አንበጣ፣ እሳትና ቱንቢ
1ጌታ እግዚአብሔር ይህን አሳየኝ፤ የንጉሡ የመኸር እህል ከተሰበሰበ በኋላ ገቦው መብቀል በጀመረ ጊዜ፣ እርሱ የአንበጣ መንጋ እንዲፈለፈል አደረገ። 2አንበጦች የምድሩን ሣር ግጠው ከጨረሱት በኋላ፣ “ጌታ እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤ ይቅር እንድትል እለምንሃለሁ፤ ያዕቆብ ይህን እንዴት ሊቋቋመው ይችላል? ታናሽ ነው እኮ!” አልሁ።
3እግዚአብሔርም ስለዚህ ነገር ተጸጸተ፤ እግዚአብሔርም ይህ አይፈጸምም አለ።
4ጌታ እግዚአብሔር ይህንም አሳየኝ፤ ጌታ እግዚአብሔር በእሳት ሊፈርድ ተዘጋጀ፤ እሳቱም ታላቁን ጥልቅ አደረቀ፤ ምድሪቱንም በላ። 5ከዚያም በኋላ፣ “ጌታ እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤ እንድትተወው እለምንሃለሁ፤ ያዕቆብ ይህን እንዴት ሊቋቋመው ይችላል? ታናሽ ነው እኮ!” አልሁ።
6እግዚአብሔር ስለዚህ ነገር ተጸጸተ፤ ጌታ እግዚአብሔር፣ “ይህም ደግሞ አይፈጸምም” አለ።
7ይህንም ደግሞ አሳየኝ፤ ጌታ በእጁ ቱንቢ ይዞ በቱንቢ በተሠራ ቅጥር አጠገብ ቆሞ ነበር። 8እግዚአብሔር፣ “አሞጽ፣ የምታየው ምንድን ነው?” አለኝ።
እኔም፣ “ቱንቢ” አልሁ።
ጌታም እንዲህ አለ፤ “እነሆ፤ በሕዝቤ በእስራኤል መካከል ቱንቢ እዘረጋለሁ፤ ከእንግዲህም ወዲያ አልምራቸውም።
9“የይስሐቅ ማምለኪያ ኰረብታዎች ባድማ ይሆናሉ፤
የእስራኤል መቅደሶች ይፈርሳሉ፤
በኢዮርብዓምም ቤት ላይ በሰይፌ እነሣለሁ።”
አሞጽና አሜስያስ
10ከዚህ በኋላ የቤቴል ካህን አሜስያስ ወደ እስራኤል ንጉሥ ወደ ኢዮርብዓም እንዲህ ሲል መልእክት ላከ፤ “አሞጽ በእስራኤል ቤት መካከል በአንተ ላይ እያሤረ ነው፤ ምድሪቱም ቃሉን ሁሉ ልትሸከም አትችልም፤ 11አሞጽ እንዲህ ሲል ተናግሮ ነበርና፤
“ ‘ኢዮርብዓም በሰይፍ ይሞታል፤
እስራኤልም በርግጥ ከትውልድ አገሩ
ተማርኮ ይሄዳል።’ ”
12አሜስያስም፣ አሞጽን እንዲህ አለው፤ “አንተ ባለ ራእይ ከዚህ ሂድ! ከይሁዳ ምድር ሽሽ፤ እዚያም እንጀራህን ብላ፤ በዚያም ትንቢት ተናገር። 13ከእንግዲህ ወዲያ ግን በቤቴል ትንቢት አትናገር፤ የንጉሡ መቅደስ፣ የመንግሥቱም መኖሪያ ነውና።”
14አሞጽም ለአሜስያስ እንዲህ ሲል መለሰ፤ “እኔ እረኛና የባሉጥ ፍሬ ለቃሚ ነኝ እንጂ ነቢይ ወይም የነቢይ ልጅ አይደለሁም፤ 15እግዚአብሔር ግን የበግ መንጋ ከምጠብቅበት ቦታ ወስዶ፣ ‘ሂድና ለሕዝቤ ለእስራኤል ትንቢት ተናገር’ አለኝ፤ 16እንግዲህ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ስማ።
“አንተ፣ ‘በእስራኤል ላይ ትንቢት አትናገር፤
በይስሐቅም ቤት ላይ አትስበክ’
ትላለህ።
17“ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤
“ ‘ሚስትህ በከተማዪቱ ውስጥ ጋለሞታ ትሆናለች፤
ወንዶችና ሴቶች ልጆችህም በሰይፍ ይወድቃሉ፤
ምድርህም እየተለካ ይከፋፈላል፤
አንተ ራስህ በረከሰ7፥17 ዕብራይስጡ ርኩስ ይለዋል። ምድር ትሞታለህ፤
እስራኤልም ከትውልድ አገሩ፣
ተማርኮ ይሄዳል።’ ”
1Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.7.1 grasshoppers: or, green worms 2And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.7.2 by…: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand? 3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
4¶ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. 5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.7.5 by…: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand? 6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
7¶ Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. 8And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: 9And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
10¶ Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 11For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. 12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.7.13 chapel: or, sanctuary7.13 king’s court: Heb. house of the kingdom
14¶ Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:7.14 sycomore…: or, wild figs 15And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.7.15 as…: Heb. from behind
16¶ Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. 17Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
