¹警告以法莲

¹Wo [to] the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, That [is] on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of wine.

²看哪！主有一个大能大力的人，像一阵冰雹、一阵毁灭的暴风，像涨溢猛流的大水，他必用手把它摔落地上。

²Lo, a mighty and strong one [is] to the Lord, As a storm of hail — a destructive shower, As an inundation of mighty waters overflowing, He cast down to the earth with the hand.

³以法莲的醉汉所戴的高傲冠冕，必被践踏在脚下。

³By feet trodden down is the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,

⁴它在肥美谷山顶上如将残的花朵一般的荣美，必像夏天以前初熟的无花果。那些看见它的人，都必注意；一到手里，就把它吞吃了。

⁴And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory That [is] on the head of the fat valley, Hath been as its first-fruit before summer, That its beholder seeth, While it [is] yet in his hand he swalloweth it.

⁵警告耶路撒冷的领袖到那日，万军之耶和华必作他余民的荣耀冠冕，

⁵In that day is Jehovah of Hosts For a crown of beauty, and for a diadem of glory, To the remnant of His people.

⁶也必作在位上施行审判者公平的心灵，并作在城门口击退敌人者的力量。

⁶And for a spirit of judgment To him who is sitting in the judgment, And for might [to] those turning back the battle to the gate.

⁷就是这地的人，也因酒摇晃不定，因浓酒东倒西歪；祭司和先知都因浓酒摇晃不定，被酒弄至昏乱，因浓酒东倒西歪。他们见异象的时候，摇晃不定，他们判断的时候，也颠颠倒倒。

⁷And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.

⁸因为各席上都满了污秽的呕吐，没有一处是干净的。

⁸For all tables have been full of vomit, Filth — without place!

⁹他们说：“他要把知识教导谁呢？要使谁明白他所传的信息呢？是那些刚断奶，刚离开母怀的吗？

⁹By whom doth He teach knowledge? And by whom doth He cause to understand the report? The weaned from milk, the removed from breasts,

¹⁰因为他所说的，只是些重复又重复的话，和毫无意义的字母，这里一点，那里一点罢了。”

¹⁰For rule [is] on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,

¹¹耶和华要借着外族人的嘴唇和外族人的舌头，对这人民说话。

¹¹For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.

¹²他曾对他们说：“这就是安息之处，你们若使疲乏的人得安息，就必得着这安歇的地方。”但他们不肯听从。

¹²Unto whom He hath said, `This [is] the rest, give ye rest to the weary, And this — the refreshing:` And they have not been willing to hear,

¹³所以耶和华对他们所说的话，就成了重复又重复的话，和毫无意义的字母，这里一点，那里一点，以致他们虽然往前走，却必仰面跌倒，并且跌伤，陷入网罗被缠住。

¹³And to whom a word of Jehovah hath been, Rule on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there, So that they go and have stumbled backward, And been broken, and snared, and captured.

¹⁴锡安的基石因此好讥笑人的人哪！就是管辖这些在耶路撒冷的人民的，你们要听耶和华的话。

¹⁴Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah, ye men of scorning, Ruling this people that [is] in Jerusalem.

¹⁵因为你们曾说：“我们与死亡立了约，与阴间结了盟；刑罚的鞭子扫过的时候，必不会碰到我们，因为我们以谎言作遮蔽，以虚假作庇护。”

¹⁵Because ye have said: `We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.`

¹⁶所以主耶和华这样说：“看哪！我在锡安放置一块石头，是试验过的石头，是稳固的基石，宝贵的房角石；信靠的人，必不着急。

¹⁶Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I am laying a foundation in Zion, A stone — a tried stone, a corner stone precious, a settled foundation, He who is believing doth not make haste.

¹⁷我要以公平为准绳，以公义为线铊；冰雹必把谎言的遮蔽冲去，大水必漫过庇护所。”

¹⁷And I have put judgment for a line, And righteousness for a plummet, And sweep away doth hail the refuge of lies, And the secret hiding-place do waters overflow.

¹⁸你们与死亡所立的约要废除，你们与阴间所结的盟必立不住；刑罚的鞭子扫过的时候，你们就必被践踏。

¹⁸And disannulled hath been your covenant with death, And your provision with Sheol doth not stand, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Then ye have been to it for a treading-place.

¹⁹每次扫过的时候，都把你们抓去；因为每早晨它必漫过，白天与黑夜也是这样；人若明白所传的，必受惊恐。

¹⁹From the fulness of its passing over it taketh you, For morning by morning it passeth over, By day and by night, And it hath been only a trembling to consider the report.

²⁰床铺太短，人就不能伸直，被窝太窄，就盖不住全身。

²⁰For shorter hath been the bed Than to stretch one`s self out in, And the covering hath been narrower Than to wrap one`s self up in.

²¹耶和华必像在毗拉心山一样兴起，又像在基遍谷一样发怒，为要作成他的工，他那奇妙的工，好成就他的事，就是奇异的事。

²¹For as [at] mount Perazim rise doth Jehovah, As [at] the valley in Gibeon He is troubled, To do His work — strange [is] His work, And to do His deed — strange [is] His deed.`

²²现在，你们不可再讥笑了，免得捆绑你们的绳索绑得更紧，因为我从主万军之耶和华那里听到，决定要在全地上施行毁灭的事。

²²And now, show not yourselves scorners, Lest strong be your bands, For a consumption, that is determined, I have heard, by the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, [Is] for all the land.

²³农务的比喻你们要侧耳听我的声音，留心听我的话。

²³Give ear, and hear my voice, Attend, and hear my saying:

²⁴农夫怎会不断耕犁来撒种呢？他怎会常常开垦耕地呢？

²⁴The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground!

²⁵他犁平了地面，不就撒种小茴香，播种大茴香，按行列种小麦，在指定的地方种大麦，在田边种粗麦吗？

²⁵Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie [in] its own border?

²⁶因为他的　神教导他，指教他正确的方法。

²⁶And instruct him for judgment doth his God, He doth direct him.

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

²⁷For not with a sharp-pointed thing threshed are fitches, And the wheel of a cart on cummin turned round, For with a staff beaten out are fitches, And cummin with a rod.

²⁸做饼的谷粒怎么要碾碎的呢？从来没有人碾碎它们，虽然他让车轮和马匹辊过谷粒，却不会把他们碾碎。

²⁸Bread-[corn] is beaten small, For not for ever doth he sorely thresh it, Nor crushed [it] hath a wheel of his cart, Nor do his hoofs beat it small.

²⁹这也是出于万军之耶和华，他的谋略奇妙，他的智慧广大。

²⁹Even this from Jehovah of Hosts hath gone out, He hath made counsel wonderful, He hath made wisdom great!