6:1 以色列人哪，当听耶和华的话。要起来向山岭争辩，使冈陵听你的话。

Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

 

6:2 山岭和地永久的根基阿，要听耶和华争辩的话。因为耶和华要与他的百姓争辩，与以色列争论。

Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

 

6:3 我的百姓阿，我向你做了什么呢。我在什么事上使你厌烦。你可以对我证明。

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

 

6:4 我曾将你从埃及地领出来，从作奴仆之家救赎你。我也差遣摩西，亚伦，和米利暗在你前面行。

For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

 

6:5 我的百姓阿，你们当追念摩押王巴勒所设的谋，和比珥的儿子巴兰回答他的话，并你们从什亭到吉甲所遇见的事，好使你们知道耶和华公义的作为。

O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

 

6:6 我朝见耶和华，在至高神面前跪拜，当献上什么呢。岂可献一岁的牛犊为燔祭吗。

Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

 

6:7 耶和华岂喜悦千千的公羊，或是千千万万的油河吗。我岂可为自己的罪过，献我的长子吗，为心中的罪恶，献我身所生的吗。

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

 

6:8 世人哪，耶和华已指示你何为善。他向你所要的是什么呢。只要你行公义，好怜悯，存谦卑的心，与你的神同行。

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

 

6:9 耶和华向这城呼叫，智慧人必敬畏他的名。你们当听是谁派定刑杖的惩罚。

The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

 

6:10 恶人家中不仍有非义之财，和可恶的小升斗吗。

Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

 

6:11 我若用不公道的天平，和囊中诡诈的法码，岂可算为清洁呢。

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

 

6:12 城里的富户满行强暴，其中的居民也说谎言，口中的舌头是诡诈的。

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

 

6:13 因此，我击打你，使你的伤痕甚重。使你因你的罪恶荒凉。

Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

 

6:14 你要吃，却吃不饱。你的虚弱，必显在你中间。你必挪去，却不得救护。所救护的，我必交给刀剑。

Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

 

6:15 你必撒种，却不得收割。踹橄榄，却不得油抹身。踹葡萄，却不得酒喝。

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

 

6:16 因为你守暗利的恶规，行亚哈家一切所行的，顺从他们的计谋。因此，我必使你荒凉，使你的居民令人嗤笑。你们也必担当我民的羞辱。

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.