¹更重的刑罚

¹Hear ye this word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:

²“地上万族中，我只拣选了你；因此，我必追讨你们的一切罪。”

²Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.

³二人如果没有约定，怎会同行呢？

³Do two walk together if they have not met?

⁴先知的使命狮子如果不是捕获猎物，怎会在林中吼叫？少壮狮子如果没有捕获什么，怎会在洞中咆哮呢？

⁴Roar doth a lion in a forest and prey he hath none? Give out doth a young lion his voice from his habitation, If he hath not caught?

⁵如果没有饵，雀鸟怎会掉在地上的网罗中？网罗如果没有捕获雀鸟，怎会从地上翻起呢？

⁵Doth a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no gin for it? Doth a snare go up from the ground, And prey it captureth not?

⁶城中如果吹起号角，居民怎会不惊慌呢？灾祸如果临到某城，不是耶和华所降的吗？

⁶Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done [it]?

⁷如果主耶和华不先把计划向他的仆人众先知显示，他就不会作任何事。

⁷For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.

⁸狮子吼叫，谁不害怕；主耶和华宣告，谁敢不代他传话？

⁸A lion hath roared — who doth not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken — who doth not prophesy?

⁹犯罪的结果要向亚实突和埃及的堡垒宣告：“你们要在撒玛利亚山上聚集；观看城里极大的骚乱和城中的暴虐。”

⁹Sound ye unto palaces in Ashdod, And to palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Be ye gathered on mountains of Samaria, And see many troubles within her, And oppressed ones in her midst.

¹⁰“这些人不知道怎样行正直的事，只管在他们的堡垒中积聚暴行和欺压。”这是耶和华的宣告。

¹⁰And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.

¹¹因此，主耶和华这样说：“敌人必围攻这地，使你们的势力倾覆，抢掠你们的堡垒。”

¹¹Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: An adversary — and surrounding the land, And he hath brought down from thee thy strength, And spoiled have been thy palaces.

¹²耶和华这样说：“牧人从狮子口中，只能夺回一双羊腿和一角耳朵；住在撒玛利亚的以色列人获救也是这样，他们只剩下一角床榻，半边褥子（“他们只剩下一角床塌，半边褥子”，这句原文意义不详，或译：“他们躺卧在华丽的床上，睡在铺上绣花毯子的榻上”）。

¹²Thus said Jehovah: As the shepherd delivereth from the lion`s mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So delivered are the sons of Israel, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus [on that of] a couch.

¹³你们要听，要向雅各家作证。（这是主耶和华万军之　神的宣告。）

¹³Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts.

¹⁴我追讨以色列的悖逆时，必要惩罚伯特利的祭坛；坛角必砍下，跌落在地。

¹⁴For in the day of My charging the transgressions of Israel on him, I have laid a charge on the altars of Beth-El, And cut off have been the horns of the altar, And they have fallen to the earth.

¹⁵我必毁坏冬天和夏天的别墅，用象牙装饰的房子必破烂，宏伟的楼宇必归于无有。”这是耶和华的宣告。

¹⁵And I have smitten the winter-house with the summer-house, And perished have houses of ivory, And consumed have been many houses, An affirmation of Jehovah!