Amos 2

1 Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath burnt the bones of the king of Edom even to ashes.

Saa siger HERREN: for tre Overtrædelser af Moab, ja fire, jeg gaar ikke fra det: de brændte Edoms Konges Ben til Kalk —

2 And I will seed a fire into Moab, and it shall devour the houses of Carioth: and Moab shall die with a noise, with the sound of the trumpet:

saa sender jeg Ild mod Moab, den skal æde Kerijots Borge; og Moab skal dø under Kampgny, Krigsskrig og Hornets Klang.

3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith the Lord.

Af hans Midte udrydder jeg Hersker og dræber alle hans Fyrster, siger HERREN.

4 Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Juda, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath cast away the law of the Lord, and hath not kept his commandments: for their idols have caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked.

Saa siger HERREN: For tre Overtrædelser af Juda, ja fire, jeg gaar ikke fra det: de ringeagted HERRENS Lov og holdt ej hans Bud, ledet vild af deres Løgneguder, til hvilke deres Fædre holdt sig —

5 And I will send a fire into Juda, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem.

saa sender jeg Ild mod Juda, den skal æde Jerusalems Borge.

6 Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath sold the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of shoes.

Saa siger HERREN: For tre Overtrædelser af Israel, ja fire, jeg gaar ikke fra det: de sælger retfærdig for Sølv og Fattigmand for et Par Sko,

7 They bruise the heads of the poor upon the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble: and the son and his father have gone to the same young woman, to profane my holy name.

træder ringes Hoved i Støvet og trænger sagtmodige fra Vejen. Søn og Fader gaar sammen til Skøgen og søler saaledes mit hellige Navn.

8 And they sat down upon garments laid to pledge by every altar: and drank the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.

Paa pantede Kapper strækker de sig ved hvert et Alter, og i deres Guds Hus drikker de Vin, der er givet i Bøde.

9 Yet I cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots beneath.

Og dog var det mig, som udrydded Amoriterne foran eder, høje som Cedertræer, stærke som Egetræer, udrydded deres Frugt foroven som og deres Rødder forneden.

10 It is I that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I led you forty years through the wilderness, that you might possess the land of the Amorrhite.

Det var mig, som førte jer op fra Ægypten og lod eder vandre i Ørken i fyrretyve Aar, saa I tog Amoriternes Land.

11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not so, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord?

Jeg tog blandt eders Sønner Profeter, Nasiræere blandt eders unge. Er det ej sandt, Israeliter? lyder det fra HERREN.

12 And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.

Men I gav Nasiræerne Vin, og Profeterne bød I ej at profetere.

13 Behold, I will screak under you as a wain screaketh that is laden with hay.

Se, jeg lader Grunden vakle under jer, ligesom Vognen vakler, naar den er fuld af Neg.

14 And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life.

Den hurtige kan ikke undfly, den stærke ej bruge sin Kraft; ej redder Helten sit Liv,

15 And he that holdeth the bow shall not stand, and the swift of foot shall not escape, neither shall the rider of the horse save his life.

ej holder Bueskytten Stand; ej undslipper rapfodet Mand, ej bjærger nogen Rytter sit Liv;

16 And the stout of heart among the valiant shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.

den kækkeste Mand iblandt Helte skal den Dag vaabenløs fly, saa lyder det fra HERREN.