< Amos 4 >
1 Hear you this word, you heifers of the land of Basan that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, and trample on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us that we may drink.
你們住撒馬利亞山如巴珊母牛的啊, 當聽我的話- 你們欺負貧寒的,壓碎窮乏的, 對家主說:拿酒來,我們喝吧!
2 The Lord swears by his holiness, that, behold, the days come upon you, when they shall take you with weapons, and fiery destroyers shall cast those with you into boiling cauldrons.
主耶和華指着自己的聖潔起誓說: 日子快到,人必用鉤子將你們鉤去, 用魚鉤將你們餘剩的鉤去。
3 And you shall be brought forth naked in the presence of each other; and you shall be cast forth on the mountain Romman, says the Lord.
你們各人必從破口直往前行, 投入哈門。 這是耶和華說的。
4 You went into Bethel, and sinned, and you multiplied sin at Galgala; and you brought your meat-offerings in the morning, [and] your tithes every third day.
以色列人哪,任你們往伯特利去犯罪, 到吉甲加增罪過; 每日早晨獻上你們的祭物, 每三日奉上你們的十分之一。
5 And they read the law without, and called for public professions: proclaim aloud that the children of Israel have loved these things, says the Lord.
任你們獻有酵的感謝祭, 把甘心祭宣傳報告給眾人, 因為是你們所喜愛的。 這是主耶和華說的。
6 And I will give you dullness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places: yet you returned not to me, says the Lord.
我使你們在一切城中牙齒乾淨, 在你們各處糧食缺乏, 你們仍不歸向我。 這是耶和華說的。
7 Also I withheld from you the rain three months before the harvest: and I will rain upon one city, and on another city I will not rain: one part shall be rained upon, and the part on which I shall not rain shall be dried up.
在收割的前三月,我使雨停止, 不降在你們那裏; 我降雨在這城, 不降雨在那城; 這塊地有雨, 那塊地無雨; 無雨的就枯乾了。
8 And [the inhabitants of] two or three cities shall be gathered to one city to drink water, and they shall not be satisfied: yet you have not returned to me, says the Lord.
這樣,兩三城的人湊到一城去找水, 卻喝不足; 你們仍不歸向我。 這是耶和華說的。
9 I struck you with parching, and with blight: you multiplied your gardens, your vineyards, and your fig-grounds, and the cankerworm devoured your olive yards: yet not [even] thus did you return to me, says the Lord.
我以旱風、霉爛攻擊你們, 你們園中許多菜蔬、葡萄樹、 無花果樹、橄欖樹都被剪蟲所吃; 你們仍不歸向我。 這是耶和華說的。
10 I sent pestilence amongst you by the way of Egypt, and killed your young men with the sword, together with your horses that were taken captive; and in my wrath against you I set fire to your camps: yet not even thus did you return to me, says the Lord.
我降瘟疫在你們中間, 像在埃及一樣; 用刀殺戮你們的少年人, 使你們的馬匹被擄掠, 營中屍首的臭氣撲鼻; 你們仍不歸向我。 這是耶和華說的。
11 I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodoma and Gomorrha, and you became as a brand plucked out of the fire: yet not even thus did you return to me, says the Lord.
我傾覆你們中間的城邑, 如同我從前傾覆所多瑪、蛾摩拉一樣, 使你們好像從火中抽出來的一根柴; 你們仍不歸向我。 這是耶和華說的。
12 Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel: nay because I will do thus to you, prepare to call on your God, O Israel.
以色列啊,我必向你如此行; 以色列啊,我既這樣行, 你當預備迎見你的上帝。
13 For, behold, I am he that strengthens the thunder, and creates the wind, and proclaims to men his Christ, forming the morning and the darkness, and mounting on the high places of the earth, The Lord God Almighty is his name.
那創山、造風、將心意指示人、 使晨光變為幽暗、腳踏在地之高處的, 他的名是耶和華-萬軍之上帝。