Amos 5
1 Hear you this word of the Lord, even a lamentation, which I take up against you. The house of Israel is fallen; it shall no more rise.
Høyr dette ordet som eg syng yver dykk, ein syrgjesong yver Israels hus:
2 The virgin of Israel has fallen upon his land; there is none that shall raise her up.
«Ho falli er, ris aldri upp meir, den møy Israel; slengd til jord i sit eige land. Ingen reiser ho upp.»
3 Therefore thus says the Lord God; The city out of which there went forth a thousand, [in it] there shall be left a hundred, and [in that] out of which there went forth a hundred, there shall be left ten to the house of Israel.
For so segjer Herren, Herren: Ein by sender tusund ut, fær hundrad att, sender ho hundrad ut, fær tie att til Israels hus.
4 Therefore thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live.
For so segjer Herren til Israels hus: Søk meg, so skal de liva!
5 But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgala, and cross not over to the Well of the Oath: for Galgala shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall be as that which is not.
Men aldri de søkje til Betel, til Gilgal aldri kom, og gakk ikkje til Be’erseba! For Gilgal burt skal førast, og Betel vert upp i tjon.
6 Seek you the Lord, and you shall live; lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire, and it devour him, and there shall be none to quench it for the house of Israel.
Søk Herren, so skal de liva! Elles kjem han som eld yver Josefs hus; det brenn, og ingen sløkkjer for Betel.
7 [It is he] that executes judgement in the height [above], and he has established justice on the earth:
De som vender retten til malurt, og kastar rettferd til jord!
8 who makes all things, and changes [them], and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night: who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is his name:
Han som skapte Sjustjerna og Orion, og gjer kolmyrkret til morgon, gjer dagen til svarte natt, han som kallar på vatnet i havet og auser det ut yver jordi - Herren er hans namn.
9 who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress.
Han øyder dei sterke med sitt ljon, han øyder borgi den faste!
10 They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.
Dei hatar den som refser for retten, styggjest ved den som talar sanning.
11 Therefore because they have struck the poor with their fists, and you have received of them choice gifts; you have built polished houses, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of them.
Difor, då småfolk de trakkar ned og kornleiga driv av deim ut - vel hev de hogt stein og bygt hus, men de skal ikkje sjølv der bu. De hev fagre vinhagar stelt, men de skal ikkje drikka deira vin.
12 For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside [the judgement of] the poor in the gates.
For eg veit um synderne dykkar so mange og misgjerder utan tal; de trykkjer den skuldlause, tek imot mutor, ein arming for retten de svik.
13 Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.
Difor tegjer den kloke i denne tid, for ei vond tid er det.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as you have said,
Legg vinn på godt og ikkje på vondt, so de kann liva. Då vera med dykk Herren, allhers Gud, som de hev sagt.
15 We have hated evil, and loved good: and restore you judgement in the gates; that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
Hata vondt og elska godt, haldt retten uppe på tinget! Kann henda Herren, allhers Gud, då er nådig mot Josefs leivning.
16 Therefore thus says the Lord God Almighty; In all the streets [shall be] lamentations; and in all the ways shall it be said, Woe, woe! the husbandman shall be called to mourning and lamentation, and to them that are skilled in complaining.
Difor, so segjer Herren, allhers Gud, Herren: Det er liksong på alle torg, og på alle gator dei ropar: «Ai, ai!» Bonden dei bed til gravøl, og til liksong deim som kann kveda.
17 And [there shall be] lamentation in all the ways; because I will pass through the midst of you, says the Lord.
Frå kvar vinhage liksongar stig; for eg vil millom dykk ganga, segjer Herren.
18 Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it is darkness, and not light.
Ai dykk som trår etter Herrens dag! Kva er han for dykk, Herrens dag? Han er myrker og ikkje ljos.
19 As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.
Som når du undan ei løva spring og møter ein bjørn, du kjem heim og styd handi mot veggen, og so bit deg ein orm.
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this [day] gloom without brightness?
Ja, ja, myrker er Herrens dag og ikkje ljos, dimleitt, han hev ingen glans.
21 I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell [your] meat-offerings in your general assemblies.
Eg hatar og vanvyrder dykkar høgtider, eg hev ingen hugnad i dykkar stemnor,
22 Therefore if you should bring me your whole burnt sacrifices and meat-offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I have respect to your grand peace-offerings.
ja, um de meg brennoffer gjev og grjonoffer, det hugar ikkje meg. Eg gjev ikkje på gjødkalve-offer gaum.
23 Remove from me the sound of your songs, and I will not hear the music of your instruments.
Lat meg vera i fred for din buldrande song, ditt harpespel lyder eg’kje på.
24 But let judgement roll down as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent.
Men lat rett velta fram som vatn, og rettferd som rennande bekk!
25 Have you offered to me victims and sacrifices, O house of Israel, forty years in the wilderness?
Bar De slagtoffer, grjonoffer til meg dei fyrti åri i øydemarki, du Israels hus?
26 Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Raephan, the images of them which you made for yourselves.
Og bar det då Sukkot, dykkar konge, og Kijun, dykkar bilæte, dykkar gudestjerna, som de hadde gjort dykk?
27 And I will carry you away beyond Damascus, says the Lord, the Almighty God is his name.
Eg vil føra dykk av burtanfor Damaskus, segjer han som heiter Herren, allhers Gud.
