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Amós 8
La Biblia de las Américas
Amós 8
La Biblia de las Américas
Los inevitables juicios de Dios
8 Esto [a] me mostró el Señor Dios[b]: He aquí, había una canasta de fruta de verano, 2 y Él dijo: ¿Qué ves, Amós? Y respondí: Una canasta de fruta(A) de verano. Entonces el Señor me dijo: Ha llegado el fin(B) para mi pueblo Israel. Ya no volveré a dejarlos sin castigo[c](C). 3 Los cantos(D) del palacio se convertirán en gemido[d](E) en aquel día —declara el Señor Dios. Muchos serán los cadáveres; en todo lugar los echarán fuera[e] en silencio[f](F).
4 Oíd esto, los que pisoteáis[g] a los menesterosos, y queréis exterminar a los pobres de la tierra(G), 5 diciendo:
¿Cuándo pasará la luna nueva(H)
para vender el grano,
y el día de reposo(I) para abrir el mercado de trigo,
achicar el efa[h], aumentar el siclo[i]
y engañar con balanzas falsas[j](J);
6 para comprar por dinero a los desvalidos
y a los pobres por un par de sandalias(K),
y vender los desechos del trigo?
7 El Señor ha jurado(L) por el orgullo de Jacob(M):
Ciertamente, nunca me olvidaré de ninguna de sus obras(N).
8 ¿No temblará por esto la tierra(O),
y hará duelo todo aquel que habita en ella(P)?
Subirá toda ella como el Nilo(Q),
se agitará
y menguará como el Nilo de Egipto.
9 Y sucederá que en aquel día —declara el Señor Dios—
yo haré que el sol se ponga al mediodía
y que la tierra en pleno día[k] se oscurezca(R).
10 Entonces cambiaré vuestras fiestas en llanto(S)
y todos vuestros cantos en lamento[l];
pondré cilicio sobre todo lomo
y calvicie sobre toda cabeza(T);
haré que sea como duelo por hijo único,
y su fin, como día de amargura(U).
11 He aquí, vienen días —declara el Señor Dios—
en que enviaré hambre sobre la tierra,
no hambre de pan, ni sed de agua,
sino de oír las palabras del Señor(V).
12 Y vagarán de mar a mar,
y del norte hasta el oriente;
andarán de aquí para allá en busca de la palabra del Señor,
pero no la encontrarán(W).
13 En aquel día las doncellas hermosas
y los jóvenes(X) desfallecerán de sed(Y).
14 Los que juran por el pecado[m] de Samaria(Z),
y dicen: «Viva tu dios, oh Dan(AA)»,
y «Viva el camino de Beerseba(AB)»,
caerán y nunca más se levantarán(AC).
Footnotes
- Amós 8:1 Lit., Así
- Amós 8:1 Heb., YHWH, generalmente traducido Señor, y así en el resto del cap.
- Amós 8:2 Lit., a pasarlo por alto
- Amós 8:3 O, Gemirán las cantoras del palacio
- Amós 8:3 Lit., ha echado fuera
- Amós 8:3 O, ¡Silencio!
- Amós 8:4 O, acosáis
- Amós 8:5 Un efa equivale aprox. a 22 litros
- Amós 8:5 Un siclo equivale aprox. a 11.4 gramos de plata
- Amós 8:5 Lit., de engaño
- Amós 8:9 Lit., en un día de luz
- Amós 8:10 O, elegía
- Amós 8:14 O, la culpa; heb., Ashimah
Amos 8
King James Version
Amos 8
King James Version
8 Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Amos 8
New International Version
Amos 8
New International Version
A Basket of Ripe Fruit
8 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:(A) a basket of ripe fruit. 2 “What do you see,(B) Amos?(C)” he asked.
“A basket(D) of ripe fruit,” I answered.
Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.(E)
3 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.[a](F) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!(G)”
5 saying,
“When will the New Moon(J) be over
that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
that we may market(K) wheat?”(L)—
skimping on the measure,
boosting the price
and cheating(M) with dishonest scales,(N)
6 buying the poor(O) with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals,
selling even the sweepings with the wheat.(P)
7 The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob:(Q) “I will never forget(R) anything they have done.(S)
8 “Will not the land tremble(T) for this,
and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
it will be stirred up and then sink
like the river of Egypt.(U)
9 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,
“I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.(V)
10 I will turn your religious festivals(W) into mourning
and all your singing into weeping.(X)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth(Y)
and shave(Z) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son(AA)
and the end of it like a bitter day.(AB)
11 “The days are coming,”(AC) declares the Sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
but a famine(AD) of hearing the words of the Lord.(AE)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.(AF)
13 “In that day
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