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Vision of the Locusts

¹Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, He formed locust swarms at the beginning of the late crop; indeed it was the late crop after the king’s mowings. ²And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said:
“O Lord God, forgive, I pray!
⚓Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
³So⚓the Lord relented concerning this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

Vision of the Fire

⁴Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, the Lord God called for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the territory. ⁵Then I said:
“O Lord God, cease, I pray!
⚓Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
⁶So the Lord relented concerning this.
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

Vision of the Plumb Line

⁷Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. ⁸And 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 not pass by them anymore.
⁹⚓The high places of Isaac shall be desolate,
And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.
⚓I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”

Amaziah’s Complaint

¹⁰Then Amaziah the ⚓priest of ⚓Bethel sent to ⚓Jeroboam 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. ¹¹For thus Amos has said:
‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
And Israel shall surely be led away ⚓captive
From their own land.’ ”
¹²Then Amaziah said to Amos:
“Go, you seer!
Flee to the land of Judah.
There eat bread,
And there prophesy.
¹³But ⚓never again prophesy at Bethel,
⚓For it is the king’s sanctuary,
And it is the royal residence.”
¹⁴Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah:
“I was no prophet,
Nor was I ⚓a son of a prophet,
But I was a ⚓sheepbreeder
And a tender of sycamore fruit.
¹⁵Then the Lord took me as I followed the flock,
And the Lord said to me,
‘Go, ⚓prophesy to My people Israel.’
¹⁶Now therefore, hear the word of the Lord:
You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel,
And ⚓do not spout against the house of Isaac.’
¹⁷“Therefore⚓ thus says the Lord:
⚓‘Your wife shall be a harlot in the city;
Your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword;
Your land shall be divided by survey line;
You shall die in a ⚓defiled land;
And Israel shall surely be led away captive
From his own land.’ ”

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Buo Nyungc Hinc Yaangh Nyei Sic

Buatc Jopv-Nyeic

¹Ziouv Tin-Hungh hinc bun yie buatc ninh zeix cuotv yietc domh guanh jopv-nyeic doix zuqc jang-jang cuotv da'nyeic torngx ga'naaiv-zuangx, se hungh diex gaatv liuz daauh torngx aengx cuotv da'nyeic torngx nyei ziangh hoc. ²Jopv-nyeic nyanc nzengc wuov norm deic-bung nyei miev, yie gorngv, “Ziouv Tin-Hungh aac, tov guangc nqoi meih nyei baeqc fingx nyei zuiz. Ninh mbuo⚓ hnangv haaix nor haih duqv maengc cuotv? Ninh mbuo youc faix youc zoqc.”
³Ziouv ziouc goiv ninh nyei hnyouv.
Ziouv gorngv, “Naaiv deix sic maiv hnangv naaic cuotv aqv.”

Buatc Douz

⁴Ziouv Tin-Hungh hinc bun yie buatc. Ziouv Tin-Hungh heuc longc douz dingc zuiz. Douz ziouc buov nzengc ndo nyei koiv yaac buov jienv ndau-beih. ⁵Yie ziouc gorngv, “Ziouv Tin-Hungh aah! Tov meih dingh njiec maah! Meih nyei baeqc fingx hnangv haaix nor haih duqv maengc cuotv? Ninh mbuo youc faix youc zoqc.”
⁶Ziouv aengx goiv ninh nyei hnyouv.
Ziouv Tin-Hungh gorngv, “Naaiv deix sic maiv hnangv naaic cuotv aqv.”

Buatc Dingc Zaqc Nyei Hlaang

⁷Ziouv aengx bun yie mangc yietc nyungc. Yie buatc Ziouv souv jienv longc dingc zaqc nyei hlaang⚓ zoux daaih nyei zingh laatc ga'hlen, Buoz nanv jienv dingc zaqc nyei hlaang. ⁸Ziouv naaic yie, “Aamotv aac, meih buatc haaix nyungc?”
Yie dau, “Buatc diuh dingc zaqc nyei hlaang.”
Ziouv gorngv, “Mangc maah! Yie zorqv diuh dingc zaqc nyei hlaang ndiux yie nyei baeqc fingx, I^saa^laa^en Mienh mbu'ndongx. Yiem naaiv mingh yie maiv liouh ninh mbuo aqv.
⁹“I^sakc nyei zeiv-fun⚓ yiem hlang zaangc zienh nyei dorngx yie oix baaic huaang,
yaac bun I^saa^laa^en nyei norm-norm singx dinc zuqc baaic waaic,
aengx longc nzuqc ndaauv caux Ye^lo^mbo^am nyei zeiv-fun mborqv jaax.”

Aamotv Caux Aa^maa^si^yaa

¹⁰Mbetc^en nyei sai mienh, Aa^maa^si^yaa, paaiv mienh mingh lorz I^saa^laa^en nyei hungh, Ye^lo^mbo^am, gorngv, “Aamotv yiem I^saa^laa^en Mienh mbu'ndongx daav za'eix ngaengc hungh diex. Ninh gorngv nyei yietc zungv waac naaiv norm deic-bung ndaam maiv jiez. ¹¹Weic zuqc Aamotv hnangv naaiv gorngv,
“+‘Ye^lo^mbo^am zungv oix zuqc nzuqc ndaauv daix.
I^saa^laa^en Mienh zungv oix zuqc guaatv mingh,
leih nqoi ganh nyei deic-bung.’+”
¹²Aa^maa^si^yaa gorngv mbuox Aamotv, “Meih naaiv dauh ⟨douc waac mienh⟩ aah! Mingh aqv. Biaux mingh yiem Yu^ndaa Deic-Bung. Yiem wuov bun ninh mbuo juang meih aengx yiem naaic douc waac aqv. ¹³Yiem naaiv mingh maiv dungx aengx yiem Mbetc^en douc meih nyei waac, weic zuqc yiem naaiv maaih hungh diex nyei singx dinc, yaac benx hungh diex mingh zaangc zienh nyei dorngx.
¹⁴Aamotv gorngv mbuox Aa^maa^si^yaa, “Yie maiv zeiz douc waac mienh, yaac maiv zeiz douc waac mienh nyei dorn. Yie zoux dauh goux saeng-kuv nyei mienh caux fioux ngongh nyorx biouv nyei mienh. ¹⁵Ziouv dorh yie cuotv daaih, maiv gan yungh guanh. Ziouv gorngv mbuox yie, mingh douc waac bun yie nyei baeqc fingx, I^saa^laa^en Mienh. ¹⁶Weic naaiv ih zanc muangx Ziouv nyei waac maah! Meih gorngv,
“+‘Maiv dungx douc waac gorngv I^saa^laa^en,
yaac maiv dungx zunh jienv gorngv I^sakc nyei zeiv-fun.’
¹⁷“Weic naaiv Ziouv hnangv naaiv gorngv,
“+‘Meih nyei auv oix yiem zingh gu'nyuoz zoux maaic sin nyei m'sieqv dorn,
meih nyei naamh nyouz zungv oix zuqc nzuqc ndaauv daix daic.
Meih nyei ndau, mienh oix baeng hlaang ndorqc bun nqoi,
meih ganh oix zuqc daic yiem maaih uix nyei deic-bung.
I^saa^laa^en Mienh zungv oix zuqc caangv mingh
leih nqoi ninh mbuo nyei buonv-deic-bung.’+”