| א כֹּה הִרְאַנִי, אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, וְהִנֵּה יוֹצֵר גֹּבַי, בִּתְחִלַּת עֲלוֹת הַלָּקֶשׁ; וְהִנֵּה-לֶקֶשׁ--אַחַר, גִּזֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ. | 1 Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and, behold, He formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. |
| ב וְהָיָה, אִם-כִּלָּה לֶאֱכוֹל אֶת-עֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ, וָאֹמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה סְלַח-נָא, מִי יָקוּם יַעֲקֹב: כִּי קָטֹן, הוּא. | 2 And if it had come to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land--so I said: O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small. |
| ג נִחַם יְהוָה, עַל-זֹאת: לֹא תִהְיֶה, אָמַר יְהוָה. | 3 The LORD repented concerning this; 'It shall not be', saith the LORD. |
| ד כֹּה הִרְאַנִי אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, וְהִנֵּה קֹרֵא לָרִב בָּאֵשׁ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה; וַתֹּאכַל אֶת-תְּהוֹם רַבָּה, וְאָכְלָה אֶת-הַחֵלֶק. | 4 Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land. |
| ה וָאֹמַר, אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה חֲדַל-נָא--מִי יָקוּם, יַעֲקֹב: כִּי קָטֹן, הוּא. | 5 Then said I: O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small. |
| ו נִחַם יְהוָה, עַל-זֹאת; גַּם-הִיא לֹא תִהְיֶה, אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה. {פ} | 6 The LORD repented concerning this; 'This also shall not be', saith the Lord GOD. {P} |
| ז כֹּה הִרְאַנִי, וְהִנֵּה אֲדֹנָי נִצָּב עַל-חוֹמַת אֲנָךְ; וּבְיָדוֹ, אֲנָךְ. | 7 Thus He showed me; and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in His hand. |
| ח וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי, מָה-אַתָּה רֹאֶה עָמוֹס, וָאֹמַר, אֲנָךְ; וַיֹּאמֶר אֲדֹנָי, הִנְנִי שָׂם אֲנָךְ בְּקֶרֶב עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל--לֹא-אוֹסִיף עוֹד, עֲבוֹר לוֹ. | 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 pardon them any more; |
| ט וְנָשַׁמּוּ בָּמוֹת יִשְׂחָק, וּמִקְדְּשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל יֶחֱרָבוּ; וְקַמְתִּי עַל-בֵּית יָרָבְעָם, בֶּחָרֶב. {ס} | 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. {S} |
| י וַיִּשְׁלַח, אֲמַצְיָה כֹּהֵן בֵּית-אֵל, אֶל-יָרָבְעָם מֶלֶךְ-יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֵאמֹר: קָשַׁר עָלֶיךָ עָמוֹס, בְּקֶרֶב בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל--לֹא-תוּכַל הָאָרֶץ, לְהָכִיל אֶת-כָּל-דְּבָרָיו. | 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. |
| יא כִּי-כֹה אָמַר עָמוֹס, בַּחֶרֶב יָמוּת יָרָבְעָם; וְיִשְׂרָאֵל--גָּלֹה יִגְלֶה, מֵעַל אַדְמָתוֹ. {ס} | 11 For thus Amos saith: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.' {S} |
| יב וַיֹּאמֶר אֲמַצְיָה, אֶל-עָמוֹס, חֹזֶה, לֵךְ בְּרַח-לְךָ אֶל-אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה; וֶאֱכָל-שָׁם לֶחֶם, וְשָׁם תִּנָּבֵא. | 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; |
| יג וּבֵית-אֵל, לֹא-תוֹסִיף עוֹד לְהִנָּבֵא: כִּי מִקְדַּשׁ-מֶלֶךְ הוּא, וּבֵית מַמְלָכָה הוּא. | 13 but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.' |
| יד וַיַּעַן עָמוֹס, וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל-אֲמַצְיָה, לֹא-נָבִיא אָנֹכִי, וְלֹא בֶן-נָבִיא אָנֹכִי: כִּי-בוֹקֵר אָנֹכִי, וּבוֹלֵס שִׁקְמִים. | 14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah: 'I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a dresser of sycamore-trees; |
| טו וַיִּקָּחֵנִי יְהוָה, מֵאַחֲרֵי הַצֹּאן; וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי יְהוָה, לֵךְ הִנָּבֵא אֶל-עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל. | 15 and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said unto me: Go, prophesy unto My people Israel. |
| טז וְעַתָּה, שְׁמַע דְּבַר-יְהוָה: אַתָּה אֹמֵר, לֹא תִנָּבֵא עַל-יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְלֹא תַטִּיף, עַל-בֵּית יִשְׂחָק. | 16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest: Prophesy not against Israel, and preach not against the house of Isaac; |
| יז לָכֵן כֹּה-אָמַר יְהוָה, אִשְׁתְּךָ בָּעִיר תִּזְנֶה וּבָנֶיךָ וּבְנֹתֶיךָ בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ, וְאַדְמָתְךָ, בַּחֶבֶל תְּחֻלָּק; וְאַתָּה, עַל-אֲדָמָה טְמֵאָה תָּמוּת, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל, גָּלֹה יִגְלֶה מֵעַל אַדְמָתוֹ. {פ} | 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD: Thy wife shall be a 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 thyself shalt die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.' {P} |