Amos 3
1 Hear you this word, O house of Israel, which the Lord has spoken concerning you, and against the whole family whom I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Høyre dette ordet som Herren hev tala imot dykk, de Israels søner, mot heile den ætti som eg hev ført upp frå Egyptarland:
2 You especially have I known out of all the families of the earth: therefore will I take vengeance upon you for all your sins.
Dykk einast kannast ved av alle ætter på jordi. Difor eg heimsøkjer dykk for alt det vonde de hev gjort.
3 Shall two walk together at all, if they do not know one another?
Gjeng tvo-eine saman tru, utan dei samstelte vart?
4 Will a lion roar out of his thicket if he has no prey? will a [lion's] whelp utter his voice at all out of his lair, if he have taken nothing?
Tru løva burar i skogen utan eit rov det gjeld? Let ungløva høyra sitt mål, når i hola ho ligg, utan ho fengdi fekk?
5 Will a bird fall on the earth without a fowler? will a snare be taken up from the earth without having taken anything?
Tru fuglen i snara på jordi fell, utan at snara er uppsett? Tru vel at glefsa sprett att, utan at noko sit fast?
6 Shall the trumpet sound in the city, and the people not be alarmed? shall there be evil in a city which the Lord has not wrought?
Eller ljomar luren i by, utan at folket fær støkk? Eller hender ulukka i by, utan at Herren hev gjort det?
7 For the Lord God will do nothing, without revealing instruction to his servants the prophets.
For ikkje gjer Herren, Herren nokon ting, utan han tenarom sine, profetom, forkynner si løynråd.
8 A lion shall roar, and who will not be alarmed? the Lord God has spoken, and who will not prophesy?
Når løva mun bura, kven må ikkje ræddast? Når han talar Herren, Herren, kven vert ikkje då profet?
9 Proclaim it to the regions amongst the Assyrians, and to the regions of Egypt, and say, Gather yourselves to the mountain of Samaria, and behold many wonderful things in the midst of it, and the oppression that is in it.
Rope ut yver Asdod borger og yver borger i Egyptarland: «Dykk samle på Samariafjelli og sjå kor fælt eit ståk der er, og valdsverk som der råder!»
10 And she knew not what things would come against her, says the Lord, [even] those that store up wrong and misery in their countries.
Dei hev ikkje vit på framferd rett, segjer Herren, dei som haugar valdsverk og tjon i borgerne sine i hop.
11 Therefore thus says the Lord God; O Tyre, your land shall be made desolate round about [you]; and he shall bring down your strength out of you, and your countries shall be spoiled.
Difor, so segjer Herren, Herren: Fiendar herset ditt land. Di magt skal støytast i knas, dine borger plundrast.
12 Thus says the Lord; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of [a foreign] tribe, and in Damascus.
So segjer Herren: Som hyrdingen friar frå løvegap eit par bein ell’ ein øyrelapp, so bergast dei skal, dei Israels-søner, som i Samaria sit i sofa-krå, på putebenk.
13 Hear, O you priests, and testify to the house of Jacob, says the Lord God Almighty.
Høyr og vitna mot Jakobs hus! segjer Herren, Herren, allhers Gud:
14 For in the day wherein I shall take vengeance of the sins of Israel upon him, I will also take vengeance on the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be broken down, and they shall fall upon the ground.
Den dagen eg straffar Israel brot, då straffar eg Betels altar, og altarhorni vert hogne, og dei skal falla til jordi.
15 I will crush and strike the turreted-house upon the summer-house; and the ivory-houses shall be destroyed, and many other houses also, says the Lord.
Eg vinterstova hogg ned, sumarstova med. Filsbeinssalar skal falla, og mange hus skal verta øydde, segjer Herren.
