1 Shamai (hearken / hear) this dabar (word / matter) that Yahawah () has dabar (word / matter) against you, banay (children) of Yashar-Al (Israel), against the whole mashapachah (tribe / clan / family) which I ilah (go up / offer) up out of the aratz (Earth/land) of Matzarayam (Egypt), amar (spoke):
2 “You only yadai (have) I chosen of all the mashapachawath (families) of the adamah (earth). Therefore I will paqad (visit) you for all of your iwan (guilt/iniquity).”
3 Do shanayam (two) yalak (walk) yachad (together), unless they have yaid (agreed)?
4 Will a aray (lion) shaag (roar) in the thicket, when he has no tarap (prey)? Does a young kapayar (lion) nathan (give) out of his maiwanah (den), if he has lakad (caught) balathay (without)?
5 Can a tzapawar (bird) napal (fall / be cast down) in a mawaqash (trap) on the aratz (Earth/land), where no pach (snare / trap) is set for him? Does a pach (snare / trap) ilah (go up / offer) up from the adamah (ground), when there is nothing to lakad (catch)?
6 Does the shawapar (Shofar / Ram's horn) alarm sound in a iyar (city), without the im (nation / people) being charad (afraid)? Does rai (evil) happen to a iyar (city), and Yahawah () hasn't ishah (make) it?
7 Surely the Adanay () Yahawah () will ishah (make) nothing, unless he galah (reveals) his sawad (secret) to his ibad (servant) the nabayaayam (prophets).
8 The aray (lion) has shaag (roared). Who will not yaraa (fear / be afraid)? The Adanay () Yahawah () has dabar (word / matter). Who can but nabaa (prophesy)?
9 Shamai (hearken / hear) in the aramanawath (palaces) at Ashadawad (Ashdod), and in the aramanawath (palaces) in the aratz (Earth/land) of Matzarayam (Matzarayam / Egypt), and amar (said), “asap (assemble) yourselves on the haray (mountains) of Shamarawan (Samaria), and raah (see / saw) what unrest is in her, and what ishawaq (oppression) is thawak (midst) them.”
10 “Indeed they don't yadai (know) to ishah (make) nakachah (right),” naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “Who hoard plunder and loot in their aramawan (palaces).”
11 Therefore thus amar (spoke) the Adanay () Yahawah (): “An tzar (oppressor / distressor) will overrun the aratz (Earth/land); and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.”
12 Thus amar (spoke) Yahawah (): “As the raih (shepherd) yanatzalaw (rescues) out of the pah (mouth) of the aray (lion) shanayam (two) karaiyam (legs), or a badal (separated) of an azan (ear), so shall the banay (children) of Yashar-Al (Israel) be natzal (rescued) who yashab (inhabit/dwell) in Shamarawan (Samaria) on the paah (corner) of a couch, and on the Damashaq (silken) cushions of a matah (bed).”
13 “Shamai (hearken / hear), and iwad (admonish/bear witness against) against the bayath (house) of Yaiqab (Jacob),” naam (declares prophetically) the Adanay () Yahawah (), the Alahayam () of tzabaawath (armies).
14 “For in the yawam (day) that I paqad (visit) the pashaiy (transgressions) of Yashar-Al (Israel) on him, I will also paqad (visit) the mazabachawath (altars) of Bayath-Al (Bethel); and the qaranawath (horns) of the mazabach (altar) will be gadai (cut) off, and napal (fall / be cast down) to the aratz (Earth/land).
15 I will nakah (strike) the charap (winter) bayath (house) with the qayatz (summer) bayath (house); and the bathay (houses) of shan (ivory) will abad (destroy / perish), and the rab (great) bathay (houses) will sawap (have) an end,” naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().