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.
Yahvé, el Señor, me mostró esto: He aquí que Él criaba langostas al comenzar a crecer la hierba tardía; la hierba tardía (que brota) después de la siega del rey.
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!)”
Y después que hubieron acabado de comer la hierba de la tierra, dije yo: “Yahvé, Señor, perdona, te ruego, ¿cómo podrá restablecerse Jacob siendo como es tan pequeño?”
3 So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”
Y Yahvé se arrepintió de esto, y dijo Yahvé: “No será así.”
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.
Yahvé, el Señor, me mostró también esto: He aquí que Yahvé, el Señor, llamaba al fuego para ejercer su justicia; y este devoró el gran abismo, e iba a devorar la herencia (del Señor).
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]?”
Dije yo: “Yahvé, Señor, cesa, te ruego, ¿cómo podrá subsistir Jacob siendo como es tan pequeño?”
6 So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”
Y se arrepintió Yahvé de esto, y dijo Yahvé, el Señor: “No será así.”
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.
También me mostró esto: Estaba el Señor junto a un muro hecho a plomo y en su mano tenía la plomada.
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.
Y Yahvé me dijo: “¿Qué es lo que ves, Amós?” Yo respondí: “Una plomada.” Y dijo el Señor: “He aquí que Yo aplicaré la plomada en medio de Israel, mi pueblo; ya no lo perdonaré más.
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.”
Serán devastados los lugares altos de Isaac y destruidos los santuarios de Israel, y me levantaré con la espada contra la casa de Jeroboam.”
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.
Amasías, sacerdote de Betel, envió a decir a Jeroboam, rey de Israel: Amós conspira contra ti en medio de la casa de Israel; no puede la tierra soportar todo cuanto dice.
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 así dice Amós: “Jeroboam morirá al filo de la espada, e Israel será llevado al cautiverio, lejos de su país.”
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!
Y Amasías dijo a Amós: “Vete, vidente, y huye a la tierra de Judá; come allí tu pan, y allí podrás profetizar.
13 Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!”
pero no vuelvas a profetizar en Betel; porque es un santuario del rey y una 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.
Respondió Amós y dijo a Amasías: “Yo no soy profeta, ni discípulo de profeta; soy pastor de ganado, y cultivo sicómoros.
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!’
Pero Yahvé me tomó de detrás del rebaño, y me dijo Yahvé: «Ve y profetiza a Israel mi pueblo».
16 You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to [the people of] Israel; stop saying those things!’
Y ahora, escucha la palabra de Yahvé: Tú me dices: «No profetices contra Israel, ni profieras oráculos contra la 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).’”
Por eso, así dice Yahvé: «Tu mujer será prostituida en la ciudad, tus hijos y tus hijas a espada caerán, tu tierra será repartida con la cuerda de medir, tú morirás en tierra inmunda, e Israel será llevado al cautiverio fuera de su país».”
