1 These things hath our Lord shewed to me: and behold an apple hook.
1 These things the Lord showed to me: and behold a hook to draw down the fruit.
2 And he said: What seest thou Amos? And I said: An apple hook. And our Lord said to me: The end cometh upon my people Israel: I will add no more to pass them.
2 And he said: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A hook to draw down fruit. And the Lord said to me: The end is come upon my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.
3 And the hinges of the temple shall creak in that day, saith our Lord God: many shall die: in every place shall silence be cast.
3 And the hinges of the temple shall screak in that day, saith the Lord God: many shall die: silence shall be cast in every place.
4 Hear this you that tread down the poor, & make the needy of the land to fail,
4 Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,
5 saying: When will the month pass, and we shall sell wares: and the Sabbath, and we open the corn: that we may diminish the measure, and increase the sicle, and convey in deceitful balances,
5 Saying: When will the month be over, and we shall sell our wares: and the sabbath, and we shall open the corn: that we may lessen the measure, and increase the sicle, and may convey in deceitful balances,
6 that we may for silver possess the needy, and the poor for shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?
6 That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?
7 Our Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: If I shall forget even to the end all their works.
7 The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.
8 Why, shall not the land be moved upon this, and every inhabitant thereof mourn: and rise up as a river altogether, and be cast out, & run down to the river of Ægypt?
8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn that dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as the river of Egypt?
9 And it shall be in that day, saith our Lord God: The sun shall go down at midday, and I will make the earth to be dark in the day of light.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at midday, and I will make the earth dark in the day of light:
10 And I will turn your festivities into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring in upon every back of yours sackcloth, and upon every head baldness: and I will lay it as the mourning of an only begotten son, & the later end thereof as a bitter day.
10 ¹And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and baldness upon every head: and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the latter end thereof as a bitter day.
11 Behold the days come, saith our Lord, and I will send forth famine into the land: not the famine of bread, nor thirst of water, but of hearing the word of the Lord.
11 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will send forth a famine into the land: not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the word of the Lord.
12 And they shall be moved from the sea even to sea, and from the North even to the East: they shall go about seeking the word of our Lord, and shall not find.
12 And they shall move from sea to sea, and from the north to the east: they shall go about seeking the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
13 In that day the fair virgins shall fail, and the young men in thirst.
13 In that day the fair virgins, and the young men shall faint for thirst.
14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God o Dan liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more.
14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more.