1指摘他們作惡多端“我醫治以色列的時候，以法蓮的罪孽，和撒瑪利亞的罪惡就顯露出來；因為他們行欺詐，小偷入屋偷竊，強盜在外搶劫。
1When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.
2他們心裡並未想到，我記得他們的一切罪惡。他們所作的一切，現在都圍繞他們，都在我面前。
2They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.
3他們以自己的惡行討王歡喜，用自己的虛謊叫領袖快樂。
3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
4他們全是犯姦淫的，像一個被烤餅的人燒熱的火爐，從摶麵，直到全團發酵的時候，烤餅的人暫停使火發旺。
4They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.
5在我們王喜慶的日子，領袖們因酒的烈性而生病，王就與褻慢人聯手。
5On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.
6他們陰謀埋伏的時候，心中燒得熱如火爐。他們整夜抑制怒氣，一到早晨，卻像發出火燄的火燃燒起來。
6For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
7所有的人都熱如火爐，吞滅他們的官長。他們所有的君王都倒斃了，他們中間沒有一人向我呼求。
7They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.
8指摘以法蓮的罪“以法蓮與外族混雜，以法蓮是沒有翻過的餅。
8Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.
9外族人吞吃了他的力量，他卻不知道；他頭上滿是白髮，他也不曉得。
9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn’t realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn’t realize it.
10雖然以色列的驕傲當面指證自己，他們卻不回轉歸向耶和華他們的 神，也不因此尋求他。
10The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven’t returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this.
11以法蓮好像一隻愚蠢無知的鴿子。他們向埃及求助，投奔亞述。
11“Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.
12但他們去的時候，我要把我的網撒在他們身上；我要把他們如同空中的飛鳥打下來。我要按著他們會眾所聽見的，懲罰他們。
12When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.
13他們有禍了，因為他們離棄了我；他們遭毀滅，因為他們背叛了我。我雖然想救贖他們，他們卻對我說謊。
13Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
14他們並沒有真心向我呼求，只是在床上哀慟罷了。他們為了五穀和新酒割傷自己，仍然悖逆我。
14They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.
15我雖然鍛煉他們的手臂，使它們有力，他們卻圖謀惡計攻擊我。
15Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.
16他們轉向巴力，成了不可靠的了。他們的領袖因自己舌頭上的狂傲倒在刀下，這在埃及地必成為被人譏笑的對象。”
16They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.