Amos 7
1 Yahweh our God showed me [in a vision] that he was going to send locusts [to destroy our crops]. It was going to happen right after the king’s share of the hay had been harvested/cut and before the rest of the hay was ready to be harvested.
Soleis let Herren, Herren meg sjå: Det var ein som skapa grashoppar då håi for til og spratt, det var håi etter kongens slått.
2 [And in the vision I saw] those locusts come, and they ate everything that was green. Then I cried out, “Yahweh our Lord, please forgive us! We Israeli people are very helpless; (how will we be able to survive [RHQ]?/we will not be able to survive!)”
Og då dei var ferdige reint med å eta upp grøda i landet, då sagde eg: «Herre, Herre, tilgjev! Kor gjeng det no med Jakob som liten er?»
3 So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.”
Då angra Herren det. «Det skal ikkje henda, » sagde Herren.
4 Then this is what Yahweh our Lord showed me [in another vision]: He was calling to a fire to [come and] punish [his people]. [In the vision I saw that] the fire dried up the ocean and also burned [everything on] the land.
Soleis let Herren, Herren, meg sjå: Til straffar kalla han elden fram, Herren, Herren, og han åt det store djupet han nærpå åt åkerlandet med.
5 Then I cried out again, “Yahweh our Lord, I plead with you, please stop this! We Israeli people are very helpless; how will we be able to survive [RHQ]?”
Då sagde eg: «Herre, Herre, haldt upp! Kor gjeng det med Jakob som liten er?»
6 So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.”
Då angra Herren det. «Ikkje dette heller skal henda», sagde Herren, Herren.
7 Then Yahweh showed me [another vision]. I saw him standing beside a wall. [It was very straight because] it had been built using a (plumb line/cord with a weight on one end to determine if walls are vertically straight). Yahweh had the plumb line in his hand.
Soleis let han meg sjå: Eg såg Herren standa på ein loddmur med blylodd i handi.
8 Yahweh asked me, “Amos, what do you see?” I replied, “A plumb line.” Then Yahweh said, “Look, I am going to use a plumb line among my Israeli people, [to show that they are like a wall that is not straight]. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.
Og Herren sagde til meg: «Kva er det, Amos, du ser?» Og eg svara: «Eit blylodd.» Og Herren sagde: «Ja, eg skal loddet bruka millom mitt folk Israel. Ikkje vil eg meir spara det no.
9 The places on hills where [the descendants of] [MTY] Isaac worship [idols] will be destroyed. And the other important shrines in Israel will also be destroyed. And I will enable [your enemies] to attack your people with swords and they will get rid of [King] Jeroboam and all his descendants.”
Isaks haugar skal tynast, og Israels heilagdomar herjast, mot Jeroboams hus eg ris upp med sverd.»
10 Then Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, sent [a message] to Jeroboam, the King of Israel. In the message he said, “Amos is plotting against you among the Israeli people [MTY]. [I am worried that] the people of this country will not be able to refute his words.
Men Amasja, presten i Betel, sende bod til Jeroboam, Israels-kongen, med sovorne ord: «Amos emnar på uppreist imot deg midt i Israels hus. Landet kann ikkje greida all røda hans.
11 This is what he is saying: ‘Jeroboam will soon be killed by [someone using] a sword, and the people of Israel will be (exiled/forced to leave their land and go to another country).’”
For soleis talar Amos: «Jeroboam skal døy for sverd, og Israel førast burt frå sitt land.»»
12 Then Amaziah [came to me and] said, “You prophet, get out of here! Go back to the country of Judah! Earn money to [buy food to be able] to live there, and do your prophesying there!
Og Amasja sagde til Amos: «Du sjåar, burt med deg! Far din veg til Judalandet! Der kann du tena ditt brød, og der kann du vera profet!
13 Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!”
I Betel skal du ikkje driva lenger som profet, for det er kongeleg heilagdom og rikstempel her.»
14 I replied to Amaziah, “I was [previously] not a prophet, and my father was not a prophet; I was a shepherd. I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.
Då svara Amos Amasja so: «Ikkje er eg profet, og ikkje profetsvein, ein hyrding er eg, og steller med morbærtre.
15 But Yahweh took me away from taking care of my sheep, and he said to me, ‘Go to Israel and prophesy to my people there!’
Men Herren tok meg burt frå hjordi, og Herren sagde til meg: «Gakk og ver profet for mitt folk Israel!»
16 You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to [the people of] Israel; stop saying those things!’
Og no skal du høyra ordet frå Herren. So segjer du: «Ver ikkje profet for Israel. Og ikkje du preike mot Isaks hus!»
17 Therefore listen to what Yahweh says about you: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in this city, and your sons and daughters will be killed by [your enemies’] swords. Others will measure your land and divide it up [among themselves]; and you yourself will die in a foreign country. And the people of Israel will certainly be forced to leave their country and go (into exile/to live in another country).’”
Difor so talar Herren: Di kona vert skjøkja i byen, dine søner og døtter skal falla for sverd, med mælesnor vert gjordet ditt bytt, du sjølv i eit ureint land skal døy, og Israel førast burt frå sitt land.»
