Locusts, fire and a plumb-line
1This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: he was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. 2When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, ‘Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!’
3So the Lord relented.
‘This will not happen,’ the Lord said.
4This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: the Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land. 5Then I cried out, ‘Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!’
6So the Lord relented.
‘This will not happen either,’ the Sovereign Lord said.
7This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. with a plumb-line7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain; also in verse 8. in his hand. 8And the Lord asked me, ‘What do you see, Amos?’
‘A plumb-line,’ I replied.
Then the Lord said, ‘Look, I am setting a plumb-line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
9‘The high places of Isaac will be destroyed
and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined;
with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.’
Amos and Amaziah
10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: ‘Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. 11For this is what Amos is saying:
‘ “Jeroboam will die by the sword,
and Israel will surely go into exile,
away from their native land.” ’
12Then Amaziah said to Amos, ‘Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. 13Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.’
14Amos answered Amaziah, ‘I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. 15But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.” 16Now then, hear the word of the Lord. You say,
‘ “Do not prophesy against Israel,
and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.”
17‘Therefore this is what the Lord says:
‘ “Your wife will become a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.
Your land will be measured and divided up,
and you yourself will die in a pagan7:17 Hebrew an unclean country.
And Israel will surely go into exile,
away from their native land.” ’
Eṣú, iná àti ìwọ̀n okùn
1Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa Olódùmarè fihàn mí: Ó pèsè ọwọ́ eṣú lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí a kórè ìpín ọba, ní ìgbà ti èso ẹ̀ẹ̀kejì ń jáde bọ̀. 2Nígbà tí wọ́n jẹ koríko ilẹ̀ náà mọ́ féfé nígbà náà ni mo gbé ohùn mi sókè pé, “Olúwa Olódùmarè, mo bẹ̀ ọ́, dáríjì! Báwo ni Jakọbu yóò ha ṣe lè dìde? Òun kéré jọjọ!”
3Olúwa ronúpìwàdà nípa èyí.
“Èyí kò ni ṣẹlẹ̀,” ni Olúwa wí.
4Èyí ni ohun ti Olúwa Olódùmarè fihàn mí: Olúwa Olódùmarè ń pè fún ìdájọ́ pẹ̀lú iná; ó jó ọ̀gbun ńlá rún, ó sì jẹ ilẹ̀ run. 5Nígbà náà ni mo gbé ohùn mi sókè pé, “Olúwa Olódùmarè jọ̀wọ́ má ṣe ṣe é! Báwo ni Jakọbu yóò ha ṣe lè dìde? Òun kéré jọjọ!”
6Olúwa ronúpìwàdà nípa èyí.
“Èyí náà kò ní ṣẹlẹ̀,” ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí.
7Èyí ni ohun tí ó fihàn mí: Olúwa dúró ní ẹ̀gbẹ́ odi ti a fi okùn ìwọ̀n mọ́, ti òun ti okùn ìwọ̀n tí ó rún ni ọwọ́ rẹ̀. 8Olúwa sì bi mi pé, “Amosi, kí ni ìwọ rí?”
Mo dáhùn pé, “Okùn ìwọ̀n.”
Nígbà náà ni Olúwa wí pé, “Wò ó, Èmí ń gbé okùn ìwọ̀n kalẹ̀ láàrín àwọn Israẹli ènìyàn mi; Èmi kì yóò sì tún kọjá lọ́dọ̀ wọn mọ́.
9“Ibi gíga Isaaki wọ̀n-ọn-nì yóò sì di ahoro
àti ibi mímọ Israẹli wọ̀n-ọn-nì yóò di ahoro.
Èmi yóò sì fi idà dìde sí ilé Jeroboamu.”
Amosi àti Amasiah
10Nígbà náà Amasiah àlùfáà Beteli ránṣẹ́ sí Jeroboamu ọba Israẹli, wí pé: “Amosi ti dìde láti dìtẹ̀ sí ọ ni àárín gbùngbùn Israẹli. Ilẹ̀ kò sì le gba gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀. 11Nítorí èyí ni ohun ti Amosi ń sọ:
“ ‘Jeroboamu yóò ti ipa idà kú,
Lóòtítọ́ Israẹli yóò lọ sí ìgbèkùn,
jìnnà kúrò ní ilẹ̀ ìní wọn.’ ”
12Nígbà náà ni Amasiah sọ fún Amosi pé, “Lọ jáde, ìwọ aríran! Padà sí ilẹ̀ àwọn Juda. Kí o máa jẹun rẹ níbẹ̀, kí o sì máa sọtẹ́lẹ̀ rẹ̀ níbẹ̀. 13Má ṣe sọtẹ́lẹ̀ mọ ni Beteli nítorí ibi mímọ́ ọba ni àti ibi tẹmpili ìjọba rẹ̀.”
14Amosi dá Amasiah lóhùn pé, “Èmi kì í ṣe wòlíì tàbí àwọn ọmọ wòlíì, ṣùgbọ́n mo jẹ́ olùṣọ́-àgùntàn, mo sì ń ṣe ìtọ́jú igi ọ̀pọ̀tọ́ sikamore. 15Ṣùgbọ́n Olúwa mu mi bí mo ti ń tọ́ agbo ẹran lẹ́yìn, ó sì wí fun mi pé, ‘Lọ sọtẹ́lẹ̀ fun àwọn Israẹli ènìyàn mi.’ 16Nítorí náà nísinsin yìí, gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa. Ìwọ wí pé,
“ ‘Má ṣe sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ sí Israẹli
Má sì ṣe wàásù sí ilé Isaaki.’
17“Nítorí náà, èyí ni ohun ti Olúwa wí:
“ ‘Ìyàwó rẹ yóò di panṣágà ni ìlú,
àwọn ọmọ ọkùnrin àti obìnrin rẹ yóò ti ipa idà ṣubú.
A ó fi okùn wọn ilẹ̀ rẹ, a ó sì pín in
àti ìwọ pẹ̀lú yóò kú ni ilẹ̀ àìmọ́.
Israẹli yóò sì lọ sí ìgbèkùn,
kúrò ní ilẹ̀ ìní wọn.’ ”
