審判之日將臨
1主耶和華讓我看見了異象，我看到一籃夏天的果子。 2耶和華問我：「阿摩司，你看見什麼？」我說：「我看見一籃夏天的果子。」祂說：「我以色列子民的結局8·2 「結局」希伯來文中與「夏天的果子」發音相近。到了，我不會再饒恕他們。 3到那日，殿裡的歌聲要變成哀號；屍橫遍地，一片死寂。這是主耶和華說的。」
4踐踏貧民、滅絕窮人的人啊，
你們要聽！
5你們盼望朔日8·5 「朔日」即每月初一。和安息日快點過去，
你們好售賣穀物。
你們用小升斗賣糧，
用加重的法碼收銀子，
用假秤騙人。
6你們用銀子買貧民，
以一雙鞋買窮人為奴，
售賣摻了糠秕的麥子。
7耶和華憑以色列的榮耀起誓：
「我決不會忘記你們的所作所為。
8這片土地要因此而震動，
那裡的人都要悲哀。
大地要像尼羅河一樣漲起，如埃及的河流翻騰退落。」
9主耶和華說：
「到那日，我要使太陽中午落下，
使白晝變為黑暗。
10我要使你們的節期變為喪禮，
叫你們的歡歌變為哀歌。
我要使你們都腰束麻布，剃光頭髮；
我要使你們傷心欲絕，如喪獨生子；
我要使那日成為痛苦的日子。」
11主耶和華說：
「日子將到，我要使饑荒降在地上。
人饑餓非因無餅，乾渴非因無水，
而是因為聽不到耶和華的話。
12人們從南到北，從東到西8·12 「從南到北，從東到西」希伯來文是「從這海到那海，從北到東」。海指西面的地中海和南面的死海。，
在境內四處流蕩，
要尋找耶和華的話卻找不到。
13「到那日，
「美麗少女和青春少男都要因乾渴而昏倒；
14那些憑撒瑪利亞、但和別示巴的神明起誓的，
都要跌倒，永不再起來。」
Amos Has a Vision of a Basket of Ripe Fruit
1The Lord and King gave me a vision. He showed me a basket of ripe fruit. 2“What do you see, Amos?” he asked.
“A basket of ripe fruit,” I replied.
Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel. I will no longer spare them.
3“The time is coming when the songs in the temple will turn to weeping,” announces the Lord and King. “Many, many bodies will be thrown everywhere! So be quiet!”
4Listen to me, you who walk all over needy people.
You crush those who are poor in the land.
5You say,
“When will the New Moon feast be over?
Then we can sell our grain.
When will the Sabbath day come to an end?
Then people can buy our wheat.”
But you measure out less than the right amount.
You raise your prices.
You cheat others by using dishonest scales.
6You buy poor people to make slaves out of them.
You buy those who are in need for a mere pair of sandals.
You even sell the worthless parts of your wheat.
7People of Jacob, you are proud that the Lord is your God. But he has made a promise in his own name. He says, “I will never forget anything Israel has done.
8“The land will tremble because of what will happen.
Everyone who lives in it will mourn.
So the whole land will rise like the Nile River.
It will be stirred up.
Then it will settle back down again
like that river in Egypt.”
9The Lord and King announces,
“At that time I will make the sun go down at noon.
The earth will become dark in the middle of the day.
10I will turn your holy feasts into times for mourning.
I will turn all your songs into weeping.
You will have to wear the clothing of sadness.
You will shave your heads.
I will make you mourn as if your only son had died.
The end of that time will be like a bitter day.”
11The Lord and King announces,
“The days are coming
when I will send hunger through the land.
But people will not be hungry for food.
They will not be thirsty for water.
Instead, they will be hungry
to hear a message from me.
12People will wander from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean.
They will travel from north to east.
They will look for a message from me.
But they will not find it.
13“At that time
“the lovely young women and strong young men
will faint because they are so thirsty.
14Some people make promises in the name of Samaria’s god.
That god has led them astray.
Others say, ‘People of Dan, you can be sure
that your god is alive.’
Still others say, ‘You can be sure
that Beersheba’s god is alive.’
But all these people will fall dead.
They will never get up again.”
