阿摩司书 5
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
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5 以色列家啊！要聽這話，
就是我為你們唱的輓歌：
2 “童貞女以色列，
跌倒了，不能再起來；
她被拋棄在自己的地上，
沒有人扶她起來。”
3 因為主耶和華論以色列家這樣說：
“這城派兵一千，
剩下的只有一百；
出兵一百，
只剩下十個。”
尋求主得以存活
4 耶和華對以色列家這樣說：
“尋求我，就必存活；
5 不要去伯特利尋求我，
不要去吉甲，
也不要過去別是巴。
因為吉甲必被擄掠，
伯特利必化為烏有。”
6 尋求耶和華，就必存活，
免得他像火在約瑟家猛烈蔓延，吞滅他們；
沒有人能把伯特利的火撲滅。
7 他們使公正變為苦堇，
把公義棄於地上。
8 那創造昴星和參星，
把幽暗變為黎明，
把白日轉為黑夜；
又吩咐海水，
把海水倒在地上的；
耶和華就是他的名。
9 是他使毀滅像閃電臨到堡壘，
使毀滅臨到堅固的城。
10 他們討厭那在城門口主持公道的人，
恨惡說正直話的。
11 你們欺壓窮人，
強徵他們的五穀；
因此，你們用琢磨過的石頭建造房屋，
卻不能住在其中；
你們栽種美好的葡萄園，
卻不能喝園中的酒。
12 因為我知道你們的過犯眾多，罪大惡極；
你們迫害義人，收受賄賂，
在城門口屈枉窮乏人；
13 為此，聰明人在這時代緘默無聲，
因這時代邪惡。
14 你們要尋求良善，不要尋求邪惡，
這樣才可以存活。
耶和華萬軍的 神就必與你們同在，
正如你們所說的。
15 你們要喜愛良善，恨惡邪惡，
在城門口伸張正義；
這樣，耶和華萬軍的 神或會恩待約瑟的餘民。
16 因此，主耶和華萬軍的 神這樣說：
“各廣場充滿哀慟的聲音，
街上只聽見‘苦啊！苦啊！’的喊聲；
人要召農夫來哀哭，
召善於哭喪的人來哀喊。
17 所有葡萄園充滿哀慟的聲音，
因為我必在你們中間經過。”
這是耶和華說的。
18 渴望耶和華日子來臨的人，你們有禍了！
耶和華的日子對你們有甚麼好處呢？
那日是黑暗，沒有光明的日子。
19 那日就像一個人避過了獅子，
卻遇上了熊；
回到家裡，手靠在牆上，
卻被蛇咬。
20 耶和華的日子不是黑暗，沒有光明，
只有幽暗，全無光輝嗎？
神不喜歡外表的敬虔
21 我憎恨、厭惡你們的節期，
也不喜愛你們的節日。
22 雖然你們給我獻上燔祭和素祭，
我卻不接受。
你們獻上肥美的牲畜作平安祭，
我也不悅納。
23 你們唱歌的吵聲要遠離我，
我不想聽見你們的琴聲。
24 但願公正好像潮水滾流，
公義好像河水長流。
25 以色列家啊！你們在曠野四十年，
有獻燔祭和素祭給我嗎？
26 你們抬著你們的神“撒固”王，和你們的星神“迦溫”的神像，就是你們為自己所做的。
27 我必使你們被擄，流亡到大馬士革以外。這是耶和華說的，萬軍的 神就是他的名。
Amos 5
1599 Geneva Bible
5 A lamentation for the captivity of Israel.
1 Hear ye this word, which I lift up upon you, even a lamentation of the house of Israel.
2 The [a]virgin Israel is fallen, and shall no more rise: she is left upon her land, and there is none to raise her up.
3 For thus saith the Lord God, The city which went out by a thousand, shall leave [b]an hundred: and that which went forth by an hundred, shall leave ten to the house of Israel.
4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into [c]Gilgal, and go not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
7 They turn [d]judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth.
8 He [e]maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and he maketh the day dark as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the open earth: the Lord is his Name.
9 He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mighty, and the destroyer shall come against the fortress.
10 They have hated him [f]that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh uprightly.
11 Forasmuch then as your treading is upon the poor, and [g]ye take from him burdens of wheat, ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12 For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take rewards, and they oppress the poor in the gate.
