Amos bog 2 |
| 1992 | King James Version |
| 1 Dette siger Herren: På grund af Moabs tre forbrydelser, ja fire, opgiver jeg ikke min beslutning. De brændte Edoms konges ben til kalk. | 1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: |
| 2 Derfor sender jeg ild mod Moab, den fortærer Kerijjots borge. Moab skal dø under krigslarm, til kampråb og hornklang. | 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: |
| 3 Jeg udrydder herskeren af landet, og alle dets stormænd dræber jeg sammen med ham, siger Herren. | 3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. |
| 4 Dette siger Herren: På grund af Judas tre forbrydelser, ja fire, opgiver jeg ikke min beslutning. De forkastede Herrens lov og holdt ikke hans bud; de løgneguder, som deres fædre fulgte, førte dem vild. | 4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: |
| 5 Derfor sender jeg ild mod Juda, den fortærer Jerusalems borge. | 5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. |
| 6 Dette siger Herren: På grund af Israels tre forbrydelser, ja fire, opgiver jeg ikke min beslutning. De solgte den uskyldige for penge og den fattige for et par sa-daler. | 6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; |
| 7 De knuser de svages hoved i støvet og trænger de hjælpeløse bort fra vejen. Far og søn går til samme pige og vanhelliger mit hellige navn. | 7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: |
| 8 Ved hvert et alter ligger de på kapper, de har taget i pant, og i deres Guds hus drikker de vin, de har taget som bøde. | 8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. |
| 9 Det var dog mig, der udryddede amoritterne foran dem, de der var høje som cedre og stærke som ege; jeg udryddede dem fra frugt til rod. | 9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. |
| 10 Det var dog mig, der førte jer op fra Egypten og lod jer vandre i ørkenen i fyrre år, så I kunne erobre amoritternes land. | 10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. |
| 11 Jeg lod nogle af jeres sønner fremstå som profeter og nogle af jeres unge mænd som nasiræere. Er det ikke rigtigt, israelitter? siger Herren. | 11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD. |
| 12 Men I gav nasiræerne vin at drikke, og profeterne forbød I at profetere. | 12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. |
| 13 Se, jeg lader grunden vakle under jer, som vognen vakler, når den er fuld af neg. | 13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. |
| 14 Den hurtige når ikke sit tilflugtssted, den stærke kommer ikke til at bruge sine kræfter, krigeren kan ikke redde sit liv, | 14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: |
| 15 bueskytten kan ikke holde stand, den rapfodede ikke undslippe, rytteren ikke redde sit liv; | 15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself. |
| 16 selv den modigste kriger må den dag flygte uden våben siger Herren. | 16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. |