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.
Ούτως έδειξεν εις εμέ Κύριος ο Θεός· και ιδού, εμόρφωσεν ακρίδας εν τη αρχή της βλαστήσεως του δευτέρου χόρτου, και ιδού, ήτο ο δεύτερος χόρτος μετά τον θερισμόν του βασιλέως.
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!)”
Και ότε ετελείωσαν να τρώγωσι τον χόρτον της γης, τότε είπα, Κύριε Θεέ, γενού ίλεως, δέομαι· τις θέλει αναστήσει τον Ιακώβ; διότι είναι ολιγοστός.
3 So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”
Ο Κύριος μετεμελήθη εις τούτο· δεν θέλει γείνει, λέγει Κύριος.
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.
Ούτως έδειξεν εις εμέ Κύριος ο Θεός· και ιδού, Κύριος ο Θεός καλεί εις δίκην διά πυρός και το πυρ κατέφαγε την άβυσσον την μεγάλην και κατέφαγε μέρος της γης.
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]?”
Τότε είπα, Κύριε Θεέ, παύσον, δέομαι· τις θέλει αναστήσει τον Ιακώβ; διότι είναι ολιγοστός.
6 So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”
Ο Κύριος μετεμελήθη εις τούτο· Και τούτο δεν θέλει γείνει, λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός.
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.
Ούτως έδειξεν εις εμέ, και ιδού, ο Κύριος ίστατο επί τοίχου εκτισμένου με στάθμην, έχων εν τη χειρί αυτού στάθμην.
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.
Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Τι βλέπεις συ, Αμώς; Και είπα, Στάθμην. Τότε είπεν ο Κύριος, Ιδού, εγώ θέλω βάλει στάθμην εις το μέσον του λαού μου Ισραήλ· δεν θέλω πλέον παρατρέξει αυτόν του λοιπού.
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.”
Και οι βωμοί του Ισαάκ θέλουσιν ερημωθή και τα αγιαστήρια του Ισραήλ θέλουσιν αφανισθή· και θέλω σηκωθή εναντίον του οίκου Ιεροβοάμ εν ρομφαία.
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.
Τότε ο Αμασίας ο ιερεύς της Βαιθήλ εξαπέστειλε προς Ιεροβοάμ τον βασιλέα του Ισραήλ, λέγων, Ο Αμώς συνώμοσεν εναντίον σου εν μέσω του οίκου Ισραήλ· ο τόπος δεν δύναται να υποφέρη πάντας τους λόγους αυτού·
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).’”
διότι ούτω λέγει ο Αμώς· Ο Ιεροβοάμ θέλει τελευτήσει διά ρομφαίας, ο δε Ισραήλ βεβαίως θέλει φερθή αιχμάλωτος εκ της γης αυτού.
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!
Τότε είπεν ο Αμασίας προς τον Αμώς, Ω συ ο βλέπων, ύπαγε, φύγε εις την γην Ιούδα και εκεί τρώγε άρτον και εκεί προφήτευε·
13 Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!”
εν δε τη Βαιθήλ μη προφητεύσης πλέον, διότι είναι αγιαστήριον του βασιλέως και είναι οίκος του βασιλείου.
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.
Και απεκρίθη ο Αμώς και είπε προς τον Αμασίαν, δεν ήμην εγώ προφήτης ουδέ υιός προφήτου εγώ, αλλ' ήμην βοσκός και συνάζων συκάμινα·
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!’
και ο Κύριος με έλαβεν από όπισθεν του ποιμνίου και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Ύπαγε, προφήτευσον εις τον λαόν μου Ισραήλ.
16 You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to [the people of] Israel; stop saying those things!’
Τώρα λοιπόν άκουε τον λόγον του Κυρίου. Συ λέγεις, Μη προφήτευε κατά του Ισραήλ και μη στάλαζε λόγον κατά του οίκου Ισαάκ.
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).’”
Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Η γυνή σου θέλει είσθαι πόρνη εν τη πόλει, και οι υιοί σου και αι θυγατέρες σου θέλουσι πέσει διά ρομφαίας, και η γη σου θέλει μερισθή διά σχοινίου, και συ θέλεις τελευτήσει εν γη ακαθάρτω· ο δε Ισραήλ βεβαίως θέλει φερθή αιχμάλωτος εκ της γης αυτού.
