阿摩司書 5
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
呼籲以色列人悔改
5 以色列家啊，聽我為你們所作的哀歌：
2 「以色列民[a]跌倒，不得再起；
躺在地上，無人扶起。」
3 主耶和華如此說：
「以色列家的城派出一千，只剩一百；
派出一百，只剩十個。」
4 耶和華向以色列家如此說：
「你們要尋求我，就必存活。
5 不要往伯特利尋求，
不要進入吉甲，
也不要過到別是巴；
因為吉甲必被擄走，
伯特利必歸無有。」
6 要尋求耶和華，就必存活，
免得他在約瑟家如火發出，
焚燒伯特利[b]，無人撲滅。
7 你們這使公平變為茵蔯，
將公義丟棄於地的人哪！
8 那造昴星和參星，
使死蔭變為晨光，
使白晝變為黑夜，
召喚海水、
使其傾倒在地面上的，
耶和華是他的名。
9 他快速摧毀強壯的人，
毀滅就臨到堡壘。
10 你們怨恨那在城門口斷是非的，
憎惡那說正直話的。
11 所以，因你們踐踏貧寒人，
向他們勒索糧稅；
你們雖建造石鑿的房屋，
卻不得住在其內；
雖栽植美好的葡萄園，
卻不得喝其中所出的酒。
12 我知道你們的罪過何其多，
你們的罪惡何其大；
你們迫害義人，收受賄賂，
在城門口屈枉貧窮人。
13 所以智慧人在這樣的時候必靜默不言，
因為這是險惡的時候。
14 你們要尋求良善，
不要尋求邪惡，就必存活。
這樣，耶和華—萬軍之 神
必照你們所說的與你們同在。
15 要恨惡邪惡，喜愛良善，
在城門口秉公行義；
或者耶和華—萬軍之 神
會施恩給約瑟的餘民。
16 因此，主耶和華—萬軍之 神如此說：
「在一切的廣場上必有哀號的聲音；
在各街市上必有人說：
『哀哉！哀哉！』
他們叫農夫來哭號，
叫善唱哀歌的來舉哀；
17 各葡萄園都有哀號的聲音，
因為我必從你中間經過。」
這是耶和華說的。
18 想望耶和華日子的人有禍了！
為甚麼你們要耶和華的日子呢？
那是黑暗沒有光明的日子，
19 好像人躲避獅子卻遇見熊；
進房屋以手靠牆，卻被蛇咬。
20 耶和華的日子豈不是黑暗沒有光明，
幽暗毫無光輝嗎？
21 「我厭惡你們的節期，
也不喜悅你們的嚴肅會。
22 你們雖然向我獻燔祭和素祭，
我卻不悅納，
也不看你們用肥畜獻的平安祭。
23 要使你們歌唱的聲音遠離我，
因為我不聽你們琴瑟的樂曲。
24 惟願公平如大水滾滾，
公義如江河滔滔。
25 「以色列家啊，你們在曠野四十年，何嘗將祭物和供物獻給我呢？ 26 你們抬着你們的撒古特君王[c]，和你們為自己所造之偶像迦溫—你們的神明之星。 27 所以我要把你們擄到大馬士革以外。」這是耶和華說的，他的名為萬軍之 神。
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.
Amos 5
English Standard Version
Seek the Lord and Live
5 Hear this word that I (A)take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
2 “Fallen, no more to rise,
is (B)the virgin Israel;
forsaken on her land,
with none to raise her up.”
3 For thus says the Lord God:
“The city that went out a thousand
shall have a hundred left,
and that which went out a hundred
shall have ten left
to the house of Israel.”
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
(C)“Seek me and live;
5 but do not seek (D)Bethel,
and do not enter into (E)Gilgal
or cross over to (F)Beersheba;
for (G)Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
and (H)Bethel shall come to nothing.”
6 (I)Seek the Lord and live,
(J)lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for (K)Bethel,
7 O (L)you who turn justice to wormwood[a]
and cast down righteousness to the earth!
8 He who made the (M)Pleiades and Orion,
and turns deep darkness into the morning
and (N)darkens the day into night,
who (O)calls for the waters of the sea
(P)and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
(Q)the Lord is his name;
9 (R)who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
10 (S)They hate him who reproves (T)in the gate,
and they (U)abhor him who speaks the truth.
11 Therefore because you (V)trample on[b] the poor
and you exact taxes of grain from him,
(W)you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
(X)you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who (Y)take a bribe,
and (Z)turn aside the needy (AA)in the gate.
13 Therefore he who is prudent will (AB)keep silent in such a time,
(AC)for it is an evil time.
14 (AD)Seek good, and not evil,
that you may live;
and so the Lord, (AE)the God of hosts, will be with you,
as you have said.
15 (AF)Hate evil, and love good,
and establish justice (AG)in the gate;
(AH)it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore thus says the Lord, (AI)the God of hosts, the Lord:
“In all the squares (AJ)there shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and (AK)to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,
17 and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
for (AL)I will pass through your midst,”
says the Lord.
Let Justice Roll Down
18 Woe to you who desire (AM)the day of the Lord!
Why would you have the day of the Lord?
(AN)It is darkness, and not light,
19 (AO)as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
20 (AP)Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?
21 (AQ)“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 (AR)Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
to (AS)the melody of your harps I will not listen.
24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
25 (AT)“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 26 (AU)You (AV)shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves, 27 (AW)and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is (AX)the God of hosts.
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