阿摩司书 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
1 犹大王乌西雅、约阿施的儿子以色列王耶罗波安执政期间，大地震前两年，提哥亚的牧人阿摩司看到了关于以色列的异象。以下是阿摩司的话。
2 他说：
“耶和华在锡安[a]怒吼，
在耶路撒冷呼喊。
牧人的草场枯干，
迦密山顶枯黄。”
对亚兰的审判
3 耶和华说：
“大马士革人三番四次地犯罪，
我必不收回对他们的惩罚，
因为他们用打粮食的铁器蹂躏基列。
4 所以我要降火在哈薛王家，
烧毁便·哈达王的城堡。
5 我要折断大马士革城的门闩，
铲除亚文平原[b]的居民和伯·伊甸的掌权者，
使亚兰人被掳到吉珥[c]。
这是耶和华说的。”
对非利士的审判
6 耶和华说：
“迦萨人三番四次地犯罪，
我必不收回对他们的惩罚，
因为他们把被掳之人全都带走，
卖到以东做奴隶。
7 所以，我要降火在迦萨的城墙上，
烧毁它的城堡。
8 我要铲除亚实突的居民和亚实基伦的掌权者，
伸手攻击以革伦，
剩下的非利士人都要灭亡。
这是主耶和华说的。”
对泰尔的审判
9 耶和华说：
“泰尔人三番四次地犯罪，
我必不收回对他们的惩罚，
因为他们背弃弟兄之盟，
把被掳之人都卖到以东。
10 所以，我要降火在泰尔的城墙上，
烧毁它的城堡。”
对以东的审判
11 耶和华说：
“以东人三番四次地犯罪，
我必不收回对他们的惩罚，
因为他们拔刀追赶自己的弟兄，
没有半点怜悯之心；
他们怒气不息，永怀愤怒。
12 所以，我要降火在提幔，
烧毁波斯拉的城堡。”
对亚扪的审判
13 耶和华说：
“亚扪人三番四次地犯罪，
我必不收回对他们的惩罚，
因为他们为了扩张领土，
竟剖开基列孕妇的肚腹。
14 所以，我要在战争的吶喊声中，
在暴风雨吹袭的时候，
降火在拉巴的城墙上，
烧毁它的城堡。
15 他们的君王和首领都要被掳。
这是耶和华说的。”
Amos 1
Living Bible
1 Amos was a herdsman living in the village of Tekoa. All day long he sat on the hillsides watching the sheep, keeping them from straying.[a]
2 One day, in a vision, God told him some of the things that were going to happen to his nation, Israel. This vision came to him at the time Uzziah was king of Judah and while Jeroboam (son of Joash) was king of Israel—two years before the earthquake.
This is his report of what he saw and heard: The Lord roared—like a ferocious lion from his lair—from his Temple on Mount Zion. And suddenly the lush pastures of Mount Carmel withered and dried, and all the shepherds mourned.
3 The Lord says, “The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and I will not forget it. I will not leave her unpunished anymore. For they have threshed my people in Gilead as grain is threshed with iron rods. 4 So I will set fire to King Hazael’s palace, destroying the strong fortress of Ben-hadad. 5 I will snap the bars that locked the gates of Damascus and kill her people as far away as the plain of Aven, and the people of Syria shall return to Kir[b] as slaves.” The Lord has spoken.
6 The Lord says, “Gaza has sinned again and again, and I will not forget it. I will not leave her unpunished anymore. For she sent my people into exile, selling them as slaves in Edom. 7 So I will set fire to the walls of Gaza, and all her forts shall be destroyed. 8 I will kill the people of Ashdod and destroy Ekron and the king of Ashkelon; all Philistines left will perish.” The Lord has spoken.
9 The Lord says, “The people of Tyre have sinned again and again, and I will not forget it. I will not leave them unpunished anymore. For they broke their treaty with their brother, Israel; they attacked and conquered him, and led him into slavery to Edom. 10 So I will set fire to the walls of Tyre, and it will burn down all his forts and palaces.”
11 The Lord says, “Edom has sinned again and again, and I will not forget it. I will not leave him unpunished anymore. For he chased his brother, Israel, with the sword; he was pitiless in unrelenting anger. 12 So I will set fire to Teman, and it will burn down all the forts of Bozrah.”[c]
13 The Lord says, “The people of Ammon have sinned again and again, and I will not forget it. I will not leave them unpunished anymore. For in their wars in Gilead to enlarge their borders they committed cruel crimes, ripping open pregnant women with their swords.
14 “So I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah, and it will burn down their forts and palaces; there will be wild shouts of battle like a whirlwind in a mighty storm. 15 And their king and his princes will go into exile together.” The Lord has spoken.
Footnotes
- Amos 1:1 All day long he sat . . . keeping them from straying, implied.
- Amos 1:5 the people of Syria shall return to Kir. Decreeing that the Syrians should go back to Kir as slaves was like saying to the Israelites that they must go back to Egypt as slaves, for the Syrians had made their exodus from Kir and now were free; see 9:7.
- Amos 1:12 Teman . . . Bozrah. Teman was in the north of Edom and Bozrah in the south. The entire country was to be devastated.
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