Amos 6
1 Terrible things will happen to you people in Jerusalem who are not worried about anything, and also to you leaders who live on Samaria Hill who think that you are safe. [You think that] [IRO] you are the most important people [in the world], people to whom Israeli people [MTY] go [to get help].
Ve de trygge i Zion og de sorgløse paa Samarias Bjerg, de navnkundige iblandt det første af Folkene og dem, til hvilke Israels Hus kommer.
2 But go to Calneh [city] and see [what happened there]. Then go to [see] the great [city] Hamath [and see what happened there]. Then go down to Gath [city] in Philistia [and see what happened to their city walls]. Your land/country is certainly not [RHQ] larger or more powerful than their countries were, [but they were all destroyed].
Gaar over til Kalne og ser, og gaar derfra til det store Hamath, og drager ned til Filisternes Gath! mon de ere lykkeligere end disse Riger? eller mon deres Landemærke er større end eders Landemærke?
3 You are trying to not think about a day when you will experience disasters, when [your enemies will come and] violently attack you.
I, som vise den onde Dag bort og bringe Volds Sæde til at komme nærmere!
4 You lie on beds [decorated with expensive] ivory, and on [soft] couches. You eat [the tender meat of] lambs and fat calves.
Folk, som sove paa Elfenbens Senge og række sig paa deres Leje, og som æde Lam af Hjorden og Kalve fra Fedestalden;
5 You create/compose new songs and play them on your harps like [King] David did.
som fremkunstle Toner efter Psalteren og, som David, optænke sig Strengeleg;
6 You drink entire bowlfuls of wine and you put expensive oils/perfumes on your bodies, but you do not grieve about [your country of] Israel [MTY], which is about to be destroyed.
som drikke Vin af Skaaler og salve sig med den ypperste Olie, men føle ikke Smerte over Josefs Brøst!
7 Your feasting and lounging [on soft couches] will soon end, and you will be among the first ones to be forced [by your enemies] to go (into exile/to another country).
Derfor skulle de nu bortføres, fremmest iblandt de bortførte, og Frydesangen af dem, som rækkede sig, skal ophøre.
8 Yahweh the Lord has solemnly declared this: “I hate the people of Israel because they are very proud; I detest their fortresses. I will enable [their enemies] to capture their [capital] city and everything in it.”
Den Herre, Herre har svoret ved sig selv, siger Herren, Zebaoths Gud: Jeg afskyr Jakobs Stolthed og hader hans Paladser, derfor vil jeg prisgive Staden og dens Fylde.
9 [When that happens, ] if there are ten people in one house, they will all die.
Og det skal ske, hvis der i eet Hus bliver ti Mænd tilovers, da skulle de dø;
10 If a relative who (has the task of/is responsible for) burning their corpses comes to the house and inquires of anyone who is still hiding there, “Is there anyone here with you?”, and that person replies “No,” [the one who inquired] will say, “Be quiet! We must not mention the name of Yahweh, [lest he cause us also to be killed]!”
og en Mands næste Slægtning eller den, der besørger hans Begravelse, skal tage ham for at udbære Benene af Huset; og han skal sige til den, som er i det inderste af Huset: Mon der endnu er flere hos dig? og denne skal svare: Der er ingen! saa skal han sige: Tys! thi det er ikke Tid nu at paakalde Herrens Navn.
11 [Terrible things like that will happen] because Yahweh has commanded that large houses [in Israel] must be smashed into pieces, and small houses must be smashed into tiny bits.
Thi se, Herren byder, og han slaar det store Hus i Splinter og det lille Hus i Stykker.
12 Horses certainly do not [RHQ] run on big rocks, and certainly people do not [RHQ] plow the sea with oxen. But you have [done things that no one should do]: You have distorted what is fair/right and caused it to be considered like poison [MET]; you have changed what is right and consider it to be like things that are bitter.
Mon Heste løbe paa Klippen? mon man pløjer der med Øksne? thi I have omvendt Retten til Galde og Retfærdighedens Frugt til Malurt.
13 You are proud because you have captured Lo-Debar [town], and you have said, “We captured Karnaim by our own power!”
I som glædes ved det, som intet er, og som sige: Have vi ikke ved vor Styrke taget os Horn?
14 But the Commander of the armies of angels declares, “I will cause another nation to attack you people [MTY] of Israel; they will (oppress you/cause you to suffer) all the way from Hamath Pass [in the northwest] to the Dead Sea [in the southeast].”
Thi se, jeg rejser et Folk imod eder, Israels Hus! siger Herren, Zebaoths Gud, og de skulle trænge eder fra Hamath af og indtil Bækken paa den slette Mark.
