1اِسْمَعِي هَذَا الْقَوْلَ يَا بَقَرَاتِ بَاشَانَ الَّتِي فِي جَبَلِ السَّامِرَةِ، الظَّالِمَةَ الْمَسَاكِينَ السَّاحِقَةَ الْبَائِسِينَ، الْقَائِلَةَ لِسَادَتِهَا هَاتِ لِنَشْرَبَ.2قَدْ أَقْسَمَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ بِقُدْسِهِ هُوَذَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي عَلَيْكُنَّ يَأْخُذُونَكُنَّ بِخَزَائِمَ وَذُرِّيَّتَكُنَّ بِشُصُوصِ السَّمَكِ.3وَمِنَ الشُّقُوقِ تَخْرُجْنَ كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا وَتَنْدَفِعْنَ إِلَى الْحِصْنِ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.4هَلُمَّ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَأَذْنِبُوا إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ وَأَكْثِرُوا الذُّنُوبَ، وَأَحْضِرُوا كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ ذَبَائِحَكُمْ وَكُلَّ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ عُشُورَكُمْ.5وَأَوْقِدُوا مِنَ الْخَمِيرِ تَقْدِمَةَ شُكْرٍ، وَنَادُوا بِنَوَافِلَ وَسَمِّعُوا. لأَنَّكُمْ هَكَذَا أَحْبَبْتُمْ يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.6وَأَنَا أَيْضاً أَعْطَيْتُكُمْ نَظَافَةَ الأَسْنَانِ فِي جَمِيعِ مُدُنِكُمْ وَعَوَزَ الْخُبْزِ فِي جَمِيعِ أَمَاكِنِكُمْ، فَلَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.7وَأَنَا أَيْضاً مَنَعْتُ عَنْكُمُ الْمَطَرَ إِذْ بَقِيَ ثَلاَثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ لِلْحَصَادِ، وَأَمْطَرْتُ عَلَى مَدِينَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، وَعَلَى مَدِينَةٍ أُخْرَى لَمْ أُمْطِرْ. أُمْطِرَ عَلَى ضَيْعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، وَالضَّيْعَةُ الَّتِي لَمْ يُمْطَرْ عَلَيْهَا جَفَّتْ.8فَجَالَتْ مَدِينَتَانِ أَوْ ثَلاَثٌ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ لِتَشْرَبَ مَاءً وَلَمْ تَشْبَعْ، فَلَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.9ضَرْبَتُكُمْ بِاللَّفْحِ وَالْيَرَقَانِ. كَثِيراً مَا أَكَلَ الْقَمَصُ جَنَّاتِكُمْ وَكُرُومَكُمْ وَتِينَكُمْ وَزَيْتُونَكُمْ، فَلَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.10أَرْسَلْتُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَأً عَلَى طَرِيقَةِ مِصْرَ. قَتَلْتُ بِالسَّيْفِ فِتْيَانَكُمْ مَعَ سَبْيِ خَيْلِكُمْ، وَأَصْعَدْتُ نَتَنَ مَحَالِّكُمْ حَتَّى إِلَى أُنُوفِكُمْ، فَلَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.11قَلَبْتُ بَعْضَكُمْ كَمَا قَلَبَ اللَّهُ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ، فَصِرْتُمْ كَشُعْلَةٍ مُنْتَشَلَةٍ مِنَ الْحَرِيقِ، فَلَمْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.12لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا أَصْنَعُ بِكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ. فَمِنْ أَجْلِ أَنِّي أَصْنَعُ بِكَ هَذَا فَاسْتَعِدَّ لِلِقَاءِ إِلَهِكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ.13فَإِنَّهُ هُوَذَا الَّذِي صَنَعَ الْجِبَالَ وَخَلَقَ الرِّيحَ وَأَخْبَرَ الإِنْسَانَ مَا هُوَ فِكْرُهُ، الَّذِي يَجْعَلُ الْفَجْرَ ظَلاَماً وَيَمْشِي عَلَى مَشَارِفِ الأَرْضِ، يَهْوَهُ إِلَهُ الْجُنُودِ اسْمُهُ.
1Hear 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.2The 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.3And 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.4Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:5And 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.6And 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.7And 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.8So 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.9I 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.10I 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.11I 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.12Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.13For, 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.