4 — Amos

1Hear this word, ye fat kine that are in the mountains of Samaria: you that oppress the needy, and crush the poor: that say to your masters: Bring, and we will drink.Udite questa parola, voi grasse vacche del monte di Samaria, voi che opprimete i deboli, e straziate i poveri, voi, che dite a' vostri padroni: Portate, e beremo.HEARE this word ye fatte kine, which are in the mountaines of Samaria: which doe calumnie to the needie, and breake the poore: which say to your lords: Bring, and we wil drinke.Audite verbum hoc, vaccæ pingues, / quæ estis in monte Samariæ, / quæ calumniam facitis egenis / et confringitis pauperes; / quæ dicitis dominis vestris: Afferte, et bibemus. 2The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, when they shall lift you up on pikes, and what shall remain of you in boiling pots.Il Signore ha giurato per la sua santità, ecco che viene il tempo per voi, in cui v'infilzeranno nelle aste, e il resto sarà messo nelle bollenti caldaie.Our Lord God hath sworne by his holie, that loe the dayes shal come vpon you, and they shal lift you vp on poles, and your remnant in pottes boyling hotte.Juravit Dominus Deus in sancto suo, / quia ecce dies venient super vos, / et levabunt vos in contis, / et reliquias vestras in ollis ferventibus. 3And you shall go out at the breaches one over against the other, and you shall be cast forth into Armon, saith the Lord.E per le brecce uscirete l'una da una parte, l'altra dall'altra, e sarete gettate nel paese di Armon, dice il Signore.And by the breaches you shal goe out one against an other, & you shal be cast forth into Armon, saith our Lord.Et per aperturas exibitis altera contra alteram, / et projiciemini in Armon, / dicit Dominus. 4Come ye to Bethel, and do wickedly: to Galgal, and multiply transgressions: and bring in the morning your victims, your tithes in three days.Andate a Bethel a fare delle empietà: a Galgala a moltiplicare le prevaricazioni: conducetevi al mattino le vostre vittime, e le vostre decime nei tre giorni.Come ye to Bethel, and doe impiousely: to Galgal, and multiplie preuarication: and offer in the morning your victimes, three dayes your tithes.Venite ad Bethel, et impie agite; / ad Galgalam, et multiplicate prævaricationem: / et afferte mane victimas vestras, / tribus diebus decimas vestras. 5And offer a sacrifice of praise with leaven: and call free offerings, and proclaim it: for so you would do, O children of Israel, saith the Lord God.E offerite sagrifizio di laude col fermentato, e annunziate, e fate note le obblazioni volontarie, dacché così a voi piace, o figliuoli d'Israele, dice il Signore Dio.And sacrifice ye prayse of the leauened: and cal voluntarie oblations, and proclaime it: for so would you ô children of Israel, sayth our Lord God.Et sacrificate de fermentato laudem, / et vocate voluntarias oblationes, et annuntiate; / sic enim voluistis, filii Israël, / dicit Dominus Deus.

