1Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come! 2Go to Kalneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and then go down to Gath in Philistia. Are they better off than your two kingdoms? Is their land larger than yours? 3You put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of terror. 4You lie on beds adorned with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves. 5You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments. 6You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph. 7Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.
The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel
8The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself—the Lord God Almighty declares: “I abhor the pride of Jacob and detest his fortresses; I will deliver up the city and everything in it.” 9If ten people are left in one house, they too will die. 10And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them⚓ asks anyone who might be hiding there, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will go on to say, “Hush! We must not mention the name of the Lord.” 11For the Lord has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits.
12Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea⚓ with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness— 13you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar⚓ and say, “Did we not take Karnaim⚓ by our own strength?”
14For the Lord God Almighty declares, “I will stir up a nation against you, Israel, that will oppress you all the way from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah.”
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Yixayee raug puam tsuaj
1Cov uas nyob tsis txob tsis txhawj hauv Xi‑oo, thiab cov uas nyob tso siab plhuav saum lub roob Xamali, yuav raug txom nyem lauj! Lawv yog cov uas muaj meej nthawb hauv lub tebchaws uas ua thawj, uas cov Yixayee tuaj vam khom. 2Cia li mus tshuaj saib lub moos Khanej, thiab tawm qhov ntawd mus rau lub moos loj Hama, li mus rau nram lub moos Ka hauv cov Filixatee tebchaws. Tej moos ntawd zoo dua lub tebchaws uas nej kav no lov? Lawv lub tebchaws dav dua nej lub tebchaws lov? 3Nej tav hnub uas phem ntawd kom nyob deb, tiamsis nej coj lub zwm txwv uas ua limhiam ntais ntuj los ze. 4Cov uas pw saum lub txaj kaus ntxhw thiab nyob xyab luas saum lub rooj ntev, thiab noj tej menyuam yaj hauv pab yaj thiab noj tej menyuam nyuj hauv nkuaj, yuav raug txom nyem lauj! 5Lawv hu nkauj ua si ntxuag suab nkauj nog ncas, thiab ntaus tej suab nkauj phim tej nkauj tshiab ib yam li Davi. 6Lawv haus kiag tej niag phaj cawv txiv hmab thiab muab tej roj zoo zoo pleev lawv lub cev, tiamsis lawv twb tsis quaj ntsuag txog qhov uas Yauxej raug puam tsuaj. 7Vim li no lawv yuav ua thawj pab uas poob tebchaws, thiab qhov uas lawv pam noj pam haus pw xyab luas yuav ploj ntais mus.
8Vajtswv Yawmsaub tau tuav nws lub npe cog lus twv. Vajtswv Yawmsaub uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus hais tias, “Kuv dhuav qhov uas Yakhauj khav theeb, thiab ntxub nws tej chaw ruaj khov. Kuv yuav muab lub nroog no thiab txhua yam uas nyob hauv cob rau yeeb ncuab.”
9Yog hauv tsev tshuav kaum leej nyob xwb, lawv yuav tuag tag huvsi. 10Thaum leejtwg li kwvtij tuaj muab tej cev tuag hlawv es yuav nqa tej pob txha tawm hauv tsev, thiab hais rau tus uas nyob chav hauv lub plawv tsev ntawd tias, “Puas tshuav leejtwg nrog koj nyob thiab?” tus ntawd yuav teb tias “Tsis tshuav.” Mas nws yuav hais tias, “Nyob twjywm, tsis txhob hais txog Yawmsaub lub npe kiag li.”
11Saib maj, Yawmsaub yeej hais cia lawm, mas tej vaj tse loj yuav raug muab tsoo tawg ua tej dwb daim, thiab tej tsev me yuav tawg mos nyoos. 12Nees dhia saum tej roob tsuas lov? Muaj leejtwg muab nyuj laij dej hiavtxwv lov? Nej muab txojkev ua ncaj ntxeev ua tshuaj lom muaj taug, thiab muab qhov uas ua ncaj ncees ntxeev ua cov tshuaj iab. 13Nej zoo siab xyiv fab rau hauv lub moos Laudenpa,⚓ thiab hais tias, “Qhov uas peb txeeb tau lub moos Khana‑i⚓ los rau peb, tsis yog siv peb lub zog lov?” 14Vajtswv Yawmsaub uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus hais tias, “Yixayee caj ces 'e, saib nawj, kuv yuav tsa ib haiv neeg sawv tawm tsam nej, mas lawv yuav quab yuam nej txij ntua txojkev uas nkag mus rau hauv lub moos Hama mus txog lub hav Alanpa.”