Amos 9

1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

[神視五：號上主消滅惡人無一倖免]我看見吾主站在祭壇旁，擊打柱帽，門限震動。衪說：「我要砍下他們眾人的頭，剩下的要用刀殺盡；他們中一個也逃不了，一個也不能幸免生存。

2 Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. (Sheol h7585)

既使鑽入陰府，我的手必從那裏將他們揪出；既使飛上高天，我也必從那裏將他們拉下； (Sheol h7585)

3 Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

既使藏在加爾默耳山頂，我必去搜尋，從那裏逮回；既使避開我的眼目逃入海底，我也必令蛟龍將他們咬死；

4 Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”

既使在敵人面前被擄去充軍，我必命刀劍殺死他們；我的眼注視他們，是為加害，不是為祝福。」

5 The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—

吾主上主一觸摸大地，大地就溶化，地上所有的居民便都哀號，全地泛濫有如尼羅，退落有如埃及大河。

6 He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.

衪在高天建造了樓閣，在地上奠定了穹蒼，召海水傾流於地面，衪名叫「雅威」。

7 “Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?

以色列子民! 你們對我豈不是像雇士子民﹖──上主的斷語──豈不是我由埃及領出了以色列，由加非托爾領出了培肋舍特人，由克爾領出了阿蘭人﹖

8 Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”

看，吾主上主的眼注視這犯罪的國家，我必由此地面上將她消滅。然而我不全然消滅雅各伯家──上主的斷語──

9 “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.

看，我必下令，要在萬民中如人用篩子篩以色列，不讓一粒落在地上。

10 All the sinners among My people will die by the sword— all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”

我百姓中那些人說：「災禍不會臨近，不會來到我們身上」的一罪人，都要死在刀下。

11 “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

在那一天，我必樹起達味已塌蹋的帳幕，修補它的缺口，重建它的廢壚：使它重建有如往日，

12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,”

使他們征服厄木田的遣民和屬於我名下的萬民──行這事的上主的斷語──

13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.

看，時日將到，──上主的斷語──那時耕田的人要緊靠著收割的人，榨洒的人要緊靠著播種的人；山嶺要滴下新酒，丘陵都要溶化奔流。

14 I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

我必要轉變我民以色列的命運，他們必要重建已荒廢的城市，再住在其中；栽植葡萄園，飲其中的美酒；耕種田園，吃其中出產。

15 I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,”

我要將他們栽植在自己的地內，他們不會再從我賜與他們的地上被拔除──上主你的天主說。