Amós 7

1 Así me lo mostró el Señor Yahvé: he aquí que formó langostas al principio del brote de la última hierba; y he aquí que era la última hierba después de la cosecha 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 Cuando terminaron de comer la hierba de la tierra, entonces dije: “¡Señor Yahvé, perdona, te lo ruego! ¿Cómo pudo Jacob mantenerse en pie? Porque es pequeño”.

[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 Yahvé cedió al respecto. “No será”, dice Yahvé.

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

4 Así me lo mostró el Señor Yahvé: he aquí que el Señor Yahvé llamó al juicio por el fuego, y éste secó el gran abismo, y hubiera devorado la tierra.

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 Entonces dije: “¡Señor Yahvé, detente, te lo ruego! ¿Cómo podrá resistir Jacob? Porque es pequeño”.

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 Yahvé cedió al respecto. “Esto tampoco será”, dice el Señor Yahvé.

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

7 Así me lo mostró: he aquí que el Señor estaba de pie junto a un muro hecho con una plomada, con una plomada en la 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 El Señor me dijo: “Amós, ¿qué ves?” Dije: “Una plomada”. Entonces el Señor dijo: “He aquí que voy a poner una plomada en medio de mi pueblo Israel. No volveré a pasar por ellos.

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 Isaac quedarán desolados, los santuarios de Israel serán asolados; y me levantaré contra la casa de Jeroboam con la 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 Entonces Amasías, sacerdote de Betel, envió a decir a Jeroboam, rey de Israel: “Amós ha conspirado contra ti en medio de la casa de Israel. La tierra no puede soportar todas sus palabras.

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 Amós dice: ‘Jeroboam morirá a espada, e Israel será llevado cautivo 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 Amasías también le dijo a Amós: “¡Vidente, vete, huye a la tierra de Judá, y come allí el pan, y profetiza allí,

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 es el santuario del rey, y es una casa real!”

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

14 Entonces Amós respondió a Amasías: “Yo no era profeta, ni hijo de profeta, sino que era pastor y cultivador de higos sicómoros;

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 y Yahvé me sacó del seguimiento del rebaño, y me dijo: ‘Ve, profetiza a mi pueblo 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 Ahora, pues, escucha la palabra de Yahvé: ‘Tú dices: No profetices contra Israel, y no prediques contra la 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 Por eso dice Yahvé: ‘Tu mujer se prostituirá en la ciudad, y tus hijos y tus hijas caerán a espada, y tu tierra será dividida por líneas; y tú mismo morirás en una tierra inmunda, e Israel será llevado cautivo fuera 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).’”