1 When the words of my law came from Ephraim, he was lifted up in Israel; but when he did evil through the Baal, death overtook him.
2 And now their sins are increased; they have made themselves a metal image, false gods from their silver, after their designs, all of them the work of the metal-workers; they say of them, Let them give offerings, let men give kisses to the oxen.
3 So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.
4 But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.
5 I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.
6 When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.
7 So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;
8 I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.
9 I have sent destruction on you, O Israel; who will be your helper?
10 Where is your king, that he may be your saviour? and all your rulers, that they may take up your cause? of whom you said, Give me a king and rulers.
11 I have given you a king, because I was angry, and have taken him away in my wrath.
12 The wrongdoing of Ephraim is shut up; his sin is put away in secret.
13 The pains of a woman in childbirth will come on him: he is an unwise son, for at this time it is not right for him to keep his place when children come to birth.
14 I will give the price to make them free from the power of the underworld, I will be their saviour from death: O death! where are your pains? O underworld! where is your destruction? my eyes will have no pity.
15 Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.
1 从前以法莲一说话， 人都战兢。他原在以色列中居高位， 但后来因事奉巴力犯了罪， 就死了。
2 现在他们犯罪越来越多， 为自己做铸像， 按着自己的技巧， 用自己的银子做偶像； 这些都是匠人的手工。他们论到这些说： "向偶像献祭的人， 可以与牛犊亲嘴。"
3 因此， 他们必像早晨的云雾， 又如易逝的朝露， 又像打谷场上的糠秕被旋风吹去， 又像烟气从烟窗上腾。
4 "自从你出埃及地以来， 我就是耶和华你的 神。除我以外， 你不可有别的神； 除我以外， 再没有拯救者。
5 我曾在旷野， 在干旱之地， 认识你。
6 但他们得了喂养， 饱足以后， 就心高气傲， 因此忘记了我。
7 所以我要像狮子临到他们， 像豹子埋伏在路旁。
8 我要袭击他们， 像一只失掉幼熊的母熊， 撕裂他们的胸膛； 在那里我必像一只母狮吞吃他们； 野兽必撕裂他们。
9 "以色列啊， 我要毁灭你， 谁能帮助你呢？
10 现在你的王在哪里？让他拯救你吧！ 你所有的领袖在哪里？让他们治理你吧！ 因为论到他们你曾请求： ‘把王和领袖赐给我。’
11 我在忿怒中把王赐给你， 又在烈怒中把他废去。
12 以法莲的罪孽是封着的， 他的罪恶贮藏起来。
13 生产的疼痛要临到他身上， 他却是没有智慧的人， 因为产期到了， 他还迟延不破胎而出。
14 我要救赎他们脱离阴间的权势吗？救赎他们脱离死亡吗？死亡啊， 你的灾害在哪里？阴间啊， 你的毁灭在哪里？怜悯必从我眼前隐藏起来。
15 他虽然在芦苇中长得茂盛， 但东风必要来到， 耶和华的风要从旷野上来， 他的水泉就干涸， 他的泉源就枯竭。他所贮藏的一切珍贵器皿， 都被掠夺去了。
16 撒玛利亚必承担自己罪的刑罚， 因为他背叛了他的 神。他们必倒在刀下。他们的婴孩被摔死， 他们的孕妇必被剖开肚腹。"（本节在《马索拉抄本》为14:1）