阿摩司书 2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
对摩押的审判
2 耶和华说：
“摩押人三番四次地犯罪，
我必不收回对他们的惩罚，
因为他们把以东王的骸骨焚烧成灰。
2 所以我要降火在摩押，
烧毁加略的城堡。
摩押要在战争的喧嚣、吶喊和号角声中灭亡。
3 我要铲除摩押的君王，
杀死那里所有的首领。
这是耶和华说的。”
对犹大的审判
4 耶和华说：
“犹大人三番四次地犯罪，
我必不收回对他们的惩罚，
因为他们厌弃耶和华的训诲，
不遵守我的律例。
他们祖先祭拜的偶像使他们走入歧途。
5 所以我要降火在犹大，
烧毁耶路撒冷的城堡。”
对以色列的审判
6 耶和华说：
“以色列人三番四次地犯罪，
我必不收回对他们的惩罚，
因为他们为了银子卖掉义人，
为了一双鞋子卖掉穷人。
7 他们践踏穷人如同践踏地上的尘土，
使卑微的人无处申冤；
父子同淫一女，亵渎我的圣名。
8 在每座祭坛旁边，
他们把穷人典当的衣服铺开，躺在上面，
又在上帝的殿里喝剥削来的酒。
9 “以色列人啊，
我在你们面前消灭了亚摩利人。
虽然他们像香柏树那样高大，
如橡树那样强壮，
但我灭尽了他们的果子，
砍断了他们的根。
10 我带领你们离开埃及，
在旷野引导你们四十年，
使你们得到亚摩利人的土地。
11 我从你们的子孙中拣选先知，
从你们的青年中拣选拿细耳人[a]。
以色列人啊，难道不是这样吗？
这是耶和华说的。
12 可是，你们迫使拿细耳人喝酒，
禁止先知传达我的话。
13 看啊，我要压碎你们，
如满载谷物的车轧过一样。
14 快捷的无法逃遁，
强壮的无力可施，
勇猛的救不了自己，
15 拉弓的站立不住，
腿快的无法逃脱，
骑马的救不了自己。
16 到那日，
最勇猛的战士也要丢盔弃甲，仓皇逃命。
这是耶和华说的。
Amos 2
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 2
For Three Crimes of Moab
1 Thus says the Lord:
For three crimes of Moab, and for four,
I will not revoke my decree.
Because they incinerated to ashes
the bones of the king of Edom,[a]
2 I will send down fire on Moab
to devour the palaces of Kerioth.
Moab will perish amid the uproar,
amid war cries and the sound of trumpets.
3 I will destroy its rulers
and slaughter all of his officials with him.
For Three Crimes of Judah
4 Thus says the Lord:
For three crimes of Judah, and for four,
I will not revoke my decree.
Because they have spurned the law of the Lord
and have not observed his statutes,
having been led astray
by the lies which their fathers followed,
5 I will send fire down on Judah
to devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
The Trial of Israel
For Three Crimes of Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
For three crimes of Israel, and for four,
I will not revoke my decree.
They sell righteous people for silver
and the poor for a pair of sandals.
7 They have trampled the heads of the poor
into the dust of the earth
and thrust the lowly out of their way.
Father and son lie with the same prostitute,
profaning my holy name.
8 They lie down beside every altar
upon garments acquired as surety,[b]
while drinking in the house of their God
the wine purchased with the fines they impose.
9 Yet I was the one
who destroyed the Amorites[c] before them;
they were as tall as the cedars
and as strong as the oaks.
I was the one
who destroyed their fruit above
and their roots below.
10 I was the one
who brought you up from the land of Egypt
and for forty years led you through the desert
to take possession of the land of the Amorites.
11 I was the one
who raised up some of your sons to be prophets
and some of your young men to be Nazirites.
Is this not indeed true, O Israelites?
says the Lord.
12 But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine
and commanded the prophets, “Do not prophesy!”
13 Therefore, I will crush you
just as a cart crushes when it is fully laden.
14 The swift will be unable to take flight;
the strong man will not retain his strength,
and the warrior will be unable to save his life.
15 The archer will not stand his ground;
the swift of foot will not escape,
nor will the horseman save his life.
16 Even the bravest of warriors
will flee away naked on that day,
says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Amos 2:1 In the view of the ancients, the refusal of proper burial meant leaving the dead person in an unhappy situation; this was regarded as the height of immorality.
- Amos 2:8 Surety: according to the law (Ex 22:25; Deut 24:12), a garment taken as a pledge must be restored before nightfall.
- Amos 2:9 The Amorites represent the Canaanites, the inhabitants of Palestine.
Amos 2
King James Version
2 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
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:
3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.
4 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
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 unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
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.
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
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.
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
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.
16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.
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