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1. Haec ostendit mihi Dominus Deus: et ecce, ipse formabat lo custas in principio, cum germinarent serotinae fruges; et ecce fruges serotinae post fruges demessas regis.

1. Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, he was forming locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

2. Et factum est, cum consummasset comedere herbam terrae, dixi: “Domine Deus, propitius esto, obsecro; quomodo stabit Iacob, quia parvulus est?”.

2. When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, "O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!"

3. Misertus est Dominus super hoc. “Non erit”, dixit Dominus Deus.

3. The LORD repented concerning this; "It shall not be," said the LORD.

4. Haec ostendit mihi Dominus Deus: et ecce, vocabat ad iudicium per ignem Dominus Deus, et devoravit abyssum magnam et comedit simul partem.

4. Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.

5. Et dixi: “Domine Deus, quiesce, obsecro; quomodo stabit Iacob, quia parvulus est?”.

5. Then I said, "O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!"

6. Misertus est Dominus super hoc. “Sed et istud non erit”, dicit Dominus Deus.

6. The LORD repented concerning this; "This also shall not be," said the Lord GOD.

7. Haec ostendit mihi Dominus Deus: ecce vir stans super murum litum, et in manu eius trulla caementarii.

7. He showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

8. Et dixit Dominus ad me: “Quid tu vides, Amos?”. Et dixi: “Trullam caementarii”. Et dixit Dominus: “Ecce ego ponam trullam in medio populi mei Israel; non adiciam ultra ignoscere ei.

8. And the LORD said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass by them;

9. Et demolientur excelsa Isaac, et sanctuaria Israel desolabuntur, et consurgam super domum Ieroboam in gladio”.

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 Jerobo'am with the sword."

10. Et misit Amasias sacerdos Bethel ad Ieroboam regem Israel dicens: “Conspiravit contra te Amos in medio domus Israel; non poterit terra sustinere universos sermones eius.

10. Then Amazi'ah the priest of Bethel sent to Jerobo'am king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.

11. Haec enim dicit Amos: “In gladio morietur Ieroboam, et Israel captivus migrabit de terra sua””.

11. For thus Amos has said, `Jerobo'am shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his land.'"

12. Et dixit Amasias ad Amos: “Qui vides, gradere. Fuge in terram Iudae et comede ibi panem et prophetabis ibi;

12. And Amazi'ah said to Amos, "O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there;

13. et in Bethel non adicies ultra ut prophetes, quia sanctuarium regis est, et domus regni est”.

13. but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."

14. Responditque Amos et dixit ad Amasiam: “Non sum propheta et non sum filius prophetae; sed armentarius ego sum, vellicans sycomoros.

14. Then Amos answered Amazi'ah, "I am no prophet, nor a prophet's son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees,

15. Et tulit me Dominus, cum sequerer gregem, et dixit Dominus ad me: “Vade, propheta ad populum meum Israel”.

15. and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, `Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

16. Et nunc audi verbum Domini. Tu dicis: “Non prophetabis super Israel et non stillabis verba super domum Isaac”.

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. Propter hoc haec dicit Dominus: “Uxor tua in civitate fornicabitur, et filii tui et filiae tuae in gladio cadent, et humus tua funiculo metietur; et tu in terra polluta morieris, et Israel captivus migrabit de terra sua””.

17. Therefore thus says the LORD: `Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be parceled out by line; you yourself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.'"



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