Amos 4

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Audite verbum hoc, vaccae Basan, quae estis in monte Samariae, quae opprimitis egenos et vexatis pauperes, quae dicitis dominis vestris: “ Affer, ut bibamus ”.	1 Hear this word, women of the mountain of Samaria, you cows of Bashan, You who oppress the weak and abuse the needy; Who say to your lords, "Bring drink for us!"
2 Iuravit Dominus Deus in sanctitate sua: “ Ecce dies venient super vos, et levabunt vos in contis et posteros vestros in hamis piscatoriis;	2 The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness: Truly the days are coming upon you When they shall drag you away with hooks, the last of you with fishhooks;
3 et per aperturas exibitis altera contra alteram et proiciemini in Armon ”, dicit Dominus.	3 You shall go out through the breached walls each by the most direct way, And you shall be cast into the mire, says the LORD.
4 “ Venite in Bethel et impie agite, ad Galgalam et multiplicate praevaricationem; et offerte mane victimas vestras, tribus diebus decimas vestras,	4 Come to Bethel and sin, to Gilgal, and sin the more; Each morning bring your sacrifices, every third day, your tithes;
5 et sacrificate de fermentato laudem et vocate voluntarias oblationes et annuntiate; sic enim diligitis, filii Israel ”, dicit Dominus Deus.	5 Burn leavened food as a thanksgiving sacrifice, proclaim publicly your freewill offerings, For so you love to do, O men of Israel, says the Lord GOD.
6 “ Unde et ego dedi vobis vacuitatem dentium in cunctis urbibus vestris et indigentiam panis in omnibus locis vestris; et non estis reversi ad me ”, dicit Dominus.	6 Though I have made your teeth clean of food in all your cities, and have made bread scarce in all your dwellings, Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD.
7 “ Ego quoque prohibui a vobis imbrem, cum adhuc tres menses superessent usque ad messem; et plui super unam civitatem et super alteram civitatem non plui: pars una compluta est, et pars, super quam non plui, aruit.	7 Though I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was still three months away; I sent rain upon one city but not upon another; One field was watered by rain, but another without rain dried up;
8 Tunc fugiebant duae, tres civitates ad unam civitatem, ut biberent aquam, et non satiabantur; sed non redistis ad me ”, dicit Dominus.	8 Though two or three cities staggered to one city for water that did not quench their thirst; Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD.
9 “ Percussi vos in vento urente et in aurugine; multitudinem hortorum vestrorum et vinearum vestrarum, ficeta vestra et oliveta vestra comedit eruca; sed non redistis ad me ”, dicit Dominus.	9 I struck you with blight and searing wind; your many gardens and vineyards, your fig trees and olive trees the locust devoured; Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD.
10 “ Misi in vos pestem sicut pestem Aegypti, percussi in gladio iuvenes vestros, captis equis vestris; et ascendere feci putredinem castrorum vestrorum in nares vestras; sed non redistis ad me ”, dicit Dominus.	10 I sent upon you a pestilence like that of Egypt, and with the sword I slew your young men; Your horses I let be captured, to your nostrils I brought the stench of your camps; Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD.
11 “ Subverti vos, sicut subvertit Deus Sodomam et Gomorram, et facti estis quasi torris raptus ab incendio; sed non redistis ad me ”, dicit Dominus.	11 I brought upon you such upheaval as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah: you were like a brand plucked from the fire; Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD.
12 Quapropter haec faciam tibi, Israel, et quia haec faciam tibi, praeparare in occursum Dei tui, Israel;	12 So now I will deal with you in my own way, O Israel! and since I will deal thus with you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel:
13 quia ecce formans montes et creans ventum et annuntians homini cogitationem eius, faciens auroram et tenebras et gradiens super excelsa terrae; Dominus, Deus exercituum, nomen eius.	13 Him who formed the mountains, and created the wind, and declares to man his thoughts; Who made the dawn and the darkness, and strides upon the heights of the earth: The LORD, the God of hosts by name.