據我們所知，先知亞毛斯是第一個將神諭記錄下來的先知。在他之前，先知們並不覺得有必要記錄。

為什麼呢？

或許是因為人們相信他們的話語，並將它們視為上主的神諭。

與此相反，亞毛斯遭到拒絕，只好離開北方王國。

因此，他寫下這些文字，希望將來至少有人會讀到並認可他的使命。

在我們今天所讀的經文中，亞毛斯解釋了他為何需要宣講：上主如同咆哮的獅子，令他驚恐萬分，迫使他傳達上主的神諭。

他回顧了過去上主曾給以色列的幫助，以此譴責百姓的頑強：他們沒有悔改，沒有離棄罪惡。因此，上主的下一次降臨將是嚴厲的懲罰。

今天，我們可以學習像亞毛斯一樣敬畏上主，成為祂忠實的僕人，即使這意味著要與他人的生活方式和思想相悖。

The prophet Amos is the first – as far as we know – to write down his oracles. Before him, the prophets did not feel the need to write. Why? Perhaps because people believed their words and accepted them as God’s oracles.

Amos, on the contrary, is rejected and must leave the Kingdom of the North. Therefore, he writes, with the hope that at least some people in the future will read and acknowledge his mission.

In the text we read today, Amos explains why he needs to speak: the Lord, like a roaring lion, makes him fear in terror and compels him to transmit his oracles.

He reviews a past event, some help the Lord gave to Israel, to denounce the stubbornness of the people: they did not convert from their evil. Therefore, the Lord’s next coming will be a terrible punishment.

Today we can learn to fear the Lord as Amos did and to be his faithful servants, even if this means going to counter other people’s ways of living and thinking.