Amos 7
Ang Biblia, 2001
Ang mga Balang sa Pangitain
7 Ganito ang ipinakita sa akin ng Panginoong Diyos: at narito, siya'y lumikha ng mga balang sa pasimula ng huling pagsibol ng pananim, at narito, ang huling pananim ay pagkatapos ng mga gapas para sa hari.
2 At nangyari, nang kanilang matapos kainin ang damo ng lupain, aking sinabi,
“O Panginoong Diyos, isinasamo ko sa iyo, magpatawad ka!
Paanong tatayo ang Jacob? Sapagkat siya'y maliit!
Siya'y napakaliit!”
3 Ang Panginoon ay nagbago ng isip tungkol dito,
“Hindi mangyayari,” sabi ng Panginoon.
Ang Pangitaing Apoy
4 Ganito ang ipinakita sa akin ng Panginoong Diyos: at narito, ang Panginoong Diyos ay tumatawag, upang humatol sa pamamagitan ng apoy, at tinupok nito ang malaking kalaliman, at kinakain ang lupain.
5 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ko,
“O Panginoong Diyos, itigil mo, isinasamo ko sa iyo!
Paanong makakatayo ang Jacob?
Siya'y maliit!”
6 Ang Panginoon ay nagbago ng isip tungkol dito,
“Ito'y hindi rin mangyayari,” sabi ng Panginoong Diyos.
Ang Pangitaing Panghulog
7 Ipinakita niya sa akin: Narito, ang Panginoon ay nakatayo sa tabi ng isang kuta na itinayo na may panghulog, na may panghulog sa kanyang kamay.
8 At sinabi ng Panginoon sa akin, “Amos, anong nakikita mo?” At aking sinabi, “Isang panghulog.” At sinabi ng Panginoon,
“Tingnan ninyo, ako'y maglalagay ng panghulog sa gitna ng aking bayang Israel;
hindi na ako magdaraan pa sa kanila.
9 At ang matataas na dako ng Isaac ay magiging sira,
at ang mga santuwaryo ng Israel ay mahahandusay na wasak;
at ako'y babangon na may tabak laban sa sambahayan ni Jeroboam.”
Si Amos at si Amasias
10 Nang magkagayo'y nagsugo si Amasias na pari sa Bethel kay Jeroboam na hari ng Israel, na nagsasabi, “Si Amos ay nakipagsabwatan laban sa iyo sa gitna ng sambahayan ni Israel. Hindi kayang dalhin ng lupain ang lahat niyang mga salita.
11 Sapagkat ganito ang sabi ni Amos,
‘Si Jeroboam ay mamamatay sa pamamagitan ng tabak,
at ang Israel ay tunay na pupunta sa pagkabihag
mula sa kanyang lupain.’”
12 Sinabi ni Amasias kay Amos, “O ikaw na tagakita, humayo ka, at tumakas ka sa lupain ng Juda, at doo'y kumain ka ng tinapay, at magsalita ka ng propesiya roon.
13 Ngunit huwag ka nang muling magsalita ng propesiya sa Bethel, sapagkat iyon ay santuwaryo ng hari, at iyon ay templo ng kaharian.”
14 Nang magkagayo'y sumagot si Amos kay Amasias, “Ako'y hindi propeta, o anak man ng propeta; kundi ako'y pastol, at manggagawa sa mga puno ng sikomoro.
15 At kinuha ako ng Panginoon mula sa pagsunod sa kawan, at sinabi ng Panginoon sa akin, ‘Humayo ka, magsalita ka ng propesiya sa aking bayang Israel.’
16 “Kaya't ngayo'y pakinggan mo ang salita ng Panginoon,
Iyong sinasabi, ‘Huwag kang magpahayag ng propesiya laban sa Israel,
at huwag kang mangaral laban sa sambahayan ni Isaac.’
17 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon:
‘Ang iyong asawa ay magiging masamang babae[a] sa lunsod,
at ang iyong mga anak na lalaki at babae ay mabubuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak,
at ang iyong lupain ay mahahati sa pamamagitan ng pising panukat;
at ikaw ay mamamatay sa isang lupaing marumi,
at ang Israel ay tiyak na dadalhing bihag papalayo sa kanyang lupain.’”
Footnotes
- Amos 7:17 o babaing nagbibili ng panandaliang aliw .
