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.

This is what the Lord God showed me. I saw that he was preparing a swarm of locusts just when the spring crops began to grow. (Spring crops begin to grow right after the time when the king's hay is cut.)

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

And so when the locusts finished eating every green plant in the fields, I pleaded with the Lord God, “Please forgive your people! How can the descendants of Jacob survive? They are so weak.”

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

So the Lord changed his mind. “It won't happen,” 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.

This is what the Lord God showed me. I saw that the Lord God was calling for a judgment of fire. The fire burned up the depths of the sea and destroyed the farmland.

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

I pleaded with the Lord God, “Please stop! How can the descendants of Jacob survive? They are so weak.”

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

So the Lord changed his mind. “This too won't happen,” said the Lord.

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

This is what he showed me. I saw the Lord was standing beside a wall that had been built with a plumb line. He was holding a plumb line in his hand.

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 asked me, “Amos, what do you see?” I replied, “A plumb line.” And the Lord God said, “I am placing a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I won't ignore their sins anymore.

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."

The high places of the descendents of Isaac will be torn down, and the holy places of Israel will be destroyed. Sword in hand, I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam.”

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.

Then Amaziah, priest of Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, “Amos is plotting against you among the people of Israel. What he's saying is unbearable!

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

For he's saying Jeroboam will be killed by the sword, and the people will be taken away from their land into exile.”

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

Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away prophet! Run away to the land of Judah. Go and prophesy there to earn your bread.

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

But don't ever prophesy again at Bethel, for this is where the king worships, the national Temple.”

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.

But Amos replied, “I'm not a trained prophet, or the son of a prophet. I was just a shepherd, and also took care of fig trees.

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

The Lord took me from following my flock, and the Lord told me, ‘Go, and give my message to my people of Israel.’”

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

So now hear what the Lord is telling you: You say, “Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the descendants of Isaac.”

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."

But this is what the Lord says: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city; your sons and daughters will be killed by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a foreign land. The people of Israel will definitely be taken from the land and go into exile.