¹以色列人的罪行以色列人哪！你們要聽耶和華的話。耶和華要與這地的居民爭辯，因為在這地上沒有誠實，沒有慈愛，也沒有認識　神的知識；

¹Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

²只有起假誓、撒謊、殘殺、偷盜、姦淫、行強暴，以至流人血事件相繼而來。

²There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

³因此，這地必悲哀，地上所有的居民、田野的走獸、空中的飛鳥都必衰微、枯萎，連海裡的魚也要滅亡。

³Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

⁴祭司的罪行雖然這樣，人人都不必爭論，不要彼此指責。祭司啊！要與你辯論的是我。

⁴Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

⁵白天你要跌倒，晚上先知也必與你一同跌倒；我要毀滅你的母親。

⁵And thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother.

⁶我的子民因無知識而滅亡；因為你拒絕了知識，我必拒絕你，不讓你作我的祭司；因為你忘掉了你　神的律法，我也必忘記你的子孫。

⁶My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

⁷祭司越增多，就越發得罪我，我必把他們的尊榮變為恥辱。

⁷As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

⁸他們藉著我的子民犯罪來養活自己，渴望他們多有罪孽。

⁸They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

⁹所以，祭司怎樣，人民也怎樣。我必按他們的行為懲罰他們，照他們的行為報應他們。

⁹And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.

¹⁰他們吃，卻吃不飽；行淫，人數卻不會增多；因為他們離棄了耶和華，不遵守他的命令。

¹⁰And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

¹¹拜偶像的罪行淫行、陳酒和新酒，把人的心奪走了。

¹¹Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

¹²我的子民求問木頭，由木杖引導他們，因為淫蕩的心使他們走迷了路，他們就行淫不順從　神。

¹²My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.

¹³他們在山頂上獻祭，在岡陵上的橡樹、楊樹和栗樹之下獻上燒香，因為樹蔭美好。所以你們的女兒行淫亂，你們的兒媳犯姦淫。

¹³They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery.

¹⁴我卻不因你們的女兒行淫亂，也不因你們的兒媳犯姦淫而懲罰她們，因為你們男人自己離群與娼妓在一起，又與廟妓一同獻祭。這無知的人民必遭毀滅。

¹⁴I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for [the men] themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.

¹⁵耶和華的警告以色列啊！你雖然行淫，猶大卻不可犯罪，不要往吉甲去，不要上到伯．亞文，也不要指著永活的耶和華起誓。

¹⁵Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth.

¹⁶以色列倔強，好像倔強的母牛，現在耶和華怎樣牧放他們，好像牧放寬闊草場上的羊羔呢？

¹⁶For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

¹⁷以法蓮和偶像連在一起，任憑他吧！

¹⁷Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.

¹⁸他們醉意全消以後，就不斷行淫；他們的官長最喜愛恥辱的事。

¹⁸Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.

¹⁹風要把他們裹在翅膀裡捲去，他們必因自己所獻的祭祀而蒙受羞辱。

¹⁹The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices.