Amos 9

1 Ved alteret såg eg at Herren stod. Han sagde: Støyt til stolpen, so gåtterne skrell, lat det ramla nedyver kvar ein haus. Eg let deim som att er falla for sverd, ingen skal koma seg av, berga seg skal ikkje ein.

I saw the Lord stationed by the side of the altar, giving blows to the tops of the pillars so that the doorsteps were shaking: and he said, I will let all of them be broken with earth-shocks; I will put the last of them to the sword: if any one of them goes in flight he will not get away, not one of them will be safe.

2 Bryt dei seg inn i helheim, mi hand tek deim derifrå ut, stig dei til himmelen upp, derifrå driv eg deim ned. (Sheol h7585)

Even if they go deep into the underworld, my hand will take them up from there; if they go up to heaven, I will get them down: (Sheol h7585)

3 Um dei gøymer seg burt på Karmels topp, eg finn deim og hentar deim heim. Um frå augo mine dei løyner seg av på havsens botn, derifrå byd eg ormen fram, og han skal deim bita.

Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:

4 Um dei ver burtførde fangar under fiendehand, der skal eg bjoda sverd at det skal deim slå og augo mitt på deim skal sjå ilt og aldri mildt.

And though they are taken away as prisoners by their attackers, even there will I give orders to the sword to put them to death: my eyes will be fixed on them for evil and not for good.

5 Herren, Allhers-Herren, han rører jordi so ho brånar, og heile mannheimen syrgjer, når all jordi stig som Nilen og fell som Egyptarelvi.

For the Lord, the God of armies, is he at whose touch the land is turned to water, and everyone in it will be given up to sorrow; all of it will be overflowing like the River, and will go down again like the River of Egypt;

6 Han hev i himlom sine høgsalar bygt, yver jordi reist sin kvelv. Han kallar vatnet or hav og auser det ned yver jord. Herren er hans namn.

It is he who makes his rooms in the heaven, basing his arch on the earth; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, and sends them flowing over the face of the earth; the Lord is his name.

7 Er de meir for meg enn kusitarne, de Israels born? segjer Herren. Hev eg ikkje ført Israel frå Egypt, filistaran’ frå Kaftor, og syraran’ frå Kir?

Are you not as the children of the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel? says the Lord. Have I not taken Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Aramaeans from Kir?

8 Sjå augo til Herren, Herren ser ned på dette syndsens rike: Eg øyder deim burt frå mannaheim; men ikkje heilt eg øydar Jakobs hus, segjer Herren.

See, the eyes of the Lord are on the evil kingdom, and I will put an end to it in all the earth; but I will not send complete destruction on Jacob, says the Lord.

9 For sjå, eg sender ut bod: Eg Israels hus millom folki skjek, liksom du ristar eit såld, og ikkje eit korn på bakken fell.

For see, I will give orders, and I will have Israel moved about among all the nations, as grain is moved about by the shaking of the tray, but not the smallest seed will be dropped on the earth.

10 Men for sverd skal døy kvar syndarar i mitt folk som kved: «Aldri oss skal ulukka koma og slå.»

All those sinners among my people will be put to the sword who say, Evil will not overtake us or come face to face with us.

11 På dagen den vil eg reisa upp att Davids nedfalne hytta og sprungorne tetta og att-stødor lyfta, byggja upp som i fordoms tid,

In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past;

12 for at dei skal erva det som av Edom er att, og alle dei folk som kallast med mitt namn, segjer Herren som fullfører dette.

So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this.

13 Ja, dagar dei koma skal, segjer Herren, då pløgjaren skurdmannen når; den som vindruvor tred, ser mannen som sår, på fjellom dryp det med saft, etter bakkom bekkjerne renn.

See, the days will come, says the Lord, when the ploughman will overtake him who is cutting the grain, and the crusher of the grapes him who is planting seed; and sweet wine will be dropping from the mountains, and the hills will be turned into streams of wine.

14 Og eg lagnaden snur for mitt folk Israel. Dei skal øydegardar byggja og bu der sjølv, dei skal vinberg planta og drikka deira vin, de skal stella seg hagar og eta deira frukt.

And I will let the fate of my people Israel be changed, and they will be building up again the waste towns and living in them; they will again be planting vine-gardens and taking the wine for their drink; and they will make gardens and get the fruit of them.

15 Eg let deim bu i sitt land, og dei skal ikkje meir rivast upp frå sin heim, som eg deim gav, segjer Herren, din Gud.

And I will have them planted in their land, and never again will they be uprooted from their land which I have given them, says the Lord your God.