¹斥責雅各和猶大的罪“以法蓮吃風，整天追趕東風，增添虛謊和強暴。他們與亞述結盟，又給埃及送油。”（本節在《馬索拉抄本》為12:2）

¹Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

²耶和華與猶大爭辯；他必照雅各所行的懲罰他，按他所作的報應他。

²Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.

³他在母腹中抓住他哥哥的腳跟，壯年的時候又與　神角力。

³In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God.

⁴他與天使角力，並且得勝；他哀哭，向他求恩。他在伯特利遇見　神，　神在那裡對他說話。

⁴Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

⁵耶和華是萬軍的　神，耶和華是他的名號。

⁵even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown!

⁶所以你要靠著你的　神歸回，謹守忠信和公平，常常等候你的　神。

⁶Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

⁷斥責以法蓮的罪行及其重罰以色列是個商人，手裡拿著詭詐的天平，喜愛欺壓別人。

⁷A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

⁸以法蓮說：“我成了富翁，我為自己發了財；在我所有的收益中，人不能找出我有甚麼罪孽，可算為罪惡的。”

⁸Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”

⁹“自從你出埃及地以來，我就是耶和華你的　神；我必使你再住在帳棚裡，像在節日的日子一樣，

⁹“But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

¹⁰我曾對先知說話，加添許多異象；又藉先知說比喻。

¹⁰I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.

¹¹在基列仍有罪孽，他們實在是沒有價值的。他們在吉甲獻牛犢為祭，他們的祭壇好像田間犁溝中的石堆。”

¹¹If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

¹²從前雅各逃到亞蘭地，以色列為得妻子而作工，為得妻子而替人放羊。

¹²Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.

¹³後來，耶和華藉著一位先知把以色列從埃及領上來，也藉著一位先知，以色列得蒙看顧。

¹³By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

¹⁴以法蓮大大地惹了主的烈怒，所以，他的主把他流人血的罪歸到他身上，把他當受的羞辱歸給他。

¹⁴Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” will repay his contempt.