1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. 2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
4 ¶ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. 5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
7 ¶ Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. 8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
10 ¶ Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
14 ¶ Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
16 ¶ Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
Siseņi, uguns un svērtenis
1 Tā man parādīja Kungs Dievs, redzi: viņš radīja siseņus, kad sāka dīgt atāls, un, redzi, tas bija atāls pēc ķēniņa pļaujas. 2 Un, kad no zemes bija noēsta visa zāle, es teicu: “Kungs Dievs, jel piedod, kā lai izdzīvo Jēkabs, jo viņš ir mazs!” 3 Un Kungs par viņu apžēlojās. “Tā nebūs!” teica Kungs.
4 Tā man parādīja Kungs Dievs, redzi: Kungs Dievs sauca uz uguns tiesu, un tā aprija plašās dzīles un rija zemi. 5 Un es teicu: “Kungs Dievs, mitējies jel, kā lai izdzīvo Jēkabs, jo viņš ir mazs!” 6 Un Kungs par viņu apžēlojās. “Arī tā nebūs!” teica Kungs Dievs.
7 Tā viņš man parādīja, redzi: Kungs nostājies taisni pār mūri, un rokā tam svina svērtenis, 8 un Kungs man teica: “Ko tu redzi, Amoss?” Un es teicu: “Svina svērteni!” Un Kungs teica: “Redzi, es lieku svina svērteni pa vidu savai tautai, Israēlam, vairs nekad es nebūšu pie tiem!
9 Tad Īzaka pakalni pārvērtīsies par izpostījumu
un Israēla svētvietas kļūs par drupām,
un es celšos ar zobenu pret Jārobāma namu!”
Amacjāhu apsūdz Amosu un saņem Dieva spriedumu
10 Tad Bēteles priesteris Amacjāhu sūtīja pie Israēla ķēniņa Jārobāma un lika teikt: “Israēla namā pret tevi ir sazvērējies Amoss, zeme nepanes to, ko viņš saka, 11 jo Amoss ir teicis:
no zobena Jārobāms mirs,
un Israēls aizies trimdā no savas zemes!”
12 Un Amacjāhu sacīja Amosam: “Redzētāj, ej un bēdz uz Jūdas zemi, ēd tur savu maizi un pravieto tur! 13 Bētelē vairs nepravieto nekad, jo tā ir ķēniņa svētnīca, tur ir valsts sēdeklis!”
14 Tad Amoss atbildēja Amacjāhu: “Es neesmu pravietis, nedz pravieša dēls, bet gan zemnieks, kas kopj mežavīģes. 15 Kungs mani paņēma, kad es kopu savas avis, un Kungs man teica: “Ej, pravieto manai tautai Israēlam!” 16 Un tagad klausies Kunga vārdu tu, kas saki: “Nepravieto par Israēlu un nerunā daudz par Īzaka namu!”
17 Tādēļ tā saka Kungs:
“Tava sieva pilsētā kļūs par netikli,
tavi dēli un meitas no zobena kritīs,
tavu zemi ar mērauklu dalīs,
un tu pats mirsi nešķīstā zemē,
un Israēls aizies trimdā no savas zemes!””
