Amos 2

1 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.

1 耶和華如此說： 摩押三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去她的刑罰； 因為她將以東王的骸骨焚燒成灰。

2 So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.

2 我卻要降火在摩押， 燒滅加略的宮殿。 摩押必在鬨嚷吶喊吹角之中死亡。

3 I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.

3 我必剪除摩押中的審判者， 將其中的一切首領和他一同殺戮。 這是耶和華說的。

4 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

4 耶和華如此說： 猶大人三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去他們的刑罰； 因為他們厭棄耶和華的訓誨， 不遵守他的律例。 他們列祖所隨從虛假的偶像使他們走迷了。

5 So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

5 我卻要降火在猶大， 燒滅耶路撒冷的宮殿。

6 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

6 耶和華如此說： 以色列人三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去他們的刑罰； 因他們為銀子賣了義人， 為一雙鞋賣了窮人。

7 They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

7 他們見窮人頭上所蒙的灰也都垂涎， 阻礙謙卑人的道路。 父子同一個女子行淫， 褻瀆我的聖名。

8 They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

8 他們在各壇旁鋪人所當的衣服，臥在其上， 又在他們神的廟中喝受罰之人的酒。

9 Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

9 我從以色列人面前除滅亞摩利人。 他雖高大如香柏樹，堅固如橡樹， 我卻上滅他的果子，下絕他的根本。

10 And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

10 我也將你們從埃及地領上來， 在曠野引導你們四十年， 使你們得亞摩利人之地為業。

11 I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.

11 我從你們子弟中興起先知， 又從你們少年人中興起拿細耳人。 以色列人哪，不是這樣嗎？ 這是耶和華說的。

12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

12 你們卻給拿細耳人酒喝， 囑咐先知說：不要說預言。

13 Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.

13 看哪，在你們所住之地，我必壓你們， 如同裝滿禾捆的車壓物一樣。

14 Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

14 快跑的不能逃脫； 有力的不能用力； 剛勇的也不能自救。

15 The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.

15 拿弓的不能站立； 腿快的不能逃脫； 騎馬的也不能自救。

16 Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.

16 到那日，勇士中最有膽量的， 必赤身逃跑。 這是耶和華說的。