Amos 9
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar; and He said: Smite the capitals, that the posts may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the residue of them with the sword; there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.
1我看見主站在祭壇旁邊； 他說：你要擊打柱頂，使門檻震動， 打碎柱頂，落在眾人頭上； 所剩下的人，我必用刀殺戮， 無一人能逃避，無一人能逃脫。
2Though they dig into the nether-world, thence shall My hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
2他們雖然挖透陰間， 我的手必取出他們來； 雖然爬上天去， 我必拿下他們來；
3And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from My sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.
3雖然藏在 迦密山 頂， 我必搜尋，捉出他們來； 雖然從我眼前藏在海底， 我必命蛇咬他們；
4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set Mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
4雖被仇敵擄去， 我必命刀劍殺戮他們； 我必向他們定住眼目， 降禍不降福。
5For the Lord, the GOD of hosts, is He that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein mourn; and it riseth up wholly like the River, and sinketh again, like the River of Egypt;
5主－萬軍之耶和華摸地，地就消化， 凡住在地上的都必悲哀。 地必全然像 尼羅河 漲起， 如同 埃及河 落下。
6It is He that buildeth His upper chambers in the heaven, and hath founded His vault upon the earth; He that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; The LORD is His name.
6那在天上建造樓閣、 在地上安定穹蒼、 命海水澆在地上的－ 耶和華是他的名。
7Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?
7耶和華說： 以色列 人哪， 我豈不看你們如 古實 人嗎？ 我豈不是領 以色列 人出 埃及 地， 領 非利士 人出 迦斐託 ， 領 亞蘭 人出 吉珥 嗎？
8Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
8主耶和華的眼目察看這有罪的國， 必將這國從地上滅絕， 卻不將 雅各 家滅絕淨盡。 這是耶和華說的。
9For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
9我必出令， 將 以色列 家分散在列國中， 好像用篩子篩 穀 ， 連一粒也不落在地上。
10All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, that say: 'The evil shall not overtake nor confront us.'
10我民中的一切罪人說： 災禍必追不上我們， 也迎不着我們。 他們必死在刀下。
11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof, and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
11到那日，我必建立 大衛 倒塌的帳幕， 堵住其中的破口， 把那破壞的建立起來， 重新修造，像古時一樣，
12That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations, upon whom My name is called, saith the LORD that doeth this.
12使 以色列 人得 以東 所餘剩的 和所有稱為我名下的國。 此乃行這事的耶和華說的。
13Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
13耶和華說： 日子將到， 耕種的必接續收割的； 踹葡萄的必接續撒種的； 大山要滴下甜酒； 小山都必流奶。
14And I will turn the captivity of My people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
14我必使我民 以色列 被擄的歸回； 他們必重修荒廢的城邑居住， 栽種葡萄園，喝其中所出的酒， 修造果木園，吃其中的果子。
15And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
15我要將他們栽於本地， 他們不再從我所賜給他們的地上拔出來。 這是耶和華－你的上帝說的。
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