Amos 5
1 Hør dette Ord, en klagesang, som jeg istemmer over eder, Israels Hus:
Listen, people of Israel, to this funeral lament that I sing about you!
2 Hun er faldet og rejser sig ikke, Israels Jomfru, henstrakt på sin Jord, og ingen rejser hende op.
Virgin Israel has fallen, and will never rise again! She lies abandoned on the ground, and there is no one to help her up.
3 Thi så siger den Herre HERREN: Den By, som går i Leding med tusind, får hundred tilbage, og den som går i Leding med hundred, får ti tilbage i Israels Hus.
This is what the Lord says: From a city that sends out a thousand soldiers, only a hundred will return; from a city that sends out a hundred soldiers, only ten will return.
4 Thi så siger HERREN til Israels Hus: Søg mig, så skal I leve!
This is what the Lord says to the people of Israel: Look to me so you may live!
5 Søg ikke til Betel, gå ikke til Gilgal, drag ikke til Beersjeba! Thi Gilgal skal blive landflygtig, og Betel skal blive til intet.
Do not look to the false gods of Bethel, do not go to the pagan shrines of Gilgal or travel to those of Beersheba. For Gilgal will go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
6 Søg HERREN, så skal I leve, at ikke en Lue slår ud, en ædende Ild mod Josefs Hus, og Betel har ingen, som slukker.
Look to the Lord so you may live! Otherwise he will explode like fire against the descendants of Joseph and no one from Bethel will be able to quench it.
7 Ve dem, som gør Ret til Malurt og kaster Retfærd i Støvet!
You twist justice and make it bitter, you throw integrity to the ground.
8 Syvstjernens og Orions Skaber, han, som vender Mulm til Morgen og gør Dag til Nattemørke, som kalder ad Havets Vande og gyder dem ud over Jorden, HERREN er hans Navn!
The One who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns the darkness into morning, and daytime into night, who calls for the water of the seas, and pours it down as rain upon the earth—the Lord is his name!
9 Han lader Ødelæggelse bryde ind over Borge, Ødelæggelse komme over Fæstninger.
In a flash he cuts down the strong and destroys the fortresses.
10 De hader Rettens Talsmand i Porten og afskyr den, som taler sandt.
You hate anyone who confronts injustice and loathe anyone who speaks honestly.
11 Derfor, da I træder på den ringe og tager Afgift af hans Korn, skal I vel bygge Kvaderstenshuse, men ikke bo den; I skal vel plante yndige Vingårde, men Vinen skal I ikke drikke.
Because you trample down the poor and impose a tax on their grain, building for yourselves impressive houses, you will not live in them, and you will not drink wine from the fine vineyards you have planted.
12 Jeg ved, eders Overtrædelser er mange og uden Tal eders Synder, I Rettens Fjender, som tager mod Bøde og bortviser fattige i Porten.
For I know the extent of your wrongdoing and your numerous sins. You oppress good people by taking bribes, and you prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.
13 Derfor tier den kloge i denne Tid, thi det er onde Tider.
So smart people keep quiet in such evil times.
14 Søg det gode, ej det onde, for at I må leve og Hærskarers Gud, må være med eder, som I siger, han er.
Do what is right, and not evil, so you may live. Then the Lord God of power will be with you, as you claim he is.
15 Had det onde og elsk det gode, hold Retten i Hævd i Porten! Måske vil da HERREN, Hærskarers Gud, være nådig mod Josefs Rest.
Hate evil and love good—and make sure justice wins out in your courts. Maybe the Lord God of power will have mercy on those who are left of Jacob's people.
16 Derfor, så siger HERREN, Herren, Hærskarers Gud: På alle Torve skal klages, i alle Gader råbes: "Ve! Ve!" Bonden kalder til Sorg, til Ligklage Klagemænd;
For this is what the Lord, the Lord God of power says: There will be weeping in the city squares and wailing in the streets. They will call even the farmers to grieve, as well as the professional mourners.
17 i hver en Vingård skal klages, når jeg drager igennem din Midte, siger HERREN.
There will be wailing in every vineyard, for I will pass through the midst of you, says the Lord.
18 Ve eder, som længes efter HERRENs Dag! Hvad vil I med HERRENs Dag? Mørke er den, ej Lys.
How disastrous it will be for those of you who long for the day of the Lord. Why would you want the day of the Lord to come? It will bring darkness, not light.
19 Da går det, som når en Mand flyr for en Løve og møder en Bjørn og, når han tyr ind i Huset og støtter sin Hånd til Væggen, bides af en Slange.
It will be like a man running away from a lion only to meet a bear; or a man who goes home and leans his hand on a wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
20 Ja, HERRENs Dag er Mørke, ej Lys, Bælgmørke uden Solskin.
Isn't the day of the Lord darkness without light? Yes, pitch dark without a glimmer of light.
21 Jeg hader, forsmår eders Fester, er led ved eders festlige Samlinger,
I hate, I despise your festivals and take no delight in your religious assemblies.
22 om også I bringer mig Brændofre. Eders Afgrødeofre behager mig ej, eders Fedekvægs-Takofre ser jeg ej til.
Even though you present me with burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. As for your peace offerings of fattened cattle—I will not even look at them.
23 Spar mig dog for eders larmende Sang, eders Harpeklang hører jeg ikke.
Stop your noisy worship songs. I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
24 Nej, Ret skal vælde frem som Vand og Retfærd som svulmende Bæk.
Rather let justice flow like a river, and doing right like an ever-flowing stream.
25 Bragte I mig Slagtoffer og Afgrødeoffer de fyrretyve Ørkenår, Israels Hus?
Did you bring me sacrifices during those forty years in the desert, people of Israel?
26 Så skal I da bære Sakkut, eders Konge, og Kevan, eders Gudestjerne, Billeder, som I har lavet eder.
But now you carry idols of Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god that you made for yourselves.
27 I Landflygtighed jager jeg eder hinsides Damaskus, siger HERREN; Hærskarers Gud er hans Navn.
So I will send you into exile in a land beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of power.
