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. I saw that he was preparing a swarm of locusts just when the spring crops began to grow. (Spring crops begin to grow right after the time when the king's hay is cut.)
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 so when the locusts finished eating every green plant in the fields, I pleaded with the Lord God, “Please forgive your people! How can the descendants of Jacob survive? They are so weak.”
3 Hijeh chun Pakaiyin alung ngaito akhel in, “Hiche hi kibolda tahen!’’ tin Pakaiyin asei tai.
So the Lord changed his mind. “It won't happen,” said the Lord.
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. I saw that the Lord God was calling for a judgment of fire. The fire burned up the depths of the sea and destroyed the farmland.
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.
I pleaded with the Lord God, “Please stop! How can the descendants of Jacob survive? They are so weak.”
6 Chutah chun Pakaiyin alungngaito akhel kit in,’ “Hiche jong hi kibolda tahen,’’ tin thanei pen Pakaiyin aseiye.
So the Lord changed his mind. “This too won't happen,” said the Lord.
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. I saw the Lord was standing beside a wall that had been built with a plumb line. He was holding 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.
And the Lord asked me, “Amos, what do you see?” I replied, “A plumb line.” And the Lord God said, “I am placing a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I won't ignore their sins anymore.
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 the descendents of Isaac will be torn down, and the holy places of Israel will be destroyed. Sword in hand, I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam.”
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, priest of Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, “Amos is plotting against you among the people of Israel. What he's saying is unbearable!
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 he's saying Jeroboam will be killed by the sword, and the people will be taken away from their land into exile.”
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!
Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away prophet! Run away to the land of Judah. Go and prophesy there to earn your bread.
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 don't ever prophesy again at Bethel, for this is where the king worships, the national Temple.”
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.
But Amos replied, “I'm not a trained prophet, or the son of a prophet. I was just a shepherd, and also took care of 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.
The Lord took me from following my flock, and the Lord told me, ‘Go, and give my message to my people of 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.
So now hear what the Lord is telling you: You say, “Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the descendants 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.
But this is what the Lord says: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city; your sons and daughters will be killed by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a foreign land. The people of Israel will definitely be taken from the land and go into exile.
