Amos 6
Legacy Standard Bible
Woe to Those at Ease in Zion
6 (A)Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The (B)distinguished men of the first of the nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.
2 Pass on over to (C)Calneh and look,
And go from there to (D)Hamath the great,
Then go down to (E)Gath of the Philistines.
Are [a]they better than these kingdoms,
Or are their borders greater than your borders?
3 Do you (F)put off the day of calamity,
And would you (G)cause the seat of violence to approach?
4 Those who lay down on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their (H)couches
And (I)eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
5 Who improvise to the [b]sound of the harp,
And like David have [c]composed (J)songs for themselves,
6 Who (K)drink wine from [d]sacrificial bowls
While they anoint themselves with the first pick of the oils,
Yet they have not (L)grieved over the destruction of Joseph.
7 Therefore, they will now (M)go into exile among the first of the exiles,
And the (N)sprawlers’ [e]banqueting will turn aside.
8 Lord Yahweh has (O)sworn by Himself, Yahweh God of hosts has declared:
“I (P)abhor the lofty pride of Jacob
And hate his (Q)citadels;
Therefore I will (R)deliver up the city as well as its fullness.”
9 And it will be, if (S)ten men are left in one house, they will die. 10 Then one’s [f]uncle, or the one who [g](T)burns his bones, will lift him up to bring out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will [h]answer, “(U)Keep quiet. For [i]the name of Yahweh is (V)not to be mentioned.” 11 For behold, Yahweh is going to (W)command and will strike the (X)great house to pieces and the small house to fragments.
12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow [j]them with oxen?
Yet you have overturned (Y)justice into gall
And the fruit of righteousness into [k]wormwood,
13 You who are glad in [l](Z)Lo-debar
[m]And say, “Have we not (AA)by our own strength taken [n]Karnaim for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, (AB)I am going to raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,” declares Yahweh God of hosts,
“And they will press down on you from [o](AC)Lebo-hamath
To the (AD)brook of the Arabah.”
Footnotes
- Amos 6:2 Or you
- Amos 6:5 Lit mouth
- Amos 6:5 Or invented musical instruments
- Amos 6:6 Lit sprinkling basins
- Amos 6:7 Or cultic feasts
- Amos 6:10 Or beloved one
- Amos 6:10 Lit burns him
- Amos 6:10 Lit say
- Amos 6:10 Lit not to make mention of the name of
- Amos 6:12 Or the sea with oxen
- Amos 6:12 Or bitterness
- Amos 6:13 Lit a thing of nothing
- Amos 6:13 Lit Who
- Amos 6:13 Lit a pair of horns
- Amos 6:14 Or the entrance of Hamath
Amos 6
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Kasamaan ng mga Pinuno ng Israel
6 Nakakaawa kayong mga pinuno ng Zion at Samaria na nagpapasarap sa buhay at walang pakialam. Itinuturing ninyo ang inyong mga sarili na mararangal na tao ng nangungunang bansa, at sa inyo lumalapit ang inyong mga mamamayan na nangangailangan. 2 Tingnan ninyo kung ano ang nangyari sa lungsod ng Calne, ang malaking lungsod ng Hamat, at ang lungsod ng Gat sa Filistia. Mas makapangyarihan ba kayo kaysa sa mga kahariang iyon? Mas malawak ba ang inyong lupain kaysa sa kanila?
3 Kawawa kayong nag-aakala na hindi darating sa inyo ang araw ng pagpaparusa. Dahil sa ginagawa ninyong kasamaan, lalo ninyong pinadadali ang araw na iyon na maghahari ang karahasan.
4 Kawawa kayong mga pahiga-higa lang sa inyong mga mamahaling kama[a] at nagpapakabusog sa masasarap na pagkaing karne ng batang tupa at ng pinatabang guya.
5 Kawawa kayong mga kumakatha ng mga awit habang tumutugtog ng alpa at mahilig tumugtog ng mga tugtugin katulad ni David.
6 Kawawa kayong malalakas uminom ng alak at gumagamit ng mamahaling pabango, pero hindi nagdadalamhati sa sasapiting pagbagsak ng inyong bansa.[b] 7 Kaya kayong mga pinuno ang unang bibihagin at matitigil na ang inyong mga pagpipista at pagwawalang-bahala.
Kinamumuhian ng Panginoon ang Pagmamataas ng Israel
8 Sumumpa ang Panginoong Dios, ang Dios na Makapangyarihan. Sinabi niya, “Kinamumuhian ko ang pagmamataas ng mga lahi ni Jacob, at kinasusuklaman ang matitibay na bahagi ng kanilang lungsod. Kaya ipapasakop ko sa kaaway ang kanilang lungsod at ang lahat ng naroroon.”
9 Kung may sampung tao na matitira sa isang bahay, lahat sila ay mamamatay. 10 Ang bangkay ng namatay ay kukunin ng kanyang kamag-anak upang sunugin. Tatanungin niya ang nagtatago[c] sa kaloob-looban ng bahay, “May kasama ka pa riyan?”[d] Kapag sumagot siya ng wala, sasabihin ng nagtanong, “Tumahimik ka na! Baka mabanggit mo pa ang pangalan ng Panginoon at maparusahan tayo.” 11 Ang totoo, kapag ang Panginoon na ang nag-uutos, mawawasak ang lahat ng bahay, malaki man o maliit.
12 Makakatakbo ba ang kabayo sa batuhan? Makakapag-araro ba ang baka roon? Siyempre hindi! Pero binaliktad ninyo ang katarungan para mapahamak ang tao, at ang katarungan ay ginawa ninyong masama. 13 Tuwang-tuwa kayo nang nasakop ninyo ang mga bayan ng Lo Debar at Karnaim, at sinasabi ninyo, “Natalo natin sila sa pamamagitan ng sarili nating kalakasan.” 14 Pero ito ang sagot ng Panginoong Dios na Makapangyarihan, “Kayong mga mamamayan ng Israel ay ipasasalakay ko sa isang bansa. Pahihirapan nila kayo at sasakupin ang inyong lugar mula Lebo Hamat hanggang sa lambak ng Araba.”
Footnotes
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