Amós 7
1 Assim o Senhor Javé me mostrou: eis que ele formou gafanhotos no início do crescimento deste último; e eis que foi este último crescimento após a 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 Quando terminaram de comer a erva da terra, então eu disse: “Senhor Javé, perdoa, eu te imploro! Como poderia Jacó resistir? Pois ele 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 Yahweh cedeu a esse respeito. “Não será”, diz Yahweh.
So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”
4 Assim o Senhor Javé me mostrou: eis que o Senhor Javé pediu o julgamento pelo fogo; e ele secou a grande profundidade, e teria devorado a 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 Yahweh, pare, eu lhe imploro! Como poderia Jacó resistir? Pois ele 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 Yahweh cedeu a este respeito. “Isto também não será”, diz o Senhor Javé.
So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”
7 Assim ele me mostrou: eis que o Senhor estava ao lado de uma parede feita por uma linha de prumo, com uma linha de 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 Yahweh me disse: “Amos, o que você vê?”. Eu disse: “Uma linha de prumo”. Então o Senhor disse: “Eis que porei uma linha de prumo no meio do meu povo Israel. Não passarei mais por eles”.
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 Os lugares altos de Isaac serão desolados, os santuários de Israel serão assolados; e me levantarei contra a casa de Jeroboão com a espada”.
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 Amaziah o sacerdote de Betel enviou a Jeroboão, rei de Israel, dizendo: “Amós conspirou contra você no meio da casa de Israel”. A terra não é capaz de 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 Pois Amós diz: 'Jeroboão morrerá pela espada, e Israel certamente será levado cativo para fora de sua terra'”.
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 Amaziah também disse a Amós: “Vós, vidente, ide, fugi para a terra de Judá, e lá comei pão, e profetizai lá,
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 não profetizeis mais em Betel; pois é o santuário do rei, e é uma casa 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 ao Amazonas: “Eu não era profeta, nem filho de profeta, mas era um pastor e um fazendeiro de figos 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 e Javé me tirou de seguir o rebanho, e Javé me disse: 'Vai, 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 Agora, portanto, escute a palavra de Javé: 'Não profetize contra Israel, e não pregue 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, Javé diz: 'Sua mulher será prostituta na cidade, e seus filhos e suas filhas cairão à espada, e sua terra será dividida por linha; e você mesmo morrerá numa terra impura, e Israel certamente será levado cativo para fora 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).’”
