Amos 4

1 Hør dette Ord, I basankøer, I, som bor paa Samarias Bjerg og kuer de ringe, knuser de fattige og byder eders Herrer: »Giv hid, at vi kan drikke!«

Listen to this message, you well-fed cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor and crush the needy, and who order your husbands, “Bring us drinks!”

2 Den Herre HERREN svor ved sin Hellighed: Se, over eder skal Dage komme, da I drages op med Hager, de sidste af jer med Kroge,

The Lord God has sworn by his holiness: Watch out! For the time is coming when they will drag you away with hooks, each one of you will be like a fish on a hook.

3 og slæbes gennem Murbrud een for een og slænges paa Mødding, lyder det fra HERREN.

You will leave through breaches in the city walls, thrown out in the direction of Mount Hermon.

4 Kom til Betel og synd, til Gilgal og synd end mer, bring Slagtofre næste Morgen, Tiender Tredjedagen,

Why don't you go to Bethel and sin? Go to Gilgal and add to your sins even more? Offer your sacrifices in the morning, bring your tithes after three days.

5 brænd syret Brød til Takoffer, byd højlydt til Frivilligofre! I elsker jo sligt, Israeliter, lyder det fra den Herre HERREN.

Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast, and announce what you're giving as freewill offerings so everyone will know. This is what you love to do! declares the Lord God.

6 Og dog gav jeg eder tomme Munde i alle eders Byer og Brødmangel i alle eders Hjemsteder; men I omvendte eder ikke til mig, lyder det fra HERREN.

It was I who made sure you had nothing to eat in all your cities, and a lack of food wherever you lived, but still you wouldn't return to me, says the Lord.

7 Dog forholdt jeg eder Regnen, da der endnu var tre Maaneder til Høst; paa een By lod jeg det regne og ikke paa en anden; een Mark fik Regn, og en anden fik ikke og tørrede hen;

It was I who kept the rain from falling when there was still three months before harvest. One city would have rain, while another would not. One field would have rain, another would dry up from lack of rain.

8 to tre Byer kom vankende hen til en anden for at faa Vand at drikke og fik ikke Tørsten slukket; men I omvendte eder ikke til mig, lyder det fra HERREN.

People wandered from town to town looking for water, yet were still thirsty. But still you did not return to me, declares the Lord.

9 Jeg slog eder med Kornbrand og Rust og udtørrede eders Haver og Vingaarde, og Græshopper aad eders Figentræer og Oliventræer; men I omvendte eder ikke til mig, lyder det fra HERREN.

I struck your many farms and vineyards with blight and mildew; locusts devoured your fig trees and olive trees. But still you did not return to me, declares the Lord.

10 Jeg sendte Pest iblandt eder som i Ægypten; jeg vog eders unge Mænd med Sværdet, og samtidig gjordes eders Heste til Bytte; jeg lod Stank fra eders Lejr stige op i eders Næse; men I omvendte eder ikke til mig, lyder det fra HERREN.

I sent a plague on you like I did in Egypt. I killed your young men in battle; I took away your horses; I made you smell the stench of dead bodies in your camps. But still you did not return to me, declares the Lord.

11 Jeg omstyrtede Byer iblandt eder, som da Gud omstyrtede Sodoma og Gomorra, og I blev som en Brand, der er reddet fra Baalet; men I omvendte eder ikke til mig, lyder det fra HERREN.

Some of you I destroyed as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick pulled out of a fire. But still you did not return to me, declares the Lord.

12 Derfor vil jeg handle saaledes med dig, Israel. Fordi jeg vil handle saaledes med dig, saa gør dig rede til at møde din Gud, Israel!

Therefore, this is what I am going to do to you, Israel. Because I am going to do this, Israel, prepare to meet your God!

13 Thi se: Bjergenes Skaber og Stormens Ophav, han, som kundgør et Menneske dets Tanker, som frembringer Gry og Mørke og vandrer paa Jordens Høje, HERREN, Hærskarers Gud er hans Navn.

Watch! The One who made the mountains, who created the winds, who reveals his thoughts to humankind, who turns the sunlight into darkness, who walks on the high places of the earth—the Lord God of power is his name!