Amos 3
1 Høyre dette ordet som Herren hev tala imot dykk, de Israels søner, mot heile den ætti som eg hev ført upp frå Egyptarland:
Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
2 Dykk einast kannast ved av alle ætter på jordi. Difor eg heimsøkjer dykk for alt det vonde de hev gjort.
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3 Gjeng tvo-eine saman tru, utan dei samstelte vart?
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
4 Tru løva burar i skogen utan eit rov det gjeld? Let ungløva høyra sitt mål, når i hola ho ligg, utan ho fengdi fekk?
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
5 Tru fuglen i snara på jordi fell, utan at snara er uppsett? Tru vel at glefsa sprett att, utan at noko sit fast?
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no animal trap is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
6 Eller ljomar luren i by, utan at folket fær støkk? Eller hender ulukka i by, utan at Herren hev gjort det?
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD has not done it?
7 For ikkje gjer Herren, Herren nokon ting, utan han tenarom sine, profetom, forkynner si løynråd.
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8 Når løva mun bura, kven må ikkje ræddast? Når han talar Herren, Herren, kven vert ikkje då profet?
The lion has roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy?
9 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!»
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
10 Dei hev ikkje vit på framferd rett, segjer Herren, dei som haugar valdsverk og tjon i borgerne sine i hop.
For they know not to do right, says the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11 Difor, so segjer Herren, Herren: Fiendar herset ditt land. Di magt skal støytast i knas, dine borger plundrast.
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be spoiled.
12 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.
Thus says the LORD; As the shepherd takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
13 Høyr og vitna mot Jakobs hus! segjer Herren, Herren, allhers Gud:
Hear all of you, and testify in the house of Jacob, says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
14 Den dagen eg straffar Israel brot, då straffar eg Betels altar, og altarhorni vert hogne, og dei skal falla til jordi.
That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15 Eg vinterstova hogg ned, sumarstova med. Filsbeinssalar skal falla, og mange hus skal verta øydde, segjer Herren.
And I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, says the LORD.
