阿摩司書 4-9
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
4 住在撒瑪利亞山上的巴珊肥母牛啊,
你們要聽!
你們壓榨貧寒人,欺凌窮苦人,
又使喚丈夫倒酒暢飲。
2 因此,主耶和華憑祂的聖潔起誓:
「時候快到了,
有人要用魚鉤鉤走你們,一個也不留。
3 你們都要從城牆缺口走出來,
被丟到哈門。
這是耶和華說的。
4 「以色列人啊,
你們去伯特利犯罪吧,
去吉甲增添罪惡吧!
要每天早晨獻上祭物,
每三天奉上你們的十分之一。
5 你們獻上帶酵的餅作感恩祭,
並且到處誇耀你們自願獻的祭。
以色列人啊,這就是你們愛做的事。
這是主耶和華說的。
6 「我在各城降下饑荒,
使你們遍地缺糧。
儘管如此,你們仍不歸向我。
這是耶和華說的。
7 「我在收割前三個月停止降雨。
我在一座城降雨,
在另一座城不降雨;
我使一塊田有雨水的滋潤,
另一塊田因無雨而乾裂。
8 兩三座城的人都踉踉蹌蹌地湧到一座城找水喝,
水卻不夠喝。
儘管如此,你們仍不歸向我。
這是耶和華說的。
9 「我用熱風和黴災擊打你們,
叫蝗蟲吞噬你們田園中的菜蔬、葡萄樹、無花果樹和橄欖樹。
儘管如此,你們仍不歸向我。
這是耶和華說的。
10 「我在你們中間降下瘟疫,
如從前降在埃及一樣。
我殺戮你們的青年,
擄掠你們的戰馬,
使你們軍營中的死屍臭味撲鼻。
儘管如此,你們仍不歸向我。
這是耶和華說的。
11 「我在你們中間施行毀滅,
如從前毀滅所多瑪和蛾摩拉一樣,
使你們像從火裡抽出的一根柴。
儘管如此,你們仍不歸向我。
這是耶和華說的。
12 「以色列人啊,
我要這樣懲罰你們。
以色列人啊,
準備迎見你們的上帝吧!
因為我要這樣懲罰你們。」
13 看啊,那位造山又造風,
向人顯明祂的心意,
將黎明變為黑暗,
將群山踩在腳下的——
祂的名字是萬軍之上帝耶和華。
勸以色列人悔改
5 以色列家啊,
聽我為你們唱哀歌:
2 「處女以色列跌倒了,
再也站不起來;
她被遺棄在自己的土地上,
無人扶她起來。」
3 因為主耶和華說:
「以色列家的城邑中,
出兵一千的,只有百人生還;
出兵一百的,只有十人生還。」
4 耶和華對以色列家說:
「你們要尋求我,才能存活。
5 不要去伯特利求問,
不要進入吉甲,
也不要前往別示巴,
因為吉甲人必被擄去,
伯特利也必化為烏有。」
6 你們要尋求耶和華,才能存活。
否則,祂要在約瑟家[a]如烈火爆發,
吞噬伯特利,無人能撲滅。
7 你們這些使正義變為苦艾、將公義丟棄在地的人啊,
8 那位造昴星和參星,
使幽暗變為黎明,
使白晝變為黑夜,
召來海水澆在大地上的——
祂的名字是耶和華。
9 祂使毀滅如閃電臨到強者,
摧毀他們的堅城。
10 你們憎恨在城門口主持公道的人,
厭惡正直的人。
11 你們踐踏窮人,
對他們橫徵暴斂。
因此,你們用鑿過的石頭建房,
卻不得居住在裡面;
你們種植佳美的葡萄園,
卻喝不到葡萄酒。
12 我知道你們的過犯眾多、罪惡無數。
你們迫害義人,收受賄賂,
在城門口冤枉窮人。
13 這是邪惡的時代,
所以明智者靜默不言。
14 你們要棄惡從善,才能存活。
這樣,萬軍之上帝耶和華必與你們同在,
正如你們所說的。
15 你們要恨惡邪惡,喜愛良善,
在城門口伸張正義,
也許萬軍之上帝耶和華會恩待約瑟的餘民。
16 因此,主——萬軍之上帝耶和華說:
「哀號之聲要響遍各廣場,
哭喊之聲將充滿大街小巷。
農夫被叫來哭泣,
哭喪者被召來哀號。
17 每個葡萄園都傳出哀慟的聲音,
因為我要從你們中間經過,懲罰你們。
這是耶和華說的。」
18 盼望耶和華的日子到來的人有禍了!
你們為什麼盼望耶和華的日子呢?
