Amos 7
1 These things the Lord God has revealed to me. And behold, the locust was formed at the beginning of the germination during the latter rains, and behold, the latter rains came after the thundering of the king.
[神視一：蝗災]吾主上主叫我看見這事：割完君王的青草，當晚草初生時，蝗蟲出現了。
2 And it happened, when they had finally eaten all the grass in the land, that I said, “Lord God, be gracious, I beg you. Who will raise up Jacob, for he is little?”
當蝗蟲要吃光地上的青草時，我就說：「吾主上主，求你饒恕吧! 雅各伯還怎能存在﹖他已這樣弱小! 」
3 The Lord has been merciful about this. “It will not be,” said the Lord.
上主對這事後悔了。上主說：「這事不會發生。」[神視二：旱災]
4 These things the Lord God has revealed to me. And behold, the Lord God called for judgment unto fire, and it devoured the manifold abyss, and it consumed simultaneously in every direction.
吾主上主叫我看見這事：看，吾主上主召來懲罰的火，燒毀了廣大的深淵，又燒毀了上主的基業。
5 And I said, “Lord God, cease, I beg you. Who will raise up Jacob, for he is little?”
我就說：「吾主上主! 求你罷休! 雅各伯還怎能存在﹖他已這樣弱小! 」
6 The Lord has been merciful about this. “And even this will not be,” said the Lord God.
上主對這事後悔了。吾主上主說：「這事也不會發生。」[神視三：鉛垂線]
7 These things the Lord revealed to me. And behold, the Lord was standing near a plastered wall, and in his hand was a mason’s trowel.
吾主上主叫我看見這事：看，有一個人立在牆上，手中拿著一條鉛垂線。
8 And the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A mason’s trowel.” And the Lord said, “Behold, I will place the trowel in the midst of my people Israel. I will no longer plaster over them.
上主對我說：「亞毛斯，你看見了什麼﹖」我答說：「一條鉛垂線。」吾主說：「看，我將鉛垂線安置在我民族以色列當中，我不再放過她。
9 And the heights of the idol will be demolished, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be desolate. And I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
依撒格的高丘必要荒蕪，以色列的聖所必要廢棄；我必起來攻擊雅洛貝罕家。」
10 And Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: “Amos has rebelled against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to withstand all his sermons.
那時，貝特耳司祭阿瑪責雅派人向以色列王雅洛貝罕說：「亞毛斯在以色列家中圖謀背叛你，國家再不能容受他的一切言論，
11 For Amos says this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will be taken captive out of their own land.’”
因為亞毛斯這樣說：雅洛貝罕必死於刀下，以色列必被據去充軍，遠離本土。」
12 And Amaziah said to Amos, “You, seer, go out and flee into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.
事後，阿瑪責雅又向亞毛斯說：「先見者，你走吧! 趕快到猶大國去，在那裏餬口，在那裏講預言。
13 And in Bethel, do not prophesy any longer, because it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.”
在貝特耳不可講預言，因為這裏是君王的殿宇。」
14 And Amos responded, and he said to Amasias, “I am not a prophet, and I am not the son of a prophet, but I am a herdsman plucking from wild fig trees.
亞毛斯回答阿瑪責雅說：「我原不是先知，也不是先知的弟子，只是一個放羊兼修剪野無花果的人。
15 And the Lord took me, when I was following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’”
但是，上主正在我趕羊時提了我來。上主對我說：你去向我的百姓以色列講預言吧!
16 And now, hear the word of the Lord: You say, “You will not prophesy about Israel, and you will not rain your words upon the house of the idol.”
現在你且聽上主說什麼。你說：不要講預言攻擊以色列，不要發言反對依撒格家!
17 Because of that, the Lord says this: “Your wife will fornicate in the city, and your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, and your soil will be measured with a string. And you will die on polluted land, and Israel will be taken into captivity out of their land.”
為此，上主這樣說：你的妻子必在城中賣淫，你的子女必喪生刀下，你的田地必被人以繩墨瓜分，你m在不潔之地，以色列必被據去充軍，遠離本土。」
