¹蝗灾的异象

¹Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, He is forming locusts at the beginning of the ascending of the latter growth, and lo, the latter growth [is] after the mowings of the king;

²蝗虫吃尽地上的农产时，我说：“主耶和华啊！求你宽恕，因雅各太弱小，怎能站立得住呢？”

²and it hath come to pass, when it hath finished to consume the herb of the land, that I say: `Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise — for he [is] small?`

³耶和华对这事改变心意，耶和华说：“这事不会发生。”

³Jehovah hath repented of this, `It shall not be,` said Jehovah.

⁴火焰的异象主耶和华向我这样显示：看哪！主耶和华召来刑罚的火，烧毁广大的深渊和以色列的地业。

⁴Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say:

⁵因此我对主耶和华说：“求你停止吧！因雅各太弱小，怎能站立得住呢？”

⁵`Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise — for he [is] small?`

⁶耶和华对这事改变心意。主耶和华说：“这事也不会发生。”

⁶Jehovah hath repented of this, `It also shall not be,` said the Lord Jehovah.

⁷准绳的异象他向我这样显示：看哪！主站在一道按准绳建造的墙旁边，手里拿着准绳。

⁷Thus hath He shewed me, and lo, the Lord is standing by a wall [made according to] a plumb-line, and in His hand a plumb-line;

⁸耶和华对我说：“阿摩司，你看见什么？”我回答：“我看见准绳。”主又说：“看哪！我把准绳放在我民以色列中间，必不再放过他们。

⁸and Jehovah saith unto me, `What art thou seeing, Amos?` And I say, `A plumb-line;` and the Lord saith: `Lo, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of My people Israel, I do not add any more to pass over to it.

⁹以撒的各邱坛必荒废，以色列所有的圣所必废弃；我必起来用刀击杀耶罗波安家。”

⁹And desolated have been high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are wasted, And I have risen against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.`

¹⁰亚玛谢控告阿摩司伯特利的祭司亚玛谢派人向以色列王耶罗波安报告：“阿摩司在以色列家中图谋背叛你，这国家不能容忍他说的话；

¹⁰And Amaziah priest of Beth-El sendeth unto Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, `Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words,

¹¹因为阿摩司这样说：‘耶罗波安必死在刀下，以色列必被掳，离开本国。’”

¹¹for thus said Amos: By sword die doth Jeroboam, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.`

¹²亚玛谢对阿摩司说：“你这个先见，走吧！滚回犹大地去；在那里你可以找食，在那里你可以说预言。

¹²And Amaziah saith unto Amos, `Seer, go flee for thee unto the land of Judah, and eat there bread, and there thou dost prophesy;

¹³但不要再在伯特利说预言，因为这里是王的圣所，是王国的圣殿。”

¹³and [at] Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more, for it [is] the king`s sanctuary, and it [is] the royal house.`

¹⁴先知的见证与预言阿摩司回答亚玛谢说：“我原不是先知，也不是先知的门徒；我本是牧人，是修理桑树的，

¹⁴And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, `I [am] no prophet, nor a prophet`s son [am] I, but a herdsman I [am], and a cultivator of sycamores,

¹⁵但耶和华选召我，叫我不再跟随羊群；他对我说：‘你去，向我民以色列说预言。’

¹⁵and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.

¹⁶现在你要听耶和华的话；因为你说：‘不要说预言攻击以色列，不要说攻击以撒家的话。’

¹⁶And now, hear a word of Jehovah: thou art saying, Do not prophesy against Israel, nor drop [any thing] against the house of Isaac,

¹⁷所以，耶和华这样说：‘你妻子必在城中作妓女，你的儿女必倒在刀下；你的土地必被人量度瓜分，你自己必死在不洁之地；以色列必被掳，离开本国。’”

¹⁷therefore thus said Jehovah: Thy wife in the city doth go a-whoring, And thy sons and thy daughters by sword do fall, And thy land by line is apportioned, And thou on an unclean land diest, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.`