那日將帶來黑暗,而非光明。
19 你們的光景將好像人逃避獅子,
卻遇上了熊,
逃回家裡,手扶牆壁,
又被蛇咬。
20 耶和華的日子將充滿黑暗,毫無光明,
一片漆黑,
毫無亮光。
21 「我憎惡、鄙棄你們的節期,
厭惡你們的聖會。
22 即使你們獻上燔祭和素祭,
我也不悅納;
即使你們用肥美的牲畜獻上平安祭,
我也不屑一顧。
23 撤去你們嘈雜的歌聲吧,
我不想聽到你們的琴音。
24 惟願公正如江河滔滔不盡,
公義如溪流綿綿不絕。
25 以色列家啊,
在曠野的四十年間,
你們向我獻過祭物和供品嗎?
26 你們抬著為自己造的神像——
你們的王撒固和星神迦溫。
27 所以,我要使你們被擄到大馬士革以外的地方。」
這是耶和華說的,祂的名字是萬軍之上帝。
預言以色列的毀滅
6 在錫安生活安逸舒適的人啊,
你們有禍了!
在撒瑪利亞山上自覺無憂的人啊,
你們有禍了!
你們是列國之首以色列的顯要,
以色列人都仰望你們。
2 你們去甲尼看看,
然後從那裡到哈瑪大城,
再到非利士人的迦特看看。
你們比這些國家更好嗎?
他們的領土不比你們的更廣闊嗎?
3 你們以為災難的日子離得還遠,
就大肆施行暴政。
4 你們躺在象牙床上,靠在臥榻上,
你們吃養在圈裡的肥嫩牛羊。
5 你們伴著琴聲唱慵懶的歌,
像大衛一樣為自己製造樂器。
6 你們以大碗狂飲,
用上等膏油抹身,
卻漠不關心約瑟家的衰亡。
7 所以,你們要首先被擄,
你們的宴樂將從此消逝!
8 萬軍之上帝——主耶和華憑自己起誓:
「我憎惡雅各的驕傲,
厭棄他的城堡。
我要把城和城中的一切都交給敵人。」
9 那時,如果一棟房子裡剩下十人,這十人也要死亡。 10 親屬抬出屍體焚燒時,必問內屋的人:「你那裡還有別人嗎?」那人必回答:「沒有。」問的人必說:「不要作聲,我們不可提耶和華的名。」
11 看啊,耶和華一聲令下,
大屋頓成瓦礫,小房化為碎片。
12 馬能在懸崖上奔馳嗎?
牛能在海中耕作嗎?
你們卻使公正淪為毒藥,
使公義之果變成苦艾。
13 你們炫耀自己征服了羅底巴,
吹噓憑自己的能力奪取了加寧。
14 萬軍之上帝耶和華說:
「以色列家啊,
我要使一個國家興起攻擊你們,
他們要從哈馬口直至亞拉巴河,
到處欺壓你們。」
各種災禍的異象
7 以下是主耶和華讓我看見的異象:看啊,祂造了一大群蝗蟲。那時,王室的作物已經收割,第二季作物剛開始發苗。 2 蝗蟲吃盡地上的青苗時,我說:「主耶和華啊,求你赦免!雅各那麼弱小,他怎麼受得了呢?」 3 於是,耶和華心生憐憫,說:「我不降這災了。」
4 以下是主耶和華讓我看見的異象:看啊,主耶和華降下審判的大火。大火燒乾了深海,正在吞噬土地。 5 那時,我說:「主耶和華啊,求你停止吧!雅各那麼弱小,他怎麼受得了呢?」 6 於是,耶和華心生憐憫,說:「我也不降這災了。」
7 以下是祂讓我看見的異象:看啊,主站在一道按照準繩建造的牆邊,手裡拿著準繩。 8 耶和華對我說:「阿摩司,你看見什麼?」我答道:「一條準繩。」主說:「我要在我的以色列子民中吊起準繩,量度他們,我不會再饒恕他們。 9 以撒子孫的邱壇必遭毀壞,以色列的廟宇必成廢墟,我要用刀攻擊耶羅波安王朝。」
阿摩司被逐
10 伯特利的祭司亞瑪謝派人告訴以色列王耶羅波安:「阿摩司在以色列家圖謀背叛你,我們國家無法容忍他的言論。 11 因為阿摩司這樣說,『耶羅波安將喪身刀下,以色列人必被擄去,遠離家鄉。』」
12 亞瑪謝對我說:「先見啊,走吧!逃回猶大去吧!你要在那裡掙吃的,在那裡說預言。 13 不可再在伯特利說預言,這裡是王的聖所,是國廟。」
14 我答道:「我本不是先知,也不是先知的門徒。我只是一個牧人,也替人看護桑樹。 15 但耶和華不再讓我看守羊群,祂對我說,『去!向我的以色列子民說預言。』 16 亞瑪謝啊,你說,『不要說攻擊以色列的預言,不要傳講攻擊以撒子孫的信息。』現在你要聽耶和華對你說的話。 17 耶和華說,『你的妻子必在這城裡淪為妓女,你的兒女必喪身刀下,你的田地必被人丈量、瓜分,你自己必死在異鄉[b]。以色列人必被擄去,遠離家鄉。』」
審判之日將臨
8 主耶和華讓我看見了異象,我看到一籃夏天的果子。 2 耶和華問我:「阿摩司,你看見什麼?」我說:「我看見一籃夏天的果子。」祂說:「我以色列子民的結局[c]到了,我不會再饒恕他們。 3 到那日,殿裡的歌聲要變成哀號;屍橫遍地,一片死寂。這是主耶和華說的。」
4 踐踏貧民、滅絕窮人的人啊,
你們要聽!
