| | 1 | 眾祭司阿、要聽我的話。以色列家阿、要留心聽．王家阿、要側耳而聽．審判要臨到你們、因你們在米斯巴如網羅、在他泊山如鋪張的網。
"Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, O royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor. | |
| | 2 | 這些悖逆的人、肆行殺戮、罪孽極深．我卻斥責他們眾人。
The rebels are deep in slaughter. I will discipline all of them. | |
| | 3 | 以法蓮為我所知．以色列不能向我隱藏．以法蓮哪、現在你行淫了、以色列被玷污了。
I know all about Ephraim; Israel is not hidden from me. Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution; Israel is corrupt. | |
| | 4 | 他們所行的使他們不能歸向 神、因有淫心在他們裡面、他們也不認識耶和華。
"Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. A spirit of prostitution is in their heart; they do not acknowledge the LORD. | |
| | 5 | 以色列的驕傲當面見證自己．故此、以色列和以法蓮必因自己的罪孽跌倒、猶大也必與他們一同跌倒。
Israel's arrogance testifies against them; the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin; Judah also stumbles with them. | |
| | 6 | 他們必牽著牛羊去尋求耶和華、卻尋不見．他已經轉去離開他們。
When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them. | |
| | 7 | 他們向耶和華行事詭詐、生了私子．到了月朔、他們與他們的地業必被吞滅。
They are unfaithful to the LORD; they give birth to illegitimate children. Now their New Moon festivals will devour them and their fields. | |
| | 8 | 你們當在基比亞吹角、在拉瑪吹號、在伯亞文吹出大聲、說、便雅憫哪、有仇敵在你後頭。
"Sound the trumpet in Gibeah, the horn in Ramah. Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven; lead on, O Benjamin. | |
| | 9 | 在責罰的日子、以法蓮必變為荒場．我在以色列支派中、指示將來必成的事。
Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of reckoning. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain. | |
| | 10 | 猶大的首領如同挪移地界的人、我必將忿怒倒在他們身上、如水一般。
Judah's leaders are like those who move boundary stones. I will pour out my wrath on them like a flood of water. | |
| | 11 | 以法蓮因樂從人的命令、就受欺壓、被審判壓碎。
Ephraim is oppressed, trampled in judgment, intent on pursuing idols. | |
| | 12 | 我使以法蓮如蟲蛀之物、使猶大家如朽爛之木。
I am like a moth to Ephraim, like rot to the people of Judah. | |
| | 13 | 以法蓮見自己有病、猶大見自己有傷、他們就打發人往亞述去見耶雷布王、他卻不能醫治你們、不能治好你們的傷。
"When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sores, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and sent to the great king for help. But he is not able to cure you, not able to heal your sores. | |
| | 14 | 我必向以法蓮如獅子、向猶大家如少壯獅子、我必撕裂而去、我要奪去、無人搭救。
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them. | |
| | 15 | 我要回到原處、等他們自覺有罪、〔或作承認己罪〕尋求我面、他們在急難的時候必切切尋求我。
Then I will go back to my place until they admit their guilt. And they will seek my face; in their misery they will earnestly seek me." | |