以色列人哪，你们全族是我从埃及地领上来的，当听耶和华攻击你们的这话，说，
Hear this word that Jehovah has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

在地上万族中，我只认识你们；因此，我必追讨你们的一切罪孽。
Only you have I known / Of all the families of the earth; / Therefore I will visit upon you / All your iniquities.

二人若不在约定的地方相会，岂能同行呢？
Will two walk together / If they have not met at an appointed place?

狮子若无猎物，岂会在林中咆哮么？少壮狮子若无所得，岂会从洞中发声么？
Will the lion roar in the forest / When he has no prey? / Will a young lion utter his voice from his den / If he has not seized anything?

若没有设网罗的，雀鸟岂会陷在地上的网罗里么？网罗若无所得，岂会从地上弹起么？
Will a bird fall into a trap on the earth / When there is no snare laid for it? / Will a trap spring up off the ground / When it has seized nothing at all?

城中若吹角，百姓岂不惊恐么？城中若有灾祸，岂非耶和华所降的么？
Can a trumpet be blown in a city / And the people not dread? / Can there be ill in a city / And Jehovah did not do it?

主耶和华若不将秘密启示祂的仆人众申言者，就一无所行。
Surely the Lord Jehovah will not do anything unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

狮子吼叫，谁不惧怕呢？主耶和华说了话，谁能不申言呢？
The lion has roared — / Who will not fear? / The Lord Jehovah has spoken — / Who can but prophesy?

要在亚实突的宫殿中，和埃及地的宫殿里，使人听见，说，你们要聚集在撒玛利亚的山上，就看见城中有何等大的扰乱，在城内有何等的欺压；
Cause it to be heard in the palaces of Ashdod / And in the palaces of the land of Egypt, and say, / Assemble yourselves in the mountains of Samaria, / And see what great tumults are in the midst of it / And what oppressions are within it;

那些把强暴和残害，积蓄在自己宫中的人，不知道行正直的事；这是耶和华说的。
And they do not know to do what is right, / Declares Jehovah, / They who store up violence and devastation in their palaces.

所以主耶和华如此说，必有敌人包围这地，使你的势力衰微，抢掠你的宫殿。
Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, / An adversary! Indeed one surrounding the land; / And he will bring down your strength from you, / And your palaces will be plundered.

耶和华如此说，牧人怎样从狮子口中抢回两条羊腿或一片耳朵，住撒玛利亚的以色列人得救，也不过只剩床榻的一角，和一件铺丝毯的床褥。
Thus says Jehovah, As the shepherd rescues / Out of the mouth of the lion / Two legs or a piece of the ear, / So will the children of Israel / Who dwell in Samaria be rescued, / With the corner of a bed / And a silk cushion of a couch.

主耶和华万军之神说，当听这话，作证警戒雅各家。
Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.

我追讨以色列罪的日子，也要追讨伯特利祭坛的罪；坛角必被砍下，坠落于地。
For in the day when I visit / The transgressions of Israel upon him, / I will visit the altars of Bethel, / And the horns of the altar will be cut off / And will fall to the ground.

我要击打过冬和过夏的房屋，象牙的房屋也必毁灭，许多房屋必归无有，这是耶和华说的。
And I will strike the winter house / Along with the summer house; / And the houses of ivory will perish, / And many houses will come to an end, / Declares Jehovah.