以色列人的腐败
我有祸了！我好像夏日收割后的果子， 又如收成之后剩余的葡萄， 没有一挂可吃的， 也没有我心所渴想初熟的无花果。Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
2地上的虔诚人灭尽了， 人世间已无正直的人； 他们都埋伏，为要流人的血， 用罗网猎取自己的弟兄。The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3他们双手善于作恶， 君王和审判官都索取贿赂； 位高的人吐出心中的欲望， 彼此勾结☛“彼此勾结”：原文另译“祸哉，公义被扭曲了”。。That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
4他们当中最好的，不过像蒺藜； 最正直的，不过如荆棘篱笆。 你守候的日子，惩罚已经来到， 他们必扰乱不安。The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
5不可倚赖邻舍， 不可信靠密友； 甚至对躺在你怀中的妻子 也要守住你的口。Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
6因为儿子藐视父亲， 女儿抵挡母亲， 媳妇抗拒婆婆， 人的仇敌就是自己家里的人。For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
7至于我，我要仰望耶和华， 等候那救我的神； 我的神必应允我。耶和华拯救他的子民
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8我的仇敌啊，不要向我夸耀。 我虽跌倒，仍要起来； 虽坐在黑暗里，耶和华却作我的光。Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
9我要承受耶和华的恼怒， 直到他为我辩护，为我伸冤， 因我得罪了他； 他要领我进入光明， 我必得见他的公义。I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
10那时我的仇敌看见这事就羞愧， 他曾对我说：“耶和华－你的神在哪里？” 我必亲眼见他遭报， 现在，他必被践踏，如同街上的泥土。Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
11你的城墙重修的日子到了！ 到那日，边界必扩展。In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
12到那日，人必从亚述， 从埃及的城镇， 从埃及到大河， 从这海到那海， 从这山到那山， 都归到你这里。In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
13然而，因居民的缘故， 为了他们行事的结果。 这地必然荒凉。耶和华怜悯以色列
Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
14求你在迦密☛“迦密”或译“佳美园地”。的树林中， 以你的杖牧放你独居的民， 你产业中的羊群； 愿他们像古时一样， 牧放在巴珊和基列。Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
15我要显奇事给他们看， 好像出埃及地的时候一样。According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.
16列国看见，虽大有势力仍觉惭愧； 他们必用手捂口，掩耳不听。The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
17他们要舔土如蛇， 又如地上爬行的动物， 战战兢兢离开他们的营寨； 他们必畏惧耶和华─我们的神， 也必因你而害怕。They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
18有哪一个神明像你，赦免罪孽， 饶恕他产业中余民的罪过？ 他不永远怀怒，喜爱施恩。Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
19他☛“他”：原文另译“你”。必转回怜悯我们， 把我们的罪孽踏在脚下。 你必将他们☛“他们”：七十士译本和其他古译本是“我们”。一切的罪投于深海。He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20你必按古时向我们列祖起誓的话， 以信实待雅各， 向亚伯拉罕施慈爱。Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.