“ These are the birds that are detestable to you. You must never eat them: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

“雀鸟中你们当以为可憎、不可吃的乃是：雕、狗头雕、红头雕、

“飞鸟中你们当以为可憎，不可吃且可憎的是：雕、狗头雕、红头雕，

“飞鸟中你们当以为可憎，不可吃且可憎的是：雕、狗头雕、红头雕，

“你们不可吃以下鸟类，要视为可憎之物。它们是雕、胡兀鹫、黑秃鹫、

“在鸟类中，你们要憎恶，也不可吃这些雀鸟：兀鹰（雀鸟的名字中文翻译还未统一，它们的学名多不能确定）、鵰、鹫、

「雀鳥中你們當以為可憎、不可吃的乃是：鵰、狗頭鵰、紅頭鵰、

「飛鳥中你們當以為可憎，不可吃且可憎的是：鵰、狗頭鵰、紅頭鵰，

「飛鳥中你們當以為可憎，不可吃且可憎的是：鵰、狗頭鵰、紅頭鵰，

「你們不可吃以下鳥類，要視為可憎之物。牠們是鵰、胡兀鷲、黑禿鷲、

“在鳥類中，你們要憎惡，也不可吃這些雀鳥：兀鷹（雀鳥的名字中文翻譯還未統一，牠們的學名多不能確定）、鵰、鷲、

『飛鳥中你們要看以下這些為可憎：牠們是喫不得的；牠們是可憎物：例如兀鷹、狗頭鵰、紅頭鵰、

羽族中所可憎、而不可食者、即鷹、鶚、鵰、

羽族中所可憎而不可食者、鷹、鶚、鵰、

禽鳥中亦有當視為可憎不可食者、即鷹、鶚、鵰、鸇、

“‘ These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,

“‘ Here are the birds you must treat as“ unclean.” Do not eat them because they are“ unclean.” The birds include eagles, vultures and black vultures.

“ And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

“ You are to abhor these birds. They must not be eaten because they are abhorrent: eagles, bearded vultures, Egyptian vultures,

‘ Moreover, these you shall detest among the birds; they are detestable, not to be eaten: the eagle, the vulture, and the buzzard,

‘ And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,

And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier- eagle, and the ospray,

“ You are to detest these birds. They must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

And these[ are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they[ are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

“‘ These you are to detest from among the birds– they must not be eaten, because they are detestable: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

“‘ You shall detest these among the birds; they shall not be eaten because they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,

“ Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their tongues are filled with lies.”“ Snake venom drips from their lips.”“ Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”“ They rush to commit murder.Destruction and misery always follow them.They don’t know where to find peace.”

Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents.They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy.They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.

“ Sound the alarm! The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the Lord, for they have broken my covenant and revolted against my law.

These are the birds you may not eat: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,the kite, the falcon, buzzards of all kinds,ravens of all kinds,the eagle owl, the short eared owl, the seagull, hawks of all kinds,the little owl, the great owl, the barn owl,the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture, the cormorant,the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.“ All winged insects that walk along the ground are ceremonially unclean for you and may not be eaten.But you may eat any winged bird or insect that is ceremonially clean.

Their horses are swifter than cheetahs and fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their charioteers charge from far away. Like eagles, they swoop down to devour their prey.

Is it at your command that the eagle rises to the heights to make its nest?It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag.From there it hunts its prey, keeping watch with piercing eyes.Its young gulp down blood. Where there’s a carcass, there you’ll find it.”

These are treasures no bird of prey can see, no falcon’s eye observe.

Our enemy rushes down on us like storm clouds! His chariots are like whirlwinds. His horses are swifter than eagles. How terrible it will be, for we are doomed!

Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.

Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near.

This is what the Lord says:“ Look! The enemy swoops down like an eagle, spreading his wings over Moab.

Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God and wander about in hunger?

“ My people are foolish and do not know me,” says the Lord.“ They are stupid children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no idea how to do right!”

Our enemies were swifter than eagles in flight. If we fled to the mountains, they found us. If we hid in the wilderness, they were waiting for us there.