Amós 7

1 O Senhor Jehovah assim me fez ver, e eis que formava gafanhotos no princípio do arrebento da erva serodia, e eis que havia a erva serodia depois da segada do rei.

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 E aconteceu que, como eles de todo tivessem comido a erva da terra, eu disse: Senhor Jehovah, ora perdoa: como se levantará Jacob? porque é pequeno.

[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 Então o Senhor se arrependeu disso. Isto não acontecerá, disse o Senhor.

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

4 Assim me mostrou o Senhor Jehovah, e eis que o Senhor Jehovah chamava, que queria contender por fogo; o consumiu o grande abismo, e também consumiu uma parte dele.

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 Então eu disse: Senhor Jehovah, cessa agora; como se levantará Jacob? porque é pequeno.

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 E o Senhor se arrependeu disso. Nem isto acontecerá, disse o Senhor Jehovah.

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

7 Mostrou-me também assim; e eis que o Senhor estava sobre um muro, feito a prumo: e tinha um prumo na sua mão.

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 E o Senhor me disse: Que vês tu, Amós? E eu disse: Um prumo. Então disse o Senhor: Eis que eu porei o prumo no meio do meu povo Israel, e daqui por diante nunca mais passarei por ele.

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 Mas os altos de Isaac serão assolados, e destruídos os santuários de Israel; e levantar-me-ei com a espada contra a casa de Jeroboão.

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 Então Amazia, o sacerdote em bethel, enviou a Jeroboão, rei de Israel, dizendo: Amós tem conspirado contra ti, no meio da casa de Israel; a terra não poderá sofrer todas as suas palavras.

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 Porque assim diz Amós: Jeroboão morrerá à espada, e Israel certamente será levado para fora da sua terra em cativeiro.

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 Depois Amazia disse a Amós: vai-te, ó vidente, e foge para a terra de Judá, e ali come o pão, e ali profetiza;

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 Mas em bethel daqui por diante não profetizarás mais, porque é o santuário do rei e a casa do reino.

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

14 E respondeu Amós, e disse a Amazia: Eu não era profeta, nem filho de profeta, mas boieiro, e colhia figos bravos.

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 Porém o Senhor me tomou de detraz do gado, e o Senhor me disse: vai-te, e profetiza ao meu povo Israel.

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 Ora, pois, ouve a palavra do Senhor: Tu dizes: Não profetizarás contra Israel, nem derramarás as tuas palavras contra a casa de Isaac.

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

17 Portanto assim diz o Senhor: Tua mulher se prostituirá na cidade, e teus filhos e tuas filhas cairão à espada, e a tua terra será repartida a cordel, e tu morrerás na terra imunda, e Israel certamente será levado cativo para fora da sua terra.

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).’”