Amos 6
1 Woe to them that set at nought Sion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered [the harvest of] the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.
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!
2 O house of Israel, pass by all [of you], and see; and pass by thence to Ematrabba; and thence descend to Geth of the Philistines, the chief of all these kingdoms, [see] if their coasts are greater than your coasts.
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，
3 Ye who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting false sabbaths;
那些想避開凶日的，卻接近了殘暴。
4 who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;
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，
5 who excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have regarded them as abiding, not as fleeting [pleasures];
伴著琴聲吟詠，自比達味，發明樂器，
6 who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment; and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.
大碗喝酒，以上等的油抹身，但對若瑟的崩潰，卻漠不關心。
7 Therefore now shall they depart into captivity from the dominion of princes, and the neighing of horses shall be cut off from Ephraim.
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。
8 For the Lord has sworn by himself, [saying], Because I abhor all the pride of Jacob, I do also hate his countries, and I will cut off [his] city with all who inhabit it.
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。
9 And it shall come to pass, if there be ten men left in one house, that they shall die.
倘若在一家中留下了十個人，也必死盡。
10 But a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavor to carry forth their bones from the house: and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet [any one] else with thee? And he shall say, No [one] else. And [the other] shall say, Be silent, that thou name not the name of the Lord.
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! 」
11 For, behold, the Lord commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with rents.
看，上主一下令，高樓大廈頓成瓦礫，矮小平房蕩然無存。
12 Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares? for ye have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness:
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!
13 ye who rejoice at vanity, who say, Have we not possessed horns by our own strength?
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﹖」
14 For behold, O house of Israel, I will raise up against you a nation, saith the Lord of hosts; and they shall afflict you so that ye shall not enter into Aemath, and as it were [from] the river of the wilderness.
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。
