Amos 7

1 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.

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.

2 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.

[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!)”

3 Il Signore si pentì di ciò. [Questo] non avverrà, disse il Signore.

So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”

4 [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].

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.

5 Ed io dissi: Deh! Signore Iddio, resta; quale [è] Giacobbe, ch'egli possa risorgere? conciossiachè egli [sia già tanto] piccolo.

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]?”

6 Il Signore si pentì di ciò. Ancora questo non avverrà, disse il Signore.

So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”

7 [Poi] egli mi fece vedere una cotal [visione: ] Ecco, il Signore stava sopra un muro, [fatto] all'archipenzolo; ed avea in mano un archipenzolo.

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.

8 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.

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.

9 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.

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.”

10 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.

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.

11 Perciocchè, così ha detto Amos: Geroboamo morrà per la spada, e Israele sarà del tutto menato in cattività d'in su la sua terra.

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).’”

12 Poi Amasia disse ad Amos: Veggente, va', fuggitene nel paese di Giuda; e quivi mangia del pane, e quivi profetizza.

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!

13 E non profetizzar più in Betel; perciocchè è il santuario del re, ed una stanza reale.

Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!”

14 Ma Amos rispose, e disse ad Amasia: Io non [era] profeta, nè figliuol di profeta; anzi [era] mandriale, e andava cogliendo de' sicomori;

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.

15 e il Signore mi prese di dietro alla greggia, e mi disse: Va', profetizza al mio popolo Israele.

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!’

16 Ora dunque, ascolta la parola del Signore. Tu dici: Non profetizzar contro ad Israele, e non istillar sopra la casa d'Isacco.

You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to [the people of] Israel; stop saying those things!’

17 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.

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).’”