阿摩司書 4
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。
Amos 4
New International Reader's Version
Israel Has Not Returned to the Lord
4 Listen to the Lord’s message,
you women who live on the hill of Samaria.
You treat poor people badly.
You crush those who are in need.
You say to your husbands,
“Bring us some drinks!”
But you are already as fat
as the cows in Bashan.
2 The Lord and King has made a promise
by his own holy name.
He says, “You can be sure
that the time will come
when your enemies will put hooks in your faces.
They will lead every one of you away with fishhooks.
3 Each of you will go straight out
through gaps made in the wall.
You will be thrown out toward Harmon,”
announces the Lord.
4 “People of Samaria, go to Bethel and sin!
Go to Gilgal! Sin there even more!
Bring your sacrifices every morning.
Every third year, bring a tenth
of everything you produce.
5 Bake some bread with yeast.
Burn it as a thank offering.
Brag about the offerings you freely give.
This is what you Israelites love to do,”
announces the Lord and King.
6 “I made sure your stomachs were empty in every city.
You did not have enough bread in any of your towns.
In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,”
announces the Lord.
7 “I also held back rain from you.
The time to harvest crops
was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town.
But I held it back from another.
One field had rain.
But another had no rain and dried up.
8 People wandered from town to town to look for water.
But they did not get enough to drink.
In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,”
announces the Lord.
9 “Many times I kept your gardens and vineyards from growing.
I sent hot winds to dry them up completely.
Locusts ate up your fig and olive trees.
In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,”
announces the Lord.
10 “I sent plagues on you,
just as I did on Egypt.
I killed your young men by swords.
I also let the horses you had captured be killed.
I filled your noses with the stink of your camps.
In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,”
announces the Lord.
11 “I destroyed some of you,
just as I did Sodom and Gomorrah.
You were like a burning stick that was pulled out of the fire.
In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,”
announces the Lord.
12 “So, people of Israel, I will judge you.
Because I will do that to you, Israel,
prepare to meet your God!”
13 The Lord forms the mountains.
He creates the wind.
He makes his thoughts known to human beings.
He turns sunrise into darkness.
He rules over even the highest places on earth.
His name is the Lord God Who Rules Over All.
Amos 4
New King James Version
God’s Punishments Have Not Reformed Israel
4 Hear this word, you (A)cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria,
Who oppress the (B)poor,
Who crush the needy,
Who say to [a]your husbands, “Bring wine, let us (C)drink!”
2 (D)The Lord God has sworn by His holiness:
“Behold, the days shall come upon you
When He will take you away (E)with fishhooks,
And your posterity with fishhooks.
3 (F)You will go out through broken walls,
Each one straight ahead of her,
And you will [b]be cast into Harmon,”
Says the Lord.
4 “Come(G) to Bethel and transgress,
At (H)Gilgal multiply transgression;
(I)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
(J)Your tithes every three [c]days.
5 (K)Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven,
Proclaim and announce (L)the freewill offerings;
For this you love,
You children of Israel!”
Says the Lord God.
Israel Did Not Accept Correction
6 “Also I gave you [d]cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places;
(M)Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
7 “I also withheld rain from you,
When there were still three months to the harvest.
I made it rain on one city,
I withheld rain from another city.
One part was rained upon,
And where it did not rain the part withered.
8 So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water,
But they were not satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
9 “I(N) blasted you with blight and mildew.
When your gardens increased,
Your vineyards,
Your fig trees,
And your olive trees,
(O)The locust devoured them;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
10 “I sent among you a plague (P)after the manner of Egypt;
Your young men I killed with a sword,
Along with your captive horses;
I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
11 “I overthrew some of you,
As God overthrew (Q)Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
12 “Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
(R)Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
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