1 Yahweh said to me, "Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water."
2 So I bought a belt according to Yahweh’s word, and put it on my waist.
3 Yahweh’s word came to me the second time, saying, 4 "Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock."
5 So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as Yahweh commanded me.
6 After many days, Yahweh said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there."
7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was ruined. It was profitable for nothing.
8 Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 9 "Yahweh says, ‘In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, will even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing. 11 For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to me,’ says Yahweh; ‘that they may be to me for a people, for a name, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.’
12 "Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘Yahweh, the God of Israel says, "Every container should be filled with wine."’ They will tell you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every container should be filled with wine?’ 13 Then tell them, ‘Yahweh says, "Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 14 I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together," says Yahweh: "I will not pity, spare, or have compassion, that I should not destroy them."’"
15 Hear, and give ear.
Don’t be proud,
for Yahweh has spoken.
16 Give glory to Yahweh your God,
before he causes darkness,
and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains,
and while you look for light,
he turns it into the shadow of death,
and makes it deep darkness.
17 But if you will not hear it,
my soul will weep in secret for your pride.
My eye will weep bitterly,
and run down with tears,
because Yahweh’s flock has been taken captive.
18 Say to the king and to the queen mother,
"Humble yourselves.
Sit down, for your crowns have come down,
even the crown of your glory.
19 The cities of the South are shut up,
and there is no one to open them.
Judah is carried away captive: all of them.
They are wholly carried away captive.
20 Lift up your eyes,
and see those who come from the north.
Where is the flock that was given to you,
your beautiful flock?
21 What will you say when he sets over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you?
Won’t sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?
22 If you say in your heart,
"Why have these things come on me?"
Your skirts are uncovered because of the greatness of your iniquity,
and your heels suffer violence.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin,
or the leopard his spots?
Then may you also do good,
who are accustomed to do evil.
24 "Therefore I will scatter them
as the stubble that passes away
by the wind of the wilderness.
25 This is your lot,
the portion measured to you from me," says Yahweh,
"because you have forgotten me,
and trusted in falsehood."
26 Therefore I will also uncover your skirts on your face,
and your shame will appear.
27 I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries
and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution,
on the hills in the field.
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
You will not be made clean.
How long will it yet be?"
1 耶和华这样对我说： "你去为自己买一根麻布腰带， 束在腰上， 但不要把它放在水中。"
2 我就照着耶和华的话， 买了一根腰带， 束在腰上。
3 耶和华的话第二次临到我， 说：
4 "拿你买来束在腰上的腰带， 起来， 往幼发拉底河去， 把腰带藏在那里的岩石缝中。"
5 我就照着耶和华所吩咐我的， 去把腰带藏在幼发拉底河那里。
6 过了多日， 耶和华对我说： "起来， 往幼发拉底河去， 把我吩咐你藏在那里的腰带取出来。"
7 于是我往幼发拉底河去， 在那里挖掘， 把腰带从我埋藏的地方取出来； 看哪！ 腰带已经腐烂了， 完全没用了。
8 那时， 耶和华的话临到我， 说：
9 "耶和华这样说： ‘我必照样败坏犹大的尊荣和耶路撒冷极大的尊荣。
10 这邪恶的人民， 不肯听从我的话， 他们随着自己顽梗的心行事， 随从别的神， 事奉敬拜他们； 所以他们必像这根腰带， 毫无用处。
11 因为腰带怎样紧贴着人的腰， 我也曾怎样使以色列全家和犹大全家紧贴着我， 好使他们作我的子民， 叫我得名声， 得赞美， 得荣耀； 可是他们却不听从。’"这是耶和华的宣告。
12 "你要对他们说这话： ‘耶和华以色列的 神这样说： 每一个酒瓶都要盛满酒。’如果他们对你说： ‘难道我们不清楚知道每一个酒瓶都要盛满酒吗？’
13 你就要对他们说： ‘耶和华这样说： 看哪！ 我要使这地所有的居民， 就是那些坐大卫王位的君王， 以及祭司、先知和耶路撒冷所有的居民， 都完全醉倒。
14 我要使他们彼此碰撞， 连父子也要互相碰撞； 我必不爱惜、不可怜， 也不怜悯他们， 我必把他们灭绝。’"这是耶和华的宣告。
15 你们要听， 要留心听， 不要骄傲； 因为是耶和华说的。
16 耶和华你们的 神还没有使黑暗临到以前， 你们的脚还没有在昏暗的山上绊倒之前， 你们要把荣耀归给他。你们期待光明， 他却把光明变为死荫， 使光明变成黝黑。
17 如果你们不听从， 我必因你们的骄傲暗暗哭泣； 我的眼必痛哭流泪， 因为耶和华的羊群被掳去了。
18 你要对君王和太后说： "你们应从宝座下来， 因为华丽的冠冕已经从你们的头上脱下来了。"
19 南地的城市已被围困， 没有人能解围； 整个犹大都被掳走， 全被掳去了。
20 耶路撒冷啊！ 你要举目观看那些从北方来的人。从前交给你的羊群， 就是你引以为荣的群羊， 现今在哪里呢？
21 耶和华立你自己结交（"结交"原文作"教导"）的盟友为首领管辖你， 那时， 你还有什么话说呢？痛苦岂不把你抓住， 好像妇女生产时的痛苦一样吗？
22 如果你心里问： "这些事为什么发生在我身上呢？"这是由于你极大的罪孽； 你的袍子被掀起， 你的下体（"下体"原文作"脚跟"）暴露出来。
23 古实人怎能改变他的肤色？花豹怎能改变它的斑点？你们这些惯作坏事的人， 又怎能行善呢？
24 "因此， 我要使你们（"你们"原文作"他们"）四散， 像被旷野的风吹走的碎秸一样。
25 这是你应得的， 是我量给你的分。"这是耶和华的宣告。"因为你忘记了我， 去倚靠虚假的偶像；
26 所以， 我必把你的袍子掀到你的脸上， 使人看见你的丑态。
27 你的奸淫， 你淫荡的叫声， 你邪淫的恶行， 在山上， 在田野间， 你那些可憎的事我都看见了。耶路撒冷啊， 你有祸了！ 你这样不洁净要到几时呢？"