Amos 2

1 Så siger HERREN: for tre overtrædelser af Moab, ja fire jeg går ikke fra det, de brændte Edoms Konges Ben til kalk

This is what the Lord says: The people of Moab have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they desecrated the bones of the king of Edom by burning them, turning them into lime.

2 så sender jeg Ild mod Moab, den skal æde Herijots Borge; og Moab skal dø under kampgny, Krigsskrig og Hornets Klang.

So I will send down fire on Moab, and I will burn up the fortresses of Kerioth, and the people of Moab will die in the midst of uproar, battle cries, and the sound of the trumpet.

3 Af hans Midte udrydder jeg Hersker og dræber alle hans Fyrster, siger HERREN.

I will cut down their king and all their princes with him, says the Lord.

4 Så siger HERREN: For tre Overtrædelser af Juda, ja fire, jeg går ikke fra det: de ringeagted HERRENs Lov og holdt ej hans Bud, ledet vild af deres Løgneguder, til hvilke deres Fædre holdt sig

This is what the Lord says: The people of Judah have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his commands. Their lies have led them astray, the same lies that their forefathers followed.

5 så sender jeg Ild mod Juda, den skal æde Jerusalems Borge.

So I will send down fire on Judah, and I will burn up the fortresses of Jerusalem.

6 Så siger HERREN: For tre Overtrædelser af Israel, ja fire, jeg går ikke fra det: de sælger retfærdig for Sølv og Fattigmand for et Par Sko,

This is what the Lord says: The people of Israel have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they sell good people for silver, and poor people for a pair of sandals.

7 træder ringes Hoved i Støvet og trænger sagtmodige fra Vejen. Søn og Fader går sammen til Skøgen og søler således mit hellige Navn.

They trample the heads of the poor into the dust, and push the needy out of the way. A man and his father have sex with the same servant girl so that my holy name is profaned.

8 På pantede Kapper strækker de sig ved hvert et Alter, og i deres Guds Hus drikker de Vin, der er givet i Bøde.

At every altar they stretch themselves out in clothes taken from debtors as collateral, in the temple of their god they drink wine taken from the people they fined.

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.

Yet it was I was the one who destroyed the Amorites before you, even though they were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed them root and branch.

10 Det var mig, som førte jer op fra Ægypten og lod eder vandre i Ørken i fyrretyve År, så I tog Amoriternes Land.

It was I who brought you out of the land of Egypt and led you through the desert for forty years so that you could take the Amorites' land.

11 Jeg tog blandt eders Sønner Profeter, Nasiræere blandt eders unge. Er det ej sandt, Israeliter? lyder det fra HERREN.

I appointed some of your sons to be prophets, and some of your young men to be Nazirites. Isn't this true, people of Israel?

12 Men I gav Nasiræerne Vin, og Profeterne bød I ej at profetere.

But you made the Nazirites sin by drinking wine, and you told the prophets, “Don't tell us what God says.”

13 Se, jeg lader Grunden vakle under jer, ligesom Vognen vakler, når den er fuld af Neg.

Now see what I am going to do. I will crush you where you are, as if crushed by a heavy cart loaded down with sheaves of grain.

14 Den hurtige kan ikke undfly, den stærke ej bruge sin Kraft; ej redder Helten sit Liv,

Not even your fastest runners will escape; strong men will lose their strength. Even the greatest warrior will not be able to save his life.

15 ej holder Bueskytten Stand; ej undslipper rapfodet Mand, ej bjærger nogen Rytter sit Liv;

The archer will not stand his ground. The quickest on his feet will not be able to get away, and even those on horseback will not save themselves.

16 den kækkeste Mand iblandt Helte skal den dag våbenløs fly, så lyder det fra HERREN.

On that day even the bravest of the mighty warriors will run away naked, says the Lord.