阿摩司書 7
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
各種災禍的異象
7 以下是主耶和華讓我看見的異象：看啊，祂造了一大群蝗蟲。那時，王室的作物已經收割，第二季作物剛開始發苗。 2 蝗蟲吃盡地上的青苗時，我說：「主耶和華啊，求你赦免！雅各那麼弱小，他怎麼受得了呢？」 3 於是，耶和華心生憐憫，說：「我不降這災了。」
4 以下是主耶和華讓我看見的異象：看啊，主耶和華降下審判的大火。大火燒乾了深海，正在吞噬土地。 5 那時，我說：「主耶和華啊，求你停止吧！雅各那麼弱小，他怎麼受得了呢？」 6 於是，耶和華心生憐憫，說：「我也不降這災了。」
7 以下是祂讓我看見的異象：看啊，主站在一道按照準繩建造的牆邊，手裡拿著準繩。 8 耶和華對我說：「阿摩司，你看見什麼？」我答道：「一條準繩。」主說：「我要在我的以色列子民中吊起準繩，量度他們，我不會再饒恕他們。 9 以撒子孫的邱壇必遭毀壞，以色列的廟宇必成廢墟，我要用刀攻擊耶羅波安王朝。」
阿摩司被逐
10 伯特利的祭司亞瑪謝派人告訴以色列王耶羅波安：「阿摩司在以色列家圖謀背叛你，我們國家無法容忍他的言論。 11 因為阿摩司這樣說，『耶羅波安將喪身刀下，以色列人必被擄去，遠離家鄉。』」
12 亞瑪謝對我說：「先見啊，走吧！逃回猶大去吧！你要在那裡掙吃的，在那裡說預言。 13 不可再在伯特利說預言，這裡是王的聖所，是國廟。」
14 我答道：「我本不是先知，也不是先知的門徒。我只是一個牧人，也替人看護桑樹。 15 但耶和華不再讓我看守羊群，祂對我說，『去！向我的以色列子民說預言。』 16 亞瑪謝啊，你說，『不要說攻擊以色列的預言，不要傳講攻擊以撒子孫的信息。』現在你要聽耶和華對你說的話。 17 耶和華說，『你的妻子必在這城裡淪為妓女，你的兒女必喪身刀下，你的田地必被人丈量、瓜分，你自己必死在異鄉[a]。以色列人必被擄去，遠離家鄉。』」
Footnotes
- 7·17 「異鄉」希伯來文是「不潔之地」，指不信上帝的國家。
Amos 7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Locusts, Fire, and a Plumb-Line
7 This is what the Lord God showed me: he was forming locusts at the time the latter growth began to sprout (it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings). 2 When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,
‘O Lord God, forgive, I beg you!
How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!’
3 The Lord relented concerning this;
‘It shall not be,’ said the Lord.
4 This is what the Lord God showed me: the Lord God was calling for a shower of fire,[a] and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land. 5 Then I said,
‘O Lord God, cease, I beg you!
How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!’
6 The Lord relented concerning this;
‘This also shall not be,’ said the Lord God.
7 This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. 8 And the Lord said to me, ‘Amos, what do you see?’ And I said, ‘A plumb-line.’ Then the Lord said,
‘See, I am setting a plumb-line
in the midst of my people Israel;
I will never again pass them by;
9 the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate,
and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste,
and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.’
Amaziah Complains to the King
10 Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, ‘Amos has conspired against you in the very centre of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos has said,
“Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
and Israel must go into exile
away from his land.”’
12 And Amaziah said to Amos, ‘O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, earn your bread there, and prophesy there; 13 but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.’
14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, ‘I am[b] no prophet, nor a prophet’s son; but I am[c] a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore trees, 15 and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.”
16 ‘Now therefore hear the word of the Lord.
You say, “Do not prophesy against Israel,
and do not preach against the house of Isaac.”
17 Therefore, thus says the Lord:
“Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword,
and your land shall be parcelled out by line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land,
and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.”’
Amos 7
Christian Standard Bible
First Vision: Locusts
7 The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts(A) at the time the spring crop first began to sprout—after the cutting of the king’s hay. 2 When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land,(B) I said, “Lord God, please forgive!(C) How will Jacob survive since he is so small?” (D)
3 The Lord relented concerning this.(E) “It will not happen,” he said.
Second Vision: Fire
4 The Lord God showed me this: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire.(F) It consumed the great deep and devoured the land. 5 Then I said, “Lord God, please stop!(G) How will Jacob survive since he is so small?”
6 The Lord relented concerning this.(H) “This will not happen either,” said the Lord God.
Third Vision: A Plumb Line
7 He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in his hand. 8 The Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” (I)
I replied, “A plumb line.”
Then the Lord said, “I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel;(J) I will no longer spare them:(K)
9 Isaac’s high places(L) will be deserted,
and Israel’s sanctuaries will be in ruins;(M)
I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam
with a sword.”
Amaziah’s Opposition
10 Amaziah the priest(N) of Bethel sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you(O) right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words, 11 for Amos has said this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.’”(P)
12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer!(Q) Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your living[a] and give your prophecies there, 13 but don’t ever prophesy(R) at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary(S) and a royal temple.”
14 So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was[b] not a prophet or the son of a prophet;[c](T) rather, I was[d] a herdsman,(U) and I took care of sycamore figs. 15 But the Lord took me from following the flock(V) and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’”(W)
16 Now hear the word of the Lord. You say:
17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved.