1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling.

He exalted himself in Israel,

but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.

2 Now they sin more and more,

and have made themselves molten images of their silver,

even idols according to their own understanding,

all of them the work of the craftsmen.

They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.’

3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist,

like the dew that passes away early,

like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor,

and like the smoke out of the chimney.

4 "Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt;

and you shall acknowledge no god but me,

and besides me there is no savior.

5 I knew you in the wilderness,

in the land of great drought.

6 According to their pasture, so were they filled;

they were filled, and their heart was exalted.

Therefore they have forgotten me.

7 Therefore I am like a lion to them.

Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs,

and will tear the covering of their heart.

There I will devour them like a lioness.

The wild animal will tear them.

9 You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me,

against your helper.

10 Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities?

And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?

11 I have given you a king in my anger,

and have taken him away in my wrath.

12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up.

His sin is stored up.

13 The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him.

He is an unwise son,

for when it is time, he doesn’t come to the opening of the womb.

14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.

I will redeem them from death!

Death, where are your plagues?

Sheol, where is your destruction?

"Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

15 Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come,

the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness;

and his spring will become dry,

and his fountain will be dried up.

He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.

16 Samaria will bear her guilt,

for she has rebelled against her God.

They will fall by the sword.

Their infants will be dashed in pieces,

and their pregnant women will be ripped open."

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）