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.
So segjer Herren: For trifald misgjerd av Moab, for firfald eg ikkje meg attrar. For di dei brende beini åt Edom-kongen 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.
so sender eg eld imot Moab, han skal øyda Kerijots borgar. Og i ståket Moab skal døy, med hergny og luraljod skrell.
3 And I will destroy the judge out of her, and kill all her princes with him, says the Lord.
Domaren deira eg tynar, alle hovdingarn’ likeins eg drep, segjer 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.
So segjer Herren: For trifald misgjerd av Juda, for firfald eg ikkje meg attrar. Då dei vanvyrde Herrens lov og heldt ikkje bodordi hans, men let seg av lygn-gudar dåra, som federne fyrr hadde fylgt,
5 And I will send a fire on Juda, and it shall devour the foundations of Jerusalem.
so sender eg eld imot Juda, han skal øyda Jerusalems borger.
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,
So segjer Herren: For trifald misgjerd av Israel og for firfald eg ikkje meg attrar. For sylv dei sel ein skuldlaus og ein arming for eit par skor,
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.
dei som helst ser mold på ein stakkars hovud, og rengjer småfolks rett. Til same gjenta gjeng far og son til vanhelging for mitt heilage namn.
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 på pantsette klæde ved kvart eit altar dei ligg, og skadebots-vin dei drikk i huset til sin Gud.
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.
Det var då eg som dreiv amoritarne frå deim, som høge som cedertre var, og sterke som eiker, men eg tynte alda i topp og roti i jord.
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.
Det var eg som dykk førde frå Egyptarland og dykk leidde i villmarki fram gjenom fyrti år til å vinna Amorit-landet.
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.
Eg vekte profetar av dykkar søner, naziræarar bland dykkar ungdomar. Er det’kje so, de Israels-born? Segjer Herren.
12 But you gave the consecrated ones wine to drink; and you commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Men de gav naziræaran’ vin, og baud profetarn’ og sagde: «Profetera ikkje!»
13 Therefore, behold, I roll under you, as a waggon full of straw is rolled.
Sjå no skal eg lata det dynja under dykk som under ei full-lest kornvogn.
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 rappe kjem ingen stad av, og den sterke fær’kje bruka si magt, og kjempa skal’kje berga sitt 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.
Mannen med bogen er magtlaus, og lett på fot kann’kje berga seg, og mannen på hest skal’kje berga sitt liv.
16 And the strong shall find no confidence in power: the naked shall flee away in that day, says the Lord.
Hugdjervaste kjempa ho lyt naken røma på dagen den, segjer Herren.
