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Amos 1 1 Hear this word, women of the mountain of Samaria, you cows of Bashan, You who oppress the weak and abuse the needy; Who say to your lords, "Bring drink for us!" 你们这些欺压弱小，虐待穷人，且对自己丈夫说：“拿酒来，我们畅饮”的撒玛黎雅山上巴商母牛，听听这话吧！ 2 The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness: Truly the days are coming upon you When they shall drag you away with hooks, the last of you with fishhooks; 吾主上主指着自己的神圣起誓说：“看，对付你们的日子快到，人必用钩子把你们钩去；直到你们最后一个也必被人用鱼钩钩去。 3 You shall go out through the breached walls each by the most direct way, And you shall be cast into the mire, says the LORD. 你们一个一个地经过城墙的裂口，被押到赫尔孟去”──上主的断语。 4 2 Come to Bethel and sin, to Gilgal, and sin the more; Each morning bring your sacrifices, every third day, your tithes; “你们去贝特耳犯罪吧！去基耳加耳罪上加罪吧！每晨奉献你们的牺牲，每三天奉献你们的什一之物， 5 Burn leavened food as a thanksgiving sacrifice, proclaim publicly your freewill offerings, For so you love to do, O men of 焚烧有酵供物当作感恩祭，高声宣扬你们自愿献的祭献！以色列子民，你们原喜欢这样──吾主上主的断语── 6 Though I have made your teeth clean of food in all your cities, and have made bread scarce in all your dwellings, Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD. 虽然我使你们一切城市饥荒，到处缺粮，但你们还是不归向我──上主的断语── 7 Though I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was still three months away; I sent rain upon one city but not upon another; One field was watered by rain, but another without rain dried up; 收割前三个月，我就不给你们降雨，或者在这城下雨，在另一城却不降雨；这块地得了雨，而另一块地没有得雨，因而枯干了； 8 Though two or three cities staggered to one city for water that did not quench their thirst; Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD. 两三座城的人踉踉跄跄走到另一城里去喝水，却不能喝足；虽然如此，你们还是不归向我──上主的断语── 9 I struck you with blight and searing wind; your many gardens and vineyards, your fig trees and olive trees the locust devoured; Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD. 我使热风和霉烂袭击你们，使你们的田园和葡萄园干旱；蝗虫又吃光了你们的无花果树和橄榄树，但你们还是不归向我──上主的断语── 10 3 I sent upon you a pestilence like that of Egypt, and with the sword I slew your young men; Your horses I let be captured, to your nostrils I brought the stench of your camps; Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD. 我在你们中降下了瘟疫，如在埃及一样，用刀剑杀了你们的精兵，令人掳掠你们的战马，使你们营中腥臭扑鼻，但你们还是不归向我──上主的断语─ 11 I brought upon you such upheaval as when God overthrew 我倾覆了你们，像天主倾覆了索多玛和哈摩辣，你们好似由火中抽出来的木柴，但你们还是不归向我──上主的断语── 12 So now I will deal with you in my own way, O Israel! and since I will deal thus with you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel: 为此，以色列！我必要这样对待你。以色列！因我要这样对待你，你准备迎接你的天主罢！ 13 Him who formed the mountains, and created the wind, and declares to man his thoughts; Who made the dawn and the darkness, and strides upon the heights of the earth: The LORD, the God of hosts by name. 看，是衪形成了山岳，创造了风暴，向人宣示衪的旨意，造成黎明和黑暗，在大地高处巡行，衪的名字叫“雅威，”万军的天主。 Footnotes(注解) 1 [1] Bashan: the region east of the Sea of Galilee, famous for its rich pasture and fattened herds, to which Amos likens the indolent women of Samaria. 2 [4-5] This invitation to the sanctuaries of the northern kingdom is ironical. Pilgrimages to the shrines of 3 [10] Pestilence like that of |
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