Amos 4

1 Hør dette Ord, I basankøer, I, som bor paa Samarias Bjerg og kuer de ringe, knuser de fattige og byder eders Herrer: »Giv hid, at vi kan drikke!«

Listen to this word, you fat cows that are on the mountain of Samaria, you who make false accusations against the destitute and crush the poor, who say to your nobles, “Bring, and we will drink.”

2 Den Herre HERREN svor ved sin Hellighed: Se, over eder skal Dage komme, da I drages op med Hager, de sidste af jer med Kroge,

The Lord God has sworn in his holiness: behold, the days that will overcome you and that will impale you on poles, and that will place what remains of you in boiling pots.

3 og slæbes gennem Murbrud een for een og slænges paa Mødding, lyder det fra HERREN.

And you will go out through the breaches, one over another, and you will be cast out into Harmon, says the Lord.

4 Kom til Betel og synd, til Gilgal og synd end mer, bring Slagtofre næste Morgen, Tiender Tredjedagen,

Come to Bethel and behave impiously, to Gilgal and increase betrayals. And bring daybreak to your victims, your tithes in three days.

5 brænd syret Brød til Takoffer, byd højlydt til Frivilligofre! I elsker jo sligt, Israeliter, lyder det fra den Herre HERREN.

And offer a sacrifice of praise with leaven. And call for voluntary oblations, and announce it. For such is your will, sons of Israel, says the Lord God.

6 Og dog gav jeg eder tomme Munde i alle eders Byer og Brødmangel i alle eders Hjemsteder; men I omvendte eder ikke til mig, lyder det fra HERREN.

Therefore, because of this, I have given you dull teeth in every one of your cities, and a lack of bread in all your places. And you have not been turned back towards me, says the Lord.

7 Dog forholdt jeg eder Regnen, da der endnu var tre Maaneder til Høst; paa een By lod jeg det regne og ikke paa en anden; een Mark fik Regn, og en anden fik ikke og tørrede hen;

Therefore, I have withheld the rains from you, when there were still three months left until the harvest. And I rained on one city, and I did not rain on another city; one part was rained on, and the part on which I did not rain, dried out.

8 to tre Byer kom vankende hen til en anden for at faa Vand at drikke og fik ikke Tørsten slukket; men I omvendte eder ikke til mig, lyder det fra HERREN.

And two and three cities went to one city, in order to drink water, and they were not satisfied. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.

9 Jeg slog eder med Kornbrand og Rust og udtørrede eders Haver og Vingaarde, og Græshopper aad eders Figentræer og Oliventræer; men I omvendte eder ikke til mig, lyder det fra HERREN.

I struck you with a burning wind and with yellowing; the caterpillar has consumed your many gardens and your vineyards, your olive groves and your fig groves. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.

10 Jeg sendte Pest iblandt eder som i Ægypten; jeg vog eders unge Mænd med Sværdet, og samtidig gjordes eders Heste til Bytte; jeg lod Stank fra eders Lejr stige op i eders Næse; men I omvendte eder ikke til mig, lyder det fra HERREN.

I sent death to you by way of Egypt; I struck your youths with the sword, even bringing captivity to your horses. And I made the stench of your camp ascend into your nostrils. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.

11 Jeg omstyrtede Byer iblandt eder, som da Gud omstyrtede Sodoma og Gomorra, og I blev som en Brand, der er reddet fra Baalet; men I omvendte eder ikke til mig, lyder det fra HERREN.

I overturned you, just as God overturned Sodom and Gomorrah, and you became like an ember seized from the fire. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.

12 Derfor vil jeg handle saaledes med dig, Israel. Fordi jeg vil handle saaledes med dig, saa gør dig rede til at møde din Gud, Israel!

Because of this, I will do these things to you, Israel. But after I have done these things to you, Israel, be prepared to meet your God.

13 Thi se: Bjergenes Skaber og Stormens Ophav, han, som kundgør et Menneske dets Tanker, som frembringer Gry og Mørke og vandrer paa Jordens Høje, HERREN, Hærskarers Gud er hans Navn.

For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind and announces his speech to man, who makes the morning mist and steps over the heights of the earth: the Lord God of hosts is his name.