¹Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.

¹斥责雅各和犹大的罪“以法莲吃风，整天追赶东风，增添虚谎和强暴。他们与亚述结盟，又给埃及送油。”（本节在《马索拉抄本》为12:2）

²And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.

²耶和华与犹大争辩；他必照雅各所行的惩罚他，按他所作的报应他。

³In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,

³他在母腹中抓住他哥哥的脚跟，壮年的时候又与　神角力。

⁴Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh [by] weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,

⁴他与天使角力，并且得胜；他哀哭，向他求恩。他在伯特利遇见　神，　神在那里对他说话。

⁵Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah [is] His memorial.

⁵耶和华是万军的　神，耶和华是他的名号。

⁶And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.

⁶所以你要靠着你的　神归回，谨守忠信和公平，常常等候你的　神。

⁷Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

⁷斥责以法莲的罪行及其重罚以色列是个商人，手里拿着诡诈的天平，喜爱欺压别人。

⁸And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours — they find not against me iniquity that [is] sin.`

⁸以法莲说：“我成了富翁，我为自己发了财；在我所有的收益中，人不能找出我有什么罪孽，可算为罪恶的。”

⁹And I — Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.

⁹“自从你出埃及地以来，我就是耶和华你的　神；我必使你再住在帐棚里，像在节日的日子一样，

¹⁰And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.

¹⁰我曾对先知说话，加添许多异象；又借先知说比喻。

¹¹Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field.

¹¹在基列仍有罪孽，他们实在是没有价值的。他们在吉甲献牛犊为祭，他们的祭坛好像田间犁沟中的石堆。”

¹²And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.

¹²从前雅各逃到亚兰地，以色列为得妻子而作工，为得妻子而替人放羊。

¹³And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.

¹³后来，耶和华借着一位先知把以色列从埃及领上来，也借着一位先知，以色列得蒙看顾。

¹⁴Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!

¹⁴以法莲大大地惹了主的烈怒，所以，他的主把他流人血的罪归到他身上，把他当受的羞辱归给他。