Amos 3

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Audite verbum hoc, quod locutus est Dominus super vos, filii Israel,super omnem cognationem, quam eduxi de terra Aegypti, dicens:	1 Hear this word, O men of Israel, that the LORD pronounces over you, over the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt:
2 “ Tantummodovos cognovi ex omnibus cognationibus terrae; idcirco visitabo super vos omnes iniquitates vestras.	2 You alone have I favored, more than all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your crimes.
3 Numquid ambulabunt duo pariter, nisi convenerint?	3 Do two walk together unless they have agreed?
4 Numquid rugiet leo in saltu, nisi habuerit praedam? Numquid dabit catulus leonis vocem de cubili suo, nisi aliquid apprehenderit?	4 Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den unless it has seized something?
5 Numquid cadet avis super terram absque laqueo? Numquid laxatur laqueus de terra, antequam quid ceperit?	5 Is a bird brought to earth by a snare when there is no lure for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground without catching anything?
6 Si clanget tuba in civitate, populus non expavescet? Si erit malum in civitate, nonne Dominus fecit?	6 If the trumpet sounds in a city, will the people not be frightened? If evil befalls a city, has not the LORD caused it?
7 Nihil enim faciet Dominus Deus, nisi revelaverit secretum suum ad servos suos prophetas.	7 Indeed, the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants, the prophets.
8 Leo rugit, quis non timebit? Dominus Deus locutus est, quis non prophetabit?	8 The lion roars-- who will not be afraid! The Lord GOD speaks-- who will not prophesy!
9 Auditum facite in aedibus Assyriae et in aedibus terrae Aegypti et dicite: “Congregamini super montes Samariae”; et videte insanias multas in medio eius et oppressos in sinu eius.	9 Proclaim this in the castles of Ashdod, in the castles of the land of Egypt: "Gather about the mountain of Samaria, and see the great disorders within her, the oppression in her midst."
10 Et nescierunt facere rectum, dicit Dominus, thesaurizantes violentiam et rapinas in aedibus suis ”.	10 For they know not how to do what is right, says the LORD, Storing up in their castles what they have extorted and robbed.
11 Propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus: “ Inimicus circumdabit terram, et detrahetur ex te fortitudo tua, et diripientur aedes tuae ”.	11 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: An enemy shall surround the land, and strip you of your strength, and pillage your castles,
12 Haec dicit Dominus: “ Quomodo si eruat pastor de ore leonis duo crura aut extremum auriculae, sic eruentur filii Israel, qui habitant in Samaria, in margine lectuli et in Damasci grabato.	12 Thus says the LORD: As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion a pair of legs or the tip of an ear of his sheep, So the Israelites who dwell in Samaria shall escape with the corner of a couch or a piece of a cot.
13 Audite et contestamini in domo Iacob, dicit Dominus, Deus exercituum:	13 Hear and bear witness against the house of Jacob, says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts:
14 In die cum visitavero praevaricationes Israel, super eum visitabo et super altaria Bethel, et amputabuntur cornua altaris et cadent in terram;	14 On the day when I punish Israel for his crimes, I will visit also the altars of Bethel: The horns of the altar shall be broken off and fall to the ground.
15 et percutiam domum hiemalem cum domo aestiva, et peribunt domus eburneae, et dissipabuntur aedes magnae ”, dicit Dominus.	15 Then will I strike the winter house and the summer house; The ivory apartments shall be ruined, and their many rooms shall be no more, says the LORD.