Amos 7
1 Soleis let Herren, Herren meg sjå: Det var ein som skapa grashoppar då håi for til og spratt, det var håi etter kongens slått.
This is what the Lord God let me see: and I saw that, when the growth of the late grass was starting, he made locusts; it was the late growth after the king's cutting was done.
2 Og då dei var ferdige reint med å eta upp grøda i landet, då sagde eg: «Herre, Herre, tilgjev! Kor gjeng det no med Jakob som liten er?»
And it came about that after they had taken all the grass of the land, I said, O Lord God, have mercy: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.
3 Då angra Herren det. «Det skal ikkje henda, » sagde Herren.
The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.
4 Soleis let Herren, Herren, meg sjå: Til straffar kalla han elden fram, Herren, Herren, og han åt det store djupet han nærpå åt åkerlandet med.
This is what the Lord let me see: and I saw that the Lord God sent for a great fire to be the instrument of his punishment; and, after burning up the great deep, it was about to put an end to the Lord's heritage.
5 Då sagde eg: «Herre, Herre, haldt upp! Kor gjeng det med Jakob som liten er?»
Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.
6 Då angra Herren det. «Ikkje dette heller skal henda», sagde Herren, Herren.
The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, And this will not be.
7 Soleis let han meg sjå: Eg såg Herren standa på ein loddmur med blylodd i handi.
This is what he let me see: and I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made straight by a weighted line, and he had a weighted line in his hand.
8 Og Herren sagde til meg: «Kva er det, Amos, du ser?» Og eg svara: «Eit blylodd.» Og Herren sagde: «Ja, eg skal loddet bruka millom mitt folk Israel. Ikkje vil eg meir spara det no.
And the Lord said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A weighted line. Then the Lord said, See, I will let down a weighted line among my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin:
9 Isaks haugar skal tynast, og Israels heilagdomar herjast, mot Jeroboams hus eg ris upp med sverd.»
And the high places of Isaac will be unpeopled, and the holy places of Israel will be made waste; and I will come up against the family of Jeroboam with the sword.
10 Men Amasja, presten i Betel, sende bod til Jeroboam, Israels-kongen, med sovorne ord: «Amos emnar på uppreist imot deg midt i Israels hus. Landet kann ikkje greida all røda hans.
Then Amaziah, the priest of Beth-el, sent to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, Amos has made designs against you among the people of Israel: the land is troubled by his words.
11 For soleis talar Amos: «Jeroboam skal døy for sverd, og Israel førast burt frå sitt land.»»
For Amos has said, Jeroboam will be put to the sword, and Israel will certainly be taken away as a prisoner out of his land.
12 Og Amasja sagde til Amos: «Du sjåar, burt med deg! Far din veg til Judalandet! Der kann du tena ditt brød, og der kann du vera profet!
And Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go in flight into the land of Judah, and there get your living by working as a prophet:
13 I Betel skal du ikkje driva lenger som profet, for det er kongeleg heilagdom og rikstempel her.»
But be a prophet no longer at Beth-el: for it is the holy place of the king, and the king's house.
14 Då svara Amos Amasja so: «Ikkje er eg profet, og ikkje profetsvein, ein hyrding er eg, og steller med morbærtre.
Then Amos in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, or one of the sons of the prophets; I am a herdman and one who takes care of sycamore-trees:
15 Men Herren tok meg burt frå hjordi, og Herren sagde til meg: «Gakk og ver profet for mitt folk Israel!»
And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.
16 Og no skal du høyra ordet frå Herren. So segjer du: «Ver ikkje profet for Israel. Og ikkje du preike mot Isaks hus!»
Now then, give ear to the word of the Lord: You say, Be no prophet to Israel, and say not a word against the people of Isaac.
17 Difor so talar Herren: Di kona vert skjøkja i byen, dine søner og døtter skal falla for sverd, med mælesnor vert gjordet ditt bytt, du sjølv i eit ureint land skal døy, og Israel førast burt frå sitt land.»
So this is what the Lord has said: Your wife will be a loose woman in the town, and your sons and your daughters will be put to the sword, and your land will be cut up into parts by a line; and you yourself will come to your end in an unclean land, and Israel will certainly be taken away a prisoner out of his land.
