Amos 8

1 Saaledes lod HERREN mig skue: Se, der var en Kurv Sommerfrugt.

This is what the Lord Yahweh showed me. Look, a basket of summer fruit!

2 Og han sagde: »Hvad ser du, Amos?« Jeg svarede: »En Kurv Sommerfrugt!« Da sagde HERREN til mig: »Enden er kommet for mit Folk Israel; jeg vil ikke længer bære over med det.«

He said, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then Yahweh said to me, “The end has come for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

3 Paladsets Sangerinder skal jamre paa denne Dag, saa lyder det fra den Herre HERREN, Dynger af Lig er henkastet alle Vegne.

The songs of the temple will become wailings in that day —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh— many dead bodies, they are thrown everywhere! Silence!”

4 Hør, I, som knuser de fattige, gør det af med de arme i Landet

Listen to this, you who trample the needy and remove the poor of the land.

5 og siger: »Hvornaar er Nymaanen omme, saa vi kan faa solgt noget Korn, Sabbaten, saa vi kan aabne vort Kornsalg, gøre Efaen lille og Sekelen stor og med Svig gøre Vægten falsk

They say, “When will the new moon be over, so we can sell grain again? When will the Sabbath day be over, so that we can sell wheat? We will make the measure small and increase the price, as we cheat with false scales.

6 for at købe den ringe for Sølv, den fattige for et Par Sko og faa Affaldskornet solgt?«

This is so we can sell bad wheat, buy the poor with silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.”

7 HERREN svor ved Jakobs Stolthed: Aldrig glemmer jeg een af deres Gerninger!

Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their actions.”

8 Maa Jorden ej skælve derover og enhver, som bor paa den, sørge? Den stiger overalt som Nilen og synker som Ægyptens Flod.

Will not the land quake for this, and every one who lives in it mourn? All of it will rise up like the Nile River, and it will be tossed about and sink again, like the river of Egypt.

9 Paa hin Dag lader jeg det ske, saa lyder det fra den Herre HERREN, at Solen gaar ned ved Middag, og Jorden bliver mørk ved højlys Dag.

“It will come in that day —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh— that I will make the sun set at noon, and I will darken the earth at daylight.

10 Jeg vender eders Fester til Sorg og alle eders Sange til klage, lægger Sæk om alle Lænder, gør hvert et Hoved skaldet, bringer Sorg som over en enbaaren, en bitter Dag til sidst.

I will turn your festivals into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and have baldness on every head. I will make it like mourning for an only son, and a bitter day to its end.

11 Se, Dage skal komme, lyder det fra den Herre HERREN, da jeg sender Hunger i Landet, ikke Hunger efter Brød, ikke Tørst efter Vand, men efter at høre HERRENS Ord.

Look, the days are coming —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh— when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread, nor of thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Yahweh.

12 Da vanker de fra Hav til Hav, flakker fra Nord til Øst for at søge HERRENS Ord, men finder det ej.

They will stagger from sea to sea; they will run from the north to the east to seek the word of Yahweh, but they will not find it.

13 Den Dag vansmægter af Tørst de fagre Jomfruer og unge Mænd,

In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint from thirst.

14 som sværger ved Samarias Synd, som siger: »Ved din Gud, o Dan!« »Ved din Skytsgud, o Be'ersjeba!« de skal falde, ej mere staa op.

Those who swear by the sin of Samaria and say, 'As your god lives, Dan,' and, 'As the way to Beersheba exists'— they will fall and never rise again.”