因人懒惰，房顶塌下。因人手懒，房屋滴漏。
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
设摆筵席，是为喜笑。酒能使人快活，钱能叫万事应心。
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
祸哉，那些设立不义之律例的，和记录奸诈之判语的。
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
到降罚的日子，有灾祸从远方临到，那时，你们怎样行呢，你们向谁逃奔求救呢，你们的荣耀（或作财宝）存留何处呢。
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
他们只得屈身在被掳的人以下，仆倒在被杀的人以下，虽然如此，耶和华的怒气还未转消，他的手仍伸不缩。
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
我要打发他攻击亵渎的国民，吩咐他攻击我所恼怒的百姓，抢财为掳物，夺货为掠物，将他们践踏，像街上的泥土一样。
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
然而他不是这样的意思，他心也不这样打算。他心里倒想毁灭，剪除不少的国。
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
他说，我的臣仆，岂不都是王吗。
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
迦勒挪岂不像迦基米施吗。哈马岂不像亚珥拔吗。撒玛利亚岂不像大马士革吗。
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
我手已经构到有偶像的国。这些国雕刻的偶像过于耶路撒冷和撒玛利亚的偶像。
As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;