1Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
1弥赛亚出自犹大的伯利恒女子啊！现在你要聚集成队；仇敌正在围攻我们；他们用杖击打以色列执政的脸颊。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为4:14）
2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
2伯利恒以法他啊！你在犹大诸城中虽然细小（“伯利恒......细小”有古卷作“以法他家啊，你在犹大诸族中虽然细小”），必有一位从你那里出来，为我作以色列的统治者；他的根源从太初，从亘古就有了。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为5:1）
3Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the children of Israel.
3因此，耶和华必把以色列人交给敌人，直到那要生产的妇人生下儿子来；那时，他其余的兄弟，就必归回以色列人那里。
4He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
4君王与遗民的地位与功用他必站立起来，靠着耶和华的能力，靠着耶和华他 神之名的威严，牧养他的羊群；他们必然安居，因为那时他必尊大，直到地极。
5He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land, and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men.
5这就是那带来太平的。亚述人入侵我们的国土，践踏我们宫殿的时候，我们就要兴起七个牧者；八个作领袖的人攻击他。
6They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.
6他们必用刀剑治理亚述地，必用剑锋治理宁录地；亚述人入侵我们的国土，践踏我们境界的时候，他必拯救我们脱离亚述人的手。
7The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
7那时，雅各的余民，必在许多民族中，像从耶和华那里降下的露水，又像甘霖降在草上，不期望于人，也不等候世人。
8The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.
8那时雅各的余民，必在万国中，在许多民族里，像树林里百兽中的狮子，又像幼狮在羊群中；他若经过，就必践踏、撕碎，没有人可以拯救。
9Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and let all of your enemies be cut off.
9制胜敌人愿你的手举起高过你的敌人，愿你的一切仇敌都被剪除。
10“It will happen in that day,” says Yahweh, “That I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you, and will destroy your chariots.
10耶和华说：“到那日，我必从你中间剪除你的马匹，毁灭你的车辆，
11I will cut off the cities of your land, and will tear down all your strongholds.
11拆毁你国中的城市，倾覆你的一切保障；
12I will destroy witchcraft from your hand; and you shall have no soothsayers.
12我必从你的手中除掉巫术，你那里就不再有占卜的；
13I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars out of your midst; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.
13我必从你中间除掉你雕刻的偶像和柱像，你就不再跪拜你手所做的；
14I will uproot your Asherim out of your midst; and I will destroy your cities.
14我必从你中间除灭你的亚舍拉，毁灭你的偶像。
15I will execute vengeance in anger, and wrath on the nations that didn’t listen.”
15我必在忿怒和烈怒中，向那些不听从的列国施行报复。”