Amos 4
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
4 ‘Ascultaţi cuvântul acesta, juncani(A) din Basan, de pe muntele Samariei, voi care asupriţi pe cei sărmani, zdrobiţi pe cei lipsiţi şi ziceţi bărbaţilor voştri: «Daţi-ne să bem!»’ 2 Domnul, Dumnezeu(B) a jurat pe sfinţenia Lui şi a zis: ‘Iată, vin zile pentru voi când vă vor prinde cu cârligele(C) şi rămăşiţa voastră, cu undiţe de pescari; 3 veţi ieşi(D) prin spărturi, fiecare drept înainte, şi veţi fi lepădate în Harmon’, zice Domnul. 4 Duceţi-vă(E) numai la Betel şi păcătuiţi! Duceţi-vă la Ghilgal(F) şi păcătuiţi şi mai mult! Aduceţi-vă(G) jertfele în fiecare dimineaţă şi zeciuielile(H) la fiecare trei zile! 5 Faceţi să fumege jertfe de mulţumire(I) făcute cu aluat! Trâmbiţaţi-vă, vestiţi-vă darurile de mâncare de bunăvoie(J)! Căci aşa(K) vă place, copii ai lui Israel, zice Domnul, Dumnezeu. 6 Şi Eu, de partea Mea, v-am trimis foametea în toate cetăţile voastre şi lipsa de pâine în toate locuinţele voastre. Cu toate acestea, tot(L) nu v-aţi întors la Mine, zice Domnul. 7 N-am vrut să vă dau nici ploaie când mai erau încă trei luni până la secerat; am dat ploaie peste o cetate, dar n-am dat ploaie peste o altă cetate; într-un ogor a plouat, şi altul, în care n-a plouat, s-a uscat. 8 Două, trei cetăţi s-au dus la alta ca să bea apă, şi tot nu şi-au potolit setea. Cu toate acestea, tot(M) nu v-aţi întors la Mine, zice Domnul. 9 V-am(N) lovit cu rugină în grâu şi cu tăciune; grădinile voastre cele multe, viile, smochinii şi măslinii voştri i-au mâncat deseori lăcustele(O). Cu toate acestea, tot nu v-aţi întors la Mine, zice Domnul. 10 Am trimis în voi ciuma, ca(P) în Egipt; v-am ucis tinerii cu sabia şi am lăsat să vi se ia caii, am făcut să vi se suie în nări duhoarea taberei voastre. Şi, cu toate acestea, tot(Q) nu v-aţi întors la Mine, zice Domnul. 11 V-am nimicit ca pe Sodoma şi Gomora(R), pe care le-a nimicit Dumnezeu, şi aţi fost(S) ca un tăciune scos din foc. Cu toate acestea, tot(T) nu v-aţi întors la Mine, zice Domnul. 12 ‘De aceea îţi voi face astfel, Israele, şi, fiindcă îţi voi face astfel, pregăteşte-te(U) să întâlneşti pe Dumnezeul tău, Israele! 13 Căci iată că El a întocmit munţii, a făcut vântul şi spune omului(V) până şi gândurile lui. El preface zorile(W) în întuneric şi umblă(X) pe înălţimile pământului: Domnul(Y), Dumnezeul oştirilor, este Numele Lui.’
Amos 4
New King James Version
God’s Punishments Have Not Reformed Israel
4 Hear this word, you (A)cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria,
Who oppress the (B)poor,
Who crush the needy,
Who say to [a]your husbands, “Bring wine, let us (C)drink!”
2 (D)The Lord God has sworn by His holiness:
“Behold, the days shall come upon you
When He will take you away (E)with fishhooks,
And your posterity with fishhooks.
3 (F)You will go out through broken walls,
Each one straight ahead of her,
And you will [b]be cast into Harmon,”
Says the Lord.
4 “Come(G) to Bethel and transgress,
At (H)Gilgal multiply transgression;
(I)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
(J)Your tithes every three [c]days.
5 (K)Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven,
Proclaim and announce (L)the freewill offerings;
For this you love,
You children of Israel!”
Says the Lord God.
Israel Did Not Accept Correction
6 “Also I gave you [d]cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places;
(M)Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
7 “I also withheld rain from you,
When there were still three months to the harvest.
I made it rain on one city,
I withheld rain from another city.
One part was rained upon,
And where it did not rain the part withered.
8 So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water,
But they were not satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
9 “I(N) blasted you with blight and mildew.
When your gardens increased,
Your vineyards,
Your fig trees,
And your olive trees,
(O)The locust devoured them;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
10 “I sent among you a plague (P)after the manner of Egypt;
Your young men I killed with a sword,
Along with your captive horses;
I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
11 “I overthrew some of you,
As God overthrew (Q)Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
12 “Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
(R)Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
Amos 4
King James Version
4 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
2 The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the Lord.
4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God.
6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
