Amos 7

1 This is what the LORD showed me: And look, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and look, it was the latter growth after the king's harvest.

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 It happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, "Lord GOD, forgive, I beg you. How could Jacob stand? 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 relented concerning this. "It shall not be," says the LORD.

Yavé desistió de esto: No será, dijo Yavé.

4 This is what the LORD showed me: And look, the LORD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.

ʼAdonay Yavé me mostró: Vi que ʼAdonay Yavé llamaba a contender con fuego, y consumió el gran abismo, y devoraba la tierra.

5 Then I said, "LORD, stop, I beg you. How could Jacob stand? For he is small."

Entonces dije: ¡Oh ʼAdonay Yavé, te ruego que desistas! ¿Cómo puede resistir Jacob, que es tan pequeño?

6 The LORD relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says the LORD.

Yavé desistió de esto: Tampoco será esto, dijo ʼAdonay Yavé.

7 This is what the LORD showed me: And look, he was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with 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 said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the LORD said, "Look, I have set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.

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 Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house 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 Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all 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 says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"

Porque Amós dijo: Jeroboam morirá a espada e Israel saldrá de su tierra en cautiverio.

12 Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

Y Amasías dijo a Amós: Vidente, vé, huye a la tierra de Judá. Come allí tu pan y profetiza allí,

13 but do not prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house."

pero ya no vuelvas a profetizar en Bet-ʼEl, porque es santuario del rey y capital del reino.

14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;

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 following the flock, and the LORD said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

Pero Yavé me tomó de detrás del rebaño y me dijo: Vé, profetiza a mi pueblo Israel.

16 Now therefore listen to the word of the LORD: 'You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not proclaim against the house of Isaac.'

Ahora pues, escucha la Palabra de Yavé: Tú dices: No profetices contra Israel, ni prediques contra la casa de Isaac.

17 Therefore thus says the LORD: 'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive 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.