13 Therefore [h]the prudent shall keep silence in that time, for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good and not evil, that ye may live: and the Lord God of hosts shall be with you, as you have spoken.
15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be merciful unto the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord saith thus, Mourning shall be in all streets: and they shall say in all the high ways, Alas, alas: and they shall call the [i]husbandman to lamentation, and such as can mourn, to mourning.
17 And in all the vines shall be lamentation: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.
18 Woe unto you, that [j]desire the day of the Lord: what have you to do with it? the day of the Lord is darkness and not light,
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light, even darkness and no light in it?
21 I hate and abhor your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and meat offerings, [k]I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.)
24 And let judgment run down as [l]waters, and righteousness as a mighty river.
25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 But you have born [m]Sikkuth your king, and Chiun your images, and the star of your gods which you made to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose Name is the God of hosts.
Footnotes
- Amos 5:2 He so calleth them, because they so boasted of themselves or because they were given to wantonness and daintiness.
- Amos 5:3 Meaning, that the tenth part should scarcely be saved.
- Amos 5:5 In those places they worshipped new idols, which aforetime served for the true honor of God: therefore he saith that these shall not save them.
- Amos 5:7 Instead of judgment and equity they execute cruelty and oppression.
- Amos 5:8 He describeth the power of God, Job 9:9.
- Amos 5:10 They hate the Prophets, which reprove them in the open assemblies.
- Amos 5:11 Ye take both his money and also his food, wherewith he should live.
- Amos 5:13 God will so plague them that they shall not suffer the godly once to open their mouths to admonish them of their faults.
- Amos 5:16 So that all degrees shall have matter of lamentation for the great plagues.
- Amos 5:18 Thus he speaketh, because the wicked and hypocrites said they were content to abide God’s judgments, whereas the godly tremble and fear, Jer. 30:7; Joel 2:2, 11; Zeph. 1:15.
- Amos 5:22 Because ye have corrupted my true service, and remain obstinate in your vices, Isa. 1:11; Jer. 6:10.
- Amos 5:24 Do your duty to God, and to your neighbor, and so ye shall feel his grace plentifully, if you show your abundant affections according to God’s word.
- Amos 5:26 That idol which you esteemed as your king, and carried about as you did Chiun, in which images you thought that there was a certain divinity.
Amos 5
New King James Version
A Lament for Israel
5 Hear this word which I (A)take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:
2 The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.
3 For thus says the Lord God:
“The city that goes out by a thousand
Shall have a hundred left,
And that which goes out by a hundred
Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
A Call to Repentance
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
(B)“Seek Me (C)and live;
5 But do not seek (D)Bethel,
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to (E)Beersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And (F)Bethel shall come to nothing.
6 (G)Seek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel—
7 You who (H)turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
8 He made the (I)Pleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
(J)And makes the day dark as night;
He (K)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
(L)The Lord is His name.
9 He [a]rains ruin upon the strong,
So that fury comes upon the fortress.
10 (M)They hate the one who rebukes in the gate,
And they (N)abhor the one who speaks uprightly.
11 (O)Therefore, because you [b]tread down the poor
And take grain [c]taxes from him,
Though (P)you have built houses of hewn stone,
Yet you shall not dwell in them;
You have planted [d]pleasant vineyards,
But you shall not drink wine from them.
12 For I (Q)know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
(R)Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
(S)Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
13 Therefore (T)the prudent keep silent at that time,
For it is an evil time.
14 Seek good and not evil,
That you may live;
So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
(U)As you have spoken.
15 (V)Hate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
(W)It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
The Day of the Lord
16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
(X)And skillful lamenters to wailing.
17 In all vineyards there shall be wailing,
For (Y)I will pass through you,”
Says the Lord.
18 (Z)Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
For what good is (AA)the day of the Lord to you?
It will be darkness, and not light.
19 It will be (AB)as though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light?
Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
21 “I(AC) hate, I despise your feast days,
And (AD)I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
22 (AE)Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.
23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs,
For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
24 (AF)But let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream.
25 “Did(AG) you offer Me sacrifices and offerings
In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 You also carried [e]Sikkuth[f] (AH)your king
And Chiun, your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into captivity (AI)beyond Damascus,”
Says the Lord, (AJ)whose name is the God of hosts.
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