Amos 3
1 Hörer hvad Herren med eder talar, I Israels barn, nämliga med alla de slägter, som jag utur Egypti land fört hafver, och sade:
“You people of Israel, I brought all your ancestors out of Egypt; so listen to what I am saying about you.
2 Utaf alla slägter på jordene hafver jag upptagit eder allena; derföre vill jag ock hemsöka eder uti alla edra missgerningar.
From all the people-groups on the earth, I [chose and] took care of only you. That is the reason that I will punish you for the sins that you have committed.”
3 Kunna ock två vandra tillhopa, utan de draga öfverens med hvarannan?
Two [people] certainly cannot [RHQ] walk together if they have not [already] agreed [about what place they will start walking from].
4 Ryter ock ett lejon i skogenom, utan det hafver rof? Ropar ock ett ungt lejon utu sine kulo, utan det något fångit hafver?
A lion certainly does not [RHQ] roar in the bushes/forest if it has not killed another animal. It does not [RHQ] growl in its den if it is not eating [the flesh of an animal that it has caught].
5 Kommer ock någor fogel i snarona på jordene, der ingen foglafångare är? Tager man ock snarona upp af jordene, den ännu intet fångit hafver?
No one can [RHQ] catch a bird if [he does] not [set] a trap for it. A trap does not spring shut unless some [animal] has not sprung the trap.
6 Blås man ock i basun i enom stad, och folket deraf icke förskräckes? Är ock något ondt i stadenom, det Herren icke gör?
[Similarly, all] the people in a city certainly [RHQ] become afraid when [they hear someone] blowing a trumpet [to signal that enemies are attacking]. And when a city experiences disaster, Yahweh is the one who has caused it [RHQ].
7 Ty Herren Herren gör intet, utan han uppenbarar sinom tjenarom, Prophetomen, sina hemlighet.
And whatever Yahweh plans to do, he tells his prophets about it.
8 Lejonet ryter, ho skulle icke frukta sig? Herren Herren talar, ho skulle icke prophetera?
Everyone certainly becomes terrified [RHQ] when they hear a lion roar, and if Yahweh the Lord has given messages [to prophets like me], we certainly must [RHQ] proclaim those messages, [even if they cause people to become terrified].
9 Förkunner uti palatsen i Asdod, och uti palatsen i Egypti land, och säger: Församler eder på Samarie berg, och ser till, hvilket stort mordskri och orätt der är.
[I said this to the leaders of Samaria] (OR, [Yahweh said this to me]): Send this message to the leaders [MET] in Ashdod [city] and to Egypt: “Come to the hills of Samaria and see [the way that their (leaders/wealthy people)] are causing people in that city to be terrified, and [the way that they] are causing the people to suffer!”
10 De passa intet på någon rätt, säger Herren; utan öfvervåld och skada går hvart om annat i deras husom.
Yahweh says that the people there do not know how to do things that are right. Their homes are filled with [valuable things] that they have stolen or [taken] violently [from others].
11 Derföre säger Herren Herren alltså: Man skall belägga detta landet allt omkring, och störta dig neder ifrå dine magt, och skinna din hus.
So Yahweh [our] God says that [soon] their enemies will come and tear down their (defenses/high city walls) and take away those valuable things.
12 Detta säger Herren: Lika som en herde rycker eno lejone två fötter, eller ett stycke af ett öra utu munnenom; alltså skola Israels barn utryckte varda, de som bo i Samarien, och hafva i hörnet ett lägre, och i Damasco ena säng.
Yahweh has declared this: “When a lion attacks a sheep, [sometimes] a shepherd will be able to snatch from the lion’s mouth only two legs or an ear of the sheep. Similarly, [only] a few people from Samaria will escape, and [they will be able to rescue only] a part of a couch and a part of a bed.”
13 Hörer, och betyger i Jacobs hus, säger Herren, Herren Gud Zebaoth.
The Commander of the armies of angels said this: “Proclaim [this message] about the descendants [MTY] of Jacob:
14 Ty på den tiden, då jag Israels synder hemsökandes varder, vill jag hemsöka de altare i BethEl, och bortbryta hornen af altaret, att de skola falla neder på markena;
When I, Yahweh, punish [the people of] Israel because of the sins that they have committed, I will cause the altars at Bethel [town] to be destroyed; even the projections at the corners of the altars will be cut off and fall to the ground.
15 Och skall slå både vinterhus och sommarhus; och de elphenbenshus skola till intet varda, och mång hus förderfvad blifva, säger Herren.
I will cause the houses [that they live in during] the (winter/rainy season) and those [in which they live during] the (summer/dry season) to be torn down. [Beautiful] big houses and houses [that are decorated] with ivory will be destroyed. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
