阿摩司書 5

以色列家啊，要聽我為你們所作的哀歌：

yǐ sè liè jiā a ， yào tīng wǒ wèi nǐ men suǒ zuò de āi gē ：

Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:

以色列民 跌倒，不得再起； 躺在地上，無人攙扶。

yǐ sè liè mín diē dǎo ， bù dé zài qǐ ； tǎng zài dì shàng ， wú rén chān fú 。

“The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”

主耶和華如此說： 以色列家的城發出一千兵的，只剩一百； 發出一百的，只剩十個。

zhǔ yē hé huá rú cǐ shuō ： yǐ sè liè jiā de chéng fā chū yì qiān bīng de ， zhī shèng yì bǎi ； fā chū yì bǎi de ， zhī shèng shí gè 。

For the Lord GOD says: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”

耶和華向以色列家如此說： 你們要尋求我，就必存活。

yē hé huá xiàng yǐ sè liè jiā rú cǐ shuō ： nǐ men yào xún qiú wǒ ， jiù bì cún huó 。

For the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;

不要往伯特利尋求， 不要進入吉甲， 不要過到別是巴； 因為吉甲必被擄掠， 伯特利也必歸於無有。

bú yào wǎng bó tè lì xún qiú ， bú yào jìn rù jí jiǎ ， bú yào guò dào bié shì bā ； yīn wèi jí jiǎ bì bèi lǔ lüè ， bó tè lì yě bì guī yú wú yǒu 。

but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

要尋求耶和華，就必存活， 免得他在約瑟家像火發出， 在伯特利焚燒，無人撲滅。

yào xún qiú yē hé huá ， jiù bì cún huó ， miǎn dé tā zài yuē sè jiā xiàng huǒ fā chū ， zài bó tè lì fén shāo ， wú rén pū miè 。

Seek the LORD, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

你們這使公平變為茵蔯、 將公義丟棄於地的，

nǐ men zhè shǐ gōng píng biàn wèi yīn 、 jiāng gōng yì diū qì yú dì de ，

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!

要尋求那造昴星和參星， 使死蔭變為晨光， 使白日變為黑夜， 命海水來澆在地上的－ 耶和華是他的名；

yào xún qiú nà zào mǎo xīng hé cān xīng ， shǐ sǐ yìn biàn wèi chén guāng ， shǐ bái rì biàn wèi hēi yè ， mìng hǎi shuǐ lái jiāo zài dì shàng de — yē hé huá shì tā de míng ；

Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,

他使力強的忽遭滅亡， 以致保障遭遇毀壞。

tā shǐ lì qiáng de hū zāo miè wáng ， yǐ zhì bǎo zhàng zāo yù huǐ huài 。

who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.

你們怨恨那在城門口責備人的， 憎惡那說正直話的。

nǐ men yuàn hèn nà zài chéng mén kǒu zé bèi rén de ， zēng wù nà shuō zhèng zhí huà de 。

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

你們踐踏貧民， 向他們勒索麥子； 你們用鑿過的石頭建造房屋， 卻不得住在其內； 栽種美好的葡萄園， 卻不得喝所出的酒。

nǐ men jiàn tà pín mín ， xiàng tā men lè suǒ mài zi ； nǐ men yòng záo guò de shí tou jiàn zào fáng wū ， què bù dé zhù zài qí nèi ； zāi zhòng měi hǎo de pú táo yuán ， què bù dé hē suǒ chū de jiǔ 。

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

我知道你們的罪過何等多， 你們的罪惡何等大。 你們苦待義人，收受賄賂，在城門口屈枉窮乏人。

wǒ zhī dào nǐ men de zuì guo hé děng duō ， nǐ men de zuì è hé děng dà 。 nǐ men kǔ dài yì rén ， shōu shòu huì lù ， zài chéng mén kǒu qū wǎng qióng fá rén 。

For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.

所以通達人見這樣的時勢必靜默不言， 因為時勢真惡。

suǒ yǐ tōng dá rén jiàn zhè yàng de shí shì bì jìng mò bù yán ， yīn wèi shí shì zhēn è 。

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

你們要求善， 不要求惡，就必存活。 這樣，耶和華－萬軍之上帝 必照你們所說的與你們同在。

nǐ men yāo qiú shàn ， bú yāo qiú è ， jiù bì cún huó 。 zhè yàng ， yē hé huá — wàn jūn zhī shén bì zhào nǐ men suǒ shuō de yǔ nǐ men tóng zài 。

Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.

