耶和华如此说，我休了你们的母亲，休书在哪里？我将你们卖给我哪一个债主呢？看哪，你们被卖，是因你们的罪孽；你们的母亲被休，是因你们的过犯。
Thus says Jehovah, / Where is the bill of your mother's divorce / With which I have put her away? / Or to which of My creditors / Have I sold you? / Indeed, for your iniquities you were sold, / And for your transgressions your mother was put away.

我来的时候，为何无人等候？我呼唤的时候，为何无人答应？我的手臂岂是缩短，不能救赎么？我岂无拯救之力么？看哪，我一斥责，海就干了；我使江河变为旷野；其中的鱼因无水腥臭，干渴而死。
Why when I came was there no man? / And when I called why was there no one to answer? / Is My hand so short that it cannot redeem? / Or do I have no power to deliver? / Indeed, at My rebuke I dry up the sea; / I make the rivers a wilderness; / Their fish stink because there is no water, / And die of thirst.

我使诸天以黑暗为衣服，以麻布为遮盖。
I clothe the heavens with blackness, / And make sackcloth their covering.

主耶和华赐我受教者的舌头，使我知道怎样用言语扶助疲乏的人。主每早晨唤醒我；祂唤醒我的耳朵，使我能听，像受教者一样。
The Lord Jehovah has given me / The tongue of the instructed, / That I should know how to sustain the weary with a word. / He awakens me morning by morning; / He awakens my ear / To hear as an instructed one.

主耶和华开通我的耳朵；我并没有违背，也没有退后。
The Lord Jehovah has opened my ear; / And I was not rebellious, / Nor did I turn back.

人打我的背，我任他打；人拔我腮颊的胡须，我由他拔；人辱我吐我，我并不掩面。
I gave my back to those who strike me / And my cheeks to those who pluck out the hair; / I did not hide my face / From humiliation and spitting.

主耶和华必帮助我，所以我不抱愧；我硬着脸面好像坚石，我也知道我必不至蒙羞。
The Lord Jehovah helps me; / Therefore I have not been dishonored; / Therefore I have set my face like a flint, / And I know that I will not be put to shame.

称我为义的与我相近；谁与我争论？我们可以一同站立！谁在审判中与我作对？可以就近我来。
The One who justifies me is near; who will contend with me? / Let us stand up together! / Who is my adversary in judgment? / Let him come near to me.

看哪，主耶和华要帮助我；谁能定我有罪？他们都要像衣服渐渐旧了，为蛀虫所咬。
Indeed, the Lord Jehovah helps me: / Who is the one who condemns me? / Indeed, they will all wear out like a garment; / The moth will consume them.

你们中间谁敬畏耶和华，听从祂仆人的声音，而行在暗中没有亮光？他当信靠耶和华的名，依赖自己的神。
Who among you fears Jehovah; / Who hears the voice of His servant; / Who walks in darkness / And has no light? / Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, / And rely on his God.

看哪，凡你们点火用火把围绕自己的，可以行在你们火焰的光里，并你们所点的火把中。这是你们从我手里所要得的：你们必躺在悲惨之中。
Indeed, all of you who kindle a fire, / Who surround yourselves with firebrands, / Walk into the light of your fire / And into the firebrands which you have lit. / You will have this from My hand: / You will lie down in torment.