¹ 以色列人哪，你们当听耶和华的话。耶和华与这地的居民争辩，因这地上无诚实，无良善，无人认识神。

² 但起假誓，不践前言，杀害，偷盗，奸淫，行强暴，杀人流血，接连不断。

³ 因此，这地悲哀，其上的民、田野的兽、空中的鸟必都衰微，海中的鱼也必消灭。

⁴ 然而，人都不必争辩，也不必指责，因为这民与抗拒祭司的人一样。

⁵ 你这祭司必日间跌倒；先知也必夜间与你一同跌倒；我必灭绝你的母亲。

⁶ 我的民因无知识而灭亡。你弃掉知识，我也必弃掉你，使你不再给我作祭司。你既忘了你神的律法，我也必忘记你的儿女。

⁷ 祭司越发增多，就越发得罪我；我必使他们的荣耀变为羞辱。

⁸ 他们吃我民的赎罪祭，满心愿意我民犯罪。

⁹ 将来民如何，祭司也必如何；我必因他们所行的惩罚他们，照他们所做的报应他们。

¹⁰ 他们吃，却不得饱；行淫，而不得立後；因为他们离弃耶和华，不遵他的命。

¹¹ 奸淫和酒，并新酒，夺去人的心。

¹² 我的民求问木偶，以为木杖能指示他们；因为他们的淫心使他们失迷，他们就行淫离弃神，不守约束，

¹³ 在各山顶，各高冈的橡树、杨树、栗树之下，献祭烧香，因为树影美好。所以，你们的女儿淫乱，你们的新妇（或译：儿妇；下同）行淫。

¹⁴ 你们的女儿淫乱，你们的新妇行淫，我却不惩罚他们；因为你们自己离群与娼妓同居，与妓女一同献祭。这无知的民必致倾倒。

¹⁵ 以色列啊，你虽然行淫，犹大却不可犯罪。不要往吉甲去，不要上到伯亚文，也不要指着永生的耶和华起誓。

¹⁶ 以色列倔强，犹如倔强的母牛；现在耶和华要放他们，如同放羊羔在宽阔之地。

¹⁷ 以法莲亲近偶像，任凭他罢！

¹⁸ 他们所喝的已经发酸，他们时常行淫，他们的官长最爱羞耻的事。

¹⁹ 风把他们裹在翅膀里；他们因所献的祭必致蒙羞。

¹⁷ 我的神必弃绝他们，因为他们不听从他；他们也必飘流在列国中。

¹ He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

² I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."

³ For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

⁴ He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

⁵ You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day;

⁶ nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.

⁷ A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

⁸ You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.

⁹ Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

¹⁰ no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

¹¹ For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

¹² They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash your foot against a stone.

¹³ You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.

¹⁴ "Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

¹⁶ I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation." A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.