1 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
2 "I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth.
Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."
3 Do two walk together,
unless they have agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the thicket,
when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out of his den,
if he has caught nothing?
5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth,
where no snare is set for him?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
when there is nothing to catch?
6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city,
without the people being afraid?
Does evil happen to a city,
and Yahweh hasn’t done it?
7 Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing,
unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared.
Who will not fear?
The Lord Yahweh has spoken.
Who can but prophesy?
9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod,
and in the palaces in the land of Egypt,
and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,
and see what unrest is in her,
and what oppression is among them."
10 "Indeed they don’t know to do right," says Yahweh,
"Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces."
11 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says:
"An adversary will overrun the land;
and he will pull down your strongholds,
and your fortresses will be plundered."
12 Yahweh says:
"As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs,
or a piece of an ear,
so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch,
and on the silken cushions of a bed."
13 "Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.
14 "For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him,
I will also visit the altars of Bethel;
and the horns of the altar will be cut off,
and fall to the ground.
15 I will strike the winter house with the summer house;
and the houses of ivory will perish,
and the great houses will have an end,"
says Yahweh.
1 以色列人哪！ 要听耶和华攻击你们的这些话， 就是攻击他从埃及地领上来的以色列全家， 说：
2 "地上万族中， 我只拣选了你； 因此， 我必追讨你们的一切罪。"
3 二人如果没有约定， 怎会同行呢？
4 狮子如果不是捕获猎物， 怎会在林中吼叫？少壮狮子如果没有捕获什么， 怎会在洞中咆哮呢？
5 如果没有饵， 雀鸟怎会掉在地上的网罗中？网罗如果没有捕获雀鸟， 怎会从地上翻起呢？
6 城中如果吹起号角， 居民怎会不惊慌呢？灾祸如果临到某城， 不是耶和华所降的吗？
7 如果主耶和华不先把计划向他的仆人众先知显示， 他就不会作任何事。
8 狮子吼叫， 谁不害怕； 主耶和华宣告， 谁敢不代他传话？
9 要向亚实突和埃及的堡垒宣告： "你们要在撒玛利亚山上聚集； 观看城里极大的骚乱和城中的暴虐。"
10 "这些人不知道怎样行正直的事， 只管在他们的堡垒中积聚暴行和欺压。"这是耶和华的宣告。
11 因此， 主耶和华这样说： "敌人必围攻这地， 使你们的势力倾覆， 抢掠你们的堡垒。"
12 耶和华这样说： "牧人从狮子口中， 只能夺回一双羊腿和一角耳朵； 住在撒玛利亚的以色列人获救也是这样， 他们只剩下一角床榻， 半边褥子（"他们只剩下一角床塌， 半边褥子"， 这句原文意义不详， 或译： "他们躺卧在华丽的床上， 睡在铺上绣花毯子的榻上"）。
13 你们要听， 要向雅各家作证。（这是主耶和华万军之 神的宣告。）
14 我追讨以色列的悖逆时， 必要惩罚伯特利的祭坛； 坛角必砍下， 跌落在地。
15 我必毁坏冬天和夏天的别墅， 用象牙装饰的房子必破烂， 宏伟的楼宇必归于无有。"这是耶和华的宣告。