1 哀哉，我（或指以色列）好像夏天的果子已被收尽，又像摘了葡萄所剩下的。没有一挂可吃的，我心羡慕初熟的无花果。
What misery is mine! I am like one who gathers summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave.2 地上虔诚人灭尽，世间没有正直人。各人埋伏，要杀人流血。都用网罗猎取弟兄。The godly have been swept from the land; not one upright man remains. All men lie in wait to shed blood; each hunts his brother with a net.3 他们双手作恶。君王徇情面，审判官要贿赂。位分大的吐出恶意。都彼此结联行恶。Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire- they all conspire together.4 他们最好的，不过是蒺藜。最正直的，不过是荆棘篱笆。你守望者说降罚的日子已经来到。他们必扰乱不安。The best of them is like a brier, the most upright worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen has come, the day God visits you. Now is the time of their confusion.5 不要倚赖邻舍。不要信靠密友。要守住你的口，不要向你怀中的妻提说。Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with her who lies in your embrace be careful of your words.
6 因为，儿子藐视父亲，女儿抗拒母亲，媳妇抗拒婆婆。人的仇敌，就是自己家里的人。For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law- a man's enemies are the members of his own household.7 至于我，我要仰望耶和华，要等候那救我的神。我的神必应允我。But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord , I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.8 我的仇敌阿，不要向我夸耀。我虽跌倒，却要起来。我虽坐在黑暗里，耶和华却作我的光。Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
9 我要忍受耶和华的恼怒，因我得罪了他。直等他为我辨屈，为我伸冤。他必领我到光明中，我必得见他的公义。Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the Lord 's wrath, until he pleads my case and establishes my right. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness.10 那时我的仇敌，就是曾对我说耶和华你神在哪里的，他一看见这事就被羞愧遮盖。我必亲眼见他遭报。他必被践踏，如同街上的泥土。Then my enemy will see it and will be covered with shame, she who said to me, 'Where is the Lord your God?' My eyes will see her downfall; even now she will be trampled underfoot like mire in the streets.11 以色列阿，日子必到，你的墙垣必重修。到那日，你的境界必开展（或作命令必传到远方）。The day for building your walls will come, the day for extending your boundaries.12 当那日，人必从亚述，从埃及的城邑，从埃及到大河，从这海到那海，从这山到那山，都归到你这里。In that day people will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.13 然而，这地因居民的缘故，又因他们行事的结果，必然荒凉。The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the result of their deeds.
