Amos 3
1 “You people of Israel, I brought all your ancestors out of Egypt; so listen to what I am saying about you.
Hörer hvad Herren med eder talar, I Israels barn, nämliga med alla de slägter, som jag utur Egypti land fört hafver, och sade:
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.”
Utaf alla slägter på jordene hafver jag upptagit eder allena; derföre vill jag ock hemsöka eder uti alla edra missgerningar.
3 Two [people] certainly cannot [RHQ] walk together if they have not [already] agreed [about what place they will start walking from].
Kunna ock två vandra tillhopa, utan de draga öfverens med hvarannan?
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].
Ryter ock ett lejon i skogenom, utan det hafver rof? Ropar ock ett ungt lejon utu sine kulo, utan det något fångit hafver?
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.
Kommer ock någor fogel i snarona på jordene, der ingen foglafångare är? Tager man ock snarona upp af jordene, den ännu intet fångit hafver?
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].
Blås man ock i basun i enom stad, och folket deraf icke förskräckes? Är ock något ondt i stadenom, det Herren icke gör?
7 And whatever Yahweh plans to do, he tells his prophets about it.
Ty Herren Herren gör intet, utan han uppenbarar sinom tjenarom, Prophetomen, sina hemlighet.
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].
Lejonet ryter, ho skulle icke frukta sig? Herren Herren talar, ho skulle icke prophetera?
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!”
Förkunner uti palatsen i Asdod, och uti palatsen i Egypti land, och säger: Församler eder på Samarie berg, och ser till, hvilket stort mordskri och orätt der är.
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].
De passa intet på någon rätt, säger Herren; utan öfvervåld och skada går hvart om annat i deras husom.
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.
Derföre säger Herren Herren alltså: Man skall belägga detta landet allt omkring, och störta dig neder ifrå dine magt, och skinna din hus.
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.”
Detta säger Herren: Lika som en herde rycker eno lejone två fötter, eller ett stycke af ett öra utu munnenom; alltså skola Israels barn utryckte varda, de som bo i Samarien, och hafva i hörnet ett lägre, och i Damasco ena säng.
13 The Commander of the armies of angels said this: “Proclaim [this message] about the descendants [MTY] of Jacob:
Hörer, och betyger i Jacobs hus, säger Herren, Herren Gud Zebaoth.
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.
Ty på den tiden, då jag Israels synder hemsökandes varder, vill jag hemsöka de altare i BethEl, och bortbryta hornen af altaret, att de skola falla neder på markena;
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!”
Och skall slå både vinterhus och sommarhus; och de elphenbenshus skola till intet varda, och mång hus förderfvad blifva, säger Herren.
