Amos 3
1 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
Høyre dette ordet som Herren hev tala imot dykk, de Israels søner, mot heile den ætti som eg hev ført upp frå Egyptarland:
2 “I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”
Dykk einast kannast ved av alle ætter på jordi. Difor eg heimsøkjer dykk for alt det vonde de hev gjort.
3 Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
Gjeng tvo-eine saman tru, utan dei samstelte vart?
4 Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
Tru løva burar i skogen utan eit rov det gjeld? Let ungløva høyra sitt mål, når i hola ho ligg, utan ho fengdi fekk?
5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?
Tru fuglen i snara på jordi fell, utan at snara er uppsett? Tru vel at glefsa sprett att, utan at noko sit fast?
6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn’t done it?
Eller ljomar luren i by, utan at folket fær støkk? Eller hender ulukka i by, utan at Herren hev gjort det?
7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
For ikkje gjer Herren, Herren nokon ting, utan han tenarom sine, profetom, forkynner si løynråd.
8 The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?
Når løva mun bura, kven må ikkje ræddast? Når han talar Herren, Herren, kven vert ikkje då profet?
9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is amongst them.”
Rope ut yver Asdod borger og yver borger i Egyptarland: «Dykk samle på Samariafjelli og sjå kor fælt eit ståk der er, og valdsverk som der råder!»
10 “Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says the LORD, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
Dei hev ikkje vit på framferd rett, segjer Herren, dei som haugar valdsverk og tjon i borgerne sine i hop.
11 Therefore the Lord GOD says: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.”
Difor, so segjer Herren, Herren: Fiendar herset ditt land. Di magt skal støytast i knas, dine borger plundrast.
12 The LORD says: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.”
So segjer Herren: Som hyrdingen friar frå løvegap eit par bein ell’ ein øyrelapp, so bergast dei skal, dei Israels-søner, som i Samaria sit i sofa-krå, på putebenk.
13 “Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord GOD, the God of Armies.
Høyr og vitna mot Jakobs hus! segjer Herren, Herren, allhers Gud:
14 “For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.
Den dagen eg straffar Israel brot, då straffar eg Betels altar, og altarhorni vert hogne, og dei skal falla til jordi.
15 I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” says the LORD.
Eg vinterstova hogg ned, sumarstova med. Filsbeinssalar skal falla, og mange hus skal verta øydde, segjer Herren.
