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 this message, Israelites, which the Lord has spoken against you, against the whole nation that I brought out of Egypt:
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。
You alone have I cared for of all the nations of the world, this is why I will punish you for your crimes.
3 二人若不同心，豈能同行呢？
Do two walk together unless they agreed to meet?
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？
Does a lion roar in the forest when there is no prey for him? Does a young lion cry out in his den unless he has caught 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？
Does a bird swoop down into a trap if no bait is set for it? Does a trap spring up from the ground if nothing sets it off?
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？
Can a trumpet be blown in a city and the people not tremble? Can disaster strike a city and the Lord not have caused it?
7 主耶和華若不將奧祕指示他的僕人－眾先知， 就一無所行。
Surely the Lord God does nothing without revealing his purpose 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 has roared; who does 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。
Proclaim over the palaces in Ashdod, and over the palaces in the land of Egypt: Gather upon the mountain of Samaria, and see the violent turmoil, the acts of oppression in her midst.
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。
For they do not know how to do right. They are heaping up violence and oppression in their palaces, says the Lord.
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。
Therefore the Lord God says: An enemy will surround the land, he will strip your strength from you. and your palaces will be looted.
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。」
The Lord says: Just as a shepherd rescues from the jaws of a lion two shinbones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites living in Sameria will be rescued – with the corner of a couch, and the damask of a divan!
13 主耶和華－萬軍之上帝說： 當聽這話，警戒雅各家。
Listen and testify against the house of Jacob, says the Lord God, the 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。
On the day when I punish Israel for their crimes, I will also visit in judgment the altars of Bethel, the horns of the altar will be hacked off, and they 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。
I will destroy the winter houses together with the summer houses and the houses of ivory will perish. Many great houses will be swept away, says the Lord.
