Israēls nav atgriezies pie Kunga
1 Klausieties šos vārdus,
Bāšānas govis, kas Samarijas kalnos,
kas apspiežat nabagos,
kas nomācat trūcīgos,
kas saviem vīriem sakāt:
tik nesiet mums dzert!
2 Kungs Dievs pie sava svētuma zvērējis:
“Redzi, jums nāks dienas,
kad jūs paraus ar kāķiem,
līdz pat pēdējai ar āķiem!
3 Pa spraugām viena aiz otras jūs līdīsiet,
un jūs uz Hermonu aizsūtīs! –
saka Kungs.
4 Ejiet vien uz Bēteli un grēkojiet,
Gilgālā daudziniet grēkus,
ik rītu pienesiet savus upurus
un ik pa trim dienām desmito tiesu!
5 Upurējiet ieraugu par pateicību,
nosakiet labprātīgos upurus un lielieties vien,
jo tas jau jums tīk, Israēla dēli! –
saka Kungs Dievs.
6 Kaut arī es jums liku
tukšā trīt zobus ik pilsētā,
bez maizes visur, kur mītat,
pie manis jūs neatgriezāties! –
saka Kungs.
7 Es jums aizturēju lietu,
kad bija vēl trīs mēneši līdz ražai,
es liku līt tik pār vienu pilsētu, bet pār otru neļāvu līt,
uz vienas lauka malas nolija, bet otra, kur nelija, izkalta,
8 un divu trīs pilsētu ļaudis
devās uz vienu pilsētu ūdeni dzert,
bet netika sāti, taču pie manis jūs neatgriezāties! –
saka Kungs.
9 Es situ jūs ar labības rūsu un dzelti,
krietni to devu jūsu dārziem un vīnadārziem,
bet jūsu vīģes kokus un olīvkokus aprija siseņi,
taču pie manis jūs neatgriezāties! –
saka Kungs.
10 Es uzsūtīju jums mēri kā Ēģiptē,
es slepkavoju ar zobenu jūsu jaunekļus,
un jūsu zirgus aizveda gūstā,
es liku, lai jums nāsīs sitas jūsu nometņu smārds,
bet pie manis jūs neatgriezāties! –
saka Kungs.
11 Es jūs apgriezu otrādi,
kā Dievs Sodomu un Gomoru,
un jūs bijāt kā degulis, kas izrauts no liesmas,
bet pie manis jūs neatgriezāties! –
saka Kungs.
12 Tādēļ tā es tev darīšu, Israēl!
Tādēļ ka tā es tev darīšu,
sataisies satikt Dievu, Israēl!”
13 Jo, redzi,
viņš veido kalnus un rada vēju,
un stāsta cilvēkam, kas tam prātā,
viņš rītausmu pārvērš krēslā,
viņš zemes virsotnes min –
Kungs, Pulku Dievs, ir viņa vārds!
1 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 Beth-el, 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.
