Amos 7
1 This is what the Lord God let me see: and I saw that, when the growth of the late grass was starting, he made locusts; it was the late growth after the king's cutting was done.
ʼAdonay Yavé me mostró esto: Ciertamente Él formaba un enjambre de langostas cuando comenzaba a brotar el pasto tardío. Y en verdad era el pasto tardío que viene después de la cosecha del rey.
2 And it came about that after they had taken all the grass of the land, I said, O Lord God, have mercy: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.
Aconteció que cuando acababan de comer la hierba de la tierra, yo dije: ¡Oh ʼAdonay Yavé, te ruego que perdones! ¿Cómo podrá resistir Jacob, que es tan pequeño?
3 The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.
Yavé desistió de esto: No será, dijo Yavé.
4 This is what the Lord let me see: and I saw that the Lord God sent for a great fire to be the instrument of his punishment; and, after burning up the great deep, it was about to put an end to the Lord's heritage.
ʼAdonay Yavé me mostró: Vi que ʼAdonay Yavé llamaba a contender con fuego, y consumió el gran abismo, y devoraba la tierra.
5 Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.
Entonces dije: ¡Oh ʼAdonay Yavé, te ruego que desistas! ¿Cómo puede resistir Jacob, que es tan pequeño?
6 The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, And this will not be.
Yavé desistió de esto: Tampoco será esto, dijo ʼAdonay Yavé.
7 This is what he let me see: and I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made straight by a weighted line, and he had a weighted line in his hand.
Me mostró esto: Miré que ʼAdonay estaba en pie sobre un muro vertical, con una plomada en su mano.
8 And the Lord said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A weighted line. Then the Lord said, See, I will let down a weighted line among my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin:
Yavé me dijo: ¿Qué ves, Amós? Y respondí: Una plomada. Entonces ʼAdonay me dijo: Mira, Yo estoy a punto de aplicar la plomada en medio de mi pueblo Israel. No lo soporto más.
9 And the high places of Isaac will be unpeopled, and the holy places of Israel will be made waste; and I will come up against the family of Jeroboam with the sword.
Los lugares altos de Isaac serán destruidos, las cosas sagradas de Israel serán desoladas, y me levantaré con la espada contra la casa de Jeroboam.
10 Then Amaziah, the priest of Beth-el, sent to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, Amos has made designs against you among the people of Israel: the land is troubled by his words.
Entonces Amasías, sacerdote de Bet-ʼEl, envió a decir a Jeroboam, rey de Israel: Amós conspira contra ti en medio de la Casa de Israel: la tierra no puede soportar sus palabras.
11 For Amos has said, Jeroboam will be put to the sword, and Israel will certainly be taken away as a prisoner out of his land.
Porque Amós dijo: Jeroboam morirá a espada e Israel saldrá de su tierra en cautiverio.
12 And Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go in flight into the land of Judah, and there get your living by working as a prophet:
Y Amasías dijo a Amós: Vidente, vé, huye a la tierra de Judá. Come allí tu pan y profetiza allí,
13 But be a prophet no longer at Beth-el: for it is the holy place of the king, and the king's house.
pero ya no vuelvas a profetizar en Bet-ʼEl, porque es santuario del rey y capital del reino.
14 Then Amos in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, or one of the sons of the prophets; I am a herdman and one who takes care of sycamore-trees:
Pero Amós respondió a Amasías: No soy profeta, ni hijo de profeta, sino boyero y cultivador de higos silvestres.
15 And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.
Pero Yavé me tomó de detrás del rebaño y me dijo: Vé, profetiza a mi pueblo Israel.
16 Now then, give ear to the word of the Lord: You say, Be no prophet to Israel, and say not a word against the people of Isaac.
Ahora pues, escucha la Palabra de Yavé: Tú dices: No profetices contra Israel, ni prediques contra la casa de Isaac.
17 So this is what the Lord has said: Your wife will be a loose woman in the town, and your sons and your daughters will be put to the sword, and your land will be cut up into parts by a line; and you yourself will come to your end in an unclean land, and Israel will certainly be taken away a prisoner out of his land.
Por tanto, Yavé dice: Tu esposa se prostituirá en la ciudad, tus hijos y tus hijas caerán a espada, tu tierra será repartida a cordel y tú morirás en tierra impura. Israel ciertamente irá de su tierra al exilio.
