አሞጽ 7 – NASV & NIRV

New Amharic Standard Version

አሞጽ 7:1-17

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።’ ”

New International Reader’s Version

Amos 7:1-17

Amos Has Visions of Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line

1The Lord and King gave me a vision. He was bringing large numbers of locusts on the land. The king’s share had already been harvested. Now the later crops were coming up. 2The locusts stripped the land clean. Then I cried out, “Lord and King, forgive Israel! How can Jacob’s people continue? They are such a weak nation!”

3So the Lord had pity on them.

“I will let them continue for now,” he said.

4The Lord and King gave me a second vision. He was using fire to punish his people. It dried up the deep waters. It burned the land up. 5Then I cried out, “Lord and King, please stop! How can Jacob’s people continue? They are such a weak nation!”

6So the Lord had pity on them.

“I will let them continue for now,” the Lord and King said.

7Then the Lord gave me a third vision. He was standing by a wall. It had been built very straight, all the way up and down. He was holding a plumb line. 8The Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”

“A plumb line,” I replied.

Then the Lord said, “Look at what I am doing. I am hanging a plumb line next to my people Israel. It will show how crooked they are. I will no longer spare them.

9“The high places where Isaac’s people worship other gods will be destroyed.

The other places of worship in Israel will also be torn down.

I will use my sword to attack Jeroboam’s royal family.”

Amaziah Tells Amos to Stop Prophesying

10Amaziah was priest of Bethel. He sent a message to Jeroboam, the king of Israel. He said, “Amos is making evil plans against you right here in Israel. The people in the land can’t stand to listen to what he’s saying. 11Amos is telling them,

“ ‘Jeroboam will be killed by a sword.

The people of Israel will be taken away as prisoners.

They will be carried off from their own land.’ ”

12Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out of Israel, you prophet! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your living there. Do your prophesying there. 13Don’t prophesy here at Bethel anymore. This is where the king worships. The main temple in the kingdom is located here.”

14Amos answered Amaziah, “I was not a prophet. I wasn’t even the son of a prophet. I was a shepherd. I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. 15But the Lord took me away from taking care of the flock. He said to me, ‘Go. Prophesy to my people Israel.’ 16Now then, listen to the Lord’s message. You say,

“ ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel.

Stop preaching against the people of Isaac.’

17“But the Lord says,

“ ‘Your wife will become a prostitute

in the city of Bethel.

Your sons and daughters will be killed by swords.

Your land will be measured and divided up.

And you yourself will die in another country.

The people of Israel will surely be taken away as prisoners.

They will be carried off from their own land.’ ”