The Lord Judges Israel
1“Listen to me, you priests!
Pay attention, people of Israel!
Listen, you members of the royal family!
Here is my decision against you.
You have been like a trap at Mizpah.
You have been like a net spread out on Mount Tabor.
2You refuse to obey me.
You are knee-deep in killing.
So I will punish all of you.
3I know all about the people of Ephraim.
What Israel is doing is not hidden from me.
Now they have joined themselves to other gods.
They have made themselves ‘unclean.’
4“They can’t return to me
because they have done so many evil things.
In their hearts they long to act like prostitutes.
They do not recognize me as the Lord.
5Israel’s pride proves that they are guilty.
The people of Ephraim trip and fall because they have sinned.
Judah falls down along with them.
6Israel will come to worship the Lord.
They will bring their animals to offer as sacrifices.
But they will not find him.
He has turned away from them.
7They are not faithful to the Lord.
Their children are not his.
When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,
he will destroy their fields.
8“My people, blow trumpets in Gibeah!
Blow horns in Ramah!
Shout the battle cry in Bethel!
Say to the people of Benjamin, ‘Lead on into battle!’
9The people of Ephraim will be completely destroyed
when it is time for me to punish them.
They can be sure it will happen.
I am announcing it among their tribes.
10Judah’s leaders have stolen some land.
They have moved their borders farther north.
So I will pour out my anger on them
like a flood of water.
11Ephraim will soon be crushed.
The Assyrians will stomp all over them.
It will happen because they have made up their minds
to chase after other gods.
12I will be like a moth to Ephraim.
I will cause Judah to rot away.
13“The people of Ephraim saw how sick they were.
The people of Judah saw that they were wounded.
Then Ephraim turned to Assyria for help.
They sent gifts to the great King Tiglath-Pileser.
But he is not able to make you well.
He can’t heal your wounds.
14I will be like a lion to Ephraim.
I will attack Judah like a powerful lion.
I will tear them to pieces.
I will drag them off.
Then I will leave them.
No one will be able to save them.
15I will go back to my lion’s den.
I will stay there until they pay the price for their sin.
Then they will turn to me.
They will suffer so much
that they will really want me to help them.”
对以色列和犹大的审判
1“祭司啊，要听！
以色列家啊，要留心听！
王室啊，要侧耳听！
这是对你们的审判，
因为你们像设在米斯巴的圈套，
铺在他泊山的网罗。
2你们罪恶深重，
我要责罚你们。
3以法莲做了妓女，我一清二楚；
以色列玷污了自己，也瞒不过我。”
4他们的恶行阻挠他们归向自己的上帝，
邪淫之灵占据了他们的心，
以致他们不认识耶和华。
5以色列被自己的傲慢指控，
以色列和以法莲要跌倒在自己的罪中，
犹大也要一同跌倒。
6他们牵着牛羊去寻求耶和华，
却寻不到，
因为祂已离他们而去。
7他们对耶和华不忠，
所生的是私生子，
他们和他们的田地必在朔日被吞噬。
8耶和华说：
“要在基比亚吹角，
在拉玛鸣号，
在伯·亚文呐喊，
便雅悯啊，敌人就在你身后！
9以法莲啊，你要在受惩罚的日子沦为废墟！
我要在以色列各支派中宣告将来必要发生的事！
10犹大的首领如同擅移地界的人，
侵吞以色列的领土，
我要将烈怒如洪水般倾泻在他们身上。
11以法莲因甘愿追随偶像而受欺压，
被审判压碎。
12我要使以法莲像虫蛀的衣服，
使犹大家像朽烂的木头。
13“以法莲见自己患病，
犹大见自己有伤，
以法莲便向强大的亚述王5:13 “强大的亚述王”或译为“耶雷布王”，同10:6。求救。
亚述王却不能医病，也无法裹伤。
14我要像狮子一样对待以法莲，
如猛狮一样对待犹大家，
将他们撕碎、拖走，
无人能营救他们。
15我要撇下他们，返回我的居所，
直到他们知罪来寻求我。
在苦难的日子里，
他们必恳切地寻求我。”