5 你們盼望朔日[d]和安息日快點過去,
你們好售賣穀物。
你們用小升斗賣糧,
用加重的法碼收銀子,
用假秤騙人。
6 你們用銀子買貧民,
以一雙鞋買窮人為奴,
售賣摻了糠秕的麥子。
7 耶和華憑以色列的榮耀起誓:
「我決不會忘記你們的所作所為。
8 這片土地要因此而震動,
那裡的人都要悲哀。
大地要像尼羅河一樣漲起,如埃及的河流翻騰退落。」
9 主耶和華說:
「到那日,我要使太陽中午落下,
使白晝變為黑暗。
10 我要使你們的節期變為喪禮,
叫你們的歡歌變為哀歌。
我要使你們都腰束麻布,剃光頭髮;
我要使你們傷心欲絕,如喪獨生子;
我要使那日成為痛苦的日子。」
11 主耶和華說:
「日子將到,我要使饑荒降在地上。
人饑餓非因無餅,乾渴非因無水,
而是因為聽不到耶和華的話。
12 人們從南到北,從東到西[e],
在境內四處流蕩,
要尋找耶和華的話卻找不到。
13 「到那日,
「美麗少女和青春少男都要因乾渴而昏倒;
14 那些憑撒瑪利亞、但和別示巴的神明起誓的,
都要跌倒,永不再起來。」
耶和華的審判
9 我看見主站在祭壇旁,祂說:
「要擊打柱頂,使殿的根基震動;
要打碎柱頂,使殿宇坍塌壓死眾人。
僥倖生還的,我要用刀劍殺掉,
沒有一個能逃脫,沒有一個能倖免。
2 即使他們挖洞鑽進陰間,
我也要把他們揪出來;
即使他們爬上高天,
我也要把他們拉下來;
3 即使他們藏在迦密山的峰頂,
我也要去搜尋,捉住他們;
即使他們潛到海底,
我也要派海蛇去吞咬他們;
4 即使他們被敵人擄去,
我也要命刀劍追殺他們。
我要定睛在他們身上,
不是要賜福而是要降禍。」
5 主——萬軍之耶和華觸摸大地,
大地就消融,地上的人都要哀號;
大地如埃及的尼羅河漲起退落。
6 那位在天上建造樓閣,
在大地之上立定穹蒼,
召來海水澆在大地上的——
祂的名字是耶和華。
7 耶和華說:
「以色列人啊,
在我眼中,你們不是和古實人一樣嗎?
我不是領你們出埃及,
也領非利士人出迦斐托[f],
領亞蘭人出吉珥嗎?
8 主耶和華的眼目察看這罪惡的國家,
我要從地上除滅它,
但不會完全毀滅雅各家。
這是耶和華說的。
9 「因為我要下令在列國中篩以色列家,
就像人篩穀物,一粒石子也不會落在地上。
10 在我的子民中,
所有誇口說『災禍不會追上我們,也不會迎面而來』的罪人,
都要死在刀下。
以色列的復興
11 「到那日,
我要重建已傾覆的大衛王朝,
修補它城牆的缺口。
我要從廢墟中重建它,
恢復它往日的榮耀。
12 這樣,以色列人必擁有以東所剩的和所有屬於我名下的國家。
這是要成就這事的耶和華說的。」
13 耶和華說:
「時候將到,
五穀還未收完又該耕種了,
葡萄還未踩完又該栽種了。
甜酒從群山上滴下,在丘嶺間流淌。
14 我要使我被擄的以色列子民返回故鄉,
他們要重建廢城並住在城中,
栽種葡萄園,喝園中釀出的美酒,
整理園圃,吃園中出產的佳果。
15 我要將以色列人栽種在他們自己的土地上,
永不再從我賜給他們的土地上拔除他們。」
這是你們的上帝耶和華說的。
阿摩司书 4-9
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
4 住在撒玛利亚山上的巴珊肥母牛啊,
你们要听!
你们压榨贫寒人,欺凌穷苦人,
又使唤丈夫倒酒畅饮。
2 因此,主耶和华凭祂的圣洁起誓:
“时候快到了,
有人要用鱼钩钩走你们,一个也不留。
3 你们都要从城墙缺口走出来,
被丢到哈门。
这是耶和华说的。
4 “以色列人啊,
你们去伯特利犯罪吧,
去吉甲增添罪恶吧!
