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。
1Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early 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 has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts 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 on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire 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 like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.
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。
5Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
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 dishonors the father, the daughter rises 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 to Yahweh. 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。
8Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to 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 Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see 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 my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is Yahweh your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like 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 to build your walls— In that day, he will extend your boundary.
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 they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and 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 the land will be desolate because of those who 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。
14Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the midst of fertile pasture land, 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。
15“As in the days of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous 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 will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will 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 will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you.
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 you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
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 on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will 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。
20You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.