1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!” 2The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness: “The time will surely come when you will be taken away with hooks, the last of you with fishhooks.⚓ 3You will each go straight out through breaches in the wall, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,⚓ ”
4“Go to Bethel and sin; go to Gilgal and sin yet more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three years.⚓ 5Burn leavened bread as a thank offering and brag about your freewill offerings— boast about them, you Israelites, for this is what you love to do,”
6“I gave you empty stomachs in every city and lack of bread in every town, yet you have not returned to me,”
7“I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up. 8People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to drink, yet you have not returned to me,”
9“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards, destroying them with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you have not returned to me,”
10“I sent plagues among you as I did to Egypt. I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps, yet you have not returned to me,”
11“I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire, yet you have not returned to me,”
12“Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God.”
13He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth— the Lord God Almighty is his name.
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Cov Yixayee tsw yeem rov lug cuag Vaajtswv
1Mej cov maum nyuj Npasaa kws nyob sau lub roob Xamali, ca le noog tej lug nuav. Mej quab yuam cov tuabneeg pluag hab zuaj cov tuabneeg txom nyem, hab has rua mej tug quasyawg tas, “Ca le muab cawv lug rua peb haus.” 2Vaajtswv Yawmsaub tuav nwg txujkev dawb huv cog lug twv has tas, “Saib nawj, lub caij lub nyoog kws luas yuav muab nqai lauj nqai mej moog yeej yuav lug, mas mej txhua tug yuav raug luas muab nuv ntseg nqai moog taag nrho huvsw. 3Mej txhua tug yuav tawm huv tej qhov ntsaa loog kws pob ncaaj nraim moog, hab yuav raug muab laim pov tseg rua ntawm Hamoos.” Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
4“Mej ca le lug rua ntawm Npe‑ee hab ua txhum los maj, ca le lug rua ntawm Kilakaa hab ua tej kev faav xeeb ntau quas zug tuaj los maj, ca le coj tej tsaj tuaj xyeem txhua taagkig, hab coj ib feem kaum tuaj txhua txhua peb nub. 5Ca le muab tej ncuav xyaw keeb lug hlawv xyeem ua tsaug, hab tshaaj tawm txug tej kws mej zoo sab pub hab khaav txug tej hov. Cov Yixayee 'e, mej yeej nyam ua le nuav.” Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
6“Thoob plawg huv mej txhua lub moos kuv ca mej tej kaug nav tau su, hab ca mej tu ncua tsw muaj mov noj rua huv mej txhua lub chaw, los mej tseed tsw rov lug cuag kuv.” Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
7“Tseed tshuav peb lub hlis le txug caij hlais qoob tassws kuv taav tsw pub naag lug rua mej lawm. Kuv pub naag lug rua ib lub moos, tseg ib lub moos, ib daim teb muaj naag lug, ib daim teb tsw muaj naag lug, qoob qhuav taag. 8Ob lub peb lub moos txhad le tuaj moog nrhav dej haus rua huv ib lub moos, kuj tsw tau haus tsau, los mej tseed tsw rov lug cuag kuv.” Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
9“Kuv ua rua mej tej qoob ua npluag hab tuaj pwm, kuv ua rua mej tej vaaj hab mej tej vaaj txwv maab puam tsuaj taag, kooj ntaas noj mej tej txwv cua tej txwv aulib taag, los mej tseed tsw rov lug cuag kuv.” Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
10“Kuv tso tej mob kis kws muaj rua huv Iyi tebchaws lug raug mej, kuv xuas nav ntaaj tua mej tej tub hluas pov tseg, hab coj mej tej neeg moog, kuv ua rua mej tej yeej ua rog tsw lwj quas lawg rua huv mej qhov ntswg, los mej tseed tsw rov lug cuag kuv.” Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
11“Kuv muab mej ib txha rhuav tshem ib yaam le Vaajtswv rhuav tshem lub moos Xauntoo hab lub moos Kaumaula, mas mej zoo le tug qaab tawg kws luas thau huv cub tawg lug, los mej tseed tsw rov lug cuag kuv.” Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
12“Cov Yixayee 'e, vem le nuav kuv yuav ua le nuav rua mej. Cov Yixayee 'e, vem kuv yuav ua le nuav rua mej, ca le npaaj ntswb mej tug Vaajtswv.” 13Tug kws puab tej roob hab tswm tej cua, hab has tej kws nwg xaav tseg rua tuabneeg paub, yog tug kws muab kaaj ntug ua qhov tsaus ntuj lawm, hab moog lug sau tej chaw sab huv lub nplajteb, nwg lub npe hu ua Yawmsaub, yog Vaajtswv kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus.