Amos 8

1 Således lod Herren mig skue: Se, der var en kurv sommerfrugt.

Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me: and behold 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."

And he said, Amos, what see you? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD to me, The end is come on my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

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

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, says the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.

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

Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

5 og siger: "Hvornår er Nymånen omme, så vi kan få solgt noget Korn, Sabbaten, så vi kan åbne vort Kornsalg, gøre Efaen lille og Sekelen stor og med Svig gøre Vægten falsk

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

6 for at købe den ringe for Sølv, den fattige for et Par Sko og få Afaldskornet solgt?"

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

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

The LORD has sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

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

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwells therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

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

And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

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 enbåren, en bitter Dag til sidst.

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

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.

Behold, the days come, says the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

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

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

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

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for 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 stå op.

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Your god, O Dan, lives; and, The manner of Beersheba lives; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.