阿摩司書 2
1 上主這樣說：「為了摩阿布再三再四犯罪，我不收回成命，因為他們曾將厄東的骨骸焚化成灰。
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
2 我必將火投於摩阿布，燒盡克黎約特的王宮；摩阿布必在騷嚷、吶喊和號角聲中滅亡。
but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
3 我必由其中消滅民長，將她的一切長官同她一起殺死」──上主說。
and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its officials with him," says the LORD.
4 上主這樣說：「為了猶大再三再四犯罪，我不收回成命，因為他們離背了上主的法律，沒有遵守衪的誡命；他們祖先所追隨的邪神，使他們走入了岐途。
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected the LORD's law, and have not kept his statutes. Their false idols which they made, after which their fathers walked, have led them astray.
5 我必把火投於，燒盡耶路撒冷的王官」
But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem."
6 上主這樣說：「為了以色列再三再四犯罪，我不收回成命，因為他們為了銀錢出賣人；為一雙鞋，出賣無辜的人。
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
7 他們把窮人的頭踏在塵土裏，侵奪卑微人的權利；兒子與父親走近同一少女，以致褻瀆我的聖名；
They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
8 他們靠近每個祭壇，躺在抵押者的衣服上，在他們的神廟內喝剝削來的酒。
and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
9 是我由你們面前消滅了阿摩黎人，他們雖高大似香柏，堅固如橡樹，但我仍從樹上摘去了果實，由樹下拔出了根子。
Yet I destroyed 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 是我由埃及國領你們上來，四十年之久引你們經過曠野，使你們佔領了阿摩黎人的國土。
Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 是我從你們的子孫中立了一些人為先知，由你們少年中選拔了一些人作獻身者。以色列子民，是不是這樣呢﹖──上主的斷語。
I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children of Israel?" says the LORD.
12 但是，你們竟叫獻身者喝酒，又吩咐先知說：「別傳神言! 」
"But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Do not prophesy.'
13 看，我要使你們腳下的地搖蕩，好像車搖蕩一樣，
Look, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
14 以致疾行者無法逃遁，強有力者無法施展，武士救不了自己，
Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
15 弓手不能屹立，捷足者不能逃脫，騎馬者不能自救。
neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;
16 在那一天，武士中最勇敢的，也僅能赤身逃走」──上主的斷語。
and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day," says the LORD.
