1 Rejoice not, Israel, exultingly, as the peoples; for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved harlot's hire upon every corn-floor.

2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

3 They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean.

4 They shall pour out no {offerings of} wine to Jehovah, neither shall their sacrifices be pleasing unto him: they shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be defiled: for their bread shall be for themselves; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.

5 What will ye do in the day of assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah?

6 For behold, they are gone away because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Moph shall bury them: their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.

7 The days of visitation are come; the days of recompence are come: Israel shall know {it}: the prophet is a fool, the inspired man is mad, because of the greatness of thine iniquity, and the great enmity.

8 Is Ephraim a watchman with my God? {nay} the prophet is a fowler's snare on all his ways, enmity in the house of his God.

9 They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

10 I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness; as first-ripe fruit on the fig-tree, I saw your fathers at the beginning: they went to Baal-Peor, and separated themselves unto that shame, and became abominations like their lover.

11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away as a bird, -no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!

12 For even should they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, {that} not a man {remain}: for woe also to them when I shall have departed from them!

13 Ephraim, as I saw {him}, was a Tyre planted in a beautiful place; but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the slayer.

14 Give them, Jehovah-what wilt thou give? -give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings, I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are rebellious.

16 Ephraim is smitten: their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they should bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved {fruit} of their womb.

17 My God hath rejected them, because they hearkened not unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

1 以色列啊！ 不要欢喜； 不要像外族人一样快乐， 因为你行了邪淫， 离开你的 神， 在各打谷场上喜爱卖淫的赏赐。

2 打谷场和榨酒池不能喂养他们， 新酒也必使他们失望。

3 他们必不得住在耶和华之地； 以法莲要回到埃及去， 要在亚述吃不洁之物。

4 他们必不得向耶和华奠酒， 他们的祭物也不能使他喜悦。他们的饼好像丧家的饼， 凡吃这饼的， 都必被玷污； 因为他们的饼只可自己吃， 不可带进耶和华的殿。

5 那么， 在规定集会的日子和耶和华节期的时候， 你们能作什么？

6 看哪！ 他们逃到亚述去， 埃及要收殓他们， 摩弗要埋葬他们。他们珍贵的银器必为蒺藜所占有， 他们的帐棚必长满荆棘。

7 惩罚的日子临近， 报应的时候来到， 以色列必定知道， 因着你们众多的罪孽和深仇大恨， 先知被看为愚昧， 受灵感动的人被当作疯子。

8 先知与 神一同作以法莲的守望者， 在他所行的一切路上， 都满有捕鸟人的网罗， 在他 神的家中只有仇恨。

9 以法莲深深败坏， 如同在基比亚的日子一般。 神必记得他们的罪孽， 惩罚他们的罪恶。

10 "我遇见以色列， 好像在旷野里遇见葡萄。我看见你们的列祖， 像看见无花果树初熟的果子。他们却来到巴力．毗珥， 专作羞耻的事， 成为可憎恶的， 像他们所爱的偶像一样。

11 至于以法莲， 他们的荣耀必如鸟儿飞逝； 没有生育， 没有怀胎， 没有成孕。

12 即使他们把儿女养大， 我也必使他们丧子， 一个不留。我离弃他们的时候， 他们就有祸了。"

13 在我看来， 以法莲的儿女注定被当作猎物； 以法莲要把自己的儿女带出来， 交给施行杀戮的人。

14 耶和华啊， 求你赐给他们； 你要赐给他们什么呢？求你使他们坠胎小产， 乳房萎缩。

15 "他们的一切罪恶都在吉甲， 我在那里憎恨他们， 因他们的恶行， 我要把他们从我的家里赶出来； 我不再爱他们， 他们的领袖都是叛徒。

16 以法莲被击打， 他们的根枯干了， 必不能再结果子。即使他们生产， 我必杀死他们所生的爱子。"

17 我的 神必弃绝他们， 因为他们不听从他； 他们必在列国中飘流。