以法莲吃风，终日追赶东风；他增添虚谎和强暴；与亚述立约，把油送到埃及。
Ephraim feeds on wind / And follows the east wind continually; / He multiplies lies and violence. / They make a covenant with Assyria, / And oil is carried into Egypt.

耶和华又与犹大争辩，必照雅各所行的惩罚他，按他所作的报应他。
Jehovah has also a controversy with Judah / And will punish Jacob according to his ways; / According to his doings He will recompense him.

他在母腹中抓住哥哥的脚跟，壮年的时候与神较力。
In the womb he grasped his brother by the heel, / And in his full strength he contended with God.

他与天使较力并且得胜；他哭泣恳求，在伯特利遇见耶和华；祂在那里与我们说话，
Indeed he contended with the Angel and prevailed; / He wept and made supplication to Him. / At Bethel he found Him; / And there He spoke with us,

祂是耶和华万军之神；耶和华是祂可记念的名。
Even Jehovah the God of hosts; / Jehovah is His memorial.

你当归向你的神，谨守慈爱、公平，常常等候你的神。
And you, return there to your God; / Keep lovingkindness and justice, / And wait on your God continually.

以法莲是商人，手里有诡诈的天平，喜爱欺诈。
He is a merchant; / In his hand are balances of deceit; / He loves to extort.

以法莲说，我果然成了富足，为自己得了财富；我一切劳碌得来的，人必不见有什么不义，可算为罪的。
And Ephraim said, / I have surely become rich; / I have found wealth for myself. / In all my labors / They will find with me / No iniquity, which would be sin.

自从在埃及地以来，我就是耶和华你的神；我必使你再住帐棚，如在所定节期的日子一样。
But I have been Jehovah your God / Since the land of Egypt; / Yet again I will cause you to dwell in tents / As in the days of the appointed feast.

我已晓谕众申言者，并且加增异象，借申言者使用比喻。
I have also spoken unto the prophets: / And I have multiplied vision, / And through the prophets I have used similitudes.

基列人有罪孽么？他们全然是虚假的。他们在吉甲献牛为祭，他们的祭坛好像田间犁沟中的乱堆。
Is Gilead iniquity? They are altogether vanity. / In Gilgal they sacrifice oxen; / Indeed their altars are like heaps / In the furrows of a field.

从前雅各逃到亚兰地，以色列为得妻子服事人，为得妻子替人放羊。
And Jacob fled into the country of Aram; / And Israel served for a wife, / And for a wife he kept sheep.

耶和华借申言者领以色列从埃及上来，以色列也借申言者而得保存。
And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up from Egypt, / And by a prophet he was kept.

以法莲大大惹动主怒，所以他的主必使他流血的罪归在他身上，必将他自己的羞辱还报他。
Ephraim provoked Him to bitter anger; / Therefore his Lord will leave his bloodshed upon him / And will recompense him with his own reproach.