6Whereupon I also have given you dulness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet you have not returned to me, saith the Lord.Per la qual cosa ho io fatto sì, che si allegassero a voi i denti in tutte le vostre città: e che il pane mancasse in tutto il vostro paese: ma voi però non siete tornati a me, dice il Signore.Wherupon I also haue geuen you dulnes of the teeth in al your cities, and lacke of bread in al your places: and you haue nor returned to me, sayth our Lord.Unde et ego dedi vobis stuporem dentium in cunctis urbibus vestris, / et indigentiam panum in omnibus locis vestris; / et non estis reversi ad me, / dicit Dominus. 7I also 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 I rained not, withered.Io pure impedii, che non venisse a voi la pioggia, quando tre mesi ancor rimanevano sino alla mietitura: e feci piovere in una città, e in un'altra non feci piovere: una parte fu rinfrescata, e un'altra parte patì l'asciuttore, perch'io non le diedi la pioggia.I also haue stayed the rayne from you, when there remayned yet three monethes vnto haruest: and I rayned vpon one citie, and vpon an other citie I rayned not: one part was rayned vpon; and the part whereupon I rayned not, withered.Ego quoque prohibui a vobis imbrem, / cum adhuc tres menses superessent usque ad messem: / et plui super unam civitatem, / et super alteram civitatem non plui; / pars una compluta est, / et pars super quam non plui, aruit. 8And two and three cities went to one city to drink water, and were not filled: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.E due, e tre città concorsero ad una per aver acqua da bere, e non si dissetarono; ma voi non tornaste a me, dice il Signore.And two and three cities came to one citie to drinke water, & were not filled: & you returned not to me, saith our Lord.Et venerunt duæ et tres civitates ad unam civitatem / ut biberent aquam, et non sunt satiatæ; / et non redistis ad me, / dicit Dominus. 9I struck you with a burning wind, and with mildew, the palmerworm hath eaten up your many gardens, and your vineyards: your olive groves, and fig groves: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.Vi afflissi co' venti secchi, e colle ruggini. I molti vostri giardini, e le vostre vigne, e i vostri uliveti, e i luoghi piantati di fichi furon divorati dall'eruca; ma voi non tornaste a me, dice il Signore.I stroke you with a burning winde, & with blasting, the multitude of your gardens, and al your vineyards: your oliue groues, & figgroues the eruke hath eaten: and you returned not to me, sayth our Lord.Percussi vos in vento urente, et in aurugine: / multitudinem hortorum vestrorum et vinearum vestrarum, / oliveta vestra et ficeta vestra comedit eruca: / et non redistis ad me, / dicit Dominus.

10I sent death upon you in the way of Egypt, I slew your young men with the sword, even to the captivity of your horses: and I made the stench of your camp to come up into your nostrils: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.Mandai la morte sopra di voi nel la strada d'Egitto, feci perire di spada la vostra gioventù, e gli stessi vostri cavalli furono presi: feci giungere al vostro odorato il fetore della putredine del vostro campo, e voi non tornaste a me, dice il Signore.I sent death vpon you in the way of Aegypt, I stroke your yongmen with the sword, euen to the captiuitie of your horses: and I made the putrefaction of your campe to come vp into your nostherels: and you returned not to me, sayth our Lord.Misi in vos mortem in via Ægypti; / percussi in gladio juvenes vestros, / usque ad captivitatem equorum vestrorum, / et ascendere feci putredinem castrorum vestrorum in nares vestras: / et non redistis ad me, / dicit Dominus. 11I destroyed some of you, as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, and you were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.Io vi ho messi a terra, come Dio messe a terra Sodoma, e Gomorra, e siete rimasi come un tizzone levato dal fuoco ardente, e voi non tornaste a me, dice il Signore.I subuerted you, as God subuerted Sodom and Gomorth, and you were made as a fyrebrand hastely caught from the burning: and you returned not to me, sayth our Lord.Subverti vos sicut subvertit Deus Sodomam et Gomorrham, / et facti estis quasi torris raptus ab incendio: / et non redistis ad me, / dicit Dominus. 12Therefore I will do these things to thee, O Israel: and after I shall have done these things to thee, be prepared to meet thy God, O Israel.Queste cose adunque farò io a te, o Israele; ma quando le avrò fatte a te, preparati, o Israele, per andar in contro al tuo Dio:Wherfore these thinges wil I doe to thee Israel: but after I shal doe these thinges to thee, be prepared to meete thy God ô Israel.Quapropter hæc faciam tibi, Israël: / postquam autem hæc fecero tibi, / præparare in occursum Dei tui, Israël. 13For behold he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind, and declareth his word to man, he that maketh the morning mist, and walketh upon the high places of the earth: the Lord the God of hosts is his name.Perocché eccoti colui, che forma i monti, e crea i venti, il quale annunzia agli uomini la sua parola, egli, che produce la nebbia del mattino, e cammina sopra i luoghi più alti della terra; il suo nome egli è, il Signore Dio degli eserciti.Because loe he that formeth the mountaines and createth the wind, and declareth his word to man, maketh the morning mist, and walketh vpon the high places of the earth: our Lord the God of host is his name.Quia ecce formans montes, / et creans ventum, / et annuntians homini eloquium suum, / faciens matutinam nebulam, / et gradiens super excelsa terræ: / Dominus Deus exercituum nomen ejus.