Amós 7

1 ʼAdonay Yavé me mostró esto: Ciertamente Él formaba un enjambre de langostas cuando comenzaba a brotar el pasto tardío. Y en verdad era el pasto tardío que viene después de la cosecha del rey.

These things the Lord God has revealed to me. And behold, the locust was formed at the beginning of the germination during the latter rains, and behold, the latter rains came after the thundering of the king.

2 Aconteció que cuando acababan de comer la hierba de la tierra, yo dije: ¡Oh ʼAdonay Yavé, te ruego que perdones! ¿Cómo podrá resistir Jacob, que es tan pequeño?

And it happened, when they had finally eaten all the grass in the land, that I said, “Lord God, be gracious, I beg you. Who will raise up Jacob, for he is little?”

3 Yavé desistió de esto: No será, dijo Yavé.

The Lord has been merciful about this. “It will not be,” said the Lord.

4 ʼAdonay Yavé me mostró: Vi que ʼAdonay Yavé llamaba a contender con fuego, y consumió el gran abismo, y devoraba la tierra.

These things the Lord God has revealed to me. And behold, the Lord God called for judgment unto fire, and it devoured the manifold abyss, and it consumed simultaneously in every direction.

5 Entonces dije: ¡Oh ʼAdonay Yavé, te ruego que desistas! ¿Cómo puede resistir Jacob, que es tan pequeño?

And I said, “Lord God, cease, I beg you. Who will raise up Jacob, for he is little?”

6 Yavé desistió de esto: Tampoco será esto, dijo ʼAdonay Yavé.

The Lord has been merciful about this. “And even this will not be,” said the Lord God.

7 Me mostró esto: Miré que ʼAdonay estaba en pie sobre un muro vertical, con una plomada en su mano.

These things the Lord revealed to me. And behold, the Lord was standing near a plastered wall, and in his hand was a mason’s trowel.

8 Yavé me dijo: ¿Qué ves, Amós? Y respondí: Una plomada. Entonces ʼAdonay me dijo: Mira, Yo estoy a punto de aplicar la plomada en medio de mi pueblo Israel. No lo soporto más.

And the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A mason’s trowel.” And the Lord said, “Behold, I will place the trowel in the midst of my people Israel. I will no longer plaster over them.

9 Los lugares altos de Isaac serán destruidos, las cosas sagradas de Israel serán desoladas, y me levantaré con la espada contra la casa de Jeroboam.

And the heights of the idol will be demolished, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be desolate. And I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

10 Entonces Amasías, sacerdote de Bet-ʼEl, envió a decir a Jeroboam, rey de Israel: Amós conspira contra ti en medio de la Casa de Israel: la tierra no puede soportar sus palabras.

And Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: “Amos has rebelled against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to withstand all his sermons.

11 Porque Amós dijo: Jeroboam morirá a espada e Israel saldrá de su tierra en cautiverio.

For Amos says this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will be taken captive out of their own land.’”

12 Y Amasías dijo a Amós: Vidente, vé, huye a la tierra de Judá. Come allí tu pan y profetiza allí,

And Amaziah said to Amos, “You, seer, go out and flee into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

13 pero ya no vuelvas a profetizar en Bet-ʼEl, porque es santuario del rey y capital del reino.

And in Bethel, do not prophesy any longer, because it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.”

14 Pero Amós respondió a Amasías: No soy profeta, ni hijo de profeta, sino boyero y cultivador de higos silvestres.

And Amos responded, and he said to Amasias, “I am not a prophet, and I am not the son of a prophet, but I am a herdsman plucking from wild fig trees.

15 Pero Yavé me tomó de detrás del rebaño y me dijo: Vé, profetiza a mi pueblo Israel.

And the Lord took me, when I was following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’”

16 Ahora pues, escucha la Palabra de Yavé: Tú dices: No profetices contra Israel, ni prediques contra la casa de Isaac.

And now, hear the word of the Lord: You say, “You will not prophesy about Israel, and you will not rain your words upon the house of the idol.”

17 Por tanto, Yavé dice: Tu esposa se prostituirá en la ciudad, tus hijos y tus hijas caerán a espada, tu tierra será repartida a cordel y tú morirás en tierra impura. Israel ciertamente irá de su tierra al exilio.

Because of that, the Lord says this: “Your wife will fornicate in the city, and your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, and your soil will be measured with a string. And you will die on polluted land, and Israel will be taken into captivity out of their land.”