Amos 2
1 Saa siger HERREN: for tre Overtrædelser af Moab, ja fire, jeg gaar ikke fra det: de brændte Edoms Konges Ben til Kalk —
The Lord says: For Moab’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They have burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom,
2 saa sender jeg Ild mod Moab, den skal æde Kerijots Borge; og Moab skal dø under Kampgny, Krigsskrig og Hornets Klang.
to desecrate the dead. So I will send a fire into Moab. It will devour the palaces of Kirioth, with a war-cry, with the sound of trumpets.
3 Af hans Midte udrydder jeg Hersker og dræber alle hans Fyrster, siger HERREN.
I will kill the ruler, all his nobles I will slay with him, says the Lord.
4 Saa siger HERREN: For tre Overtrædelser af Juda, ja fire, jeg gaar ikke fra det: de ringeagted HERRENS Lov og holdt ej hans Bud, ledet vild af deres Løgneguder, til hvilke deres Fædre holdt sig —
The Lord says: For Judah’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They have rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his statutes. Instead their false gods their ancestors followed, have led them astray.
5 saa sender jeg Ild mod Juda, den skal æde Jerusalems Borge.
So I will send a fire on Judah. It will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 Saa siger HERREN: For tre Overtrædelser af Israel, ja fire, jeg gaar ikke fra det: de sælger retfærdig for Sølv og Fattigmand for et Par Sko,
The Lord says: For Israel’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They sell the righteous for money, the needy for a pair of shoes.
7 træder ringes Hoved i Støvet og trænger sagtmodige fra Vejen. Søn og Fader gaar sammen til Skøgen og søler saaledes mit hellige Navn.
They trample on the head of the poor, push the humble out of the way. Father and son go to the same temple girl, and so profane my holy name.
8 Paa pantede Kapper strækker de sig ved hvert et Alter, og i deres Guds Hus drikker de Vin, der er givet i Bøde.
They stretch themselves on garments taken in pledges beside every altar, and they drink the wine of those who have been fined in the house of their God.
9 Og dog var det mig, som udrydded Amoriterne foran eder, høje som Cedertræer, stærke som Egetræer, udrydded deres Frugt foroven som og deres Rødder forneden.
It was I who destroyed the Amorites for your sake, whose height was like that of the cedars, as strong as oaks. I destroyed their fruit from above and their roots from below.
10 Det var mig, som førte jer op fra Ægypten og lod eder vandre i Ørken i fyrretyve Aar, saa I tog Amoriternes Land.
It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, led you forty years in the wilderness, brought you here to possess the land of the Amorites.
11 Jeg tog blandt eders Sønner Profeter, Nasiræere blandt eders unge. Er det ej sandt, Israeliter? lyder det fra HERREN.
I raised up some of your sons to be prophets some of your youths to be Nazirites. Is not this indeed so, Israelites? says the Lord.
12 Men I gav Nasiræerne Vin, og Profeterne bød I ej at profetere.
But you made the Nazirites drink wine and banned the prophets from prophesying.
13 Se, jeg lader Grunden vakle under jer, ligesom Vognen vakler, naar den er fuld af Neg.
Listen! It is I who will make you groan in your places, as a wagon groans under its load of grain.
14 Den hurtige kan ikke undfly, den stærke ej bruge sin Kraft; ej redder Helten sit Liv,
Then flight will fail the swift, and the strength of the strongest will be useless. The warrior will not save his life,
15 ej holder Bueskytten Stand; ej undslipper rapfodet Mand, ej bjærger nogen Rytter sit Liv;
the archer will not stand firm, the swift of foot will not escape, the horseman will not save his life.
16 den kækkeste Mand iblandt Helte skal den Dag vaabenløs fly, saa lyder det fra HERREN.
The bravest of warriors will flee away naked in that day, says the Lord.
