Amos 4

1 Hörer detta ordet, I feta kor, som på Samarie berg ären, och gören dem fattiga orätt, och förtrycken den elända, och sägen till edra herrar: Bär hit, låt oss dricka.

You [wealthy women] of Samaria [have grown fat like] [MET] the fat cows of the Bashan [region]. You oppress poor people and you cause needy people to suffer. And you say to your husbands, “Bring us [more wine] to drink!”

2 Herren Herren hafver svorit vid sina helighet, si, den tiden kommer öfver eder, att man skall bära eder bort på stänger, och edra efterkommande i fiskakettlar;

But Yahweh [our] God has said this: “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this: It will [soon] be the time when you all will be taken [to another country]; [your enemies will take you away as though they are] using sharp hooks [DOU] [to grab you].

3 Och skolen utgå igenom refvor, hvar och en för sig, och intill Harmon bortkastade varda, säger Herren.

[Your enemies] will drag you out through breaks/holes [in your city walls], and they will throw you outside the city. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!

4 Ja, kommer hit till BethEl, och bedrifver synd: och till Gilgal, att I mågen föröka synderna; och bärer fram edor offer om morgonen, och edra tiond på tredje dagen;

Go to Bethel and Gilgal [towns where many people worship me] and sin more and more [SAR]! [I say that not because I want you to do it], [but because it is what you have always been doing]! Offer sacrifices on the morning [after you arrive], [and bring me] (a tithe/one tenth) of your crops the next day.

5 Och röker af surdeg till tackoffer, och prediker om friviljogt offer, och förkunner det; ty I hafven det gerna så, I Israels barn, säger Herren Herren.

Bring offerings of bread to thank me, and [other] offerings that are not required/commanded, and boast about [these offerings that you bring], because that is what you like to do, [but you do it to impress others, not to please me]. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it.

6 Derföre hafver jag ock i alla edra städer gifvit eder lediga tänder, och brist på bröd I all edor rum; likväl omvänden I eder intet till mig, säger Herren.

I [am the one who] caused there to be no food in any of your cities and towns [DOU], but you rejected me in spite of that.

7 Och jag hafver tillbakahållit regn öfver eder, medan ännu tre månader voro intill skördetiden; och jag lät regna uppå den ena staden, och uppå en annan stad lät jag intet regna; en åker vardt beregnad, och den andra åkren, som intet beregnad vardt, förtorkades.

When it was still three months before [the time of] harvesting [crops], [at the time when your crops needed rain the most], I prevented rain from falling. [Sometimes] I allowed rain to fall on some towns and prevented it from falling on other towns. Rain fell on some fields, but it did not fall on other fields, with the result that [the soil in] those fields [where it did not rain] dried up.

8 Och två eller tre städer drogo intill en stad, på det de måtte dricka vatten, och kunde icke få sina nödtorft; likväl omvänden I eder intet till mig, säger Herren.

People would stagger from one town to another town to find water, but they could not even get enough water to drink, but in spite of that, you have not returned to me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!

9 Jag plågade eder med torko, och med brandkorn; så åto ock gräsmatkar upp allt det i edra lustgårdar, vingårdar, på fikonaträ och oljoträ växte; likväl omvänden I eder intet till mig, säger Herren.

I caused your grain fields to dry up; I caused your gardens and vineyards to be struck/destroyed by (blight/hot winds) and mildew. [I sent] locusts to eat [the leaves on] your fig trees and olive trees, but in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!

10 Jag sände pestilentie ibland eder, lika som uti Egypten; jag drap edra unga män med svärd, och lät bortföra edra hästar fångna; jag lät stanket af edrom lägrom gå upp i edra näso; likväl omvänden I eder icke till mig, säger Herren.

I caused you to experience (plagues/severe sicknesses) like the plagues [that I sent to the people] of Egypt. I caused [many of] your young men to die in battles. I allowed [your enemies] to capture your horses. [Many of your soldiers were killed, ] and I caused your camps to be filled with the smell/stink of their [decaying] corpses. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!

11 Jag omstörte somliga af eder, lika som Gud omstörte Sodom och Gomorra, så att I voren som en brand, den utur eldenom ryckt varder; likväl vänden I eder intet till mig, säger Herren.

I got rid of many of you, like I got rid of [the people in] Sodom and Gomorrah. [Those of] you who [did not die] were like [SIM] a burning stick that was snatched from a fire [so that it would not burn completely]. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it!

12 Derföre vill jag så göra med dig, Israel; efter jag nu så vill göra med dig, så skicka dig Israel, Och gack emot din Gud.

So [now], you [people of] Israel, I am going to punish you. Prepare to stand in front of me, your God, [when I judge you]!

13 Ty si, han är den som gör bergen, skapar vädret, och kungör menniskone hvad hon tala skall; han gör morgonrodnan ( och ) mörkret; han går på jordenes höjder; han heter Herren Gud Zebaoth.

I created the mountains, and [I] created winds. I reveal to humans what I am thinking. I [sometimes] cause the daylight to become dark [like the night]. I [rule over everything]; I [even] walk on the highest mountains on the earth! I am the Commander of the armies of angels!”