From the very beginning, your first ancestor sinned against me; all your leaders broke my laws.

你的始祖犯罪；你的师傅违背我。

你的始祖犯罪，你的师傅违背我；

你的始祖犯罪，你的师傅违背我；

你的始祖犯了罪，你的首领也背叛了我。

你的祖先犯了罪，你的代表背叛了我。

你的始祖犯了罪，你的中保们悖逆了我；

你的始祖犯罪；你的師傅違背我。

你的始祖犯罪，你的師傅違背我；

你的始祖犯罪，你的師傅違背我；

你的始祖犯了罪，你的首領也背叛了我。

你的祖先犯了罪，你的代表背叛了我。

你的先祖犯了罪，你的代表悖逆了我。

你的始祖犯了罪，你的中保們悖逆了我；

爾之始祖干罪、爾之師傅又復逆我、

爾祖已蹈愆尤、爾師又行違逆、

爾始祖已獲罪、爾訓誨之師悖逆我、

Your first father sinned; those I sent to teach you rebelled against me.

Your father Jacob sinned. The people I sent to teach you refused to obey me.

Your first father sinned, and your mediators transgressed against me.

Your first father sinned, and your mediators have rebelled against me.

Your first forefather sinned, And your spokesmen have rebelled against Me.

Your first father sinned, And your mediators have transgressed against Me.

Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

Your first father sinned, and your mediators have rebelled against Me.

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me.

Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.

the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. Worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes?

Now, however, Israel is led by drunks who reel with wine and stagger with alcohol. The priests and prophets stagger with alcohol and lose themselves in wine. They reel when they see visions and stagger as they render decisions.

Give her this message from the Sovereign Lord: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”

Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death.

For the leaders of my people— the Lord’s watchmen, his shepherds— are blind and ignorant. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes. They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming.Like greedy dogs, they are never satisfied. They are ignorant shepherds, all following their own path and intent on personal gain.“ Come,” they say,“ let’s get some wine and have a party. Let’s all get drunk. Then tomorrow we’ll do it again and have an even bigger party!”

The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders also mocked Jesus.

Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the sins of her priests, who defiled the city by shedding innocent blood.They wandered blindly through the streets, so defiled by blood that no one dared touch them.

Like our ancestors, we have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the Lord’s miraculous deeds. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.

Don’t be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them,‘ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.’“ Where are your ancestors now? They and the prophets are long dead.But everything I said through my servants the prophets happened to your ancestors, just as I said. As a result, they repented and said,‘ We have received what we deserved from the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He has done what he said he would do.’”

Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my decrees and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.“ But you ask,‘ How can we return when we have never gone away?’

But here you are, a brood of sinners, doing exactly the same thing! You are making the Lord even angrier with Israel.

Childish leaders oppress my people, and women rule over them. O my people, your leaders mislead you; they send you down the wrong road.

“ You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!

Then they will not be like their ancestors— stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to God.

The high priest and his officials, who were Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

The leaders of Israel are the head, and the lying prophets are the tail.

My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.

Let us now lie down in shame and cover ourselves with dishonor, for we and our ancestors have sinned against the Lord our God. From our childhood to this day we have never obeyed him.”

“ Even the priests and prophets are ungodly, wicked men. I have seen their despicable acts right here in my own Temple,” says the Lord.“ Therefore, the paths they take will become slippery. They will be chased through the dark, and there they will fall. For I will bring disaster upon them at the time fixed for their punishment. I, the Lord, have spoken!“ I saw that the prophets of Samaria were terribly evil, for they prophesied in the name of Baal and led my people of Israel into sin.But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse! They commit adultery and love dishonesty. They encourage those who are doing evil so that no one turns away from their sins. These prophets are as wicked as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were.”Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says concerning the prophets:“ I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink. For it is because of Jerusalem’s prophets that wickedness has filled this land.”

When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.

Your princes plot conspiracies just as lions stalk their prey. They devour innocent people, seizing treasures and extorting wealth. They make many widows in the land.Your priests have violated my instructions and defiled my holy things. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that I am dishonored among them.Your leaders are like wolves who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people’s lives for money!And your prophets cover up for them by announcing false visions and making lying predictions. They say,‘ My message is from the Sovereign Lord,’ when the Lord hasn’t spoken a single word to them.

Caiaphas, who was high priest at that time, said,“ You don’t know what you’re talking about!You don’t realize that it’s better for you that one man should die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed.”He did not say this on his own; as high priest at that time he was led to prophesy that Jesus would die for the entire nation.And not only for that nation, but to bring together and unite all the children of God scattered around the world.So from that time on, the Jewish leaders began to plot Jesus’ death.

Then at last you will know it was I who sent you this warning so that my covenant with the Levites can continue,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.“ The purpose of my covenant with the Levites was to bring life and peace, and that is what I gave them. This required reverence from them, and they greatly revered me and stood in awe of my name.They passed on to the people the truth of the instructions they received from me. They did not lie or cheat; they walked with me, living good and righteous lives, and they turned many from lives of sin.“ The words of a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge of God, and people should go to him for instruction, for the priest is the messenger of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.But you priests have left God’s paths. Your instructions have caused many to stumble into sin. You have corrupted the covenant I made with the Levites,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

You rulers make decisions based on bribes; you priests teach God’s laws only for a price; you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim to depend on the Lord.“ No harm can come to us,” you say,“ for the Lord is here among us.”