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.
O Senhor Jehovah assim me fez ver, e eis que formava gafanhotos no principio do arrebento da herva serodia, e eis que havia a herva serodia depois da segada do rei.
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!)”
E aconteceu que, como elles de todo tivessem comido a herva da terra, eu disse: Senhor Jehovah, ora perdoa: como se levantará Jacob? porque é pequeno.
3 So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”
Então o Senhor se arrependeu d'isso. Isto não acontecerá, disse o Senhor.
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.
Assim me mostrou o Senhor Jehovah, e eis que o Senhor Jehovah chamava, que queria contender por fogo; o consumiu o grande abysmo, e tambem consumiu uma parte d'elle.
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]?”
Então eu disse: Senhor Jehovah, cessa agora; como se levantará Jacob? porque é pequeno.
6 So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”
E o Senhor se arrependeu d'isso. Nem isto acontecerá, disse o Senhor Jehovah.
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.
Mostrou-me tambem assim; e eis que o Senhor estava sobre um muro, feito a prumo: e tinha um prumo na sua mão.
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.
E o Senhor me disse: Que vês tu, Amós? E eu disse: Um prumo. Então disse o Senhor: Eis que eu porei o prumo no meio do meu povo Israel, e d'aqui por diante nunca mais passarei por elle.
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.”
Mas os altos de Isaac serão assolados, e destruidos os sanctuarios de Israel; e levantar-me-hei com a espada contra a casa de Jeroboão.
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.
Então Amazia, o sacerdote em Beth-el, enviou a Jeroboão, rei de Israel, dizendo: Amós tem conspirado contra ti, no meio da casa de Israel; a terra não poderá soffrer todas as suas palavras.
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).’”
Porque assim diz Amós: Jeroboão morrerá á espada, e Israel certamente será levado para fóra da sua terra em captiveiro.
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!
Depois Amazia disse a Amós: Vae-te, ó vidente, e foge para a terra de Judah, e ali come o pão, e ali prophetiza;
13 Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!”
Mas em Beth-el d'aqui por diante não prophetizarás mais, porque é o sanctuario do rei e a casa do reino.
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.
E respondeu Amós, e disse a Amazia: Eu não era propheta, nem filho de propheta, mas boieiro, e colhia figos bravos.
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!’
Porém o Senhor me tomou de detraz do gado, e o Senhor me disse: Vae-te, e prophetiza ao meu povo Israel.
16 You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to [the people of] Israel; stop saying those things!’
Ora, pois, ouve a palavra do Senhor: Tu dizes: Não prophetizarás contra Israel, nem derramarás as tuas palavras contra a casa de Isaac.
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).’”
Portanto assim diz o Senhor: Tua mulher se prostituirá na cidade, e teus filhos e tuas filhas cairão á espada, e a tua terra será repartida a cordel, e tu morrerás na terra immunda, e Israel certamente será levado captivo para fóra da sua terra.