要每天早晨献上祭物,
每三天奉上你们的十分之一。
5 你们献上带酵的饼作感恩祭,
并且到处夸耀你们自愿献的祭。
以色列人啊,这就是你们爱做的事。
这是主耶和华说的。
6 “我在各城降下饥荒,
使你们遍地缺粮。
尽管如此,你们仍不归向我。
这是耶和华说的。
7 “我在收割前三个月停止降雨。
我在一座城降雨,
在另一座城不降雨;
我使一块田有雨水的滋润,
另一块田因无雨而干裂。
8 两三座城的人都踉踉跄跄地涌到一座城找水喝,
水却不够喝。
尽管如此,你们仍不归向我。
这是耶和华说的。
9 “我用热风和霉灾击打你们,
叫蝗虫吞噬你们田园中的菜蔬、葡萄树、无花果树和橄榄树。
尽管如此,你们仍不归向我。
这是耶和华说的。
10 “我在你们中间降下瘟疫,
如从前降在埃及一样。
我杀戮你们的青年,
掳掠你们的战马,
使你们军营中的死尸臭味扑鼻。
尽管如此,你们仍不归向我。
这是耶和华说的。
11 “我在你们中间施行毁灭,
如从前毁灭所多玛和蛾摩拉一样,
使你们像从火里抽出的一根柴。
尽管如此,你们仍不归向我。
这是耶和华说的。
12 “以色列人啊,
我要这样惩罚你们。
以色列人啊,
准备迎见你们的上帝吧!
因为我要这样惩罚你们。”
13 看啊,那位造山又造风,
向人显明祂的心意,
将黎明变为黑暗,
将群山踩在脚下的——
祂的名字是万军之上帝耶和华。
劝以色列人悔改
5 以色列家啊,
听我为你们唱哀歌:
2 “处女以色列跌倒了,
再也站不起来;
她被遗弃在自己的土地上,
无人扶她起来。”
3 因为主耶和华说:
“以色列家的城邑中,
出兵一千的,只有百人生还;
出兵一百的,只有十人生还。”
4 耶和华对以色列家说:
“你们要寻求我,才能存活。
5 不要去伯特利求问,
不要进入吉甲,
也不要前往别示巴,
因为吉甲人必被掳去,
伯特利也必化为乌有。”
6 你们要寻求耶和华,才能存活。
否则,祂要在约瑟家[a]如烈火爆发,
吞噬伯特利,无人能扑灭。
7 你们这些使正义变为苦艾、将公义丢弃在地的人啊,
8 那位造昴星和参星,
使幽暗变为黎明,
使白昼变为黑夜,
召来海水浇在大地上的——
祂的名字是耶和华。
9 祂使毁灭如闪电临到强者,
摧毁他们的坚城。
10 你们憎恨在城门口主持公道的人,
厌恶正直的人。
11 你们践踏穷人,
对他们横征暴敛。
因此,你们用凿过的石头建房,
却不得居住在里面;
你们种植佳美的葡萄园,
却喝不到葡萄酒。
12 我知道你们的过犯众多、罪恶无数。
你们迫害义人,收受贿赂,
在城门口冤枉穷人。
13 这是邪恶的时代,
所以明智者静默不言。
14 你们要弃恶从善,才能存活。
这样,万军之上帝耶和华必与你们同在,
正如你们所说的。
15 你们要恨恶邪恶,喜爱良善,
在城门口伸张正义,
也许万军之上帝耶和华会恩待约瑟的余民。
16 因此,主——万军之上帝耶和华说:
“哀号之声要响遍各广场,
哭喊之声将充满大街小巷。
农夫被叫来哭泣,
哭丧者被召来哀号。
17 每个葡萄园都传出哀恸的声音,
因为我要从你们中间经过,惩罚你们。
这是耶和华说的。”
18 盼望耶和华的日子到来的人有祸了!
你们为什么盼望耶和华的日子呢?
那日将带来黑暗,而非光明。
19 你们的光景将好像人逃避狮子,
却遇上了熊,
逃回家里,手扶墙壁,
又被蛇咬。
20 耶和华的日子将充满黑暗,毫无光明,
一片漆黑,
毫无亮光。
21 “我憎恶、鄙弃你们的节期,
厌恶你们的圣会。
22 即使你们献上燔祭和素祭,
我也不悦纳;
即使你们用肥美的牲畜献上平安祭,
我也不屑一顾。
23 撤去你们嘈杂的歌声吧,
我不想听到你们的琴音。
24 惟愿公正如江河滔滔不尽,
公义如溪流绵绵不绝。
25 以色列家啊,
在旷野的四十年间,
你们向我献过祭物和供品吗?
26 你们抬着为自己造的神像——
你们的王撒固和星神迦温。
27 所以,我要使你们被掳到大马士革以外的地方。”
这是耶和华说的,祂的名字是万军之上帝。
预言以色列的毁灭
6 在锡安生活安逸舒适的人啊,
你们有祸了!
在撒玛利亚山上自觉无忧的人啊,
你们有祸了!
你们是列国之首以色列的显要,
以色列人都仰望你们。
2 你们去甲尼看看,
然后从那里到哈玛大城,
再到非利士人的迦特看看。
你们比这些国家更好吗?
他们的领土不比你们的更广阔吗?
