¹先知哀歎義人絕跡我有禍了！因為我好像夏天採摘的果子，又像摘剩的葡萄，沒有一掛可吃的，也沒有我心所想望早熟的無花果。

¹Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.

²虔敬的人從地上滅絕了，人間也沒有正直的人，人人都埋伏著要流人的血，各人都用網羅獵取自己的兄弟。

²The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

³他們雙手善於作惡，官長和審判官都要求報酬；達官貴人說出心裡的慾望；他們歪曲了一切。

³Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

⁴他們中最好的，也不過像荊棘，最正直的，也不過是有刺的籬笆。你的守望者所預言的日子，和你被鑒察的時候，已經來到；現在他們必要慌亂不安。

⁴The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is [worse] than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

⁵不可信靠鄰舍，也不可信任朋友，要守住你的嘴唇，不可向躺在你懷中的妻子透露。

⁵Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

⁶兒子藐視父親，女兒抗拒母親，媳婦與婆婆作對；人的仇敵就是自己的家人。

⁶For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

⁷倚靠　神至於我，我卻要仰望耶和華，我要等候那拯救我的　神；我的　神必應允我。

⁷But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

⁸我的仇敵啊！不要因我的遭遇而高興；我雖然跌倒了，卻必起來；我雖然坐在黑暗裡，耶和華卻必作我的光。

⁸Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.

⁹我要擔當耶和華的忿怒，因為我得罪了他，直到他審斷我的案件，為我主持公道；他必把我領出來，到光明中去，我就得見他的公義。

⁹I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.

¹⁰我的仇敵看見了，就必蒙羞，就是那曾經對我說：“耶和華你的　神在哪裡”的人，我必親眼看見他遭報；那時，他必被人踐踏，好像街上的泥土。

¹⁰Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see [my desire] upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

¹¹歸向與復興必有一天，你要重建你的城牆；到那日，你的地界必擴展到遠方。

¹¹A day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed.

¹²那日，必有人來歸你，從亞述到埃及，從埃及到大河，從這海到那海，從這山到那山，必有人來歸你。

¹²In that day shall they come unto thee from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and [from] mountain to mountain.

¹³然而，大地因其中居民的緣故，又因他們行為的惡果，必一片荒涼。

¹³Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

¹⁴主樂意施恩求你用你的杖牧放你的子民，就是你產業的羊群，他們安然獨居在樹林裡，在佳美的田園中；願他們在巴珊和基列得著牧養，像古時一樣。

¹⁴Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily, in the forest in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

¹⁵就像你從埃及地出來的時候一樣，把奇事顯給我們看。

¹⁵As in the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt will I show unto them marvellous things.

¹⁶願萬國看見，就為自己的一切勢力而慚愧；願他們用手掩口，耳朵變聾。

¹⁶The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

¹⁷願他們舔土像蛇，又像在地上腹行的動物。願他們戰戰兢兢地從他們的要塞出來，帶著驚慌的心來到耶和華我們的　神那裡，因你的緣故而懼怕。

¹⁷They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.

¹⁸主赦免罪孽有何神像你，赦免罪孽，不追究產業之餘民的過犯呢？他不永遠懷怒，因為他喜愛憐憫。

¹⁸Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.

¹⁹他必再憐愛我們，把我們的罪孽都踐踏在腳下，又把我們的一切罪惡都投在深海裡。

¹⁹He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

²⁰你必向雅各顯誠實，向亞伯拉罕施慈愛，就是古時，你起誓應許我們列祖的。

²⁰Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.