Amos 6
1 हाय उन पर जो सिय्योन में सुख से रहते, और उन पर जो सामरिया के पर्वत पर निश्चिन्त रहते हैं, वे जो श्रेष्ट जाति में प्रसिद्ध हैं, जिन के पास इस्राएल का घराना आता है!
2 कलने नगर को जा कर देखो, और वहां से हमात नाम बड़े नगर को जाओ; फिर पलिश्तियों के गत नगर को जाओ। क्या वे इन राज्यों से उत्तम हैं? क्या उनका देश तुम्हारे देश से कुछ बड़ा है?
3 तुम बुरे दिन को दूर कर देते, और उपद्रव की गद्दी को निकट ले आते हो॥
4 तुम हाथी दांत के पलंगों पर लेटते, और अपने अपने बिछौने पर पांव फैलाए सोते हो, और भेड़-बकरियों में से मेम्ने और गौशालाओं में से बछड़े खाते हो।
5 तुम सारंगी के साथ गीत गाते, और दाऊद की नाईं भांति भांति के बाजे बुद्धि से निकालते हो;
6 और कटोरों में से दाखमधु पीते, और उत्तम उत्तम तेल लगाते हो, परन्तु यूसुफ पर आने वाली विपत्ति का हाल सुन कर शोकित नहीं होते।
7 इस कारण वे अब बंधुआई में पहिले जाएंगे, और जो पांव फैलाए सोते थे, उनकी धूम जाती रहेगी॥
8 सेनाओं के परमेश्वर यहोवा की यह वाणी है, ( परमेश्वर यहोवा ने अपनी ही शपथ खाकर कहा है): जिस पर याकूब घमण्ड करता है, उस से मैं घृणा, और उसे राजभवनों से बैर रखता हूं; और मैं इस नगर को उस सब समेत जो उस में हैं, शत्रु के वश में कर दूंगा॥
9 और यदि किसी घर में दस पुरूष बचे रहें, तौभी वे मर जाएंगे।
10 और जब किसी का चचा, जो उसका जलाने वाला हो, उसकी हड्डियों को घर के निकालने के लिये उठाएगा, और जो घर के कोने में हो उस से कहेगा, क्या तेरे पास कोई और है? तब वह कहेगा, कोई नहीं; तब वह कहेगा, चुप रहे! हमें यहोवा का नाम नहीं लेना चाहिए॥
11 क्योंकि यहोवा की आज्ञा से बड़े घर में छेद, और छोटे घर में दरार होगी।
12 क्या घोड़े चट्टान पर दौड़ें? क्या कोई ऐसे स्थान में बैलों से जोतें जहां तुम लोगों ने न्याय को विष से, और धर्म के फल को कड़वे फल से बदल डाला है?
13 तुम ऐसी वस्तु के कारण आनन्द करते हो जो व्यर्थ है; और कहते हो, क्या हम अपने ही यत्न से सामर्थी नहीं हो गए?
14 इस कारण सेनाओं के परमेश्वर यहोवा की यह वाणी है, हे इस्राएल के घराने, देख, मैं तुम्हारे विरुद्ध एक ऐसी जाति खड़ी करूंगा, जो हमात की घाटी से ले कर अराबा की नदी तक तुम को संकट में डालेगी॥
1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
8 The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
10 And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.
11 For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.
14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.
16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.