耶和華指控以色列
1以色列人啊，
你們要聽耶和華的話。
祂指控住在這片土地上的居民，說：
「這片土地上的人不忠不信，
毫無良善，不認識上帝。
2他們賭咒、撒謊、兇殺、偷竊、通姦，
為所欲為，血案纍纍。
3所以，這片土地要哀鳴，
所有的居民都要消亡，
田間的野獸、空中的飛鳥、
水裡的魚類也要滅絕。」
4耶和華說：
「誰都不要指控別人，
誰都不要責備別人，
因為我要指控你們這些祭司。
5你們白天黑夜都要跌倒，
先知也要跟你們一起跌倒，
所以我要毀滅你們的母親。
6我的子民因無知而遭滅。
因為你們拒絕認識我，
我也要拒絕讓你們做我的祭司；
因為你們忘記你們上帝的律法，
我也要忘記你們的兒女。
7你們祭司越增多，
所犯的罪也越多，
所以我要使你們的尊榮變為羞恥。
8你們祭司食用我子民的贖罪祭，
滿心希望他們犯罪。
9將來，我的子民如何，
你們祭司也如何。
我要照你們的所作所為懲罰你們、報應你們，
10使你們吃卻不得飽足，
行淫卻不得後代4·10 「行淫卻不得後代」此處的意思是指責以色列人祭拜迦南人掌管生育的神明。他們以為這樣能帶來更多後代。。
因為你們背棄耶和華，
11沉溺酒色，喪失心智。
12「我的子民祈求木頭，
隨從木杖的指引。
淫亂的心使他們走入歧途，
他們不忠不貞，背棄他們的上帝。
13他們在山頂和高崗上的橡樹、
楊樹和栗樹下獻祭燒香，
因為樹蔭怡人。
「所以，你們的女兒淫亂，
你們的兒媳通姦。
14但我不會因此而懲罰她們，
因為你們也與娼妓苟合，
與廟妓一起獻祭。
無知的民族必走向滅亡。
15「雖然以色列如同妓女，對我不忠，
但不要使猶大犯罪。
不要到吉甲去，
不要到伯·亞文4·15 「伯·亞文」意思是「罪惡之家」，在此指伯特利。「伯特利」意思是「上帝之家」，但當時已變成祭拜偶像之地。去，
不要憑永活的耶和華起誓。
16以色列桀驁不馴，
如同桀驁不馴的母牛。
耶和華怎能牧養他們，
如同在草場上牧養羊羔呢？
17以法蓮4·17 「以法蓮」為北國以色列最大的支派，聖經中有時用來代指北國以色列。本卷書中下同。與偶像為伍，
任由他吧！
18他們酒足興盡之後，
便不住地行淫；
他們的首領戀慕羞恥之事。
19風要把他們捲走，
他們必因所獻的祭而蒙羞。
The Charge Against Israel
1Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
because the Lord has a charge to bring
against you who live in the land:
“There is no faithfulness, no love,
no acknowledgment of God in the land.
2There is only cursing,4:2 That is, to pronounce a curse on lying and murder,
stealing and adultery;
they break all bounds,
and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
3Because of this the land dries up,
and all who live in it waste away;
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the fish in the sea are swept away.
4“But let no one bring a charge,
let no one accuse another,
for your people are like those
who bring charges against a priest.
5You stumble day and night,
and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother—
6my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.
“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
7The more priests there were,
the more they sinned against me;
they exchanged their glorious God4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory for something disgraceful.
8They feed on the sins of my people
and relish their wickedness.
9And it will be: Like people, like priests.
I will punish both of them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.
10“They will eat but not have enough;
they will engage in prostitution but not flourish,
because they have deserted the Lord
to give themselves 11to prostitution;
old wine and new wine
take away their understanding.
12My people consult a wooden idol,
and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.
A spirit of prostitution leads them astray;
they are unfaithful to their God.
13They sacrifice on the mountaintops
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak, poplar and terebinth,
where the shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution
and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
14“I will not punish your daughters
when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots
and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes—
a people without understanding will come to ruin!
15“Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
do not let Judah become guilty.
“Do not go to Gilgal;
do not go up to Beth Aven.4:15 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’
16The Israelites are stubborn,
like a stubborn heifer.
How then can the Lord pasture them
like lambs in a meadow?
17Ephraim is joined to idols;
leave him alone!
18Even when their drinks are gone,
they continue their prostitution;
their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
19A whirlwind will sweep them away,
and their sacrifices will bring them shame.
