Amos 2
1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away [his punishment]: because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
上主這樣說：「為了摩阿布再三再四犯罪，我不收回成命，因為他們曾將厄東的骨骸焚化成灰。
2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, [and] with the sound of the trumpet:
我必將火投於摩阿布，燒盡克黎約特的王宮；摩阿布必在騷嚷、吶喊和號角聲中滅亡。
3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst of it, and will slay all its princes with him, saith the LORD.
我必由其中消滅民長，將她的一切長官同她一起殺死」──上主說。
4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away [their punishment]: because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked:
上主這樣說：「為了猶大再三再四犯罪，我不收回成命，因為他們離背了上主的法律，沒有遵守衪的誡命；他們祖先所追隨的邪神，使他們走入了岐途。
5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
我必把火投於，燒盡耶路撒冷的王官」
6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away [their punishment]: because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
上主這樣說：「為了以色列再三再四犯罪，我不收回成命，因為他們為了銀錢出賣人；為一雙鞋，出賣無辜的人。
7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in to the [same] maid, to profane my holy name:
他們把窮人的頭踏在塵土裏，侵奪卑微人的權利；兒子與父親走近同一少女，以致褻瀆我的聖名；
8 And they lay [themselves] down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned [in] the house of their god.
他們靠近每個祭壇，躺在抵押者的衣服上，在他們的神廟內喝剝削來的酒。
9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose hight [was] like the hight of the cedars, and he [was] strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
是我由你們面前消滅了阿摩黎人，他們雖高大似香柏，堅固如橡樹，但我仍從樹上摘去了果實，由樹下拔出了根子。
10 Also I brought you from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
是我由埃及國領你們上來，四十年之久引你們經過曠野，使你們佔領了阿摩黎人的國土。
11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. [Is it] not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
是我從你們的子孫中立了一些人為先知，由你們少年中選拔了一些人作獻身者。以色列子民，是不是這樣呢﹖──上主的斷語。
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
但是，你們竟叫獻身者喝酒，又吩咐先知說：「別傳神言! 」
13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed [that is] full of sheaves.
看，我要使你們腳下的地搖蕩，好像車搖蕩一樣，
14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
以致疾行者無法逃遁，強有力者無法施展，武士救不了自己，
15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and [he that is] swift of foot shall not deliver [himself]: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
弓手不能屹立，捷足者不能逃脫，騎馬者不能自救。
16 And [he that is] courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
在那一天，武士中最勇敢的，也僅能赤身逃走」──上主的斷語。
