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Amos 5
Swete's Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
Ἀκούσατε τὸν λόγον Κυρίου τοῦτον ὃν ἐγὼ λαμβάνω ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς θρθῆνον Οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ
Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
ἔπεσεν, οὐκέτι μὴ προσθήσει τοῦ ἀναστῆναι· παρθένος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἔσφαλεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἄναστήσων αὐτήν.
“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει κύριος Κύριος Ἡ πόλις ἐξ ἧς ἐξεπορεύοντο χίλιοι, ὑπολειφθήσονται ρ΄, καὶ ἐξ ἧς ἐξεπορεύοντο ρ, ὑπολειφθήσονται δέκα τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ.
This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will have but a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”
διότι τάδε λέγει Κύριος πρὸς τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραήλ Ἐκζητήσατέ με, καὶ ζήσεσθε·
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
καὶ μὴ ἐκζητεῖτε Βαιθὴλ καὶ εἰς Γάλγαλα μὴ εἰσπορεύεσθε, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ φρέαρ τοῦ ὅρκου μὴ διαβαίνετε, ὅτι Γάλγαλα αἰχμαλωτευομένη αἰχμαλωτευθήσεται, καὶ Βαιθὴλ ἔσται ὡς οὐχ ὑπάρχουσα.
Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing (note: Hebrew to Aven, a reference to Beth-aven, a derogatory term for Bethel; see Hosea 4:15.).
ἐκζητήσατε τὸν κύριον, καὶ ζῆτε, ὅπως μὴ ἀναλάμψῃ ὡς πῦρ ὁ οἶκος Ἰωσὴφ καὶ καταφάγῃ αὐτόν, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ σβέσων τῷ οἵκῳ Ἰσραήλ.
Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
ὁ ποιῶν εἰς ὕψος κρίμα, καὶ δικαιοσύνην εἰς γῆν ἔθηκεν·
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
ὁ ποιῶν πάντα καὶ μετασκευάζων, καὶ ἐκτρέπων εἰς τὸ πρωὶ σκιάν, καὶ ἡμέραν εἰς νύκτα συσκοτάζων· ὁ προσκαλούμενος τὸ ὕδωρ τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ἐκχέων αὐτὸ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, Κύριος ὄνομα αὐτῷ·
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 over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
ὁ διαιρῶν συντριμμὸν ἐπʼ ἰσχύν, καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν ἐπὶ ὀχύρωμα ἐπάγων.
He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.
ἐμίσησαν ἐν πύλαις ἐλέγχοντα, καὶ λόγον ὅσιον ἐβδελύξαντο.
There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
διὰ τοῦτο ἀυθʼ ὧν κατεκονδύλιζον πτωχούς, καὶ δῶρα ἐκλεκτὰ ἐδέξασθε παρʼ αὐτῶν, οἴκους ξεστοὺς ᾠκοδομήσατε καὶ οὐ μὴ κατοικήσητε ἐν αὐτοῖς, ἀμπελῶνας ἐπιθυμητοὺς ἐφυτεύσατε καὶ οὐ μὴ πίητε τὸν οἶνον ἐξ αὐτῶν.
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
ὅτι ἔγνων πολλὰς ἀσεβείας ὑμῶν, καὶ ἵσχυραὶ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ὑμῶν καταπατοῦσαι δίκαιον, λαμβάνοντες ἀνταλλάγμστα καὶ πένητας ἐυ πύλαις ἐκκλίνοντες.
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
διὰ τοῦτο ὁ συνίων ἐν τῶ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ σιωπήσεται, ὅτι καιρὸς πονηρῶν ἐστιν.
Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
ἐκζητήσατε τὸ καλὸν καὶ μὴ πονηρόν, ὅπως ζήσητε, καὶ ἔσται οὕτως μεθʼ ὑμῶν Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ· ὃν τρόπον εἵπατε
Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
Μεμισήκαμεν τὰ πονηρὰ καὶ ὴγαπήκαμεν τὰ καλά, καὶ ἀποκαταστήσατε ἐν πύλαις κρίμα, ὅπως ἐλεήσῃ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ τοὺς περιλοίπους τοῦ Ἰωσήφ.
Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ Ἐν πάσαις ταῖς σλατείαις κοπετός, καὶ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς ὀηθήσεται Οὐαὶ οὐαί κληθήσεται γεαωργὸς εἰς πένθος καὶ κοπετόν, καὶ εἰς εἰδότας θρθῆνον,
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.
καὶ ἐν πάσαις ὁδοῖς κοπετός, διότι ἐλεύσομαι διὰ μέσου σου, εἶπεν Κύριος.
There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.
οὐαὶ οἱ ἐπιθυμοῦντες τὴν ἡμέραν Κυρίου· ἵνα τί αὕτη ὑμῖν ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν σκότος καὶ οὐ φῶς.
Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
ὃν τρόπον ἐὰν φύγῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ λέοντος, καὶ ἐμπέσῃ αὐτῷ ἡ ἄρκος, καὶ εἰσπηδήσῃ εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπερείσηται τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν τοῖχον, καὶ δάκῃ αὐτὸν ὄφις.
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
οὐχὶ σκότος ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου καὶ οὐ φῶς καὶ γνόφος οὐκ ἔχων φέγγος αὕτη;
Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
μεμίσηκα, ἀπῶσμαι ἑορτὰς ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὀσφρανθῶ θυσίας ἐν ταῖς πανηγύρεσιν ὑμῶν.
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
διότι ἐὰν ἐνέγκητέ μοι ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ θυσίας ὑμῶν, οὐ προσδέξομαι, καὶ σωτηρίους ἐπιφανείας ὑμῶν οὐκ ἐπιβλέψομαι.
Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.
μετάστησον ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἥχον ᾠδῶν σου, καὶ ψαλμὸν ὀργάνων σου οὐκ ἀκούσομαι·
Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
καὶ κυλισθήσεται ὡς ὕδωρ κρίμα, καὶ δικαιοσύνη ὡς χειμάρρους ἄβατος.
But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
μὴ σφάγια καὶ θυσίας προσηνέγκατέ μοι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμᾳῳ μ ἔτη, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ;
Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
καὶ ἀνελάβετε τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Μολόχ καὶ τὸ ἄστρον τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν Ῥαιφάν, τοὺς τύπους αὐτῶν οὓς ἐποιήσατε ἑαυτοῖς·
You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god (note: LXX You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan), the idols you made for yourselves.
καὶ μετοικιῶ ὑμᾶς ἐπέκεινα Δαμασκοῦ, λέγει Κύριος, ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὄνομα αὐτῷ.
Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus (note: Cited in Acts 7:42–43),” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.