1 Die woorde van Amos, een van die skaapboere uit Tekoa, wat hy gesien het aangaande Israel in die dae van Uss¡a, koning van Juda, en in die dae van Jerobeam, die seun van Joas, koning van Israel, twee jaar voor die aardbewing.

2 En hy het gesê: Die HERE brul uit Sion en verhef sy stem uit Jerusalem, sodat die weivelde van die herders treur en die top van Karmel verdor.

3 So sê die HERE: Oor drie oortredinge van Damaskus, ja, oor vier, sal Ek dit nie afwend nie; omdat hulle G¡lead met ysterdorssleë gedors het.

4 Daarom sal Ek 'n vuur slinger in die huis van H sael, en dit sal die paleise van B,nhadad verteer.

5 En Ek sal die grendel van Damaskus verbreek en die inwoners uit die laagte van Awen uitroei en die wat die septer dra, uit Bet-Eden, en die volk van Aram sal in ballingskap gaan na Kir, sê die HERE.

6 So sê die HERE: Oor drie oortredinge van Gasa, ja, oor vier, sal Ek dit nie afwend nie; omdat hulle 'n ganse bevolking in ballingskap weggevoer het om dit aan Edom uit te lewer.

7 Daarom sal Ek 'n vuur slinger in die muur van Gasa, en dit sal sy paleise verteer.

8 En Ek sal die inwoners uit Asdod uitroei en die wat die septer dra, uit Askelon; en Ek sal my hand teen Ekron uitstrek, en die oorblyfsel van die Filistyne sal omkom, sê die Here HERE.

9 So sê die HERE: Oor drie oortredinge van Tirus, ja, oor vier, sal Ek dit nie afwend nie; omdat hulle 'n ganse bevolking as ballinge aan Edom uitgelewer het en nie gedink het aan die broederverbond nie.

10 Daarom sal Ek 'n vuur slinger in die muur van Tirus, en dit sal sy paleise verteer.

11 So sê die HERE: Oor drie oortredinge van Edom, ja, oor vier, sal Ek dit nie afwend nie; omdat hy sy broer met die swaard agtervolg het en sy jammergevoel verstik het, sodat sy toorn altyd verskeur en hy gedurigdeur sy grimmigheid behou.

12 Daarom sal Ek 'n vuur slinger in Teman, en dit sal die paleise van Bosra verteer.

13 So sê die HERE: Oor drie oortredinge van die kinders van Ammon, ja, oor vier, sal Ek dit nie afwend nie; omdat hulle die swanger vroue van G¡lead oopgesny het om hulle grondgebied uit te brei.

14 Daarom sal Ek 'n vuur aansteek in die muur van Rabba, en dit sal sy paleise verteer, met krygsgeskreeu op die dag van stryd, in 'n storm op die dag van die orkaan.

15 En hulle koning sal in ballingskap gaan, hy en sy vorste tesame, sê die HERE.

1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa; what he saw about Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earth-shock.

2 And he said, The Lord will give a lion's cry from Zion, his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the fields of the keepers of sheep will become dry, and the top of Carmel will be wasted away.

3 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Damascus, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have been crushing Gilead with iron grain-crushing instruments.

4 And I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.

5 And I will have the locks of the door of Damascus broken, and him who is seated in power cut off from the valley of Aven, and him in whose hand is the rod from the house of Eden; and the people of Aram will go away as prisoners into Kir, says the Lord.

6 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they took all the people away prisoners, to give them up to Edom.

7 And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, burning up its great houses:

8 Him who is seated in power I will have cut off from Ashdod, and him in whose hand is the rod from Ashkelon; and my hand will be turned against Ekron, and the rest of the Philistines will come to destruction, says the Lord God.

9 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Tyre, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they gave up all the people prisoners to Edom, without giving a thought to the brothers' agreement between them.

10 And I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, burning up its great houses.

11 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because his sword was turned against his brother, without pity, and his wrath was burning at all times, and he was angry for ever.

12 And I will send a fire on Teman, burning up the great houses of Bozrah.

13 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because in Gilead they had women with child cut open, so that they might make wider the limits of their land.

14 And I will make a fire in the wall of Rabbah, burning up its great houses, with loud cries in the days of war, with a storm in the day of the great wind:

15 And their king will be made prisoner, he and his captains together, says the Lord.