1. Here, My Lord, Yahweh gave me to see, and lo! he was preparing the locust, in the beginning of the shooting up of the after-grass, -- and lo! after-grass, cometh after the mowings for the king.
2. And it came to pass, when they had made an end of eating the herbage of the land, that I said -- Oh, My Lord, Yahweh, forgive, I beseech thee: By whom shall Jacob, arise? for, small, he is.
3. Grieved was Yahweh, over this, -- It shall not be, said Yahweh?
4. Here, My Lord, Yahweh gave me to see, and lo! My Lord Yahweh proclaiming that, the controversy should be settled by fire, -- which, having devoured the mighty roaring deep, should devour the inheritance.
5. Then said I, My Lord, Yahweh, forbear, I beseech thee, By whom shall Jacob, arise? for, small, he is.
6. Grieved was Yahweh, over this, -- Even this, shall not be, said My Lord, Yahweh.
7. Here, he gave me to see, and lo! My Lord, stationed upon a pinnacle, -- and, in his hand a plummet.
8. And Yahweh said unto me, What canst thou see, Amos? And I said, A plummet, -- Then said My Lord, Behold me! fixing a plummet in the midst of my people Israel, I will not again any more forgive him.
9. So shall the high places of Isaac, be made desolate, and, the holy places of Israel, be laid waste, -- and I will rise up, against the house of Jeroboam, with the sword.
10. Then sent Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, unto Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: A conspiracy hath Amos, raised against thee, in the midst of the house of Israel, The land, is not able to endure, all his words;
11. For, thus, saith Amos, By the sword, shall Jeroboam, die, -- and, Israel, shall, surely be exiled, from off his own soil.
12. Then said Amaziah unto Amos, O seer, go flee thee away unto the land o Judah -- and eat, there, bread, and, there, mayest thou prophesy;
13. But, at Bethel, not again, any more, mayest thou prophesy, -- for, the holy place of the king, it is, and, the house of the kingdom, it is.
14. Then answered Amos, and said unto Amaziah, No prophet, was I, -- nor the son of a prophet, was I, -- but, a herdman, was I, and a preparer of sycamore fruit;
15. But Yahweh, took me away, from following the flock, -- and Yahweh, said unto me, Go prophesy against my people Israel.
16. Now, therefore, hear thou the word of Yahweh, -- Thou art saying, Thou must not prophesy concerning Israel, nor let thy word drop down upon the house of Isaac.
17. Therefore -- Thus, saith Yahweh, Thy wife, in the city, will commit unchastity, and, thy sons and thy daughters, by the sword, shall fall, and, thine own soil, by line, shall he apportioned, -- and, thou, on a polluted soil, shalt die, and, Israel, shall, surely go into exile, away front his own soil.