3 你们以为灾难的日子离得还远,
就大肆施行暴政。
4 你们躺在象牙床上,靠在卧榻上,
你们吃养在圈里的肥嫩牛羊。
5 你们伴着琴声唱慵懒的歌,
像大卫一样为自己制造乐器。
6 你们以大碗狂饮,
用上等膏油抹身,
却漠不关心约瑟家的衰亡。
7 所以,你们要首先被掳,
你们的宴乐将从此消逝!
8 万军之上帝——主耶和华凭自己起誓:
“我憎恶雅各的骄傲,
厌弃他的城堡。
我要把城和城中的一切都交给敌人。”
9 那时,如果一栋房子里剩下十人,这十人也要死亡。 10 亲属抬出尸体焚烧时,必问内屋的人:“你那里还有别人吗?”那人必回答:“没有。”问的人必说:“不要作声,我们不可提耶和华的名。”
11 看啊,耶和华一声令下,
大屋顿成瓦砾,小房化为碎片。
12 马能在悬崖上奔驰吗?
牛能在海中耕作吗?
你们却使公正沦为毒药,
使公义之果变成苦艾。
13 你们炫耀自己征服了罗底巴,
吹嘘凭自己的能力夺取了加宁。
14 万军之上帝耶和华说:
“以色列家啊,
我要使一个国家兴起攻击你们,
他们要从哈马口直至亚拉巴河,
到处欺压你们。”
各种灾祸的异象
7 以下是主耶和华让我看见的异象:看啊,祂造了一大群蝗虫。那时,王室的作物已经收割,第二季作物刚开始发苗。 2 蝗虫吃尽地上的青苗时,我说:“主耶和华啊,求你赦免!雅各那么弱小,他怎么受得了呢?” 3 于是,耶和华心生怜悯,说:“我不降这灾了。”
4 以下是主耶和华让我看见的异象:看啊,主耶和华降下审判的大火。大火烧干了深海,正在吞噬土地。 5 那时,我说:“主耶和华啊,求你停止吧!雅各那么弱小,他怎么受得了呢?” 6 于是,耶和华心生怜悯,说:“我也不降这灾了。”
7 以下是祂让我看见的异象:看啊,主站在一道按照准绳建造的墙边,手里拿着准绳。 8 耶和华对我说:“阿摩司,你看见什么?”我答道:“一条准绳。”主说:“我要在我的以色列子民中吊起准绳,量度他们,我不会再饶恕他们。 9 以撒子孙的丘坛必遭毁坏,以色列的庙宇必成废墟,我要用刀攻击耶罗波安王朝。”
阿摩司被逐
10 伯特利的祭司亚玛谢派人告诉以色列王耶罗波安:“阿摩司在以色列家图谋背叛你,我们国家无法容忍他的言论。 11 因为阿摩司这样说,‘耶罗波安将丧身刀下,以色列人必被掳去,远离家乡。’”
12 亚玛谢对我说:“先见啊,走吧!逃回犹大去吧!你要在那里挣吃的,在那里说预言。 13 不可再在伯特利说预言,这里是王的圣所,是国庙。”
14 我答道:“我本不是先知,也不是先知的门徒。我只是一个牧人,也替人看护桑树。 15 但耶和华不再让我看守羊群,祂对我说,‘去!向我的以色列子民说预言。’ 16 亚玛谢啊,你说,‘不要说攻击以色列的预言,不要传讲攻击以撒子孙的信息。’现在你要听耶和华对你说的话。 17 耶和华说,‘你的妻子必在这城里沦为妓女,你的儿女必丧身刀下,你的田地必被人丈量、瓜分,你自己必死在异乡[b]。以色列人必被掳去,远离家乡。’”
审判之日将临
8 主耶和华让我看见了异象,我看到一篮夏天的果子。 2 耶和华问我:“阿摩司,你看见什么?”我说:“我看见一篮夏天的果子。”祂说:“我以色列子民的结局[c]到了,我不会再饶恕他们。 3 到那日,殿里的歌声要变成哀号;尸横遍地,一片死寂。这是主耶和华说的。”
4 践踏贫民、灭绝穷人的人啊,
你们要听!
