¹麻布腰带的比喻耶和华这样对我说：“你去为自己买一根麻布腰带，束在腰上，但不要把它放在水中。”

¹Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:`

²我就照着耶和华的话，买了一根腰带，束在腰上。

²and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place [it] on my loins.

³耶和华的话第二次临到我，说：

³And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying,

⁴“拿你买来束在腰上的腰带，起来，往幼发拉底河去，把腰带藏在那里的岩石缝中。”

⁴`Take the girdle that thou hast got, that [is] on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;

⁵我就照着耶和华所吩咐我的，去把腰带藏在幼发拉底河那里。

⁵and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me.

⁶过了多日，耶和华对我说：“起来，往幼发拉底河去，把我吩咐你藏在那里的腰带取出来。”

⁶And it cometh to pass, at the end of many days, that Jehovah saith unto me, `Rise, go to Phrat, and take thence the girdle, that I commanded thee to hide there;`

⁷于是我往幼发拉底河去，在那里挖掘，把腰带从我埋藏的地方取出来；看哪！腰带已经腐烂了，完全没用了。

⁷and I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything.

⁸那时，耶和华的话临到我，说：

⁸And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Thus said Jehovah:

⁹“耶和华这样说：‘我必照样败坏犹大的尊荣和耶路撒冷极大的尊荣。

⁹Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem.

¹⁰这邪恶的人民，不肯听从我的话，他们随着自己顽梗的心行事，随从别的神，事奉敬拜他们；所以他们必像这根腰带，毫无用处。

¹⁰This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is — as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

¹¹因为腰带怎样紧贴着人的腰，我也曾怎样使以色列全家和犹大全家紧贴着我，好使他们作我的子民，叫我得名声，得赞美，得荣耀；可是他们却不听从。’”这是耶和华的宣告。

¹¹For, as the girdle cleaveth unto the loins of a man, So I caused to cleave unto Me The whole house of Israel, And the whole house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah, To be to Me for a people, and for a name, And for praise, and for beauty, And they have not hearkened.

¹²酒瓶的比喻“你要对他们说这话：‘耶和华以色列的　神这样说：每一个酒瓶都要盛满酒。’如果他们对你说：‘难道我们不清楚知道每一个酒瓶都要盛满酒吗？’

¹²And thou hast said unto them this word, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, `Every bottle is full of wine,` And they have said unto thee: `Do we not certainly know that every bottle is full of wine?`

¹³你就要对他们说：‘耶和华这样说：看哪！我要使这地所有的居民，就是那些坐大卫王位的君王，以及祭司、先知和耶路撒冷所有的居民，都完全醉倒。

¹³And thou hast said unto them, `Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am filling all the inhabitants of this land, And the kings who sit for David on his throne, And the priests, and the prophets, And all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, [With] drunkenness,

¹⁴我要使他们彼此碰撞，连父子也要互相碰撞；我必不爱惜、不可怜，也不怜悯他们，我必把他们灭绝。’”这是耶和华的宣告。

¹⁴And have dashed them one against another, And the fathers and the sons together, An affirmation of Jehovah, I do not pity, nor spare, nor have I mercy, So as not to destroy them.

¹⁵警告骄傲的后果严重你们要听，要留心听，不要骄傲；因为是耶和华说的。

¹⁵Hear, and give ear — be not haughty, For Jehovah hath spoken.

¹⁶耶和华你们的　神还没有使黑暗临到以前，你们的脚还没有在昏暗的山上绊倒之前，你们要把荣耀归给他。你们期待光明，他却把光明变为死荫，使光明变成黝黑。

¹⁶Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed [it] for thick darkness.

¹⁷如果你们不听从，我必因你们的骄傲暗暗哭泣；我的眼必痛哭流泪，因为耶和华的羊群被掳去了。

¹⁷And if ye do not hear it, In secret places doth my soul weep, because of pride, Yea, it weepeth sore, And the tear cometh down mine eyes, For the flock of Jehovah hath been taken captive.

¹⁸你要对君王和太后说：“你们应从宝座下来，因为华丽的冠冕已经从你们的头上脱下来了。”

¹⁸Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low — sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.

¹⁹南地的城市已被围困，没有人能解围；整个犹大都被掳走，全被掳去了。

¹⁹The cities of the south have been shut up, And there is none opening, Judah hath been removed — all of her, She hath been removed completely —

²⁰耶路撒冷啊！你要举目观看那些从北方来的人。从前交给你的羊群，就是你引以为荣的群羊，现今在哪里呢？

²⁰Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where [is] the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock?

²¹耶和华立你自己结交（“结交”原文作“教导”）的盟友为首领管辖你，那时，你还有什么话说呢？痛苦岂不把你抓住，好像妇女生产时的痛苦一样吗？

²¹What dost thou say, when He looketh after thee? And thou — thou hast taught them [to be] over thee — leaders for head? Do not pangs seize thee as a travailing woman?

²²如果你心里问：“这些事为什么发生在我身上呢？”这是由于你极大的罪孽；你的袍子被掀起，你的下体（“下体”原文作“脚跟”）暴露出来。

²²And when thou dost say in thy heart, `Wherefore have these met me?` For the abundance of thine iniquity Have thy skirts been uncovered, Have thy heels suffered violence.

²³古实人怎能改变他的肤色？花豹怎能改变它的斑点？你们这些惯作坏事的人，又怎能行善呢？

²³Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

²⁴“因此，我要使你们（“你们”原文作“他们”）四散，像被旷野的风吹走的碎秸一样。

²⁴And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

²⁵这是你应得的，是我量给你的分。”这是耶和华的宣告。”因为你忘记了我，去倚靠虚假的偶像；

²⁵This [is] thy lot, the portion of thy measures from Me — an affirmation of Jehovah, Because thou hast forgotten me, And dost trust in falsehood.

²⁶所以，我必把你的袍子掀到你的脸上，使人看见你的丑态。

²⁶I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face, And thy shame hath been seen.

²⁷你的奸淫，你淫荡的叫声，你邪淫的恶行，在山上，在田野间，你那些可憎的事我都看见了。耶路撒冷啊，你有祸了！你这样不洁净要到几时呢？”

²⁷Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when [is it] again?