1 This is what the Lord God let me see: and I saw that, when the growth of the late grass was starting, he made locusts; it was the late growth after the king's cutting was done.2 And it came about that after they had taken all the grass of the land, I said, O Lord God, have mercy: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.3 The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.4 This is what the Lord let me see: and I saw that the Lord God sent for a great fire to be the instrument of his punishment; and, after burning up the great deep, it was about to put an end to the Lord's heritage.5 Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.6 The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, And this will not be.7 This is what he let me see: and I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made straight by a weighted line, and he had a weighted line in his hand.8 And the Lord said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A weighted line. Then the Lord said, See, I will let down a weighted line among my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin:9 And the high places of Isaac will be unpeopled, and the holy places of Israel will be made waste; and I will come up against the family of Jeroboam with the sword.10 Then Amaziah, the priest of Beth-el, sent to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, Amos has made designs against you among the people of Israel: the land is troubled by his words.11 For Amos has said, Jeroboam will be put to the sword, and Israel will certainly be taken away as a prisoner out of his land.12 And Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go in flight into the land of Judah, and there get your living by working as a prophet:13 But be a prophet no longer at Beth-el: for it is the holy place of the king, and the king's house.14 Then Amos in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, or one of the sons of the prophets; I am a herdman and one who takes care of sycamore-trees:15 And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.16 Now then, give ear to the word of the Lord: You say, Be no prophet to Israel, and say not a word against the people of Isaac.17 So this is what the Lord has said: Your wife will be a loose woman in the town, and your sons and your daughters will be put to the sword, and your land will be cut up into parts by a line; and you yourself will come to your end in an unclean land, and Israel will certainly be taken away a prisoner out of his land.

1 主耶和华向我这样显示： 看哪！ 替王收割之后， 田产又开始生长时， 主造出一群蝗虫。 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？" 3 耶和华对这事改变心意， 耶和华说： "这事不会发生。" 4 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。 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？" 6 耶和华对这事改变心意。主耶和华说： "这事也不会发生。" 7 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。 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。 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。" 10 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； 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。’" 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。 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。" 14 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， 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。’ 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。’ 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。’"