Amos 5

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Audite verbum istud, quod ego levo super vos planctum : domus Israël cecidit, et non adjiciet ut resurgat.	1 Hear this word which I utter over you, a lament, O house of Israel:
2 Virgo Israël projecta est in terram suam, non est qui suscitet eam.	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 Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Urbs de qua egrediebantur mille, relinquentur in ea centum ; et de qua egrediebantur centum, relinquentur in ea decem in domo Israël.	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 Quia hæc dicit Dominus domui Israël : Quærite me, et vivetis.	4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: Seek me, that you may live,
5 Et nolite quærere Bethel, et in Galgalam nolite intrare, et in Bersabee non transibitis, quia Galgala captiva ducetur, et Bethel erit inutilis.	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 Quærite Dominum, et vivite (ne forte comburatur ut ignis domus Joseph, et devorabit, et non erit qui extinguat 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 qui convertitis in absinthium judicium, et justitiam in terra relinquitis) :	7 Woe to those who turn judgment to wormwood and cast justice to the ground!
8 facientem Arcturum et Orionem, et convertentem in mane tenebras, et diem in noctem mutantem ; qui vocat aquas maris, et effundit eas super faciem terræ ; Dominus nomen est ejus :	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 qui subridet vastitatem super robustum, et depopulationem super potentem affert.	9 Who flashes destruction upon the strong, and brings ruin upon the fortress; whose name is LORD.
10 Odio habuerunt corripientem in porta, et loquentem perfecte abominati sunt.	10 They hate him who reproves at the gate and abhor him who speaks the truth.
11 Idcirco, pro eo quod diripiebatis pauperem, et prædam electam tollebatis ab eo, domos quadro lapide ædificabitis, et non habitabitis in eis ; vineas plantabis amantissimas, et non bibetis vinum earum.	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 Quia cognovi multa scelera vestra, et fortia peccata vestra : hostes justi, accipientes munus, et pauperes deprimentes in porta.	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 Ideo prudens in tempore illo tacebit, quia tempus malum est.	13 Therefore the prudent man is silent at this time, for it is an evil time.
14 Quærite bonum, et non malum, ut vivatis ; et erit Dominus Deus exercituum vobiscum, sicut dixistis.	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 Odite malum et diligite bonum, et constituite in porta judicium : si forte misereatur Dominus Deus exercituum reliquiis 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 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum, dominator : In omnibus plateis planctus ; et in cunctis quæ foris sunt, dicetur : Væ, væ ! et vocabunt agricolam ad luctum, et ad planctum eos qui sciunt plangere.	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 Et in omnibus vineis erit planctus, quia pertransibo in medio tui, dicit Dominus.	17 And in every vineyard there shall be lamentation when I pass through your midst, says the LORD.
18 Væ desiderantibus diem Domini ! ad quid eam vobis ? Dies Domini ista, tenebræ, et non lux.	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 Quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis, et occurrat ei ursus ; et ingrediatur domum, et innitatur manu sua super parietem, et mordeat eum coluber.	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 Numquid non tenebræ dies Domini, et non lux ; et caligo, et non splendor in ea ?	20 Will not the day of the LORD be darkness and not light, gloom without any brightness?
21 Odi, et projeci festivitates vestras, et non capiam odorem cœtuum vestrorum.	21 I hate, I spurn your feasts, I take no pleasure in your solemnities;
22 Quod si obtuleritis mihi holocautomata, et munera vestra, non suscipiam ; et vota pinguium vestrorum non respiciam.	22 Your cereal offerings I will not accept, nor consider your stall-fed peace offerings.
23 Aufer a me tumultum carminum tuorum ; et cantica lyræ tuæ non audiam.	23 Away with your noisy songs! I will not listen to the melodies of your harps. But if you would offer me holocausts,
24 Et revelabitur quasi aqua judicium, et justitia quasi torrens fortis.	24 then let justice surge like water, and goodness like an unfailing stream.
25 Numquid hostias et sacrificium obtulistis mihi in deserto quadraginta annis, domus Israël ?	25 Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings for forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?
26 et portastis tabernaculum Moloch vestro, et imaginem idolorum vestrorum, sidus dei vestri, quæ fecistis vobis.	26 You will carry away Sakkuth, your king, and Kaiwan, your star god, the images that you have made for yourselves;
27 Et migrare vos faciam trans Damascum, dicit Dominus : Deus exercituum nomen ejus.	27 For I will exile you beyond Damascus, say I, the LORD, the God of hosts by name.