Amosa 7

1 To mi ukazał Pan BÓG. Oto tworzył koniki polne na początku odrastania potrawu, a oto [był] to potraw po sianokosach królewskich.

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.

2 A gdy zjadły trawę ziemi, powiedziałem: Panie BOŻE! Przebacz, proszę. Któż zostanie Jakubowi? Jest bowiem malutki.

[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!)”

3 I żałował tego PAN. PAN powiedział: To się nie stanie.

So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”

4 To mi ukazał Pan BÓG: Oto Pan BÓG wezwał ogień w celu sądu, a wchłonął wielką głębię i strawił dział.

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.

5 Wtedy powiedziałem: Panie BOŻE! Zaniechaj [tego], proszę. Któż zostanie Jakubowi? Jest bowiem malutki.

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]?”

6 I żałował tego PAN. Pan BÓG powiedział: I to się nie stanie.

So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”

7 Potem [to] mi ukazał: oto Pan stał na murze [wybudowanym] za pomocą pionu, z pionem w ręku.

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.

8 I PAN powiedział do mnie: Co widzisz, Amosie? Odpowiedziałem: Pion. Wtedy Pan powiedział: Oto przyłożę pion pośród mojego ludu, Izraela. Już mu więcej nie odpuszczę.

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.

9 Wyżyny Izaaka będą spustoszone i świątynie Izraela zostaną zburzone, i powstanę z mieczem przeciwko domowi Jeroboama.

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.”

10 Wtedy Amazjasz, kapłan Betel, posłał do Jeroboama, króla Izraela, taką wiadomość: Amos spiskuje przeciwko tobie pośród domu Izraela, [tak że] ziemia nie może znieść wszystkich jego słów.

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.

11 Tak bowiem mówi Amos: Jeroboam umrze od miecza, a Izrael na pewno zostanie uprowadzony ze swojej ziemi do niewoli.

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).’”

12 Potem Amazjasz powiedział do Amosa: Widzący, idź, uciekaj do ziemi Judy i tam jedz chleb, i tam prorokuj.

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!

13 A w Betel już więcej nie prorokuj, bo to jest świątynia króla i dom królewski.

Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!”

14 Wtedy Amos odpowiedział Amazjaszowi: Nie byłem prorokiem ani nawet synem proroka, lecz byłem pasterzem bydła i tym, który zbiera figi sykomory.

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.

15 Ale PAN mnie wziął, gdy [chodziłem] za bydłem, i powiedział do mnie PAN: Idź, prorokuj memu ludowi Izraelowi.

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!’

16 Teraz więc słuchaj słowa PANA. Ty mówisz: Nie prorokuj w Izraelu i nie głoś przeciwko domowi Izaaka.

You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to [the people of] Israel; stop saying those things!’

17 Dlatego tak mówi PAN: Twoja żona będzie nierządnicą w mieście, twoi synowie i twoje córki padną od miecza, twoja ziemia będzie podzielona sznurem, a ty umrzesz w ziemi nieczystej; Izrael zaś na pewno zostanie uprowadzony do niewoli ze swojej ziemi.

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).’”