Amós 7

1 El Señor DIOS me mostró así; y he aquí, él criaba langostas al principio que comenzaba a crecer el heno tardío; y he aquí que el heno tardío creció después de las siegas 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 acaeció que como acabó de comer la hierba de la tierra, yo dije: Señor DIOS, perdona ahora; ¿quién levantará a Jacob? 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 Se arrepintió el SEÑOR de esto: No será, dijo el SEÑOR.

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

4 El Señor DIOS después me mostró así: y he aquí, llamaba para juzgar por fuego el Señor DIOS; y consumió un gran abismo, y consumió la heredad.

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 Y dije: Señor DIOS, cesa ahora; ¿quién levantará a 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 Se arrepintió el SEÑOR de esto: No será esto tampoco, dijo el Señor DIOS.

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

7 Me enseñó también así: He aquí, el Señor estaba sobre un muro edificado a plomada de albañil, y tenía en su mano una plomada de albañil.

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 entonces me dijo: ¿Qué ves, Amós? Y dije: Una plomada de albañil. Y el Señor dijo: He aquí, Yo pongo plomada de albañil en medio de mi pueblo Israel. Nunca más le pasaré;

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 y los altares de Isaac serán destruidos, y los santuarios de Israel serán asolados; y me levantaré con espada sobre 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 sacerdote de Bet-el envió a decir a Jeroboam, rey de Israel: Amós se ha conjurado contra ti en medio de la Casa de Israel; la tierra no puede ya sufrir 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 así ha dicho Amós: Jeroboam morirá a cuchillo, e Israel pasará de su tierra en cautiverio.

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 Y Amasías dijo a Amós: Vidente, vete, y huye a tierra de Judá, y come allá tu pan, y profetiza 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 y no profetices más en Bet-el, porque es santuario del rey, y cabecera del reino.

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

14 Entonces respondió Amós, y dijo a Amasías: No soy profeta, ni soy hijo de profeta, sino que soy boyero, y cogedor de higos silvestres;

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 el SEÑOR me tomó detrás del ganado, y me dijo el SEÑOR: Ve, y 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, oye palabra del SEÑOR. Tú dices: No profetices contra Israel, ni hables 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 tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR: Tu mujer fornicará en la ciudad, y tus hijos y tus hijas caerán a cuchillo, y tu tierra será partida por suertes; y tú morirás en tierra inmunda, e Israel será traspasado 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).’”