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 mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

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，

Pass you to Calneh, and see; and from there go you to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

3 那些想避開凶日的，卻接近了殘暴。

You that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

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，

That lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall;

5 伴著琴聲吟詠，自比達味，發明樂器，

That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;

6 大碗喝酒，以上等的油抹身，但對若瑟的崩潰，卻漠不關心。

That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction 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 now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

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, says the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

9 倘若在一家中留下了十個人，也必死盡。

And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that 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 a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with you? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold your tongue: for we may not make mention of 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 commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little 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!

Shall horses run on the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

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 which rejoice in a thing of nothing, which say, Have we not taken to us horns 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。

But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath to the river of the wilderness.