Amos 8
1 Yahweh showed me [in a vision] a basket full of ripe fruit.
Dies ließ der Herr, der Herr, mich schauen: Es war ein Korb mit Erntefrüchten.
2 He asked me, “Amos, what do you see?” I replied, “A basket of [very] ripe fruit.” He said, “That indicates that it almost the end for my Israeli people. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.
Er sprach: "Was siehst du, Amos?" Ich sagte: "Einen Korb mit Erntefrüchten." Da sprach der Herr zu mir: "Das Abernten kommt über mein Volk Israel; ich will ihm nicht verzeihen.
3 [Soon, ] instead of singing in the temple, they will be wailing. There will be corpses everywhere [HYP]. So, remain silent (OR, Everyone will be silent). [These things will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it!”
Die Glieder werden fürchterlich anschwellen", ein Spruch des Herrn, des Herrn, "an allen Orten wirft man schweigend Leichenhaufen hin."
4 [It is as though] you people trample on needy people, and you destroy the poor people.
Vernehmet dies, die ihr den Armen niedertretet, die Niedrigen im Lande unterdrückt
5 You habitually say, “We wish that [RHQ] the new moon [festival] would end soon, in order that [restrictions on doing business during the festival will be ended] and we can sell grain. We wish that the Sabbath would end soon, in order that we will again be permitted to sell our wheat”— and [when you sell it], you charge a big price for it, and you cheat people by using scales that do not weigh correctly.
und sprecht: "Wann ist der Neumond um, damit wir Korn verkaufen, der Sabbat, daß wir Korn verhandeln können? Den Scheffel muß man kleiner machen, größer seinen Preis und das Gewicht verfälschen,
6 You sell wheat that you have swept up from the floor, and as a result it is mixed with dirt. Those who are needy and poor [DOU] and who do not have money [to buy things], you cause them to become your slaves by buying them with the [small amount of] silver [with which you could buy] a pair of sandals!
um Arme für das Geld zu kaufen und Dürftige um ein Paar Schuhe. - Taubes Korn verhandeln wir."
7 Yahweh has declared, “Although you are very proud of [being descendants] [MTY] of Jacob, I solemnly declare that I will not forget the [evil things] that you have done.
Der Herr schwört wider Jakobs Adel: "In Ewigkeit vergesse ich nicht ihre Taten." -
8 [Because of those evil things], your country will certainly [RHQ] soon be shaken, and all of you will mourn. [It will be as though] it will repeatedly rise and fall like [SIM] the Nile [River] that gets full of water [and overflows it banks] and then settles back into its riverbed.
Soll nicht darob das Land erbeben? Nicht alle trauern, die darinnen wohnen? Wär's gleich dem Euphrat angewachsen, hochgestiegen, so sinkt es dennoch wie Ägyptens Nil.
9 On the day [when I punish my people], I will cause the sun to set at noontime, and the [entire] earth will be dark in the daytime.
"An jenem Tage wird's gescheh'n", ein Spruch des Herrn, des Herrn, "da lasse ich die Sonne untergehn am Mittag und wandle für die Erde schon am Tag das Licht in Dunkel.
10 I will cause your [religious] celebrations to become times when you mourn; instead of singing, everyone will be weeping. Because of what I [will do], all of you will wear rough sackcloth and shave your heads [to show that you are sorrowing]. I will cause that time to be like when people mourn after an only son [has died]. All of you will be extremely sad all of that day.”
In Trauer ändere ich eure Feste, in Totenklage alle eure Lieder und gürte allen Hüften Bußgewänder um und mache kahlgeschoren jedes Haupt und mach es so wie bei der Trauer um den Einzigen. Und alles endet wie ein bitterer Tag." -
11 And Yahweh our God says this: “It will [soon] be the time when I will cause something to be very scarce [MET] throughout the country. But it will not be a time when there is no food or water; it will instead be a time when there will be no messages from me for anyone to hear.
"Es kommen Tage", Spruch des Herrn, des Herrn, "da sende ich ins Land den Hunger, doch Hunger nicht nach Brot, nicht Durst nach Wasser, vielmehr danach, das Wort des Herrn zu hören.
12 People will stagger from the [Dead] Sea to the [Mediterranean] Sea, and wander from the north to the east, searching for a message from me, but there will not be any.
Sie wanken dann von Meer zu Meer, von Mitternacht bis Sonnenaufgang hin. So irren sie umher, ein Herrenwort zu suchen, doch sie finden keines. -
13 At that time, even beautiful young women and strong young men will faint because of being very thirsty.
An jenem Tage sinken hin die jungen Mädchen, die Jünglinge, vor Durst verschmachtend,
14 Those who (make oaths/solemnly promise to do something) using the names of their shameful gods of Samaria, and those who solemnly promise to do something [using the name of] the god of Dan, and those who solemnly promise to do something [using the name of] the god of Beersheba, will all die; and they will never live again.”
die schwören bei Samarias Sünde, und die sprechen: 'So wahr dein Gott lebt, Dan! So wahr dein Stammgott lebt, Beetseba!' Sie sinken hin und stehen nicht mehr auf."
