¹警告以法蓮以法蓮那些醉漢所戴的高傲冠冕，有禍了！它在肥美谷山頂上的榮美，有禍了！它必如將殘的花朵，滿了喝醉酒的人。

¹Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

²看哪！主有一個大能大力的人，像一陣冰雹、一陣毀滅的暴風，像漲溢猛流的大水，他必用手把它摔落地上。

²Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand.

³以法蓮的醉漢所戴的高傲冠冕，必被踐踏在腳下。

³The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.

⁴它在肥美谷山頂上如將殘的花朵一般的榮美，必像夏天以前初熟的無花果。那些看見它的人，都必注意；一到手裡，就把它吞吃了。

⁴The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer; which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it.

⁵警告耶路撒冷的領袖到那日，萬軍之耶和華必作他余民的榮耀冠冕，

⁵In that day, Yahweh of Armies will become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the residue of his people;

⁶也必作在位上施行審判者公平的心靈，並作在城門口擊退敵人者的力量。

⁶and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

⁷就是這地的人，也因酒搖晃不定，因濃酒東倒西歪；祭司和先知都因濃酒搖晃不定，被酒弄至昏亂，因濃酒東倒西歪。他們見異象的時候，搖晃不定，他們判斷的時候，也顛顛倒倒。

⁷They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.

⁸因為各席上都滿了污穢的嘔吐，沒有一處是乾淨的。

⁸For all tables are completely full of filthy vomit and filthiness.

⁹他們說：“他要把知識教導誰呢？要使誰明白他所傳的信息呢？是那些剛斷奶，剛離開母懷的嗎？

⁹Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?

¹⁰因為他所說的，只是些重複又重複的話，和毫無意義的字母，這裡一點，那裡一點罷了。”

¹⁰For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.

¹¹耶和華要藉著外族人的嘴唇和外族人的舌頭，對這人民說話。

¹¹But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language;

¹²他曾對他們說：“這就是安息之處，你們若使疲乏的人得安息，就必得著這安歇的地方。”但他們不肯聽從。

¹²to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to weary”; and “This is the refreshing”; yet they would not hear.

¹³所以耶和華對他們所說的話，就成了重複又重複的話，和毫無意義的字母，這裡一點，那裡一點，以致他們雖然往前走，卻必仰面跌倒，並且跌傷，陷入網羅被纏住。

¹³Therefore the word of Yahweh will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.

¹⁴錫安的基石因此好譏笑人的人哪！就是管轄這些在耶路撒冷的人民的，你們要聽耶和華的話。

¹⁴Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:

¹⁵因為你們曾說：“我們與死亡立了約，與陰間結了盟；刑罰的鞭子掃過的時候，必不會碰到我們，因為我們以謊言作遮蔽，以虛假作庇護。”

¹⁵“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’”

¹⁶所以主耶和華這樣說：“看哪！我在錫安放置一塊石頭，是試驗過的石頭，是穩固的基石，寶貴的房角石；信靠的人，必不著急。

¹⁶Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

¹⁷我要以公平為準繩，以公義為線鉈；冰雹必把謊言的遮蔽沖去，大水必漫過庇護所。”

¹⁷I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.

¹⁸你們與死亡所立的約要廢除，你們與陰間所結的盟必立不住；刑罰的鞭子掃過的時候，你們就必被踐踏。

¹⁸Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.

¹⁹每次掃過的時候，都把你們抓去；因為每早晨它必漫過，白天與黑夜也是這樣；人若明白所傳的，必受驚恐。

¹⁹As often as it passes through, it will seize you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message.”

²⁰床鋪太短，人就不能伸直，被窩太窄，就蓋不住全身。

²⁰For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

²¹耶和華必像在毗拉心山一樣興起，又像在基遍谷一樣發怒，為要作成他的工，他那奇妙的工，好成就他的事，就是奇異的事。

²¹For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act.

²²現在，你們不可再譏笑了，免得捆綁你們的繩索綁得更緊，因為我從主萬軍之耶和華那裡聽到，決定要在全地上施行毀滅的事。

²²Now therefore don’t be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.

²³農務的比喻你們要側耳聽我的聲音，留心聽我的話。

²³Give ear, and hear my voice! Listen, and hear my speech!

²⁴農夫怎會不斷耕犁來撒種呢？他怎會常常開墾耕地呢？

²⁴Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?

²⁵他犁平了地面，不就撒種小茴香，播種大茴香，按行列種小麥，在指定的地方種大麥，在田邊種粗麥嗎？

²⁵When he has leveled its surface, doesn’t he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?

²⁶因為他的　神教導他，指教他正確的方法。

²⁶For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches him.

²⁷打小茴香是不用尖耙的，軋大茴香也不用碾輪；而是用杖打小茴香，用棍打大茴香。

²⁷For the dill are not threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.

²⁸做餅的穀粒怎麼要碾碎的呢？從來沒有人碾碎它們，雖然他讓車輪和馬匹輥過穀粒，卻不會把他們碾碎。

²⁸Bread flour must be ground; so he will not always be threshing it. Although he drives the wheel of his threshing cart over it, his horses don’t grind it.

²⁹這也是出於萬軍之耶和華，他的謀略奇妙，他的智慧廣大。

²⁹This also comes forth from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.