Amos

1以色列人哪，你们全家是我从埃及地领上来的，当听耶和华攻击你们的话：

2在地上万族中，我只认识你们； 因此，我必追讨你们的一切罪孽。

先知的任务

3二人若不同心，岂能同行呢？

4狮子若非抓食，岂能在林中咆哮呢？ 少壮狮子若无所得，岂能从洞中发声呢？

5若没有机槛，雀鸟岂能陷在网罗里呢？ 网罗若无所得，岂能从地上翻起呢？

6城中若吹角，百姓岂不惊恐呢？ 灾祸若临到一城，岂非耶和华所降的吗？

7主耶和华若不将奥秘指示他的仆人—众先知， 就一无所行。

8狮子吼叫，谁不惧怕呢？ 主耶和华发命，谁能不说预言呢？

撒马利亚的结局

9要在亚实突的宫殿中 和埃及地的宫殿里传扬说： 你们要聚集在撒马利亚的山上， 就看见城中有何等大的扰乱与欺压的事。

10那些以强暴抢夺财物、 积蓄在自己家中的人 不知道行正直的事。 这是耶和华说的。

11所以主耶和华如此说： 敌人必来围攻这地， 使你的势力衰微， 抢掠你的家宅。

12耶和华如此说：「牧人怎样从狮子口中抢回两条羊腿或半个耳朵，住撒马利亚的以色列人躺卧在床角上或铺绣花毯的榻上，他们得救也不过如此。」

13主耶和华—万军之 神说： 当听这话，警戒雅各家。

14我讨以色列罪的日子，也要讨伯特利祭坛的罪； 坛角必被砍下，坠落于地。

15我要拆毁过冬和过夏的房屋。 象牙的房屋也必毁灭； 高大的房屋都归无有。 这是耶和华说的。

1Hear the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O ye children of Israel: concerning the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:

2You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.

3Shall two walk together except they be agreed?

4Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion’s whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

5Will the bird fall into the snare upon the earth, if there be no fowler? Shall the snare be taken up from the earth, before it hath taken somewhat?

6Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?

7For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

8The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?

9Publish it in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the land of Egypt, and say: Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the many follies in the midst thereof, and them that suffer oppression in the inner rooms thereof.

10And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.

11Therefore thus saith the Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, and shall be compassed about: and thy strength shall be taken away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled.

12Thus saith the Lord: As if a shepherd should get out of the lion’s mouth two legs, or the tip of the ear: so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria, in a piece of a bed, and in the couch of Damascus.

13Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord the God of hosts:

14That in the day when I shall begin to visit the transgressions of Israel, I will visit upon him, and upon the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altars shall be cut off, and shall fall to the ground.

15And I will strike the winter house with the summer house: and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall be destroyed, saith the Lord.