Amos 3
1 ఐగుప్తుదేశమునుండి యెహోవా రప్పించిన ఇశ్రా యేలీయులారా, మిమ్మునుగూర్చియు ఆయన రప్పించిన కుటుంబమువారినందరినిగూర్చియు ఆయన సెలవిచ్చిన మాట ఆలకించుడి.
2 అదేమనగా భూమిమీది సకల వంశములలోను మిమ్మును మాత్రమే నేను ఎరిగియున్నాను గనుక మీరు చేసిన దోషక్రియలన్నిటినిబట్టి మిమ్మును శిక్షింతును.
3 సమ్మతింపకుండ ఇద్దరు కూడి నడుతురా?ఎర దొరకక సింహము అడవిలో గర్జించునా?
4 ఏమియు పట్టు కొనకుండనే కొదమ సింహము గుహలోనుండి బొబ్బ పెట్టునా?
5 భూమిమీద ఒకడును ఎరపెట్టకుండ పక్షి ఉరిలో చిక్కుపడునా? ఏమియు పట్టుబడకుండ ఉరి పెట్టువాడు వదలిలేచునా?
6 పట్టణమందు బాకానాదము వినబడగా జనులకు భయము పుట్టకుండునా? యెహోవా చేయనిది పట్టణములో ఉపద్రవము కలుగునా?
7 తన సేవకులైన ప్రవక్తలకు తాను సంకల్పించినదానిని బయలు పరచకుండ ప్రభువైన యెహోవా యేమియు చేయడు.
8 సింహము గర్జించెను, భయపడనివాడెవడు? ప్రభువైన యెహోవా ఆజ్ఞ ఇచ్చియున్నాడు, ప్రవచింపకుండువా డెవడు?
9 అష్డోదు నగరులలో ప్రకటనచేయుడి, ఐగుప్తుదేశపు నగరులలో ప్రకటనచేయుడి; ఎట్లనగా--మీరు షోమ్రోను నకు ఎదురుగానున్న పర్వతములమీదికి కూడివచ్చి అందులో జరుగుచున్న గొప్ప అల్లరి చూడుడి; అందులో జనులు పడుచున్న బాధ కనుగొనుడి.
10 వారు నీతి క్రియలు చేయ తెలియక తమ నగరులలో బలాత్కారము చేతను దోపుడుచేతను సొమ్ము సమకూర్చుకొందురు.
11 కాబట్టి ప్రభువైన యెహోవా సెలవిచ్చునదేమనగా శత్రువు వచ్చును, అతడు దేశమంతట సంచరించి నీ ప్రభావమును కొట్టివేయగా నీ నగరులు పాడగును.
12 యెహోవా సెలవిచ్చునదేమనగాగొల్లవాడు సింహము నోటనుండి రెండు కాళ్లనైనను చెవి ముక్కనైనను విడిపించు నట్లుగా షోమ్రోనులో మంచములమీదను బుట్టాలువేసిన శయ్యలమీదను కూర్చుండు ఇశ్రాయేలీయులు రక్షింప బడుదురు.
13 ప్రభువును దేవుడును సైన్యములకధిపతియు నగు యెహోవా సెలవిచ్చునదేమనగా--నా మాట ఆల కించి యాకోబు ఇంటివారికి దానిని రూఢిగా తెలియ జేయుడి.
14 ఇశ్రాయేలువారు చేసిన దోషములనుబట్టి నేను వారిని శిక్షించు దినమున బేతేలులోని బలిపీఠములను నేను శిక్షింతును; ఆ బలిపీఠపు కొమ్ములు తెగవేయబడి నేలరాలును.
15 చలికాలపు నగరును వేసవికాలపు నగరును నేను పడగొట్టెదను, దంతపు నగరులును లయమగును, బహు నగరులు పాడగును; ఇదే యెహోవా వాక్కు.
1 Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
12 Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.
1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.
14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.