Amos 7

1 This is what the Lord God showed me: he was forming a swarm of locusts, when the late spring grass began to come up after the king’s share had been harvested.

主耶和华指示我一件事：为王割菜之后，菜又发生；刚发生的时候，主造蝗虫。

2 And when they had finished devouring all the land’s vegetation, I said: ‘Lord God, forgive, I beg you! How can Jacob survive, for he is so helpless?’

蝗虫吃尽那地的青物，我就说：“主耶和华啊，求你赦免；因为雅各微弱，他怎能站立得住呢？”

3 The Lord relented. This will not happen,’ said the Lord.

耶和华就后悔说：“这灾可以免了。”

4 This is what he showed me: the Lord God was giving command to execute judgment by fire. It burned up the great deep, and had begun to devour the fields, and I said:

主耶和华又指示我一件事：他命火来惩罚以色列，火就吞灭深渊，险些将地烧灭。

5 ‘Lord God, forgive, I beg you! How can Jacob survive, for he is so helpless?’

我就说：“主耶和华啊，求你止息；因为雅各微弱，他怎能站立得住呢？”

6 The Lord relented. ‘This will not happen either,’ said the Lord.

耶和华就后悔说：“这灾也可免了。”

7 This is what the Lord God showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

他又指示我一件事：有一道墙是按准绳建筑的，主手拿准绳站在其上。

8 And the Lord said to me, ‘What do you see, Amos?’ And I answered, ‘A plumb line,’ Then the Lord said, ‘Watch: I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel, I will no longer overlook their crookedness.

耶和华对我说：“阿摩司啊，你看见什么？”我说：“看见准绳。”主说：“我要吊起准绳在我民以色列中，我必不再宽恕他们。

9 And the high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste, and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.’

以撒的邱坛必然凄凉；以色列的圣所必然荒废。我必兴起，用刀攻击耶罗波安的家。”

10 Then Amaziah, chief priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: ‘Amos has conspired against you right in the heart of Israel. The country cannot survive all his words.

伯特利的祭司亚玛谢打发人到以色列王耶罗波安那里，说：“阿摩司在以色列家中图谋背叛你；他所说的一切话，这国担当不起；

11 Amos has said, “Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will be led away captive out of their land.”’

因为阿摩司如此说：‘耶罗波安必被刀杀；以色列民定被掳去离开本地。’”

12 And Amaziah said to Amos, ‘Leave, you who see visions, go to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and prophesy there,

亚玛谢又对阿摩司说：“你这先见哪，要逃往犹大地去，在那里糊口，在那里说预言，

13 but don’t prophesy any more at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the royal residence.’

却不要在伯特利再说预言；因为这里有王的圣所，有王的宫殿。”

14 ‘I am no prophet,’ Amos answered Amaziah, ‘nor trained as one. I am a shepherd and a keeper of sycamores fig trees.

阿摩司对亚玛谢说：“我原不是先知，也不是先知的门徒。我是牧人，又是修理桑树的。

15 But the Lord took me away from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.”

耶和华选召我，使我不跟从羊群，对我说：‘你去向我民以色列说预言。’

16 Now therefore listen to the Lord’s message: “You say not to prophesy against Israel, nor to preach against the house of Isaac.

亚玛谢啊，现在你要听耶和华的话。你说：‘不要向以色列说预言，也不要向以撒家滴下预言。’

17 But the Lord says: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up, you will die on unclean soil, and Israel will be led away captive out of their land.”’

所以耶和华如此说：‘你的妻子必在城中作妓女；你的儿女必倒在刀下。你的地必有人用绳子量了分取；你自己必死在污秽之地。以色列民定被掳去离开本地。’”