Амос 7
1 Това е, което Госпо Иеова ми показа: - Ето, той образува скакалци, когато отавата почна да никне; и, ето, беше отавата подир царевата коситба.
Yahweh our God showed me [in a vision] that he was going to send locusts [to destroy our crops]. It was going to happen right after the king’s share of the hay had been harvested/cut and before the rest of the hay was ready to be harvested.
2 И когато скакалците изядоха тревата на земята, тогава рекох: - Господи Иеова, бъди милостив, моля ти се! Как да се издигне Яков? защото е малък.
[And in the vision I saw] those locusts come, and they ate everything that was green. Then I cried out, “Yahweh our Lord, please forgive us! We Israeli people are very helpless; (how will we be able to survive [RHQ]?/we will not be able to survive!)”
3 Господ се разкая за това: Няма да бъде, казва Господ.
So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”
4 Това е, което Господ Иеова ми показа: - Ето Господ Иеова вика на съд чрез огън; и огънят изпояде голямата бездна, и щеше да изпояде и Израилевият дял.
Then this is what Yahweh our Lord showed me [in another vision]: He was calling to a fire to [come and] punish [his people]. [In the vision I saw that] the fire dried up the ocean and also burned [everything on] the land.
5 Тогава рекох: - Господи Иеова, престани, моля ти се! Как да се издигне Яков? защото е малък.
Then I cried out again, “Yahweh our Lord, I plead with you, please stop this! We Israeli people are very helpless; how will we be able to survive [RHQ]?”
6 Господ се разкая за това: И това няма да бъде, казва Господ Иеова.
So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”
7 Това е, което ми показа: - Ето, Господ стоеше при стена съградена с отвес, като държеше отвес в ръката си.
Then Yahweh showed me [another vision]. I saw him standing beside a wall. [It was very straight because] it had been built using a (plumb line/cord with a weight on one end to determine if walls are vertically straight). Yahweh had the plumb line in his hand.
8 И Господ ми рече: Що виждаш, Амосе? И рекох - Отвес. Тогава рече Господ: Ето, аз ще туря отвес всред людете си Израиля; Занапред няма вече да ги щадя.
Yahweh asked me, “Amos, what do you see?” I replied, “A plumb line.” Then Yahweh said, “Look, I am going to use a plumb line among my Israeli people, [to show that they are like a wall that is not straight]. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.
9 Високите Исаакови места ще запустеят, И Израилевите светилища ще се съсипят; И аз ще стана с меч против Израилевия дом.
The places on hills where [the descendants of] [MTY] Isaac worship [idols] will be destroyed. And the other important shrines in Israel will also be destroyed. And I will enable [your enemies] to attack your people with swords and they will get rid of [King] Jeroboam and all his descendants.”
10 Тогава свещеникът на Ветил Амасия прати до Израилевия цар Иеровоама да кажат: Амос направи заговор против тебе всред Израилевия дом; земята не може да търпи многото му думи.
Then Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, sent [a message] to Jeroboam, the King of Israel. In the message he said, “Amos is plotting against you among the Israeli people [MTY]. [I am worried that] the people of this country will not be able to refute his words.
11 Защото Амос така казва: Иеровоам ще умре от меч, А Израил непременно ще бъде закаран пленник от земята си.
This is what he is saying: ‘Jeroboam will soon be killed by [someone using] a sword, and the people of Israel will be (exiled/forced to leave their land and go to another country).’”
12 При това, Амасия, рече на Амоса: О, ти гледачо, иди, бягай в Юдовата земя, там яж хляб, и там пророкувай;
Then Amaziah [came to me and] said, “You prophet, get out of here! Go back to the country of Judah! Earn money to [buy food to be able] to live there, and do your prophesying there!
13 а във Ветил вече да не пророкуваш пак, защото е царево светилище, и е царски дворец.
Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!”
14 Тогава Амос рече в отговор на Амасия: Не бях аз пророк, нито син на пророк, но бях говедар, и берях черници;
I replied to Amaziah, “I was [previously] not a prophet, and my father was not a prophet; I was a shepherd. I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.
15 а Господ ме взе отподир стадото, и Господ ми рече: Иди пророкувай на людете ми Израиля,
But Yahweh took me away from taking care of my sheep, and he said to me, ‘Go to Israel and prophesy to my people there!’
16 Сега прочее слушай Господнето слово: Ти казваш - Не пророкувай против Израиля, и да не капне от тебе дума против Исааковия дом.
You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to [the people of] Israel; stop saying those things!’
17 За това, така казва Господ: - Жена ти ще бъде блудница в града, Синовете ти и дъщерите ти ще паднат от меч, И земята ти ще се раздели с въже; А сам ти ще умреш в нечиста земя, И Израил непременно ще бъде закаран пленник от земята си.
Therefore listen to what Yahweh says about you: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in this city, and your sons and daughters will be killed by [your enemies’] swords. Others will measure your land and divide it up [among themselves]; and you yourself will die in a foreign country. And the people of Israel will certainly be forced to leave their country and go (into exile/to live in another country).’”
