ଆମୋଷ 5
1 ହେ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲୀୟବାସୀ, ଏହି ବାର୍ତ୍ତା ଶୁଣ। ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କ ବିଷଯ ରେ ଏହା ହେଉଛି ବିଳାପର ସଙ୍ଗୀତ।
2 ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲର କୁମାରୀ ପଡିୟାଇଛି ଏବଂ ସେ ଆଉ ଉଠିପାରିବ ନାହିଁ। ସେ ଏକାକିନୀ ପଡି ରହିଛି। ସହେି ମଇଳାରୁ ତାକୁ ଉଠାଇବାକୁ କହେି ନାହିଁ।
3 ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁ ମାରେ ପ୍ରଭୁ ଏହି ବାକ୍ଯ କୁହନ୍ତି: ସହରରୁ ବାହାରକୁ ୟାଇଥିବା ଏକ ହଜାର ମଧ୍ଯରୁ ଏକଶହ ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟ ରହିବେ, ଏବଂ ଏକଶହ ବାହାରିଥିବା ମଧ୍ଯରୁ ମାତ୍ର ଦଶଜଣ ପ୍ରତ୍ଯାବର୍ତ୍ତନ କରିବେ।
4 ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲକୁ ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁ ଏହାହିଁ କୁହନ୍ତି: ଆସ, ଆମ୍ଭର ଅନୁସନ୍ଧାନ କର ଏବଂ ବଞ୍ଚ।
5 ମାତ୍ର ବୈଥଲକୁ ଖାଜେ ନାହିଁ। ଗିଲ୍ଗଲକୁ ୟାଅ ନାହିଁ। ସୀମା ଅତିକ୍ରମ କରି ବେର୍ଶବୋକୁ ୟାଅ ନାହିଁ। ଗିଲ୍ଗଲ୍ର ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କୁ ବନ୍ଦୀରୂପେ ନିଆୟିବ ଏବଂ ବୈଥଲ ଧ୍ବଂସ ହବେ।
6 ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ଅନ୍ବଷେଣ କର ଓ ବଞ୍ଚି ରୁହ। ତୁମ୍ଭେ ଯଦି ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ନିକଟକୁ ନ ୟିବ ତାହା ହେଲେ ଗୋଟିଏ ଅଗ୍ନି ସଞ୍ଚାର ହବେ ଏବଂ ସହେି ଅଗ୍ନି ଯୋଷଫଙ୍କେ ଗୃହକୁ ଧ୍ବଂସ କରିବ ଏବଂ କୌଣସି ବ୍ଯକ୍ତି ବୈଥଲ ରେ ସେ ଅଗ୍ନିକୁ ଲିଭାଇ କରିପାରିବେ ନାହିଁ।
7 ପରମେଶ୍ବର କୃତ୍ତିକାକାର ଓ ମୃଗଶୀର୍ଷ ସୃଷ୍ଟି କଲେ। ସେ ଅନ୍ଧକାରକୁ ପ୍ରଭାତ ଆଲୋକରେ ପରିଣତ କଲେ।
8 ସେ ମଧ୍ଯ ଦିନକୁ ରାତ୍ରି ରେ ପରିଣତ କଲେ। ସେ ସାଗର ଜଳକୁ ଆହ୍ବାନ କରନ୍ତି ଓ ପୃଥିବୀ ଉପ ରେ ଢାଳନ୍ତି।
9 ତାଙ୍କର ନାମ ଯିହାବୋଃ। ସେ କୌଣସି ଶକ୍ତିଶାଳୀ ନଗରକୁ ବା ଦୁର୍ଗକୁ ଧ୍ବଂସ କରି ପାରନ୍ତି।
10 ସହରର ଫାଟକରେ ତୁମ୍ଭେ ଭବିଷ୍ଯତବକ୍ତା ଦ୍ବାରା ଉଚ୍ଛନ୍ନ ହବୋକୁ ଘୃଣା କର। ତୁମ୍ଭେ ସଚ୍ଚୋଟ ବାକ୍ଯକୁ ମଧ୍ଯ ଘୃଣା କର।
11 ତୁମ୍ଭମାନେେ ଦରିଦ୍ରମାନଙ୍କଠାରୁ ଅସାଧୁ ଉପାଯ ରେ କର ନେଉଅଛ ଏବଂ ସମାନଙ୍କେର ଗହମ ବଳପୂର୍ବକ ନେଉଅଛ। ତୁମ୍ଭମାନେେ କାରୁକାର୍ୟ୍ଯ ପଥର ରେ ସୁନ୍ଦର ଘର ନିର୍ମାଣ କରିଛ, କିନ୍ତୁ ତୁମ୍ଭମାନେେ ସହେି ଘ ରେ ରହିପାରିବ ନାହିଁ। ତୁମ୍ଭମାନେେ ସୁନ୍ଦର ଦ୍ରାକ୍ଷାଗଛ କ୍ଷେତ୍ର ରେ ଲଗାଇଛ କିନ୍ତୁ ସେ ଦ୍ରାକ୍ଷାରସ ପାନ କରିପାରିବ ନାହିଁ।
