Amos 3
1 “You people of Israel, I brought all your ancestors out of Egypt; so listen to what I am saying about you.
Høyre dette ordet som Herren hev tala imot dykk, de Israels søner, mot heile den ætti som eg hev ført upp frå Egyptarland:
2 From all the people-groups on the earth, I [chose and] took care of only you. That is the reason that I will punish you for the sins that you have committed.”
Dykk einast kannast ved av alle ætter på jordi. Difor eg heimsøkjer dykk for alt det vonde de hev gjort.
3 Two [people] certainly cannot [RHQ] walk together if they have not [already] agreed [about what place they will start walking from].
Gjeng tvo-eine saman tru, utan dei samstelte vart?
4 A lion certainly does not [RHQ] roar in the bushes/forest if it has not killed another animal. It does not [RHQ] growl in its den if it is not eating [the flesh of an animal that it has caught].
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 No one can [RHQ] catch a bird if [he does] not [set] a trap for it. A trap does not spring shut unless some [animal] has not sprung the trap.
Tru fuglen i snara på jordi fell, utan at snara er uppsett? Tru vel at glefsa sprett att, utan at noko sit fast?
6 [Similarly, all] the people in a city certainly [RHQ] become afraid when [they hear someone] blowing a trumpet [to signal that enemies are attacking]. And when a city experiences disaster, Yahweh is the one who has caused it [RHQ].
Eller ljomar luren i by, utan at folket fær støkk? Eller hender ulukka i by, utan at Herren hev gjort det?
7 And whatever Yahweh plans to do, he tells his prophets about it.
For ikkje gjer Herren, Herren nokon ting, utan han tenarom sine, profetom, forkynner si løynråd.
8 Everyone certainly becomes terrified [RHQ] when they hear a lion roar, and if Yahweh the Lord has given messages [to prophets like me], we certainly must [RHQ] proclaim those messages, [even if they cause people to become terrified].
Når løva mun bura, kven må ikkje ræddast? Når han talar Herren, Herren, kven vert ikkje då profet?
9 [I said this to the leaders of Samaria] (OR, [Yahweh said this to me]): Send this message to the leaders [MET] in Ashdod [city] and to Egypt: “Come to the hills of Samaria and see [the way that their (leaders/wealthy people)] are causing people in that city to be terrified, and [the way that they] are causing the people to suffer!”
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 Yahweh says that the people there do not know how to do things that are right. Their homes are filled with [valuable things] that they have stolen or [taken] violently [from others].
Dei hev ikkje vit på framferd rett, segjer Herren, dei som haugar valdsverk og tjon i borgerne sine i hop.
11 So Yahweh [our] God says that [soon] their enemies will come and tear down their (defenses/high city walls) and take away those valuable things.
Difor, so segjer Herren, Herren: Fiendar herset ditt land. Di magt skal støytast i knas, dine borger plundrast.
12 Yahweh has declared this: “When a lion attacks a sheep, [sometimes] a shepherd will be able to snatch from the lion’s mouth only two legs or an ear of the sheep. Similarly, [only] a few people from Samaria will escape, and [they will be able to rescue only] a part of a couch and a part of a bed.”
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 The Commander of the armies of angels said this: “Proclaim [this message] about the descendants [MTY] of Jacob:
Høyr og vitna mot Jakobs hus! segjer Herren, Herren, allhers Gud:
14 When I, Yahweh, punish [the people of] Israel because of the sins that they have committed, I will cause the altars at Bethel [town] to be destroyed; even the projections at the corners of the altars will be cut off and fall to 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 cause the houses [that they live in during] the (winter/rainy season) and those [in which they live during] the (summer/dry season) to be torn down. [Beautiful] big houses and houses [that are decorated] with ivory will be destroyed. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
Eg vinterstova hogg ned, sumarstova med. Filsbeinssalar skal falla, og mange hus skal verta øydde, segjer Herren.
