Amos 7

1 Hatchungnung Pakai chun, thil hicheng hi themgao thilmun keima eivetsah e. Pakaiyin khaokhote tamtah alomchang’a, gamsunga ahinlhalut keiman kamui. Hichu, loujaova lousoh-ga lengpa ding’a akikhop tup jou, aban’a ding lousoh-ga ahungdon doh thah phatlai ahi.

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.

2 Khaokhoten gamsung’a hamhing aum jouse abonchan ane chaisoh hel tan ahi. Chu in ken jong, “Vo Hatchungnung Pakai, nahenga kataove nei ngaidam’un, kahindoh joulou diu ahitai. Ajeh chu, Israel hi neocha ahibouvin, na kidoupi kham jong ahipoi’’ tin ka sei tai.

And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

3 Hijeh chun Pakaiyin alung ngaito akhel in, “Hiche hi kibolda tahen!’’ tin Pakaiyin asei tai.

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

4 Chujouvin, Hatchungnung Pakai chun, themgao thilmun thildang khat eimusah kit e. Pakaiyin amite chunga gotna thutan khum ding in meikong hattah khat akouvin, hiche meikong chun kokhuh thuhtah tah jong akachai jeng in, chuleh gamsung pumpi jong ahalvam soh hel tai.

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

5 Chuin kenjong, vo hatchungnung Pakai, naheng’a kataove nei lungset’un bolda tan, ka hindoh joulou diu ahitai, ajeh chu Israel hi neocha ahibouve, na kidoupi kham jong ahipoi,’’ tin ka sei tai.

Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

6 Chutah chun Pakaiyin alungngaito akhel kit in,’ “Hiche jong hi kibolda tahen,’’ tin thanei pen Pakaiyin aseiye.

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

7 Chujouvin, Pakaiyin thildang khat, themgao thilmun eivetsah kit e. Pakaiyin akhut’a songkhai-in tena khat achoijin, pal kigensa kom’a ading’e. Aman hiche pal kigensa chu phatea dingdet jing hinam, tin atetoh len ahi.

This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.

8 Chuleh Pakai chun eidong in,’’Amos ipi namu em? eiti. Chuin kenjong ka donbut in, “songkhai-intena khat kamui’’ kati. Chutah chun Pakaiyin aseijin, “Hiche songkhai-intena kachoija hi, kamite ka tetoh ding, achonset nau jouse donlouva kakoi louhel ding ahi.

“Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:

9 Na pului teu doipheng ho abon’a kisuse gamhel ding, Israel mite muntheng ho jouse jong ahomkeuva kijamsoh hel ding ahi. Chuleh Jeroboam insung khang gui jong kasuh gamhel ding ahi’’ ati.

The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.”

10 Chuin Bethel khopia thempupa, Amajiah kitipa chun, Israel lengpa Jeroboam kom’a mi asol in, thu agalhut sah tai. ‘’Israel mite jalah tah’a, nakotphung ngeiya hin, Amos kitipan, nang douna leh dehnan thu aseijin, athusei doh hohi dou’a dou jou ahipoi.

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,

11 Aman hitin aseiye, “Jeroboam hi chemjam’a loutei tei ding, sot lou ding ahitai. Chuleh Israel mite jong sohchang’a kikaimang diu ahi,’’ tin aga sei sah tai.

for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”

12 Chujouvin, Amajiah in Amos chu thu apen, “Vo mitva neipa, hilaimun’a kon in potdoh'in! Judah gamsung’a kilekit loijin, chuleh chua chun gaothu nasei nom nom seijin lang naneh ding ga kihol tan!

And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.

13 Hilai Bethel khopia hin gaothu avel in hung seikit tahih in. Ajeh chu hilaimun hi, lengpa muntheng ahin chuleh gamsung pumpi dia jong muntheng Pathen houna mun ahi bouve’’ ati.

But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”

14 Chuphat in Amos in adonbut in, “Keima themgao tah tah chu kahi pon, chuleh themgao guija peng jong kahipoi. Keima kelngoi ching’a pang mei mei kahin, theipi thingna ho malngim lea pangbou kahi.

“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

15 Ahivang in, kelngoi hon nung kajuina akon in Pakaiyin eikou doh tan, kajah’a aseitai. “Chenlang, kamite Israelte lah’a gaothu ga sei tan,’’ eiti.

But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

16 Hijeh chun, tunjong Pakai thusei hi ngaijin. “Nangman nasei jin; Israel dounan jong gaothu seidan lang, kamite dounan jong thuhil in pang hih in’’ nati.

Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’

17 Amavang, Pakaiyin hitin aseiye; “Na jinu chu khopi sung’a notia hung pang ding, chuleh na chapate leh na chanute chem. jam’a hunglou diu, na gamsung jong abeh beh’a kihom khen ding, chuleh nangma tah jong migam’a naga thiding ahi. Chuleh Israel chate jong agamsung uva kon’a gamdang’a sohchang’a kitolmang teitei ding ahiuve, ati,’’ tin aseiye.

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”