1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said, 'Smite the capitals so that the thresholds will shake, And break them on the heads of them all! Then I will slay the rest of them with the sword; They will not have a fugitive who will flee, Or a refugee who will escape.
1我看見主站在祭壇旁邊；他說：你要擊打柱頂，使門檻震動，打碎柱頂，落在眾人頭上；所剩下的人，我必用刀殺戮，無一人能逃避，無一人能逃脫。
2'Though they dig into Sheol, From there will My hand take them; And though they ascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down.
2他們雖然挖透陰間，我的手必取出他們來；雖然爬上天去，我必拿下他們來；
3'Though they hide on the summit of Carmel, I will search them out and take them from there; And though they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea, From there I will command the serpent and it will bite them.
3雖然藏在迦密山頂，我必搜尋，捉出他們來；雖然從我眼前藏在海底，我必命蛇咬他們；
4'And though they go into captivity before their enemies, From there I will command the sword that it slay them, And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good.'
4雖被仇敵擄去，我必命刀劍殺戮他們；我必向他們定住眼目，降禍不降福。
5The Lord GOD of hosts, The One who touches the land so that it melts, And all those who dwell in it mourn, And all of it rises up like the Nile And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
5主─萬軍之耶和華摸地，地就消化，凡住在地上的都必悲哀。地必全然像尼羅河漲起，如同埃及河落下。
6The One who builds His upper chambers in the heavens And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth, He who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth, The LORD is His name.
6那在天上建造樓閣、在地上安定穹蒼、命海水澆在地上的─耶和華是他的名。
7'Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me, O sons of Israel?' declares the LORD. 'Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt, And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?
7耶和華說：以色列人哪，我豈不看你們如古實人嗎？我豈不是領以色列人出埃及地，領非利士人出迦斐託，領亞蘭人出吉珥嗎？
8'Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob,' Declares the LORD.
8主耶和華的眼目察看這有罪的國，必將這國從地上滅絕，卻不將雅各家滅絕淨盡。這是耶和華說的。
9'For behold, I am commanding, And I will shake the house of Israel among all nations As [grain] is shaken in a sieve, But not a kernel will fall to the ground.
9我必出令，將以色列家分散在列國中，好像用篩子篩穀，連一粒也不落在地上。
10'All the sinners of My people will die by the sword, Those who say, 'The calamity will not overtake or confront us.'
10我民中的一切罪人說：災禍必追不上我們，也迎不著我們。他們必死在刀下。
11'In that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David, And wall up its breaches; I will also raise up its ruins And rebuild it as in the days of old;
11到那日，我必建立大衛倒塌的帳幕，堵住其中的破口，把那破壞的建立起來，重新修造，像古時一樣，
12That they may possess the remnant of Edom And all the nations who are called by My name,' Declares the LORD who does this.
12使以色列人得以東所餘剩的和所有稱為我名下的國。此乃行這事的耶和華說的。
13'Behold, days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'When the plowman will overtake the reaper And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; When the mountains will drip sweet wine And all the hills will be dissolved.
13耶和華說：日子將到，耕種的必接續收割的；踹葡萄的必接續撒種的；大山要滴下甜酒；小山都必流奶（原文是消化，見約珥三章十八節）。
14'Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities and live [in them]; They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit.
14我必使我民以色列被擄的歸回；他們必重修荒廢的城邑居住，栽種葡萄園，喝其中所出的酒，修造果木園，吃其中的果子。
15'I will also plant them on their land, And they will not again be rooted out from their land Which I have given them,' Says the LORD your God.
15我要將他們栽於本地，他們不再從我所賜給他們的地上拔出來。這是耶和華─你的神說的。