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.
Assim o Senhor Javé me mostrou: eis que ele formou gafanhotos no início do crescimento deste último; e eis que foi este último crescimento após a colheita 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!)”
Quando terminaram de comer a erva da terra, então eu disse: “Senhor Javé, perdoa, eu te imploro! Como poderia Jacó resistir? Pois ele é pequeno”.
3 So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”
Yahweh cedeu a esse respeito. “Não será”, diz Yahweh.
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 o Senhor Javé me mostrou: eis que o Senhor Javé pediu o julgamento pelo fogo; e ele secou a grande profundidade, e teria devorado a terra.
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 Yahweh, pare, eu lhe imploro! Como poderia Jacó resistir? Pois ele é pequeno”.
6 So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”
Yahweh cedeu a este respeito. “Isto também não será”, diz o Senhor Javé.
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.
Assim ele me mostrou: eis que o Senhor estava ao lado de uma parede feita por uma linha de prumo, com uma linha de prumo em 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.
Yahweh me disse: “Amos, o que você vê?”. Eu disse: “Uma linha de prumo”. Então o Senhor disse: “Eis que porei uma linha de prumo no meio do meu povo Israel. Não passarei mais por eles”.
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.”
Os lugares altos de Isaac serão desolados, os santuários de Israel serão assolados; e me levantarei contra a casa de Jeroboão com a espada”.
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 Amaziah o sacerdote de Betel enviou a Jeroboão, rei de Israel, dizendo: “Amós conspirou contra você no meio da casa de Israel”. A terra não é capaz de suportar 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).’”
Pois Amós diz: 'Jeroboão morrerá pela espada, e Israel certamente será levado cativo para fora de sua terra'”.
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!
Amaziah também disse a Amós: “Vós, vidente, ide, fugi para a terra de Judá, e lá comei pão, e profetizai lá,
13 Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!”
mas não profetizeis mais em Betel; pois é o santuário do rei, e é uma casa real”!
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.
Então Amós respondeu ao Amazonas: “Eu não era profeta, nem filho de profeta, mas era um pastor e um fazendeiro de figos sicômoros;
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!’
e Javé me tirou de seguir o rebanho, e Javé me disse: 'Vai, profetiza 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!’
Agora, portanto, escute a palavra de Javé: 'Não profetize contra Israel, e não pregue 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, Javé diz: 'Sua mulher será prostituta na cidade, e seus filhos e suas filhas cairão à espada, e sua terra será dividida por linha; e você mesmo morrerá numa terra impura, e Israel certamente será levado cativo para fora de sua terra'”.
