Amos 7
1 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.
IL Signore Iddio mi fece vedere una cotal [visione: ] Ecco, egli formava delle locuste, in sul principio dello spuntar del guaime; ed ecco del guaime, dopo le segature del re.
2 [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!)”
E come quelle finivano di mangiar l'erba della terra, io dissi: Deh! Signore Iddio, perdona; quale [è] Giacobbe, ch'egli possa risorgere? conciossiachè egli [sia già tanto] piccolo.
3 So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”
Il Signore si pentì di ciò. [Questo] non avverrà, disse il Signore.
4 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.
[Poi] il Signore Iddio mi fece vedere una cotal [visione: ] Ecco, il Signore bandiva di [voler] contendere col fuoco; e [il fuoco] consumò il grande abisso; consumò anche una parte [del paese].
5 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]?”
Ed io dissi: Deh! Signore Iddio, resta; quale [è] Giacobbe, ch'egli possa risorgere? conciossiachè egli [sia già tanto] piccolo.
6 So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”
Il Signore si pentì di ciò. Ancora questo non avverrà, disse il Signore.
7 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.
[Poi] egli mi fece vedere una cotal [visione: ] Ecco, il Signore stava sopra un muro, [fatto] all'archipenzolo; ed avea in mano un archipenzolo.
8 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.
E il Signore mi disse: Che vedi, Amos? Ed io dissi: Un archipenzolo. E il Signore disse: Ecco, io pongo l'archipenzolo per mezzo il mio popolo Israele; io non glielo passerò più.
9 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.”
E gli alti luoghi d'Isacco saranno distrutti, e i santuarii d'Israele saranno deserti; ed io mi leverò con la spada contro alla casa di Geroboamo.
10 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.
ALLORA Amasia, sacerdote di Betel, mandò a dire a Geroboamo, re d'Israele: Amos ha fatta congiura contro a te, in mezzo della casa d'Israele; il paese non potrà portare tutte le sue parole.
11 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).’”
Perciocchè, così ha detto Amos: Geroboamo morrà per la spada, e Israele sarà del tutto menato in cattività d'in su la sua terra.
12 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!
Poi Amasia disse ad Amos: Veggente, va', fuggitene nel paese di Giuda; e quivi mangia del pane, e quivi profetizza.
13 Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!”
E non profetizzar più in Betel; perciocchè è il santuario del re, ed una stanza reale.
14 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.
Ma Amos rispose, e disse ad Amasia: Io non [era] profeta, nè figliuol di profeta; anzi [era] mandriale, e andava cogliendo de' sicomori;
15 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!’
e il Signore mi prese di dietro alla greggia, e mi disse: Va', profetizza al mio popolo Israele.
16 You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to [the people of] Israel; stop saying those things!’
Ora dunque, ascolta la parola del Signore. Tu dici: Non profetizzar contro ad Israele, e non istillar sopra la casa d'Isacco.
17 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).’”
Perciò, così ha detto il Signore: La tua moglie fornicherà nella città, e i tuoi figliuoli, e le tue figliuole caderanno per la spada; e la tua terra sarà spartita con la cordicella, e tu morrai in terra immonda, e Israele sarà del tutto menato in cattività, d'in su la sua terra.
