1Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
1更重的刑罚
2“You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”
2“地上万族中，我只拣选了你；因此，我必追讨你们的一切罪。”
3Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
3二人如果没有约定，怎会同行呢？
4Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
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？
5Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?
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？
6Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn’t done it?
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？
7Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
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。
8The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?
8狮子吼叫，谁不害怕；主耶和华宣告，谁敢不代他传话？
9Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.”
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。”
10“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
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。
11Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.”
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。”
12Thus says Yahweh: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.”
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”）。
13“Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.
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。）
14“For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.
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。
15I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” says Yahweh.
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。