12 ଆମ୍ଭେ ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କର ଅନକେ ଜଘନ୍ଯ ପାପ ଜାଣୁ। ତୁମ୍ଭମାନେେ ଧାର୍ମିକ ଲୋକଙ୍କୁ କଷ୍ଟ ଦଲେ। ତୁମ୍ଭେ ଲାଞ୍ଚ ନଇେଛ ଏବଂ ଦରିଦ୍ର ଲୋକଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ନ୍ଯାଯଳଯ ରେ ଅନ୍ଯାଯ ଆଚରଣ କରିଅଛ।
13 ସେତବେେଳେ ଜ୍ଞାନୀ ବ୍ଯକ୍ତିମାନେ ନୀରବ ରହିବେ କାରଣ ସମୟ ଅତି ମନ୍ଦ ଅଟେ।
14 ତୁମ୍ଭେ କୁହ, ପରମେଶ୍ବର ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କ ସହିତ ଅଛନ୍ତି। ତେଣୁ ତୁମ୍ଭେ ଉତ୍ତମ କାର୍ୟ୍ଯ କର। ମନ୍ଦଠାରୁ ଦୂ ରଇେ ରୁହ। ତାହା ହେଲେ ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସର୍ବଶକ୍ତିମାନ ପ୍ରକୃତ ରେ ତୁମ୍ଭର ସହବର୍ତ୍ତା ହବେେ।
15 ମନ୍ଦକୁ ଘୃଣା କର, ଭଲକୁ ଆଦର କର। ନ୍ଯାଯ ବିଗ୍ଭର କର। ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସର୍ବଶକ୍ତିମାନ ହୁଏତ ଯୋଷଫଙ୍କେ ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟାଂଶ ପରିବାର ପ୍ରତି କୃପାମଯ ହାଇପୋରନ୍ତି।
16 ମାରେ ପ୍ରଭୁ ସର୍ବଶକ୍ତିମାନ ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁ ପରମେଶ୍ବର କୁହନ୍ତି, ଲୋକମାନେ ସର୍ବଶକ୍ତିମାନ ସ୍ଥାନ ରେ କ୍ରନ୍ଦନ କରିବେ। ପ୍ରେତ୍ୟକକ ରାସ୍ତା ରେ ସମାନେେ କହିବେ ହାୟ! ହାୟ! ସମାନେେ କୃଷକମାନଙ୍କୁ ଶୋକରେ ୟୋଗଦବୋ ପାଇଁ ନିମନ୍ତ୍ରଣ କରିବେ ଓ ପଷୋଦାର ଶାେକକାରୀମାନଙ୍କୁ ଶାେକ କରିବାକୁ ଭଡା ରେ ଆଣିବେ।
17 ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁ ଏହା ମଧ୍ଯ କହନ୍ତି: ଲୋକମାନେ ଦ୍ରାକ୍ଷାକ୍ଷେତ୍ର ରେ କ୍ରନ୍ଦନ କରିବେ। ଯେତବେେଳେ ଆମ୍ଭେ ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କ ମଧିଅରେ ଅତିକ୍ରମ କରିବା ଏବଂ ତୁମ୍ଭଙ୍କୁ ଦଣ୍ତ ଦବୋ।
18 ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ଯରୁ କେତକେ ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କର ବିଶଷଦେିନ ପାଇଁ ଅପେକ୍ଷା କରିଛ। କିନ୍ତୁ ତୁମ୍ଭେ ଅପେକ୍ଷା କରିବା ଉଚିତ୍ ନୁହଁ। ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କର ସହେି ବିଶଷଦେିବସଟି କବଳେ ଗ୍ଭରିଆଡୁ ଅନ୍ଧକାର ଆଣିବ, ତୁମ୍ଭେ ଆଶା କରିଥିବା ଆଲୋକକୁ ନୁହେଁ।
