阿摩司書 6
1 國為列國之首，人最著名， 且為以色列家所歸向， 在錫安和撒馬利亞山安逸無慮的，有禍了！
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
2 你們要過到甲尼察看， 從那裏往大城哈馬去， 又下到非利士人的迦特， 看那些國比你們的國還強嗎？ 境界比你們的境界還寬嗎？
Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border?
3 你們以為降禍的日子還遠， 坐在位上盡行強暴。
Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,
4 你們躺臥在象牙床上，舒身在榻上， 吃群中的羊羔，棚裏的牛犢；
who 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 彈琴鼓瑟唱消閑的歌曲， 為自己製造樂器，如同大衛所造的；
who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
6 以大碗喝酒，用上等的油抹身， 卻不為約瑟的苦難擔憂。
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 所以這些人必在被擄的人中首先被擄； 舒身的人荒宴之樂必消滅了。
Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end.
8 主耶和華－萬軍之上帝指着自己起誓說： 我憎惡雅各的榮華，厭棄他的宮殿； 因此，我必將城和其中所有的都交付敵人。
“The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
9 那時，若在一房之內剩下十個人，也都必死。
It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
10 死人的伯叔，就是燒他屍首的，要將這屍首搬到房外，問房屋內間的人說：「你那裏還有人沒有？」他必說：「沒有」；又說：「不要作聲，因為我們不可提耶和華的名。」
“When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention Yahweh’s name.’
11 看哪，耶和華出令， 大房就被攻破， 小屋就被打裂。
“For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
12 馬豈能在崖石上奔跑？ 人豈能在那裏用牛耕種呢？ 你們卻使公平變為苦膽， 使公義的果子變為茵蔯。
Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,
13 你們喜愛虛浮的事，自誇說： 我們不是憑自己的力量取了角嗎？
you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
14 耶和華、萬軍之上帝說： 以色列家啊，我必興起一國攻擊你們； 他們必欺壓你們， 從哈馬口直到亞拉巴的河。
For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”
