Amos 2
1 Thus says the Lord; For three sins of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away from it; because they burnt the bones of the king of Idumea to lime.
Saa siger Herren: For tre Overtrædelser af Moab og for fire — jeg tager det ikke tilbage — fordi han brændte Edoms Konges Ben til Kalk,
2 But I will send forth a fire on Moab, and it shall devour the foundations of its cities: and Moab shall perish in weakness, with a shout, and with the sound of a trumpet.
derfor vil jeg sende en Ild i Moab, den skal fortære Kirjoths Paladser; og Moab skal dø under Bulder, under Stormraab, under Trompetens Lyd.
3 And I will destroy the judge out of her, and kill all her princes with him, says the Lord.
Og jeg vil udrydde Dommeren af hans Midte og ihjelslaa alle hans Fyrster med ham, siger Herren.
4 Thus says the Lord; For three sins of the children of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his ordinances, and their vain [idols] which they made, which their fathers followed, caused them to err.
Saa siger Herren: For tre Overtrædelser af Juda og for fire — jeg tager det ikke tilbage — fordi de foragtede Herrens Lov og ikke holdt hans Skikke, saa at deres Løgne, efter hvilke deres Fædre havde vandret, førte dem vild,
5 And I will send a fire on Juda, and it shall devour the foundations of Jerusalem.
derfor vil jeg sende en Ild i Juda, og den skal fortære Paladserne i Jerusalem.
6 Thus says the Lord; for three sins of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for sandals,
Saa siger Herren: For tre Overtrædelser af Israel og for fire — jeg tager det ikke tilbage — fordi de sælge den retfærdige for Penge og den fattige formedelst et Par Sko;
7 wherewith to tread on the dust of the earth, and they have struck upon the heads of the poor, and have perverted the way of the lowly: and a son and his father have gone into the same maid, that they might profane the name of their God.
fordi de hige efter at bringe Jordens Støv paa de ringes Hoved og forvende de sagtmodiges Vej, og en Mand og hans Fader gaa til samme Pige, for at vanhellige mit hellige Navn;
8 And binding their clothes with cords they have made them curtains near the altar, and they have drunk wine gained by extortion in the house of their God.
og de strække sig paa Klæder, som de have faaet i Pant, ved hvert et Alter, og drikke Vin, som de have faaet i Bøder, i deres Guds Hus;
9 Nevertheless I cut off the Amorite from before them, whose height was as the height of a cedar, and he was strong as an oak; and I dried up his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
skønt jeg havde ødelagt Amoriten for deres Ansigt, ham, hvis Højde var som Cedres Højde, og som var stærk som Egene; og jeg ødelagde hans Frugt fra oven af og hans Rødder fra neden af;
10 And I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you about in the desert forty years, that you should inherit the land of the Amorites.
og jeg havde ført eder op af Ægyptens Land og førte eder i Ørken fyrretyve Aar for at tage Amoritens Land i Eje;
11 And I took of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for consecration. Are not these things so, you sons of Israel? says the Lord.
og jeg opvakte nogle af eders Sønner til Profeter og nogle af eders unge Karle til Nasiræer, (mon det ikke er saa, Israels Børn? siger Herren);
12 But you gave the consecrated ones wine to drink; and you commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
men I gave Nasiræerne Vin at drikke og gave Profeterne det Bud: I skulle ikke spaa: —
13 Therefore, behold, I roll under you, as a waggon full of straw is rolled.
Se, derfor vil jeg trykke eder ned, ligesom Vognen, der er fuld med Neg, trykker ned.
14 And flight shall perish from the runner, and the strong shall not hold fast his strength, and the warrior shall not save his life:
Og den lette skal ingen Tilflugt finde, og den stærke skal ikke lægge Kraft i sin Styrke, og den vældige skal ikke redde sit Liv,
15 and the archer shall not withstand, and he that is swift of foot shall in no wise escape; and the horseman shall not save his life.
og den, som fører Buen, skal ikke bestaa, og den, som er let paa sine Fødder, skal ikke redde sig, og den, som rider paa Hesten, skal ikke redde sit Liv.
16 And the strong shall find no confidence in power: the naked shall flee away in that day, says the Lord.
Og den, som er stærk i sit Hjerte, iblandt de vældige, han skal fly nøgen paa samme Dag, siger Herren.
