Amos 7
1 Yahweh our God showed me [in a vision] that he was going to send locusts [to destroy our crops]. It was going to happen right after the king’s share of the hay had been harvested/cut and before the rest of the hay was ready to be harvested.
So ließ der Herr, der Herr, mich's schauen: Er führte junge Heuschrecken herbei zu Anbeginn, da Spätgras wuchs, das Gras, das späte, nach des Königs Mahd.
2 [And in the vision I saw] those locusts come, and they ate everything that was green. Then I cried out, “Yahweh our Lord, please forgive us! We Israeli people are very helpless; (how will we be able to survive [RHQ]?/we will not be able to survive!)”
Und als sie alles Kraut im Lande fressen wollten, sprach ich: "Herr, o Herr, vergib! Wer hilft nur Jakob auf? Gar schwach ist es."
3 So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”
Der Herr erbarmte sich. "Es soll nicht sein!" so sprach der Herr.
4 Then this is what Yahweh our Lord showed me [in another vision]: He was calling to a fire to [come and] punish [his people]. [In the vision I saw that] the fire dried up the ocean and also burned [everything on] the land.
Da ließ der Herr, der Herr, mich schauen: Der Herr, der Herr, rief einen Feuerwind herbei; er fraß das große Meer und wollte auch die Flur verzehren.
5 Then I cried out again, “Yahweh our Lord, I plead with you, please stop this! We Israeli people are very helpless; how will we be able to survive [RHQ]?”
Da sprach ich: "Herr, ach Herr, hör auf! Wer hilft nur Jakob auf? Gar schwach ist es."
6 So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”
Der Herr erbarmte sich. "Auch dies soll nimmer sein", so sprach der Herr, der Herr.
7 Then Yahweh showed me [another vision]. I saw him standing beside a wall. [It was very straight because] it had been built using a (plumb line/cord with a weight on one end to determine if walls are vertically straight). Yahweh had the plumb line in his hand.
Dann ließ er dies mich schauen: Da stand der Herr auf einem Haufen Hartgestein und hatte einen harten Stein in seiner Hand.
8 Yahweh asked me, “Amos, what do you see?” I replied, “A plumb line.” Then Yahweh said, “Look, I am going to use a plumb line among my Israeli people, [to show that they are like a wall that is not straight]. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.
Da sprach der Herr zu mir: "Was siehst du, Amos?" Ich sagte: "Einen harten Stein." Da sprach der Herr: "Ich lege einen harten Stein ins Innere meines Volkes Israel und will ihm weiter nicht verzeihen.
9 The places on hills where [the descendants of] [MTY] Isaac worship [idols] will be destroyed. And the other important shrines in Israel will also be destroyed. And I will enable [your enemies] to attack your people with swords and they will get rid of [King] Jeroboam and all his descendants.”
Verwüstet sollen nunmehr werden Isaaks Höhen, die Heiligtümer Israels zerfallen, und wider des Jeroboam Haus erheb ich mich mit meinem Schwert."
10 Then Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, sent [a message] to Jeroboam, the King of Israel. In the message he said, “Amos is plotting against you among the Israeli people [MTY]. [I am worried that] the people of this country will not be able to refute his words.
Da ließ Amasias, der Priester Betels, Jeroboam, dem Könige von Israel, vermelden: "Verschwörung stiftet Amos gegen dich im Hause Israels; das Land kann seine Reden nicht mehr fassen;
11 This is what he is saying: ‘Jeroboam will soon be killed by [someone using] a sword, and the people of Israel will be (exiled/forced to leave their land and go to another country).’”
denn so spricht Amos: 'Jeroboam stirbt durch das Schwert, und Israel wird weggeführt aus seiner Heimat.'"
12 Then Amaziah [came to me and] said, “You prophet, get out of here! Go back to the country of Judah! Earn money to [buy food to be able] to live there, and do your prophesying there!
Zu Amos aber sprach Amasias: "Auf, Seher, fort! Nach Juda flieh! Dein Brot verdiene dort! Weissage dort!
13 Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!”
Zu Betel darfst du doch nicht länger weissagen; denn es ist königliches Heiligtum und Reichstempel."
14 I replied to Amaziah, “I was [previously] not a prophet, and my father was not a prophet; I was a shepherd. I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.
Darauf gab Amos Antwort und sprach zu Amasias: "Ich bin doch kein Prophet und kein Prophetensohn. Ein Hirte bin ich nur und Maulbeerfeigenzüchter.
15 But Yahweh took me away from taking care of my sheep, and he said to me, ‘Go to Israel and prophesy to my people there!’
Mich hat der Herr gerade von der Herde weggeholt, und also sprach der Herr zu mir: 'Auf! Prophezeie gegen mein Volk Israel!'
16 You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to [the people of] Israel; stop saying those things!’
Und nun vernimm das Wort des Herrn! Du hast gesagt: 'Du darfst nicht gegen Israel weissagen, nicht gegen Isaaks Haus so predigen!'
17 Therefore listen to what Yahweh says about you: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in this city, and your sons and daughters will be killed by [your enemies’] swords. Others will measure your land and divide it up [among themselves]; and you yourself will die in a foreign country. And the people of Israel will certainly be forced to leave their country and go (into exile/to live in another country).’”
Deshalb spricht so der Herr: 'Dein Weib wird öffentlich entehrt, und deine Söhne mit den Töchtern fallen durch das Schwert. Dein Boden wird durchs Los verteilt. Du selber stirbst auf ungeweihtem Boden, und Israel wird fortgeführt aus seiner Heimat.'"