19 ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କର ଦିନଟି ଏପରି ସମୟ ହବେ, ଯବେେ ତବେଳେେ ଜଣେ ବ୍ଯକ୍ତି ସିଂହ ମୁହଁରୁ ରକ୍ଷା ପାଇ ଭାଲୁ ଦ୍ବାରା ଆକ୍ରମିତ ହୁଏ କି ନିଜ ଘରର କାନ୍ଥ ରେ ହାତ ରଖି ବିଶ୍ରାମ ନବୋ ସମୟରେ ଦନ୍ତଘାତ ହୁଏ।
20 ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କର ବିଶଷଦେିନଟି ଆନନ୍ଦର ଦିନ ନ ହାଇେ ଦୁଃଖମଯ ହବେ। ଏହା ଆଲୋକିତ ନ ହାଇେ ଅନ୍ଧକାର ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହବେ।
21 ଆମ୍ଭେ ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କର ପର୍ବ ଦିନକୁ ଘୃଣା କରୁ। ଆମ୍ଭେ ମଧ୍ଯ ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କ ଧାର୍ମିକ ମହାସଭାକୁ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରୁ ନାହୁଁ।
22 ଏପରିକି ତୁମ୍ଭେ ହାମବେଳି ଓ ଭୈକ୍ଷ୍ଯ ନବୈେଦ୍ଯ ଅର୍ପଣ କଲେ ହେଁ ଆମ୍ଭେ ସଗେୁଡିକୁ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରିବା ନାହିଁ। ଆଉ ମଧ୍ଯ ମଙ୍ଗଳ ବିଧାନ ପାଇଁ ବଳି ଯୋଗ୍ଯ ପୁଷ୍ଟ ପଶୁଗଣ ପ୍ରତି ଆମ୍ଭେ ଦୃଷ୍ଟି ଦବୋ ନାହିଁ।
23 ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କର ସହେି ଉଚ୍ଚସ୍ବର ସଙ୍ଗୀତ ବନ୍ଦ କର। କାରଣ ଆମ୍ଭେ ସଗେୁଡିକୁ ଶୁଣିବାକୁ ଗ୍ଭହୁଁ ଓ ତୁମ୍ଭର ବୀଣାବାଦନଗୁଡିକ ଦୁର କର।
24 ତୁମ୍ଭର ନ୍ଯାଯ ବିଗ୍ଭରଧାରା ପ୍ରବାହିତ ଜଳ ସଦୃଶ ହବୋ ଉଚିତ୍ ଏବଂ ଧାର୍ମିକତା ଗୋଟିଏ ଝରଣା ପରି ହବୋ ଉଚିତ୍। ଯାହା କବେେ ଶୁଖେ ନାହିଁ।
25 ହେ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲୀୟମାନେ, ତୁମ୍ଭମାନେେ ଦୀର୍ଘ ଗ୍ଭଳିଶ ବର୍ଷ ମରୁଭୂମିରେ ଥିଲା ବେଳେ ତୁମ୍ଭର ସବୋ ଓ ବଳିଦାନ ଆମ୍ଭକୁ ଦଇେଥିଲ କି?
26 ତୁମ୍ଭେ ସିକୂତକୁ ତୁମ୍ଭର ରାଜା ରୂପେ ଏବଂ କାଯନଙ୍କୁ ତୁମ୍ଭର 'ତାରକା ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁ' ରୂପେ ତୁମ୍ଭେ ନିଜେ ତିଆରି କରିଛ।
27 ତେଣୁ ଆମ୍ଭେ ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କୁ ଦମ୍ମେଶକ ସହରର ବହୁତ ଦୂରକୁ ବନ୍ଦୀକରି ନିର୍ବାସିତ କରାଇବା। ସର୍ବଶକ୍ତିମାନ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଏହି କଥା କହିଲେ।
1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
3 For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
5 But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.
18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.