Amós 9
1 Entonces vi al Señor de pie junto al altar y dijo: Golpea la parte alta de los pilares del Templo para que tiemblen sus fundamentos, y caigan sobre la gente. Y a los que sobrevivan los mataré con espada. No se salvará ni siquiera uno.
Yahweh [showed me another vision. In the vision, ] I saw him standing next to the altar. He said, “Shake the tops of the pillars [of the temple], until they become loose and fall down, so that even the foundation will shake. Then cause the [pieces of the temple] to fall down on the people [who are inside]. I will kill with a sword anyone who [tries to] flee; no one will escape.
2 Incluso si se ocultan en el Seol, yo los sacaré de allí. Incluso si se ocultan en el cielo, yo los haré descender. (Sheol h7585)
If they dig deep pits in the ground, or if they try to climb up to the sky [in order to escape], I will reach out and grab them. (Sheol h7585)
3 Incluso si se ocultan en lo alto del Monte Carmelo, los buscaré y los atraparé. Incluso si se ocultan de mi en lo profundo del mar, yo mandaré una serpiente para que los muerda.
If they go to the top of Carmel [Mountain] to escape, I will search for them and seize them. If they [try to] hide from me at the bottom of the sea, I will command the [huge] sea monster to bite them.
4 Incluso si son deportados por sus enemigos, yo los mandaré a matar con espada. Los vigilaré pero no para hacerles bien, sino para hacerles mal.
If their enemies [capture them and] force them to go to other countries, I will command that they be killed there with swords. I am determined [IDM] to get rid of them, not to help them.”
5 El Señor de poder toca la tierra y ésta se derrite. Y todos sus habitantes se lamentan. La tierra sube como el río Nilo cuando se desborda, y luego vuelve a caer.
When the Commander of the armies of angels touches the earth, it melts, and all over the earth [many people die, and the others] mourn for them. [It is as though] Yahweh causes the earth repeatedly to rise and fall like [SIM] the Nile [River] rises and falls.
6 El Señor construye su casa en el cielo, y pone sus fundamentos sobre la tierra. Él llama a las aguas de los mares y las hace caer como lluvia sobre la tierra. ¡El Señor, es su nombre!
He builds his [beautiful] palace in heaven, and sets/causes the sky to be like a dome over the earth. He scoops up the water from the ocean and [puts it into clouds], and then empties [the clouds] onto the earth. His name is Yahweh.
7 ¿No son los etíopes tan importantes para mi como lo son ustedes, pueblo de Israel? – pregunta el Señor. Sí, yo saqué a los israelitas de la tierra de Egipto, pero también saqué a los filisteos de Creta, así como a los sirios los saqué de Quir.
And Yahweh says, “You people of Israel, you are certainly [RHQ] [now no more important to me] than the people of Ethiopia. I brought your [ancestors] here from Egypt, but I also brought the people of Philistia from Crete [Island], and I brought the people of Syria from the Kir [region].
8 ¡Tengan cuidado! Estoy pendiente de los pecados de este reino pecador. Yo lo eliminaré de la faz de la tierra. Pero no destruiré por completo a los descendientes de Jacob.
I [SYN], Yahweh the Lord, have seen that you people in the kingdom [of Israel] are very sinful, so I will (destroy you/wipe you off the earth). But I will not get rid of all you descendants [MTY] of Jacob. [That is what will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.
9 ¡Miren lo que hago! Yo daré la orden y el pueblo de Israel será sacudido entre las naciones como la harina en un tamiz, y no caerá nada al suelo.
When I command it, [it will be as though] I will shake you Israeli people [who are living] in various nations, like [MET] [a farmer] shakes a sieve [to separate] the stone pebbles [from the grain], in order that they do not fall on the ground [with the grain].
10 Todos los pecadores de entre mi pueblo serán asesinados a filo de espada. Esos que dicen: “No pasará nada. Ningún desastre vendrá sobre nosotros”.
From among my people, all you sinful people who say, ‘We will not experience disasters; nothing evil will happen to us,’ will be killed by [your enemies’] swords.”
11 Ese día yo restauraré el reino caído de David. Repararé las brechas en sus muros, reconstruiré las ruinas, y quedará como antes.
“The kingdom [over which King] David [ruled has been destroyed, like] [MET] a house that collapsed and then became ruins. But some day I will cause it to be a kingdom again. I will cause it to prosper again just like it did previously.
12 Y tomarán posesión de lo que queda de Edom, y todas las naciones que una vez me pertenecieron, declara el Señor. Él hará que así suceda.
When that happens, your [armies] will seize/capture the remaining part of Edom [region] again, and they will also seize the land in other nations that previously belonged to me [MTY]. I, Yahweh, have said [that I will do these things], and I will certainly cause them to happen.
13 ¡Miren! Se acerca el tiempo, dice el Señor, cuando el que ara tomará el lugar del segador; y el que trilla tomará el lugar del que siembra. Las montañas destilarán vino dulce, y éste fluirá de todas las colinas.
There will be a time [when your crops will grow very well]. Very soon after the crops are harvested, farmers will plow the ground [to plant more crops in it again], and soon after the vineyards are planted, [farmers will harvest] grapes and tread on them [to make wine]. [And because there will be a lot of] wine, [it will seem as though] wine is flowing down from the hills [DOU].
14 Liberaré a mi pueblo de la cautividad, y ellos reconstruirán las ciudades en ruinas, y habitarán en ellas. Plantarán viñedos y beberán su vino; plantarán jardines y comerán de su fruto.
I will cause you, my Israeli people, to prosper again. You will rebuild your towns and live in them. You will plant vineyards and then drink the wine [made from the grapes that grows in them].
15 Yo los plantaré en su propia tierra y nunca más serán sacados de la tierra que yo les he dado, declara el Señor tu Dios.
I will enable you to live [MET] in your land again, the land that I gave to [your ancestors], and never again will you be forced to leave it. [That is what will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.”
