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.
El Señor DIOS me mostró así; y he aquí, él criaba langostas al principio que comenzaba a crecer el heno tardío; y he aquí que el heno tardío creció después de las siegas 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 acaeció que como acabó de comer la hierba de la tierra, yo dije: Señor DIOS, perdona ahora; ¿quién levantará a Jacob? Porque es pequeño.
3 So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”
Se arrepintió el SEÑOR de esto: No será, dijo el SEÑOR.
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.
El Señor DIOS después me mostró así: y he aquí, llamaba para juzgar por fuego el Señor DIOS; y consumió un gran abismo, y consumió la heredad.
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]?”
Y dije: Señor DIOS, cesa ahora; ¿quién levantará a Jacob? Porque es pequeño.
6 So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”
Se arrepintió el SEÑOR de esto: No será esto tampoco, dijo el Señor DIOS.
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.
Me enseñó también así: He aquí, el Señor estaba sobre un muro edificado a plomada de albañil, y tenía en su mano una plomada de albañil.
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 el SEÑOR entonces me dijo: ¿Qué ves, Amós? Y dije: Una plomada de albañil. Y el Señor dijo: He aquí, Yo pongo plomada de albañil en medio de mi pueblo Israel. Nunca más le pasaré;
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.”
y los altares de Isaac serán destruidos, y los santuarios de Israel serán asolados; y me levantaré con espada sobre 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.
Entonces Amasías sacerdote de Bet-el envió a decir a Jeroboam, rey de Israel: Amós se ha conjurado contra ti en medio de la Casa de Israel; la tierra no puede ya sufrir todas sus palabras.
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 ha dicho Amós: Jeroboam morirá a cuchillo, e Israel pasará de su tierra en cautiverio.
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: Vidente, vete, y huye a tierra de Judá, y come allá tu pan, y profetiza allá;
13 Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!”
y no profetices más en Bet-el, porque es santuario del rey, y cabecera del 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.
Entonces respondió Amós, y dijo a Amasías: No soy profeta, ni soy hijo de profeta, sino que soy boyero, y cogedor de higos silvestres;
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!’
y el SEÑOR me tomó detrás del ganado, y me dijo el SEÑOR: Ve, y profetiza a mi pueblo Israel.
16 You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to [the people of] Israel; stop saying those things!’
Ahora, pues, oye palabra del SEÑOR. Tú dices: No profetices contra Israel, ni hables 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 tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR: Tu mujer fornicará en la ciudad, y tus hijos y tus hijas caerán a cuchillo, y tu tierra será partida por suertes; y tú morirás en tierra inmunda, e Israel será traspasado de su tierra.
