Amós 7

1 Esto es lo que me mostró el Señor: Justo cuando la cosecha de primavera comenzaba a crecer, él estaba preparando una plaga de langostas. (La cosecha de primavera comenzaba a crecer justo después que se cortaba el heno del rey).

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 Y cuando las langostas terminaron de comerse todas las plantas verdes en los campos, yo le supliqué al Señor Dios: “¡Por favor, perdona a tu pueblo! ¿Cómo podrán sobrevivir los descendientes de Jacob? ¡Son tan débiles!”

[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 Entonces el Señor cambió de parecer. “¡No sucederá!” dijo el Señor.

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

4 Esto fue lo que me mostró el Señor: Vi que el Señor llamaba a un juicio con fuego. El fuego quemó las profundidades del mar, y destruyó las los campos de cultivos.

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 Yo le supliqué al Señor Dios: “¡Por favor, détente! ¿O cómo sobrevivirán los descendientes de Jacob? ¡Son tan débiles!”

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 Entonces el Señor cambió de parecer. “Esto tampoco sucederá”, dijo el Señor.

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

7 Esto fue lo que me mostró el Señor: Vi al Señor de pie junto a una muralla que había sido construida con una plomada. Él sostenía una plomada en su mano.

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 Y el Señor me preguntó: “¿Qué ves, Amós?” Y yo respondí: “Una plomada”. Y el Señor dijo: “Yo pondré una plomada en medio de mi pueblo Israel. No pasaré más sus pecados por alto.

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 Los lugares altos de los descendientes de Isaac serán derribados, y los lugares santos de Israel serán destruidos. Con espada en mano, me levantaré contra la casa de Jeroboam”.

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 Entonces Amasías, el sacerdote de Betel, envió un mensaje a Jeroboam, rey de Israel, diciendo: “Amós está conspirando contra ustedes en el pueblo de Israel. ¡Lo que dice es insoportable!

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 dice que Jeroboam será asesinado con espada, y que el pueblo será deportado de su tierra”.

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 Entonces Amasías dijo a Amós: “¡Vete de aquí, profeta! Corre a la tierra de Judá. Ve y gánate el pan profetizando allá.

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 Pero no vuelvas a profetizar en Betel, porque aquí es donde viene a adorar el rey, es el Templo de la nación”.

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

14 Pero Amós respondió: “No soy un profeta con preparación como tal, ni hijo de profeta. Yo era simplemente un pastor, y también cuidaba higueras.

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 El Señor me tomó de mi camino mientras seguía a mi rebaño, y el Señor me dijo: ‘Ve y da mi mensaje a mi pueblo de 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 Así que escuchen lo que el Señor les dice: Tú dices: “No vuelvas a profetizar contra Israel, y no prediques contra los descendientes de Isaac”.

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

17 Pero esto es lo que el Señor dice: Tu esposa se convertirá en prostituta de la ciudad; tus hijos e hijas serán asesinados con espadas. Tu tierra será medida y dividida, y tú mismo morirás siendo extranjero tierra ajena. El pueblo de Israel será ciertamente exiliado de su tierra.

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).’”