5 你们盼望朔日[d]和安息日快点过去,
你们好售卖谷物。
你们用小升斗卖粮,
用加重的砝码收银子,
用假秤骗人。
6 你们用银子买贫民,
以一双鞋买穷人为奴,
售卖掺了糠秕的麦子。
7 耶和华凭以色列的荣耀起誓:
“我决不会忘记你们的所作所为。
8 这片土地要因此而震动,
那里的人都要悲哀。
大地要像尼罗河一样涨起,如埃及的河流翻腾退落。”
9 主耶和华说:
“到那日,我要使太阳中午落下,
使白昼变为黑暗。
10 我要使你们的节期变为丧礼,
叫你们的欢歌变为哀歌。
我要使你们都腰束麻布,剃光头发;
我要使你们伤心欲绝,如丧独生子;
我要使那日成为痛苦的日子。”
11 主耶和华说:
“日子将到,我要使饥荒降在地上。
人饥饿非因无饼,干渴非因无水,
而是因为听不到耶和华的话。
12 人们从南到北,从东到西[e],
在境内四处流荡,
要寻找耶和华的话却找不到。
13 “到那日,
“美丽少女和青春少男都要因干渴而昏倒;
14 那些凭撒玛利亚、但和别示巴的神明起誓的,
都要跌倒,永不再起来。”
耶和华的审判
9 我看见主站在祭坛旁,祂说:
“要击打柱顶,使殿的根基震动;
要打碎柱顶,使殿宇坍塌压死众人。
侥幸生还的,我要用刀剑杀掉,
没有一个能逃脱,没有一个能幸免。
2 即使他们挖洞钻进阴间,
我也要把他们揪出来;
即使他们爬上高天,
我也要把他们拉下来;
3 即使他们藏在迦密山的峰顶,
我也要去搜寻,捉住他们;
即使他们潜到海底,
我也要派海蛇去吞咬他们;
4 即使他们被敌人掳去,
我也要命刀剑追杀他们。
我要定睛在他们身上,
不是要赐福而是要降祸。”
5 主——万军之耶和华触摸大地,
大地就消融,地上的人都要哀号;
大地如埃及的尼罗河涨起退落。
6 那位在天上建造楼阁,
在大地之上立定穹苍,
召来海水浇在大地上的——
祂的名字是耶和华。
7 耶和华说:
“以色列人啊,
在我眼中,你们不是和古实人一样吗?
我不是领你们出埃及,
也领非利士人出迦斐托[f],
领亚兰人出吉珥吗?
8 主耶和华的眼目察看这罪恶的国家,
我要从地上除灭它,
但不会完全毁灭雅各家。
这是耶和华说的。
9 “因为我要下令在列国中筛以色列家,
就像人筛谷物,一粒石子也不会落在地上。
10 在我的子民中,
所有夸口说‘灾祸不会追上我们,也不会迎面而来’的罪人,
都要死在刀下。
以色列的复兴
11 “到那日,
我要重建已倾覆的大卫王朝,
修补它城墙的缺口。
我要从废墟中重建它,
恢复它往日的荣耀。
12 这样,以色列人必拥有以东所剩的和所有属于我名下的国家。
这是要成就这事的耶和华说的。”
13 耶和华说:
“时候将到,
五谷还未收完又该耕种了,
葡萄还未踩完又该栽种了。
甜酒从群山上滴下,在丘岭间流淌。
14 我要使我被掳的以色列子民返回故乡,
他们要重建废城并住在城中,
栽种葡萄园,喝园中酿出的美酒,
整理园圃,吃园中出产的佳果。
15 我要将以色列人栽种在他们自己的土地上,
永不再从我赐给他们的土地上拔除他们。”
这是你们的上帝耶和华说的。
Amos 4-9
New International Version
Israel Has Not Returned to God
4 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan(A) on Mount Samaria,(B)
you women who oppress the poor(C) and crush the needy(D)
and say to your husbands,(E) “Bring us some drinks!(F)”
2 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness:
“The time(G) will surely come
when you will be taken away(H) with hooks,(I)
the last of you with fishhooks.[a]
3 You will each go straight out
through breaches in the wall,(J)
and you will be cast out toward Harmon,[b]”
declares the Lord.
4 “Go to Bethel(K) and sin;
go to Gilgal(L) and sin yet more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,(M)
your tithes(N) every three years.[c](O)
5 Burn leavened bread(P) as a thank offering
and brag about your freewill offerings(Q)—
boast about them, you Israelites,
for this is what you love to do,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.
6 “I gave you empty stomachs in every city
and lack of bread in every town,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(R)
7 “I also withheld(S) rain from you
when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
but withheld it from another.(T)
One field had rain;
another had none and dried up.
8 People staggered from town to town for water(U)
but did not get enough(V) to drink,
yet you have not returned(W) to me,”
declares the Lord.(X)
9 “Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
destroying them with blight and mildew.(Y)
Locusts(Z) devoured your fig and olive trees,(AA)
yet you have not returned(AB) to me,”
declares the Lord.
10 “I sent plagues(AC) among you
as I did to Egypt.(AD)
I killed your young men(AE) with the sword,
along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(AF) of your camps,
yet you have not returned to me,”(AG)
declares the Lord.(AH)
11 “I overthrew some of you
as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.(AI)
You were like a burning stick(AJ) snatched from the fire,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(AK)
12 “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,
and because I will do this to you, Israel,
prepare to meet your God.”
