Amos 8

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

Thus has Lord YHWH showed 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 says, “What are you seeing, Amos?” And I say, “A basket of summer-fruit.” And YHWH says to me: “The end has come to My people Israel, I no longer pass over to it anymore.

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

And female singers have howled of a palace in that day,” A declaration of Lord YHWH, “Many [are] the carcasses, into any place throw—hush!”

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

Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, To cause the poor of the land to cease,

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 does the new moon pass, And we sell ground grain? And the Sabbath, and we open out pure grain? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use balances of deceit perversely.

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

To purchase the poor with money, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Indeed, the refuse of the pure grain we sell.”

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

YHWH has sworn by the excellence of Jacob: “I do not forget any of their works forever.

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

Does the land not tremble for this, And every dweller in it has mourned? And all of it has come up as a flood. And it has been cast out, and has sunk, Like 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 has come to pass in that day,” A declaration of Lord YHWH, “I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,

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 have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head—baldness, And made it as a mourning of an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness.

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, days are coming,” A declaration of Lord YHWH, “And I have sent a famine into the land, Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, But of hearing the words of YHWH.

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

And they have wandered from sea to sea, And from north even to east, They go to and fro to seek the word of YHWH, And they do 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, faint with 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.

Those swearing by the guilt of Samaria, And who have said, Your god lives, O Dan, And, The way of Beer-Sheba lives, Indeed, they have fallen and do not rise again!”