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 them that are at ease in Zion and trust in the moutaine of Samaria, which were famous at the beginning of the nations: and the house of Israel came to them.
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，
Goe you vnto Calneh, and see: and from thence goe you to Hamath the great: then goe downe to Gath of the Philistims: be they better then these kingdomes? or the border of their land greater then your border,
3 那些想避開凶日的，卻接近了殘暴。
Ye that put farre away the euill day, and approch to the seate of iniquitie?
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，
They lie vpon beddes of yuorie, and stretch themselues vpon their beddes, and eate the lambes of the flocke, and the calues out of the stall.
5 伴著琴聲吟詠，自比達味，發明樂器，
They sing to the sounde of the viole: they inuent to themselues instruments of musike like Dauid.
6 大碗喝酒，以上等的油抹身，但對若瑟的崩潰，卻漠不關心。
They drinke wine in bowles, and anoynt themselues with the chiefe ointments, but no man is sory for the affliction of Ioseph.
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 nowe shall they go captiue with the first that go captiue, and the sorow of them that stretched themselues, is at hand.
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 hath sworne by himselfe, saith the Lord God of hostes, I abhorre the excellencie of Iaakob, and hate his palaces: therefore wil I deliuer vp the citie with all that is therein.
9 倘若在一家中留下了十個人，也必死盡。
And if there remaine ten men in one house, they shall 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 his vncle shall take him vp and burne him to cary out the bones out of the house, and shall say vnto him, that is by ye sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? And he shall say, None. Then shall he say, Holde thy tongue: for we may not remember the Name of the Lord.
11 看，上主一下令，高樓大廈頓成瓦礫，矮小平房蕩然無存。
For behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the litle house with clefts.
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!
Shal horses runne vpon the rocke? or wil one plowe there with oxen? for yee haue turned iudgement into gall, and the fruite of righteousnes into wormewood.
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﹖」
Ye reioyce in a thing of nought: yee say, Haue not wee gotten vs hornes by our owne 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。
But behold, I wil raise vp against you a nation, O house of Israel, sayeth the Lord God of hostes: and they shall afflict you, from the entring in of Hamath vnto the riuer of the wildernes.
