¹懲罰摩押“耶和華這樣說：‘摩押三番四次犯罪，我必不收回懲罰他的命令；因為他把以東王的骸骨焚燒成灰。

¹Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

²我必降火在摩押，燒毀加略的堡壘；在擾攘、吶喊、吹角聲中，摩押必被消滅。

²but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

³我必剪除他的掌權者，也把他所有的領袖一同殺死。’這是耶和華說的。

³and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says Yahweh.

⁴懲罰猶大“耶和華這樣說：‘猶大三番四次犯罪，我必不收回懲罰他的命令；因為他棄絕耶和華的律法，不遵守他的典章；反被他們列祖跟從的偶像，使他們走錯了路。

⁴Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;

⁵我必降火在猶大，燒毀耶路撒冷的堡壘。’

⁵But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

⁶懲罰以色列“耶和華這樣說：‘以色列三番四次犯罪，我必不收回懲罰他的命令；因為他為了銀子賣義人，為了一雙鞋賣窮人。

⁶Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

⁷他們踐踏窮人的頭，好像踐踏地面的塵土；他們把困苦人應有的權益奪去；兒子和父親與同一個女子親近，故意褻瀆我的聖名。

⁷They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

⁸他們在各祭壇旁，躺臥在別人抵押的衣服上面；在他們　神的殿中，飲用拿剝削回來的錢所買的酒。

⁸and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

⁹我不是在他們面前把亞摩利人消滅了嗎？亞摩利人雖像香柏樹高大，像橡樹那樣堅固；我卻要滅絕它樹上的果子，拔除樹下的根。

⁹Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

¹⁰我不是帶你們出埃及地，領你們在曠野度過四十年，叫你們得著亞摩利人的地為業嗎？

¹⁰Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

¹¹我從你們子孫中興起先知，從年輕人中興起拿細耳人；以色列人哪！這不是事實嗎？’這是耶和華的宣告。

¹¹I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn’t this true, you children of Israel?” says Yahweh.

¹²‘但你們迫使拿細耳人喝酒，吩咐先知說：不要說預言。

¹²“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’

¹³看哪！我要使你腳下的地搖蕩，好像滿載禾捆的車子搖蕩一樣。

¹³Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.

¹⁴行動迅速的不能逃走，強而有力的不能施展他的勇力，勇士也不能救自己；

¹⁴Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won’t strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

¹⁵拿弓的人站立不住，跑得快的不能逃走，騎馬的也不能救自己。

¹⁵neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won’t escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;

¹⁶到那日，最勇敢的戰士，也是赤身逃跑。’這是耶和華的宣告。”

¹⁶and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,” says Yahweh.