Amos 6
1 Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!
Ai dykk som sit trygge på Sion, utan sut på Samarias berg, dei fremste i det gjævaste folk, som fær vitjing av Israels hus!
2 Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land wider than theirs?
Drag burt til Kalne og sjå, og endå lenger, til Stor-Hamat fram, og stig ned til Gat i Filistarland! Er dei betre enn desse riki? Er deira land større enn dykkar?
3 You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;
De som vond-dagen set på dør og valdsmannen sessar på stol.
4 Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house;
På filsbeins-sæte dei ligg, og late på pallen dei heng. Av fenaden lambi dei et, og gjødkalv-bingen gjev steik.
5 Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;
Dei sullar til harpe-slått liksom David dei lagar seg spel.
6 Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.
Av bollar drikk dei vin, og med dyraste olje seg salvar, dei sturar ikkje for Josefs skade.
7 So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.
Difor skal desse vera fremst i den landlyste flokken, og letings-sullen vert slutt.
8 The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.
Herren, Herren hev svore ved seg sjølv, segjer Herren, allhers Gud: Jakobs høgferd mislikar eg, eg hatar hans slott, og by og bol gjev eg upp.
9 Then it will come about that if there are still ten men in a house, death will overtake them.
Og um det so berre var tie mann att i eitt einaste hus, dei skal døy.
10 And when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible for burning his body, lifting him up to take his bones out of the house, says to him who is in the inmost part of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he will say, Keep quiet, for the name of the Lord may not be named.
Og frenden og brennaren kjem til å bera beini or huset. Spør han so den som er inst inni huset: «Er det nokon att hjå deg?» Han svarar: «Nei, » so segjer han: «Hyss!» For ikkje må nemnast Herrens namn.
11 For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.
For sjå, Herren byd: det store huset skal skakast i knas, og det vesle til dess at det brest.
12 Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?
Tru hestarne spring i brattberg ikring, tru uksen på sjøen dreg plogen, sidan de til forgift brigdar retten og vender rettferd til malurt?
13 You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?
I heimløyser hev dei si frygd, dei kved: «Var me ikkje hæve, at me hev vunne oss velde?»
14 For see, I will send against you a nation, O Israel, says the Lord, the God of armies, ruling you cruelly from the way into Hamath as far as the stream of the Arabah.
For sjå, eg reiser imot dykk, Israels hus, eit folk, segjer Herren, allhers Gud. Og det skal dykk slå, frå Hamats grensa til øydemarks å.