要惡惡好善， 在城門口秉公行義； 或者耶和華－萬軍之上帝向約瑟的餘民施恩。

yào è è hǎo shàn ， zài chéng mén kǒu bǐng gōng xíng yì ； huò zhě yē hé huá — wàn jūn zhī shén xiàng yuē sè de yú mín shī ēn 。

Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

主耶和華－萬軍之上帝如此說： 在一切寬闊處必有哀號的聲音； 在各街市上必有人說： 哀哉！哀哉！ 又必叫農夫來哭號， 叫善唱哀歌的來舉哀。

zhǔ yē hé huá — wàn jūn zhī shén rú cǐ shuō ： zài yí qiè kuān kuò chù bì yǒu āi háo de shēng yīn ； zài gè jiē shì shàng bì yǒu rén shuō ： āi zāi ！ āi zāi ！ yòu bì jiào nóng fū lái kū hào ， jiào shàn chàng āi gē de lái jǔ āi 。

Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

在各葡萄園必有哀號的聲音， 因為我必從你中間經過。 這是耶和華說的。

zài gè pú táo yuán bì yǒu āi háo de shēng yīn ， yīn wèi wǒ bì cóng nǐ zhōng jiān jīng guò 。 zhè shì yē hé huá shuō de 。

In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says the LORD.

想望耶和華日子來到的有禍了！ 你們為何想望耶和華的日子呢？ 那日黑暗沒有光明，

xiǎng wàng yē hé huá rì zi lái dào de yǒu huò le ！ nǐ men wèi hé xiǎng wàng yē hé huá de rì zi ne ？ nà rì hēi àn méi yǒu guāng míng ，

“Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light.

景況好像人躲避獅子又遇見熊， 或是進房屋以手靠牆，就被蛇咬。

jǐng kuàng hǎo xiàng rén duǒ bì shī zi yòu yù jiàn xióng ， huò shì jìn fáng wū yǐ shǒu kào qiáng ， jiù bèi shé yǎo 。

As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.

耶和華的日子不是黑暗沒有光明嗎？ 不是幽暗毫無光輝嗎？

yē hé huá de rì zi bú shì hēi àn méi yǒu guāng míng ma ？ bú shì yōu àn háo wú guāng huī ma ？

Won’t the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

我厭惡你們的節期， 也不喜悅你們的嚴肅會。

wǒ yàn wù nǐ men de jié qī ， yě bù xǐ yuè nǐ men de yán sù huì 。

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

你們雖然向我獻燔祭和素祭， 我卻不悅納， 也不顧你們用肥畜獻的平安祭；

nǐ men suī rán xiàng wǒ xiàn fán jì hé sù jì ， wǒ què bú yuè nà ， yě bú gù nǐ men yòng féi chù xiàn de píng ān jì ；

Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

要使你們歌唱的聲音遠離我， 因為我不聽你們彈琴的響聲。

yào shǐ nǐ men gē chàng de shēng yīn yuǎn lí wǒ ， yīn wèi wǒ bù tīng nǐ men tán qín de xiǎng shēng 。

Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

惟願公平如大水滾滾， 使公義如江河滔滔。

wéi yuàn gōng píng rú dà shuǐ gǔn gǔn ， shǐ gōng yì rú jiāng hé tāo tāo 。

But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

「以色列家啊，你們在曠野四十年，豈是將祭物和供物獻給我呢？

「 yǐ sè liè jiā a ， nǐ men zài kuàng yě sì shí nián ， qǐ shì jiāng jì wù hé gòng wù xiàn gěi wǒ ne ？

“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

你們抬着為自己所造之摩洛的帳幕和偶像的龕，並你們的神星。

nǐ men tái zhe wèi zì jǐ suǒ zào zhī mó luò de zhàng mù hé ǒu xiàng de kān ， bìng nǐ men de shén xīng 。

You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.

所以我要把你們擄到大馬士革以外。」這是耶和華－名為萬軍之上帝說的。

suǒ yǐ wǒ yào bǎ nǐ men lǔ dào dà mǎ shì gé yǐ wài 。」 zhè shì yē hé huá 、 míng wèi wàn jūn zhī shén shuō de 。

Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Armies.