Amós 7

1 Esto es lo que el Señor Dios me dejó ver: y vi que, cuando comenzaba el crecimiento de la hierba tardía; él creó un enjambre de chapulines; he aquí que la cosecha de la primavera, era 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 Y sucedió que después de haber devorado toda la hierba de la tierra, dije: Oh Señor Dios, ten piedad: ¿cómo podrá Jacob resistir? porque él 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 El Señor, cambiando su propósito sobre esto, dijo: No será.

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

4 Esto es lo que el Señor me dejó ver: y vi que el Señor Dios envió un gran fuego para ser el instrumento de su castigo; y, después de quemar el gran abismo, estaba a punto de poner fin a la herencia del Señor.

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: Oh Señor Dios, que haya un final: ¿cómo podrá Jacob resistir? porque él 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 El Señor, cambiando su propósito sobre esto, dijo: Y esto no será.

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

7 Esto es lo que me dejó ver: y vi al Señor estaba junto a una pared construida a plomada de albañil, y él tenía una plomada de albañil 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 Y el Señor me dijo: Amós, ¿qué ves? Y yo dije: Una plomada de albañil. Entonces el Señor dijo: Mira, pondré una plomada de albañil entre mi pueblo Israel; Nunca más los dejaré sin castigo.

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 lugares altos de Isaac serán despoblados, y los lugares sagrados de Israel serán destruidos; y me enfrentaré a la familia 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, el sacerdote de Betel, envió a Jeroboam, rey de Israel, diciendo: Amós ha hecho planes contra ti entre el pueblo 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 ha dicho: Jeroboam será atacado a la espada, e Israel ciertamente será llevado como prisionero fuera 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 Y Amasías dijo a Amós: ¡Oh vidente, huye a la tierra de Judá, y allí gana tu vida trabajando como profeta!

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 ya no seáis profeta en Betel, porque es el lugar santo del rey y la casa del rey.

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 soy profeta, ni uno de los hijos de los profetas. Soy un pastor y uno que cuida los 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 el Señor me sacó del rebaño, y el Señor me dijo: Ve, sé profeta para 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, presta atención a la palabra del Señor: Tú dices: No seas profeta de Israel, y no digas una palabra contra el pueblo de Isaac.

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

17 Así que esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho: tu esposa será una mujer ramera en la ciudad, y tus hijos y tus hijas serán atacados a la espada, y tu tierra será en partes por una línea; y tú mismo llegarás a tu fin en una tierra inmunda, e Israel ciertamente será llevado prisionero 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).’”