Amos 2
1 So segjer Herren: For trifald misgjerd av Moab, for firfald eg ikkje meg attrar. For di dei brende beini åt Edom-kongen til kalk,
This is what the Lord says: The people of Moab have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they desecrated the bones of the king of Edom by burning them, turning them into lime.
2 so sender eg eld imot Moab, han skal øyda Kerijots borgar. Og i ståket Moab skal døy, med hergny og luraljod skrell.
So I will send down fire on Moab, and I will burn up the fortresses of Kerioth, and the people of Moab will die in the midst of uproar, battle cries, and the sound of the trumpet.
3 Domaren deira eg tynar, alle hovdingarn’ likeins eg drep, segjer Herren.
I will cut down their king and all their princes with him, says the Lord.
4 So segjer Herren: For trifald misgjerd av Juda, for firfald eg ikkje meg attrar. Då dei vanvyrde Herrens lov og heldt ikkje bodordi hans, men let seg av lygn-gudar dåra, som federne fyrr hadde fylgt,
This is what the Lord says: The people of Judah have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his commands. Their lies have led them astray, the same lies that their forefathers followed.
5 so sender eg eld imot Juda, han skal øyda Jerusalems borger.
So I will send down fire on Judah, and I will burn up the fortresses of Jerusalem.
6 So segjer Herren: For trifald misgjerd av Israel og for firfald eg ikkje meg attrar. For sylv dei sel ein skuldlaus og ein arming for eit par skor,
This is what the Lord says: The people of Israel have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they sell good people for silver, and poor people for a pair of sandals.
7 dei som helst ser mold på ein stakkars hovud, og rengjer småfolks rett. Til same gjenta gjeng far og son til vanhelging for mitt heilage namn.
They trample the heads of the poor into the dust, and push the needy out of the way. A man and his father have sex with the same servant girl so that my holy name is profaned.
8 Og på pantsette klæde ved kvart eit altar dei ligg, og skadebots-vin dei drikk i huset til sin Gud.
At every altar they stretch themselves out in clothes taken from debtors as collateral, in the temple of their god they drink wine taken from the people they fined.
9 Det var då eg som dreiv amoritarne frå deim, som høge som cedertre var, og sterke som eiker, men eg tynte alda i topp og roti i jord.
Yet it was I was the one who destroyed the Amorites before you, even though they were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed them root and branch.
10 Det var eg som dykk førde frå Egyptarland og dykk leidde i villmarki fram gjenom fyrti år til å vinna Amorit-landet.
It was I who brought you out of the land of Egypt and led you through the desert for forty years so that you could take the Amorites' land.
11 Eg vekte profetar av dykkar søner, naziræarar bland dykkar ungdomar. Er det’kje so, de Israels-born? Segjer Herren.
I appointed some of your sons to be prophets, and some of your young men to be Nazirites. Isn't this true, people of Israel?
12 Men de gav naziræaran’ vin, og baud profetarn’ og sagde: «Profetera ikkje!»
But you made the Nazirites sin by drinking wine, and you told the prophets, “Don't tell us what God says.”
13 Sjå no skal eg lata det dynja under dykk som under ei full-lest kornvogn.
Now see what I am going to do. I will crush you where you are, as if crushed by a heavy cart loaded down with sheaves of grain.
14 Og den rappe kjem ingen stad av, og den sterke fær’kje bruka si magt, og kjempa skal’kje berga sitt liv.
Not even your fastest runners will escape; strong men will lose their strength. Even the greatest warrior will not be able to save his life.
15 Mannen med bogen er magtlaus, og lett på fot kann’kje berga seg, og mannen på hest skal’kje berga sitt liv.
The archer will not stand his ground. The quickest on his feet will not be able to get away, and even those on horseback will not save themselves.
16 Hugdjervaste kjempa ho lyt naken røma på dagen den, segjer Herren.
On that day even the bravest of the mighty warriors will run away naked, says the Lord.
