Amos 9
1 I saw the Lord standing over an altar, and he said: “Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shaken. For there is avarice at the head of them all, and I will execute the very last of them with the sword. There will be no escape for them. They will flee, and he who flees from among them will not be saved.
[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 If they descend even to the underworld, from there my hand will draw them out; and if they ascend even to the sky, from there will I 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 And if they were hiding at the top of Carmel, when searching there, I would steal them away, and if they conceal themselves from my eyes in the depths of the sea, I will command the serpent there and he will 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 And if they go into captivity in the sight of their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. And I will set my eyes over 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 And the Lord God of hosts, he touches the earth and it will melt. And all who dwell in it will mourn. And everyone will rise up like a river, and will flow away 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 establishes his ascension into heaven, and he has founded his bundle on the earth. He calls the waters of the ocean, 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 Sons of Israel, are you not like the sons of the Ethiopians to me, says the Lord? Did I not cause Israel to rise up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene?
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 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinning kingdom, and I will wipe it from the face of the earth. Though truly, when destroying, I will not wipe away the house of Jacob, says the Lord.
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 behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as wheat is sifted in a sieve. And not even one small stone will fall to 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 of my people will die by the sword. They say, “Disaster will not come near us, and it will not overcome 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 raise up the tabernacle of David, which is fallen. And I will repair the breaches in its walls, and I will restore that which collapsed. And I will rebuild it, just as in the days of antiquity,
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 so that they may possess the remnant of Idumea and all the nations, for my name has been invoked over them, says the Lord who does this.
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 pass, says the Lord, and the plower will overtake the harvester, and the treader of grapes will overtake the sower of seed. And the mountains will drip sweetness, and every hill will be cultivated.
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 And I will turn back the captivity of my people Israel. And they will rebuild the deserted cities and inhabit them. And they will plant vineyards and drink their wine. And they will create gardens and eat their fruits.
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 And I will plant them on their own soil. And I will no longer root them out of their own land, which I have given them, says the Lord your God.
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。