13 He who forms the mountains,(AL)
who creates the wind,(AM)
and who reveals his thoughts(AN) to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
and treads on the heights of the earth(AO)—
the Lord God Almighty is his name.(AP)
A Lament and Call to Repentance
5 Hear this word, Israel, this lament(AQ) I take up concerning you:
2 “Fallen is Virgin(AR) Israel,
never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
with no one to lift her up.(AS)”
3 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:
“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
will have only ten left.(AT)”
4 This is what the Lord says to Israel:
“Seek(AU) me and live;(AV)
5 do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,(AW)
do not journey to Beersheba.(AX)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[d](AY)”
6 Seek(AZ) the Lord and live,(BA)
or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;(BB)
it will devour them,
and Bethel(BC) will have no one to quench it.(BD)
7 There are those who turn justice into bitterness(BE)
and cast righteousness(BF) to the ground.(BG)
8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(BH)
who turns midnight into dawn(BI)
and darkens day into night,(BJ)
who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land—
the Lord is his name.(BK)
9 With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
and brings the fortified city to ruin.(BL)
10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court(BM)
and detest the one who tells the truth.(BN)
11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(BO)
and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(BP)
you will not live in them;(BQ)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
you will not drink their wine.(BR)
12 For I know how many are your offenses
and how great your sins.(BS)
There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes(BT)
and deprive the poor(BU) of justice in the courts.(BV)
13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet(BW) in such times,
for the times are evil.(BX)
14 Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.(BY)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
15 Hate evil,(BZ) love good;(CA)
maintain justice in the courts.(CB)
Perhaps(CC) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(CD)
on the remnant(CE) of Joseph.
16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:
“There will be wailing(CF) in all the streets(CG)
and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(CH) will be summoned to weep
and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(CI) in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through(CJ) your midst,”
says the Lord.(CK)
The Day of the Lord
18 Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!(CL)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(CM)
That day will be darkness,(CN) not light.(CO)
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear,(CP)
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.(CQ)
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(CR) not light—
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(CS)
21 “I hate,(CT) I despise your religious festivals;(CU)
your assemblies(CV) are a stench to me.
22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings(CW) and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.(CX)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.(CY)
23 Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.(CZ)
24 But let justice(DA) roll on like a river,
righteousness(DB) like a never-failing stream!(DC)
25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(DD) and offerings
forty years(DE) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
the pedestal of your idols,(DF)
the star of your god[e]—
which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into exile(DG) beyond Damascus,”
says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.(DH)
Woe to the Complacent
6 Woe to you(DI) who are complacent(DJ) in Zion,
and to you who feel secure(DK) on Mount Samaria,(DL)
you notable men of the foremost nation,
to whom the people of Israel come!(DM)
2 Go to Kalneh(DN) and look at it;
go from there to great Hamath,(DO)
and then go down to Gath(DP) in Philistia.
Are they better off than(DQ) your two kingdoms?
Is their land larger than yours?
3 You put off the day of disaster
and bring near a reign of terror.(DR)
4 You lie on beds adorned with ivory
and lounge on your couches.(DS)
You dine on choice lambs
and fattened calves.(DT)
5 You strum away on your harps(DU) like David
and improvise on musical instruments.(DV)
6 You drink wine(DW) by the bowlful
and use the finest lotions,
but you do not grieve(DX) over the ruin of Joseph.(DY)
7 Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile;(DZ)
your feasting and lounging will end.(EA)
The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel
8 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself(EB)—the Lord God Almighty declares:
“I abhor(EC) the pride of Jacob(ED)
and detest his fortresses;(EE)
I will deliver up(EF) the city
and everything in it.(EG)”
9 If ten(EH) people are left in one house, they too will die. 10 And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them[f](EI) asks anyone who might be hiding there, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will go on to say, “Hush!(EJ) We must not mention the name of the Lord.”
11 For the Lord has given the command,
and he will smash(EK) the great house(EL) into pieces
and the small house into bits.(EM)
12 Do horses run on the rocky crags?
Does one plow the sea[g] with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison(EN)
and the fruit of righteousness(EO) into bitterness(EP)—
13 you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar[h]
and say, “Did we not take Karnaim[i] by our own strength?(EQ)”
14 For the Lord God Almighty declares,
“I will stir up a nation(ER) against you, Israel,
that will oppress you all the way
from Lebo Hamath(ES) to the valley of the Arabah.(ET)”
Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line
7 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:(EU) He was preparing swarms of locusts(EV) after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. 2 When they had stripped the land clean,(EW) I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive?(EX) He is so small!(EY)”
3 So the Lord relented.(EZ)
“This will not happen,” the Lord said.(FA)
4 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire;(FB) it dried up the great deep and devoured(FC) the land. 5 Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(FD)”
6 So the Lord relented.(FE)
“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.(FF)
7 This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,[j] with a plumb line[k] in his hand. 8 And the Lord asked me, “What do you see,(FG) Amos?(FH)”
“A plumb line,(FI)” I replied.
Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.(FJ)
9 “The high places(FK) of Isaac will be destroyed
and the sanctuaries(FL) of Israel will be ruined;
with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.(FM)”
Amos and Amaziah
10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel(FN) sent a message to Jeroboam(FO) king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy(FP) against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.(FQ) 11 For this is what Amos is saying:
“‘Jeroboam will die by the sword,
and Israel will surely go into exile,(FR)
away from their native land.’”(FS)
12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer!(FT) Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.(FU) 13 Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,(FV) because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple(FW) of the kingdom.(FX)”
14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet(FY) nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.(FZ) 15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock(GA) and said to me, ‘Go,(GB) prophesy(GC) to my people Israel.’(GD) 16 Now then, hear(GE) the word of the Lord. You say,
“‘Do not prophesy against(GF) Israel,
and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’
17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“‘Your wife will become a prostitute(GG) in the city,
and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.
Your land will be measured and divided up,
and you yourself will die in a pagan[l] country.
And Israel will surely go into exile,(GH)
away from their native land.(GI)’”
A Basket of Ripe Fruit
8 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:(GJ) a basket of ripe fruit. 2 “What do you see,(GK) Amos?(GL)” he asked.
“A basket(GM) of ripe fruit,” I answered.
Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.(GN)
3 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.[m](GO) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!(GP)”
5 saying,
“When will the New Moon(GS) be over
that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
that we may market(GT) wheat?”(GU)—
skimping on the measure,
boosting the price
and cheating(GV) with dishonest scales,(GW)
6 buying the poor(GX) with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals,
selling even the sweepings with the wheat.(GY)
7 The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob:(GZ) “I will never forget(HA) anything they have done.(HB)
8 “Will not the land tremble(HC) for this,
and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
it will be stirred up and then sink
like the river of Egypt.(HD)
9 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,
“I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.(HE)
10 I will turn your religious festivals(HF) into mourning
and all your singing into weeping.(HG)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth(HH)
and shave(HI) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son(HJ)
and the end of it like a bitter day.(HK)
11 “The days are coming,”(HL) declares the Sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
but a famine(HM) of hearing the words of the Lord.(HN)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.(HO)
13 “In that day
“the lovely young women and strong young men(HP)
will faint because of thirst.(HQ)
14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria(HR)—
who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’(HS)
or, ‘As surely as the god[n] of Beersheba(HT) lives’—
they will fall,(HU) never to rise again.(HV)”
Israel to Be Destroyed
9 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:
“Strike the tops of the pillars
so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads(HW) of all the people;
those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
none will escape.(HX)
2 Though they dig down to the depths below,(HY)
from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,(HZ)
from there I will bring them down.(IA)
3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,(IB)
there I will hunt them down and seize them.(IC)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,(ID)
there I will command the serpent(IE) to bite them.(IF)
4 Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
there I will command the sword(IG) to slay them.
5 The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,(IK)
and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
then sinks like the river of Egypt;(IL)
6 he builds his lofty palace[o](IM) in the heavens
and sets its foundation[p] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land—
the Lord is his name.(IN)
7 “Are not you Israelites
the same to me as the Cushites[q]?”(IO)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
the Philistines(IP) from Caphtor[r](IQ)
and the Arameans from Kir?(IR)
8 “Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy(IS) it
from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.(IT)
9 “For I will give the command,
and I will shake the people of Israel
among all the nations
as grain(IU) is shaken in a sieve,(IV)
and not a pebble will reach the ground.(IW)
10 All the sinners among my people
will die by the sword,(IX)
all those who say,
‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’(IY)
Israel’s Restoration
11 “In that day
“I will restore David’s(IZ) fallen shelter(JA)—
I will repair its broken walls
and restore its ruins(JB)—
and will rebuild it as it used to be,(JC)
12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom(JD)
and all the nations that bear my name,[s](JE)”
declares the Lord, who will do these things.(JF)
13 “The days are coming,”(JG) declares the Lord,
“when the reaper(JH) will be overtaken by the plowman(JI)
and the planter by the one treading(JJ) grapes.
New wine(JK) will drip from the mountains
and flow from all the hills,(JL)
14 and I will bring(JM) my people Israel back from exile.[t](JN)
“They will rebuild the ruined cities(JO) and live in them.
They will plant vineyards(JP) and drink their wine;
they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(JQ)
15 I will plant(JR) Israel in their own land,(JS)
never again to be uprooted(JT)
from the land I have given them,”(JU)
says the Lord your God.(JV)
Footnotes
- Amos 4:2 Or away in baskets, / the last of you in fish baskets
- Amos 4:3 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew (see Septuagint) out, you mountain of oppression
- Amos 4:4 Or days
- Amos 5:5 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see Hosea 4:15.
- Amos 5:26 Or lifted up Sakkuth your king / and Kaiwan your idols, / your star-gods; Septuagint lifted up the shrine of Molek / and the star of your god Rephan, / their idols
- Amos 6:10 Or to make a funeral fire in honor of the dead
- Amos 6:12 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text plow there
- Amos 6:13 Lo Debar means nothing.
- Amos 6:13 Karnaim means horns; horn here symbolizes strength.
- Amos 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- Amos 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain; also in verse 8.
- Amos 7:17 Hebrew an unclean
- Amos 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail
- Amos 8:14 Hebrew the way
- Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
- Amos 9:7 That is, Crete
- Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me
- Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel
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