Amos 7

1 Inilah yang diperlihatkan Tuhan ALLAH kepadaku: Tampak Ia membentuk kawanan belalang, pada waktu rumput akhir mulai tumbuh, yaitu rumput akhir sesudah yang dipotong bagi raja.

These things the Lord God has revealed to me. And behold, the locust was formed at the beginning of the germination during the latter rains, and behold, the latter rains came after the thundering of the king.

2 Ketika belalang mulai menghabisi tumbuh-tumbuhan di tanah, berkatalah aku: "Tuhan ALLAH, berikanlah kiranya pengampunan! Bagaimanakah Yakub dapat bertahan? Bukankah ia kecil?"

And it happened, when they had finally eaten all the grass in the land, that I said, “Lord God, be gracious, I beg you. Who will raise up Jacob, for he is little?”

3 Maka menyesallah TUHAN karena hal itu. "Itu tidak akan terjadi," firman TUHAN.

The Lord has been merciful about this. “It will not be,” said the Lord.

4 Inilah yang diperlihatkan Tuhan ALLAH kepadaku: Tampak Tuhan ALLAH memanggil api untuk melakukan hukuman. Api itu memakan habis samudera raya dan akan memakan habis tanah ladang.

These things the Lord God has revealed to me. And behold, the Lord God called for judgment unto fire, and it devoured the manifold abyss, and it consumed simultaneously in every direction.

5 Lalu aku berkata: "Tuhan ALLAH, hentikanlah kiranya! Bagaimanakah Yakub dapat bertahan? Bukankah ia kecil?"

And I said, “Lord God, cease, I beg you. Who will raise up Jacob, for he is little?”

6 Maka menyesallah TUHAN karena hal itu. "Inipun tidak akan terjadi," firman Tuhan ALLAH.

The Lord has been merciful about this. “And even this will not be,” said the Lord God.

7 Inilah yang diperlihatkan-Nya kepadaku: Tampak Tuhan berdiri dekat sebuah tembok yang tegak lurus, dan di tangan-Nya ada tali sipat.

These things the Lord revealed to me. And behold, the Lord was standing near a plastered wall, and in his hand was a mason’s trowel.

8 Lalu berfirmanlah TUHAN kepadaku: "Apakah yang kaulihat, Amos?" Jawabku: "Tali sipat!" Berfirmanlah Tuhan: "Sesungguhnya, Aku akan menaruh tali sipat di tengah-tengah umat-Ku Israel; Aku tidak akan memaafkannya lagi.

And the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A mason’s trowel.” And the Lord said, “Behold, I will place the trowel in the midst of my people Israel. I will no longer plaster over them.

9 Bukit-bukit pengorbanan dari pada Ishak akan dilicintandaskan dan tempat-tempat kudus Israel akan diruntuhkan, dan Aku akan bangkit melawan keluarga Yerobeam dengan pedang."

And the heights of the idol will be demolished, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be desolate. And I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

10 Lalu Amazia, imam di Betel, menyuruh orang menghadap Yerobeam, raja Israel, dengan pesan: "Amos telah mengadakan persepakatan melawan tuanku di tengah-tengah kaum Israel; negeri ini tidak dapat lagi menahan segala perkataannya.

And Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: “Amos has rebelled against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to withstand all his sermons.

11 Sebab beginilah dikatakan Amos: Yerobeam akan mati terbunuh oleh pedang dan Israel pasti pergi dari tanahnya sebagai orang buangan."

For Amos says this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will be taken captive out of their own land.’”

12 Lalu berkatalah Amazia kepada Amos: "Pelihat, pergilah, enyahlah ke tanah Yehuda! Carilah makananmu di sana dan bernubuatlah di sana!

And Amaziah said to Amos, “You, seer, go out and flee into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

13 Tetapi jangan lagi bernubuat di Betel, sebab inilah tempat kudus raja, inilah bait suci kerajaan."

And in Bethel, do not prophesy any longer, because it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.”

14 Jawab Amos kepada Amazia: "Aku ini bukan nabi dan aku ini tidak termasuk golongan nabi, melainkan aku ini seorang peternak dan pemungut buah ara hutan.

And Amos responded, and he said to Amasias, “I am not a prophet, and I am not the son of a prophet, but I am a herdsman plucking from wild fig trees.

15 Tetapi TUHAN mengambil aku dari pekerjaan menggiring kambing domba, dan TUHAN berfirman kepadaku: Pergilah, bernubuatlah terhadap umat-Ku Israel.

And the Lord took me, when I was following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’”

16 Maka sekarang, dengarlah firman TUHAN! Engkau berkata: Janganlah bernubuat menentang Israel, dan janganlah ucapkan perkataan menentang keturunan Ishak.

And now, hear the word of the Lord: You say, “You will not prophesy about Israel, and you will not rain your words upon the house of the idol.”

17 Sebab itu beginilah firman TUHAN: Isterimu akan bersundal di kota, dan anak-anakmu laki-laki dan perempuan akan tewas oleh pedang; tanahmu akan dibagi-bagikan dengan memakai tali pengukur, engkau sendiri akan mati di tanah yang najis, dan Israel pasti pergi dari tanahnya sebagai orang buangan."

Because of that, the Lord says this: “Your wife will fornicate in the city, and your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, and your soil will be measured with a string. And you will die on polluted land, and Israel will be taken into captivity out of their land.”