今日讀經

提哥亞的牧人阿摩司

¹當猶大王烏西雅，以色列王約阿施的兒子耶羅波安在位的時候，大地震前二年，提哥亞牧人中的阿摩司得默示論以色列。These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.

²他說：耶和華必從錫安吼叫，從耶路撒冷發聲；牧人的草場要悲哀；迦密的山頂要枯乾。He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”

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審判大馬士革

³耶和華如此說：大馬士革三番四次地犯罪，我必不免去她的刑罰；因為她以打糧食的鐵器打過基列。This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.

⁴我卻要降火在哈薛的家中，燒滅便哈達的宮殿。So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

⁵我必折斷大馬士革的門閂，剪除亞文平原的居民和伯•伊甸掌權的。亞蘭人必被擄到吉珥。這是耶和華說的。I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.

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審判迦薩

⁶耶和華如此說：迦薩三番四次地犯罪，我必不免去她的刑罰；因為她擄掠眾民交給以東。This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.

⁷我卻要降火在迦薩的城內，燒滅其中的宮殿。So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.

⁸我必剪除亞實突的居民和亞實基倫掌權的，也必反手攻擊以革倫。非利士人所餘剩的必都滅亡。這是主耶和華說的。I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.

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審判泰爾

⁹耶和華如此說：泰爾三番四次地犯罪，我必不免去她的刑罰；因為她將眾民交給以東，並不記念弟兄的盟約。This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.

¹⁰我卻要降火在泰爾的城內，燒滅其中的宮殿。So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”

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審判以東

¹¹耶和華如此說：以東三番四次地犯罪，我必不免去她的刑罰；因為她拿刀追趕兄弟，毫無憐憫，發怒撕裂，永懷忿怒。This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.

¹²我卻要降火在提幔，燒滅波斯拉的宮殿。So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

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審判亞捫人

¹³耶和華如此說：亞捫人三番四次地犯罪，我必不免去他們的刑罰；因為他們剖開基列的孕婦，擴張自己的境界。This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.

¹⁴我卻要在爭戰吶喊的日子，旋風狂暴的時候，點火在拉巴的城內，燒滅其中的宮殿。So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.

¹⁵他們的王和首領必一同被擄去。這是耶和華說的。Their king will go into exile—he and his princes together,” says the LORD.

審判摩押

¹耶和華如此說：摩押三番四次地犯罪，我必不免去她的刑罰；因為她將以東王的骸骨焚燒成灰。This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.

²我卻要降火在摩押，燒滅加略的宮殿。摩押必在鬨嚷吶喊吹角之中死亡。So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.

³我必剪除摩押中的審判者，將其中的一切首領和他一同殺戮。這是耶和華說的。I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.

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審判猶大

⁴耶和華如此說：猶大人三番四次地犯罪，我必不免去他們的刑罰；因為他們厭棄耶和華的訓誨，不遵守他的律例。他們列祖所隨從虛假的偶像使他們走迷了。This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

⁵我卻要降火在猶大，燒滅耶路撒冷的宮殿。So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

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以色列的罪

⁶耶和華如此說：以色列人三番四次地犯罪，我必不免去他們的刑罰；因他們為銀子賣了義人，為一雙鞋賣了窮人。This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

⁷他們見窮人頭上所蒙的灰也都垂涎，阻礙謙卑人的道路。父子同一個女子行淫，褻瀆我的聖名。They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

⁸他們在各壇旁鋪人所當的衣服，臥在其上，又在他們神的廟中喝受罰之人的酒。They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

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神為他們所行的

⁹我從以色列人面前除滅亞摩利人。他雖高大如香柏樹，堅固如橡樹，我卻上滅他的果子，下絕他的根本。Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

¹⁰我也將你們從埃及地領上來，在曠野引導你們四十年，使你們得亞摩利人之地為業。And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

¹¹我從你們子弟中興起先知，又從你們少年人中興起拿細耳人。以色列人哪，不是這樣嗎？這是耶和華說的。I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.

¹²你們卻給拿細耳人酒喝，囑咐先知說：不要說預言。“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

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無人能逃脫

¹³看哪，在你們所住之地，我必壓你們，如同裝滿禾捆的車壓物一樣。Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.

¹⁴快跑的不能逃脫；有力的不能用力；剛勇的也不能自救。Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

¹⁵拿弓的不能站立；腿快的不能逃脫；騎馬的也不能自救。The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.

¹⁶到那日，勇士中最有膽量的，必赤身逃跑。這是耶和華說的。Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.

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四位天使執掌四方的風

¹此後，我看見四位天使站在地的四角，執掌地上四方的風，叫風不吹在地上、海上，和樹上。After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.

在神僕人的額上蓋印

²我又看見另有一位天使，從日出之地上來，拿著永生　神的印。他就向那得著權柄能傷害地和海的四位天使大聲喊著說：And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:

³「地與海並樹木，你們不可傷害，等我們印了我們　神眾僕人的額。」“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have placed a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

十四萬四千受印的人

⁴我聽見以色列人各支派中受印的數目有十四萬四千。And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:

⁵猶大支派中受印的有一萬二千；流便支派中有一萬二千；迦得支派中有一萬二千；From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,

⁶亞設支派中有一萬二千；拿弗他利支派中有一萬二千；瑪拿西支派中有一萬二千；from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,

⁷西緬支派中有一萬二千；利未支派中有一萬二千；以薩迦支派中有一萬二千；from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,

⁸西布倫支派中有一萬二千；約瑟支派中有一萬二千；便雅憫支派中受印的有一萬二千。from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.

無數穿白衣的群眾

⁹此後，我觀看，見有許多的人，沒有人能數過來，是從各國、各族、各民、各方來的，站在寶座和羔羊面前，身穿白衣，手拿棕樹枝，After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

¹⁰大聲喊著說：「願救恩歸與坐在寶座上我們的　神，也歸與羔羊！」And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

眾天使敬拜神

¹¹眾天使都站在寶座和眾長老並四活物的周圍，在寶座前，面伏於地，敬拜　神，And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

¹²說：阿們！頌讚、榮耀、智慧、感謝、尊貴、權柄、大力都歸與我們的　神，直到永永遠遠。阿們！saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

從大患難中出來的

¹³長老中有一位問我說：「這些穿白衣的是誰？是從哪裡來的？」Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”

¹⁴我對他說：「我主，你知道。」他向我說：「這些人是從大患難中出來的，曾用羔羊的血把衣裳洗白淨了。“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

羔羊必牧養他們

¹⁵所以，他們在　神寶座前，晝夜在他殿中事奉他。坐寶座的要用帳幕覆庇他們。For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

¹⁶他們不再飢，不再渴；日頭和炎熱也必不傷害他們。‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’

¹⁷因為寶座中的羔羊必牧養他們，領他們到生命水的泉源；　神也必擦去他們一切的眼淚。」For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”