Amos 7
1 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.)
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 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.”
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 So the Lord changed his mind. “It won't happen,” said the Lord.
Yavé desistió de esto: No será, dijo Yavé.
4 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.
ʼAdonay Yavé me mostró: Vi que ʼAdonay Yavé llamaba a contender con fuego, y consumió el gran abismo, y devoraba la tierra.
5 I pleaded with the Lord God, “Please stop! How can the descendants of Jacob survive? They are so weak.”
Entonces dije: ¡Oh ʼAdonay Yavé, te ruego que desistas! ¿Cómo puede resistir Jacob, que es tan pequeño?
6 So the Lord changed his mind. “This too won't happen,” said the Lord.
Yavé desistió de esto: Tampoco será esto, dijo ʼAdonay Yavé.
7 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.
Me mostró esto: Miré que ʼAdonay estaba en pie sobre un muro vertical, con una plomada en su mano.
8 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.
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 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.”
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, 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!
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 he's saying Jeroboam will be killed by the sword, and the people will be taken away from their land into exile.”
Porque Amós dijo: Jeroboam morirá a espada e Israel saldrá de su tierra en cautiverio.
12 Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away prophet! Run away to the land of Judah. Go and prophesy there to earn your bread.
Y Amasías dijo a Amós: Vidente, vé, huye a la tierra de Judá. Come allí tu pan y profetiza allí,
13 But don't ever prophesy again at Bethel, for this is where the king worships, the national Temple.”
pero ya no vuelvas a profetizar en Bet-ʼEl, porque es santuario del rey y capital del reino.
14 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.
Pero Amós respondió a Amasías: No soy profeta, ni hijo de profeta, sino boyero y cultivador de higos silvestres.
15 The Lord took me from following my flock, and the Lord told me, ‘Go, and give my message to my people of Israel.’”
Pero Yavé me tomó de detrás del rebaño y me dijo: Vé, profetiza a mi pueblo Israel.
16 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.”
Ahora pues, escucha la Palabra de Yavé: Tú dices: No profetices contra Israel, ni prediques contra la casa de Isaac.
17 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.
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.
