Amos 3
1 Hear this word that YHWH has spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
以色列子民! 你們應聽從上主關於你們，即 由埃及領出來的全體民族所說的話：「
2 “Only you have I known of all families of the earth, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.”
由世界上一切種族中，我只選擇了你們，為此，我必懲罰你們的罪惡。
3 Do two walk together if they have not met?
二人除非預約，豈能同行。
4 Does a lion roar in a forest and he has no prey? Does a young lion give out his voice from his habitation, If he has not caught?
獅子若無獵物，豈能在林中咆哮﹖幼獅除非捕到食物，豈能在洞中吼叫﹖
5 Does a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no trap for it? Does a snare go up from the ground, And it does not capture prey?
雀鳥若無餌食，豈能落在地上﹖機楹若無所獲，豈能由地上翻起﹖
6 Is a horn blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And YHWH has not done [it]?
如在城中吹起號角，人民豈不恐怖﹖如城裏發生災禍，豈不是上主所為﹖
7 For Lord YHWH does nothing, Except He has revealed His counsel to His servants the prophets.
的確，上主若不先將自己的計劃啟示給自己的先知，什麼也不作。
8 A lion has roared—who does not fear? Lord YHWH has spoken—who does not prophesy?
獅子咆哮了，誰不害怕﹖吾主上主發了言，誰能不傳衪的話﹖」
9 “Sound to palaces in Ashdod, And to palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Be gathered on mountains of Samaria, And see many troubles within her, And oppressed ones in her midst.
他們要在亞述和埃及的宮殿高處宣布說：你們應聚集在撒馬黎雅山上，觀看那裏的混亂和其中的殘暴。
10 And they have not known to act straightforwardly,” A declaration of YHWH, “Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.”
他們不知行正直的事──上主的斷語──只知在宮殿內積累強暴和欺壓。
11 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: “An adversary—and surrounding the land, And he has brought down your strength from you, And your palaces have been spoiled.”
為此，吾主上主這樣說：「敵人要圍困此地，推翻你的堡壘，搶掠你的宮殿。
12 Thus said YHWH: “As the shepherd delivers from the lion’s mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So the sons of Israel are delivered, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus [on that of] a couch.
上主這樣說：牧人怎樣從樣由獅子口中搶救出兩條羊腿，或一塊羊耳，以色列子民，即在 撒馬利亞斜倚在安樂椅角上，或大馬士革榻上的人，也要怎樣被救出。
13 Hear and testify to the house of Jacob,” A declaration of Lord YHWH, God of Hosts.
你們靜聽，並對雅各伯家作証──吾主上主萬軍的天主的斷語──
14 “For in the day of My charging the transgressions of Israel on him, I have laid a charge on the altars of Beth-El, And the horns of the altar have been cut off, And they have fallen to the earth.
在我懲罰以色列罪惡之日，我必毀壞貝特耳的祭壇，祭壇的角必被打落在地上。
15 And I have struck the winter-house with the summer-house, And houses of ivory have perished, And many houses have been consumed,” A declaration of YHWH!
我要破壞過冬和過夏的別墅，象牙宮也必遭毀壞，高樓大廈也必蕩然無存」──上主的斷語。
