּרְתִּי עִיר וּמְלֹאָהּ | 8 The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof. |
9 וְהָיָה אִם־יִוָּתְרוּ עֲשָׂרָה אֲנָשִׁים בְּבַיִת אֶחָד וָמֵתוּ | 9 And if there remain ten men in one house, they also shall die. |
10 וּנְשָׂאֹו דֹּודֹו וּמְסָרְפֹו לְהֹוצִיא עֲצָמִים מִן־הַבַּיִת וְאָמַר לַאֲשֶׁר בְּיַרְכְּתֵי הַבַּיִת הַעֹוד עִמָּךְ וְאָמַר אָפֶס וְאָמַר הָס כִּי לֹא לְהַזְכִּיר בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה | 10 And a man's kinsman shall take him up, and shall burn him, that he may carry the bones out of the house; and he shall say to him that is in the inner rooms of the house: Is there yet any with thee? |
11 כִּי־הִנֵּה יְהוָה מְצַוֶּה וְהִכָּה הַבַּיִת הַגָּדֹול רְסִיסִים וְהַבַּיִת הַקָּטֹן בְּקִעִים | 11 And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall any to him: Hold thy peace, and mention not the name of the Lord. |
12 הַיְרֻצוּן בַּסֶּלַע סוּסִים אִם־יַחֲרֹושׁ בַּבְּקָרִים כִּי־הֲפַכְתֶּם לְרֹאשׁ מִשְׁפָּט וּפְרִי צְדָקָה לְלַעֲנָה | 12 For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts. |
13 הַשְּׂמֵחִים לְלֹא דָבָר הָאֹמְרִים הֲלֹוא בְחָזְקֵנוּ לָקַחְנוּ לָנוּ קַרְנָיִם | 13 Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any one plough with buffles? for you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood. |
14 כִּי הִנְנִי מֵקִים עֲלֵיכֶם בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַצְּבָאֹות גֹּוי וְלָחֲצוּ אֶתְכֶם מִלְּבֹוא חֲמָת עַד־נַחַל הָעֲרָבָה׃ ס | 14 You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength? |
| 15 But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert. |