阿摩司書 3
1 以色列人哪，你們全家是我從埃及地領上來的，當聽耶和華攻擊你們的話：
Listen to the word which the Lord has spoken about you, sons of Israel, concerning the whole family that I led out of the land of Egypt, saying:
2 在地上萬族中，我只認識你們； 因此，我必追討你們的一切罪孽。
I have known only you in such a way, out of all the families of the earth. For this reason, I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
3 二人若不同心，豈能同行呢？
Will two walk together, unless they have agreed to do so?
4 獅子若非抓食，豈能在林中咆哮呢？ 少壯獅子若無所得，豈能從洞中發聲呢？
Will a lion roar in the forest, unless he has prey? Will the lion’s young cry out from his den, unless he has taken something?
5 若沒有機檻，雀鳥豈能陷在網羅裏呢？ 網羅若無所得，豈能從地上翻起呢？
Will a bird fall into a snare on the ground, if there is no bird-catcher? Will a snare be taken away from the ground, before it has caught something?
6 城中若吹角，百姓豈不驚恐呢？ 災禍若臨到一城，豈非耶和華所降的嗎？
Will the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not become frightened? Will there be disaster in a city, which the Lord has not done?
7 主耶和華若不將奧祕指示他的僕人－眾先知， 就一無所行。
For the Lord God does not fulfill his word, unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.
8 獅子吼叫，誰不懼怕呢？ 主耶和華發命，誰能不說預言呢？
The lion will roar, who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken, who will not prophesy?
9 要在亞實突的宮殿中 和埃及地的宮殿裏傳揚說： 你們要聚集在撒馬利亞的山上， 就看見城中有何等大的擾亂與欺壓的事。
Let it be heard in the buildings of Ashdod and in the buildings of the land of Egypt, and say: Gather together across the mountains of Samaria, and see the many absurdities in its midst, and those who are suffering false accusations in its inner most places.
10 那些以強暴搶奪財物、 積蓄在自己家中的人 不知道行正直的事。 這是耶和華說的。
And they do not know how to make it right, says the Lord, storing up iniquity and plunder in their buildings.
11 所以主耶和華如此說： 敵人必來圍攻這地， 使你的勢力衰微， 搶掠你的家宅。
Because of these things, thus says the Lord God: The land will be encircled and squeezed together. And your strength will be drawn away from you, and your buildings will be torn apart.
12 耶和華如此說：「牧人怎樣從獅子口中搶回兩條羊腿或半個耳朵，住撒馬利亞的以色列人躺臥在床角上或鋪繡花毯的榻上，他們得救也不過如此。」
Thus says the Lord: Just as if a shepherd had rescued two legs from the mouth of a lion, or the tip of an ear, so also will the sons of Israel be rescued, who dwell in the sick bed of Samaria, and in the cot of Damascus.
13 主耶和華－萬軍之上帝說： 當聽這話，警戒雅各家。
Listen and give testimony in the house of Jacob, says the Lord God of hosts:
14 我討以色列罪的日子，也要討伯特利祭壇的罪； 壇角必被砍下，墜落於地。
that in the day, when I will begin to visit the betrayals of Israel, I will visit upon him and upon the altars of Bethel. And the horns of the altars will be cut off and will fall to the ground.
15 我要拆毀過冬和過夏的房屋。 象牙的房屋也必毀滅； 高大的房屋都歸無有。 這是耶和華說的。
And I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and many buildings will be torn apart, says the Lord.
