Amos 8

1 This is what the Lord Yahweh showed me. Look, a basket of summer fruit!

Således lod Herren mig skue: Se, der var en kurv sommerfrugt.

2 He said, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then Yahweh said to me, “The end has come for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

Og han sagde: "Hvad ser du, Amos?" Jeg svarede: "En kurv Sommerfrugt!" Da sagde HERREN til mig: "Enden er kommet for mit Folk Israel; jeg vil ikke længer bære over med det."

3 The songs of the temple will become wailings in that day —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh— many dead bodies, they are thrown everywhere! Silence!”

Paladsets Sangerinder skal jamre på denne Dag, så lyder det fra den Herre HERREN. Dynger af Lig er henkastet alle Vegne.

4 Listen to this, you who trample the needy and remove the poor of the land.

Hør, I, som knuser de fattige, gør det af med de arme i Landet

5 They say, “When will the new moon be over, so we can sell grain again? When will the Sabbath day be over, so that we can sell wheat? We will make the measure small and increase the price, as we cheat with false scales.

og siger: "Hvornår er Nymånen omme, så vi kan få solgt noget Korn, Sabbaten, så vi kan åbne vort Kornsalg, gøre Efaen lille og Sekelen stor og med Svig gøre Vægten falsk

6 This is so we can sell bad wheat, buy the poor with silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.”

for at købe den ringe for Sølv, den fattige for et Par Sko og få Afaldskornet solgt?"

7 Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their actions.”

HERREN svor ved Jakobs Stolthed: Aldrig glemmer jeg een af deres Gerninger!

8 Will not the land quake for this, and every one who lives in it mourn? All of it will rise up like the Nile River, and it will be tossed about and sink again, like the river of Egypt.

Må Jorden ej skælve derover og enhver, som bor på den, sørge? Den stiger overalt som Nilen og synker som Ægyptens Flod.

9 “It will come in that day —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh— that I will make the sun set at noon, and I will darken the earth at daylight.

På hin Dag lader jeg det ske, så lyder det fra den Herre HERREN, at Solen går ned ved Middag, og Jorden bliver mørk ved højlys Dag.

10 I will turn your festivals into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and have baldness on every head. I will make it like mourning for an only son, and a bitter day to its end.

Jeg vender eders Fester til Sorg og alle eders Sange til klage, lægger Sæk om alle Lænder, gør hvert et Hoved skaldet, bringer Sorg som over en enbåren, en bitter Dag til sidst.

11 Look, the days are coming —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh— when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread, nor of thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Yahweh.

Se, Dage skal komme, lyder det fra den Herre HERREN, da jeg sender Hunger i Landet, ikke Hunger efter Brød, ikke Tørst efter Vand, men efter at høre HERRENs Ord.

12 They will stagger from sea to sea; they will run from the north to the east to seek the word of Yahweh, but they will not find it.

Da vanker de fra Hav til Hav, flakker fra Nord til Øst for at søge HERRENs Ord, men finder det ej.

13 In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint from thirst.

Den Dag vansmægter af Tørst de fagre Jomfruer og unge Mænd,

14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria and say, 'As your god lives, Dan,' and, 'As the way to Beersheba exists'— they will fall and never rise again.”

som sværger ved Samarias Synd, som siger: "Ved din Gud, o Dan!" "Ved din Skytsgud, o Be'ersjeba!" de skal falde, ej mere stå op.