阿摩司書 3
1 以色列子民! 你們應聽從上主關於你們，即 由埃及領出來的全體民族所說的話：「
Heare this worde that the Lord pronounceth against you, O children of Israel, euen against the whole familie which I brought vp from the land of Egypt, saying,
2 由世界上一切種族中，我只選擇了你們，為此，我必懲罰你們的罪惡。
You onely haue I knowen of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visite you for all your iniquities.
3 二人除非預約，豈能同行。
Can two walke together except they bee agreed?
4 獅子若無獵物，豈能在林中咆哮﹖幼獅除非捕到食物，豈能在洞中吼叫﹖
Will a lion roare in ye forest, when he hath no pray? or wil a lions whelpe cry out of his den, if he haue taken nothing?
5 雀鳥若無餌食，豈能落在地上﹖機楹若無所獲，豈能由地上翻起﹖
Can a birde fall in a snare vpon the earth, where no fouler is? or will he take vp the snare from the earth, and haue taken nothing at all?
6 如在城中吹起號角，人民豈不恐怖﹖如城裏發生災禍，豈不是上主所為﹖
Or shall a trumpet be blowen in the citie, and the people be not afraide? or shall there be euil in a citie, and the Lord hath not done it?
7 的確，上主若不先將自己的計劃啟示給自己的先知，什麼也不作。
Surely the Lord God will doe nothing, but he reueileth his secrete vnto his seruantes the Prophets.
8 獅子咆哮了，誰不害怕﹖吾主上主發了言，誰能不傳衪的話﹖」
The lyon hath roared: who will not bee afraide? the Lord God hath spoken: who can but prophecie?
9 他們要在亞述和埃及的宮殿高處宣布說：你們應聚集在撒馬黎雅山上，觀看那裏的混亂和其中的殘暴。
Proclayme in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the lande of Egypt, and saye, Assemble your selues vpon the mountaines of Samaria: so beholde the great tumultes in the middes thereof, and the oppressed in the middes thereof.
10 他們不知行正直的事──上主的斷語──只知在宮殿內積累強暴和欺壓。
For they knowe not to doe right, sayth the Lord: they store vp violence, and robbery in their palaces.
11 為此，吾主上主這樣說：「敵人要圍困此地，推翻你的堡壘，搶掠你的宮殿。
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, An aduersary shall come euen rounde about the countrey, and shall bring downe thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shalbe spoyled.
12 上主這樣說：牧人怎樣從樣由獅子口中搶救出兩條羊腿，或一塊羊耳，以色列子民，即在 撒馬利亞斜倚在安樂椅角上，或大馬士革榻上的人，也要怎樣被救出。
Thus saieth the Lord, As the shephearde taketh out of the mouth of the lyon two legges, or a piece of an eare: so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus, as in a couche.
13 你們靜聽，並對雅各伯家作証──吾主上主萬軍的天主的斷語──
Heare, and testifie in the house of Iaakob, saith the Lord God, the God of hostes.
14 在我懲罰以色列罪惡之日，我必毀壞貝特耳的祭壇，祭壇的角必被打落在地上。
Surely in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel vpon him, I wil also visite the altars of Beth-el, and the hornes of the altar shall be broken off, and fall to the ground.
15 我要破壞過冬和過夏的別墅，象牙宮也必遭毀壞，高樓大廈也必蕩然無存」──上主的斷語。
And I wil smite the winter house with the sommer house, and the houses of yuorie shall perish, and the great houses shalbe consumed, sayth the Lord.
