以色列是茂盛的葡萄树，结果繁多。他的果子越多，就越增添祭坛；地土越肥美，就越造美好的柱像。
Israel is a luxuriant vine; / He brings forth fruit for himself. / According to the abundance of his fruit / He has multiplied altars; / According to the goodness of their land / They have made pillars well.

他们心怀二意，现今要定为有罪。耶和华必拆毁他们的祭坛，毁坏他们的柱像。
Their heart is divided; / Now they will be found guilty. / He Himself will break down their altars; / He will destroy their pillars.

现今他们必说，我们没有王，因为我们不敬畏耶和华；王能为我们作什么呢？
For now they will say, / We have no king, / For we did not fear Jehovah; / And the king, what can he do for us?

他们在立约时说空话，起假誓，因此，审判如毒草滋生在田间的犁沟中。
They speak mere words, / Swearing falsely / While making a covenant; / And judgment sprouts forth like poisonous weeds / In the furrows of the field.

撒玛利亚的居民必因伯亚文的牛犊惊恐，拜它的民为它悲哀，拜它为偶像的祭司为它战兢，都因荣耀离开它去了。
The inhabitants of Samaria will fear / For the calves of Beth-aven; / For its people will mourn over it, / And its idol priests will tremble for it, / For its glory, / Because it has departed from it.

人必将牛犊带到亚述，当作礼物献给那争战的王。以法莲必蒙羞，以色列必因自己的计谋惭愧。
Indeed it will be carried to Assyria: / A present to the warrior king. / Ephraim will be taken in shame, / And Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.

撒玛利亚和她的王必被剪除，如水面的枯枝一样。
Samaria will be cut off with her king / And will be like twigs on the surface of the water.

伯亚文的邱坛，就是以色列的罪，必被毁灭。荆棘和蒺藜必长在他们的祭坛上；他们必对大山说，遮盖我们！对小山说，倒在我们身上！
And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, / Will be destroyed. / The thorn and the thistle will come up / Upon their altars; / And they will say to the mountains, Cover us! / And to the hills, Fall on us!

以色列啊，你从基比亚的日子以来，时常犯罪。他们仍然站在那里；攻击罪孽之辈的战事，岂不是在基比亚追上他们么？
Since the days of Gibeah / You have sinned, O Israel; / There they have stood. / Did not the battle / Overtake them in Gibeah / Because of the children of iniquity?

我在愿意的时候必管教他们；他们为两样的罪孽所缠的时候，列邦的民必聚集攻击他们。
When I so desire, I will chastise them; / And the peoples will be gathered against them, / When they are bound for their double iniquity.

以法莲是驯良的母牛犊，喜爱踹谷，我却将轭加在它肥美的颈项上：我要使以法莲拉犁，犹大必耕田，雅各必耙地。
And Ephraim is a trained heifer / That loves to tread the grain; / But I have passed the yoke / Over her fair neck: / I will make Ephraim draw the plow; / Judah will plow; / Jacob will break his clods.

你们要为自己向公义撒种，就能照着慈爱收割；你们要开垦自己的休耕地，因为现今正是寻求耶和华的时候，等祂临到，使公义如雨降在你们身上。
Sow unto righteousness for yourselves; / Reap according to lovingkindness; / Break up your fallow ground; / For it is time to seek Jehovah / Until He comes and rains / Righteousness on you.

你们耕种的是奸恶，收割的是不义，吃的是谎言的果子。因你倚靠自己的道路，仰赖自己的勇士众多。
You have plowed wickedness; / You have reaped injustice; / You have eaten the fruit of lying. / For you have trusted in your way, / In the multitude of your mighty men.

所以在你民中必起哄嚷之声，你一切的保障必被拆毁，就如沙勒幔在争战的日子拆毁伯亚比勒，将其中的母子一同摔死。
And a tumult will arise among your peoples; / And all your fortresses will be devastated, / As Shalman devastated Beth-arbel / In the day of battle: / The mother was dashed in pieces with the children.

因你们的大恶，伯特利必使你们遭遇如此：到了黎明，以色列的王必全然灭绝。
Thus Bethel will cause this to happen to you / Because of your great evil: / At dawn the king of Israel / Will be utterly cut off.