1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
3 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily: for it is an evil time.
4 In that day shall they take up a proverb concerning you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, {and} say, We are utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! He hath distributed our fields to the rebellious.
5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the measuring line upon a lot, in the congregation of Jehovah.
6 Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. If they do not prophesy to these, the ignominy will not depart.
7 O thou {that art} named the house of Jacob, Is Jehovah impatient? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
8 But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip off the mantle with the garment from them that pass by securely, that are averse from war.
9 The women of my people do ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children do ye take away my magnificence for ever.
10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not the resting-place, because of defilement that bringeth destruction, even a grievous destruction.
11 If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie, {saying,} I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall be the prophet of this people.
12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, the whole of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture: they shall make great noise by reason of {the multitude of} men.
13 One that breaketh through is gone up before them: they have broken forth, and have passed on to the gate, and are gone out by it; and their king passeth on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.
1 那些在床上图谋不义， 并且行恶的人有祸了！ 因为他们的手有力量， 天一亮， 就作出来了。
2 他们要田地， 就去抢夺； 想要房屋， 就去强取。他们欺压人和他的家眷， 取人和人的产业。
3 因此耶和华这样说： 看哪！ 我策划灾祸攻击这家族， 你们无法缩起颈项避开这灾祸。你们不能昂首而行（"昂首而行"或译： "高视阔步"）； 因为这是个灾难的时代。
4 到那日， 必有人作歌讽刺你们， 唱悲伤的哀歌， 说： "我们彻底被毁灭了， 我子民分内的产业， 他竟转给别人了； 他怎可从我这里挪去， 把我们的田地分给掳掠我们的人（"分给掳掠我们的人"或译： "分给背道的人"）！ "
5 因此你在耶和华的会众中， 必没有抽签拉准绳的人了。
6 有人预言说： "你们不要说预言； 人不可预言这些事； 羞耻不会临到我们。"
7 雅各家啊！ 人怎可说： "耶和华的心着急， 不能忍耐呢？这些是他的作为吗？"我耶和华的话对行事正直的人不是有益的吗？
8 你们却像仇敌一样， 起来攻击我的子民（"你们却像仇敌一样， 起来攻击我的子民"或译： "然而， 我的子民竟兴起来像仇敌一样"）； 你们竟从安详过路的人身上剥去衣服， 从不愿作战的人身上剥去外衣。
9 你们把我民中的妇女赶逐， 离开欢乐的家园； 你们把我的尊荣， 从她们的婴孩身上夺去， 直到永远。
10 起来， 走吧！ 这不是你们安息之地； 你们因为不洁净的缘故， 必被毁灭， 是不可挽救的毁灭。
11 若有人随从虚假的心， 撒谎说： "我要向你们说清酒和烈酒的预言。"那人就是这民的预言家了。
12 雅各家啊！ 我必召集你们所有的人， 聚集以色列的余民； 我要把他们安置在一起， 像羊在羊圈里， 像群羊远离了人， 在草场上喧哗。
13 开路的人领先上去； 他们开路， 闯门进入， 又从门里出来； 他们的王在他们面前走过， 耶和华领导他们。