阿摩司書 6
1 那些安身熙雍，自恃撒馬黎雅山，自命為諸民之首，為以色列家所歸之人，是有禍的!
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
2 你們去加耳乃觀察一下，從那裏到大哈瑪特，然後下到培肋舍特人的加特，看你們是否比這些國更好﹖或者你們的疆域比她們的更廣大，
Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
3 那些想避開凶日的，卻接近了殘暴。
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
4 他們躺在躺象牙上床上，棋橫臥在軟榻上，吃著羊群中的羔羊和牛欄中的牛犢，
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
5 伴著琴聲吟詠，自比達味，發明樂器，
You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
6 大碗喝酒，以上等的油抹身，但對若瑟的崩潰，卻漠不關心。
You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
7 為此，這些人現在就要先被擄去；放蕩不羈者的狂歡，也就完了。
Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
8 吾主上主指著自己起誓──上主萬軍的天主的斷語──我厭惡雅各伯的驕傲，痛恨他的宮殿；我必將城和城中所有有的一切交出。
The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
9 倘若在一家中留下了十個人，也必死盡。
And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.
10 倖免的少數親友，由屋內抬出他們的骨骸，問那內室深處的人說：「還有人同你在一起嗎﹖」他必說：「沒有了。」繼而說：「不要作聲，千萬不要提上主的名字! 」
And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
11 看，上主一下令，高樓大廈頓成瓦礫，矮小平房蕩然無存。
For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”
12 馬豈能在懸崖上奔馳，牛豈能在海上耕作﹖你們竟將公道變為毒藥! 將正義之果變為苦藥!
“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
13 你們為了羅德巴爾而自鳴得意，且說：「我們豈不是靠自己的力量取得了卡爾納殷﹖」
you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’
14 然而，以色列家! 看，我必要喚起一個民族來攻打你們，──上主萬軍的天主的斷語──從哈瑪特關口蹂躪你們直到阿辣巴河。
For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”
