Amós 7

1 Assim o Senhor DEUS me fez ver: eis que ele formava gafanhotos, no começo do crescimento da plantação tardia; e eis que era a plantação tardia, depois da colheita 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, quando eles terminaram de comer a plantação da terra, eu disse: Senhor DEUS, perdoa, por favor; como Jacó poderá sobreviver? Pois 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 o Senhor DEUS me fez ver: eis que o Senhor DEUS pretendeu executar juízo com fogo; e consumiu um grande abismo, assim como consumiu uma parte da terra.

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 DEUS, cessa, por favor; como Jacó poderá sobreviver? Pois 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: Isto também não acontecerá, disse o Senhor DEUS.

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

7 Assim ele me fez ver: Eis que o Senhor estava sobre um muro que havia sido feito conforme o prumo, e havia um prumo em 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: O que vês, Amós? E eu disse: Um prumo. Então o Senhor disse: Eis que eu porei um prumo no meio de meu povo Israel; não mais o tolerarei.

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 E os altos de idolatria de Isaque serão arruinados, e os santuários de Israel serão arruinados; e me levantarei com 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 Amazias, o sacerdote de Betel, mandou mensagem a Jeroboão, rei de Israel, dizendo: Amós tem conspirado contra ti no meio da casa de Israel; esta terra não poderá suportar 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 a espada, e Israel certamente será levado de 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 Amazias disse a Amós: Vidente, vai embora, e foge para a terra de Judá, e ali come o teu 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 Porém não profetizes mais em Betel, porque ali estão o santuário do rei, e o palácio real.

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

14 Então Amós respondeu a Amazias: Eu não era profeta, nem filho de profeta; mas eu era criador de gado, e colhedor de frutos de sicômoros.

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 do trabalho com o gado, e o SENHOR me disse: Vai, e profetiza a 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 Agora pois, ouve a palavra do SENHOR. Tu dizes: Não profetizes contra Israel, nem fales contra a casa de Isaque.

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

17 Por isso, assim diz o SENHOR: Tua mulher se prostituirá na cidade, teus filhos e tuas filhas cairão à espada, e tua terra será repartida; tu morrerás em uma terra impura, e Israel será levado cativo de 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).’”