Amos 2
Christian Standard Bible
2 The Lord says:
I will not relent from punishing Moab(A)
for three crimes, even four,
because he burned the bones
of the king of Edom to lime.(B)
2 Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,
and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.(C)
Moab will die with a tumult,(D)
with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.
3 I will cut off the judge(E) from the land
and kill all its officials(F) with him.
The Lord has spoken.
Judgment on Judah
4 The Lord says:
I will not relent from punishing Judah(G)
for three crimes, even four,
because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord(H)
and have not kept his statutes.(I)
The lies(J) that their ancestors followed(K)
have led them astray.
5 Therefore, I will send fire(L) against Judah,
and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.
Judgment on Israel
6 The Lord says:
I will not relent from punishing Israel(M)
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals.(N)
7 They trample the heads of the poor(O)
on the dust of the ground
and obstruct the path of the needy.(P)
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl,(Q)
profaning my holy name.(R)
8 They stretch out beside every altar(S)
on garments taken as collateral,(T)
and in the house of their God
they drink wine obtained through fines.(U)
9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite(V) as Israel advanced;
his height(W) was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit(X) above and his roots beneath.
10 And I brought you from the land of Egypt(Y)
and led you forty years in the wilderness(Z)
in order to possess the land of the Amorite.(AA)
11 I raised up some of your sons as prophets(AB)
and some of your young men as Nazirites.(AC)
Is this not the case, Israelites?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
“Do not prophesy.”(AD)
13 Look, I am about to crush[a] you in your place(AE)
as a wagon crushes when full of grain.
14 Escape will fail the swift,(AF)
the strong one will not maintain his strength,(AG)
and the warrior will not save his life.
15 The archer will not stand his ground,(AH)
the one who is swift of foot
will not save himself,
and the one riding a horse will not save his life.(AI)
16 Even the most courageous of the warriors
will flee naked on that day(AJ)—
this is the Lord’s declaration.
Footnotes
- 2:13 Or hinder; Hb obscure
阿摩司書 2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
對摩押的審判
2 耶和華說：
「摩押人三番四次地犯罪，
我必不收回對他們的懲罰，
因為他們把以東王的骸骨焚燒成灰。
2 所以我要降火在摩押，
燒毀加略的城堡。
摩押要在戰爭的喧囂、吶喊和號角聲中滅亡。
3 我要剷除摩押的君王，
殺死那裡所有的首領。
這是耶和華說的。」
對猶大的審判
4 耶和華說：
「猶大人三番四次地犯罪，
我必不收回對他們的懲罰，
因為他們厭棄耶和華的訓誨，
不遵守我的律例。
他們祖先祭拜的偶像使他們走入歧途。
5 所以我要降火在猶大，
燒毀耶路撒冷的城堡。」
對以色列的審判
6 耶和華說：
「以色列人三番四次地犯罪，
我必不收回對他們的懲罰，
因為他們為了銀子賣掉義人，
為了一雙鞋子賣掉窮人。
7 他們踐踏窮人如同踐踏地上的塵土，
使卑微的人無處伸冤；
父子同淫一女，褻瀆我的聖名。
8 在每座祭壇旁邊，
他們把窮人典當的衣服鋪開，躺在上面，
又在上帝的殿裡喝剝削來的酒。
9 「以色列人啊，
我在你們面前消滅了亞摩利人。
雖然他們像香柏樹那樣高大，
如橡樹那樣強壯，
但我滅盡了他們的果子，
砍斷了他們的根。
10 我帶領你們離開埃及，
在曠野引導你們四十年，
使你們得到亞摩利人的土地。
11 我從你們的子孫中揀選先知，
從你們的青年中揀選拿細耳人[a]。
以色列人啊，難道不是這樣嗎？
這是耶和華說的。
12 可是，你們迫使拿細耳人喝酒，
禁止先知傳達我的話。
13 看啊，我要壓碎你們，
如滿載穀物的車軋過一樣。
14 快捷的無法逃遁，
強壯的無力可施，
勇猛的救不了自己，
15 拉弓的站立不住，
腿快的無法逃脫，
騎馬的救不了自己。
16 到那日，
最勇猛的戰士也要丟盔棄甲，倉皇逃命。
這是耶和華說的。
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