Parallel Verses
- The Message - “Haul your mother into court. Accuse her! She’s no longer my wife. I’m no longer her husband. Tell her to quit dressing like a whore, displaying her breasts for sale. If she refuses, I’ll rip off her clothes and expose her, naked as a newborn. I’ll turn her skin into dried-out leather, her body into a badlands landscape, a rack of bones in the desert. I’ll have nothing to do with her children, born one and all in a whorehouse. Face it: Your mother’s been a whore, bringing bastard children into the world. She said, ‘I’m off to see my lovers! They’ll wine and dine me, Dress and caress me, perfume and adorn me!’ But I’ll fix her: I’ll dump her in a field of thistles, then lose her in a dead-end alley. She’ll go on the hunt for her lovers but not bring down a single one. She’ll look high and low but won’t find a one. Then she’ll say, ‘I’m going back to my husband, the one I started out with. That was a better life by far than this one.’ She didn’t know that it was I all along who wined and dined and adorned her, That I was the one who dressed her up in the big-city fashions and jewelry that she wasted on wild Baal-orgies. I’m about to bring her up short: No more wining and dining! Silk lingerie and gowns are a thing of the past. I’ll expose her genitals to the public. All her fly-by-night lovers will be helpless to help her. Party time is over. I’m calling a halt to the whole business, her wild weekends and unholy holidays. I’ll wreck her sumptuous gardens and ornamental fountains, of which she bragged, ‘Whoring paid for all this!’ They will soon be dumping grounds for garbage, feeding grounds for stray dogs and cats. I’ll make her pay for her indulgence in promiscuous religion— all that sensuous Baal worship And all the promiscuous sex that went with it, stalking her lovers, dressed to kill, And not a thought for me.” God’s Message!
- 新标点和合本 - “你们要与你们的母亲大大争辩； 因为她不是我的妻子， 我也不是她的丈夫。 叫她除掉脸上的淫像 和胸间的淫态，
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 要跟你们的母亲理论，理论， —因为她不是我的妻子， 我也不是她的丈夫— 叫她除掉脸上的淫相 和胸间的淫态，
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 要跟你们的母亲理论，理论， —因为她不是我的妻子， 我也不是她的丈夫— 叫她除掉脸上的淫相 和胸间的淫态，
- 当代译本 - “你们去跟你们的母亲理论吧！ 因为她不再是我的妻子， 我也不再是她的丈夫。 叫她别再出卖色相， 别再露出乳间的淫态。
- 圣经新译本 - 要与你们的母亲争论，你们要争论， 因为她不是我的妻子，我也不是她的丈夫； 好让她除掉脸上的淫相， 和乳间的淫态，
- 现代标点和合本 - “你们要与你们的母亲大大争辩， 因为她不是我的妻子， 我也不是她的丈夫。 叫她除掉脸上的淫像 和胸间的淫态，
- 和合本（拼音版） - “你们要与你们的母亲大大争辩， 因为她不是我的妻子， 我也不是她的丈夫。 叫她除掉脸上的淫象 和胸间的淫态，
- New International Version - “Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adulterous look from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
- New International Reader's Version - “Tell your mother she is wrong. Tell her she is wrong. She isn’t acting like a wife to me anymore. She no longer treats me as her husband. Tell her to stop looking and acting like a prostitute. Tell her not to let her lovers lie on her breasts anymore.
- English Standard Version - “Plead with your mother, plead— for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband— that she put away her whoring from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts;
- New Living Translation - “But now bring charges against Israel—your mother— for she is no longer my wife, and I am no longer her husband. Tell her to remove the prostitute’s makeup from her face and the clothing that exposes her breasts.
- Christian Standard Bible - Rebuke your mother; rebuke her. For she is not my wife and I am not her husband. Let her remove the promiscuous look from her face and her adultery from between her breasts.
- New American Standard Bible - “Dispute with your mother, dispute, Because she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; But she must remove her infidelity from her face And her adultery from between her breasts,
- New King James Version - “Bring charges against your mother, bring charges; For she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband! Let her put away her harlotries from her sight, And her adulteries from between her breasts;
- Amplified Bible - Contend with your mother (nation); contend, For she is not my wife and I am not her husband; And have her remove her [marks of] prostitution from her face And her adultery from between her breasts
- American Standard Version - Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
- King James Version - Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
- New English Translation - Plead earnestly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.
- World English Bible - Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
- 新標點和合本 - 你們要與你們的母親大大爭辯； 因為她不是我的妻子， 我也不是她的丈夫。 叫她除掉臉上的淫像 和胸間的淫態，
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 要跟你們的母親理論，理論， －因為她不是我的妻子， 我也不是她的丈夫－ 叫她除掉臉上的淫相 和胸間的淫態，
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 要跟你們的母親理論，理論， —因為她不是我的妻子， 我也不是她的丈夫— 叫她除掉臉上的淫相 和胸間的淫態，
- 當代譯本 - 「你們去跟你們的母親理論吧！ 因為她不再是我的妻子， 我也不再是她的丈夫。 叫她別再出賣色相， 別再露出乳間的淫態。
- 聖經新譯本 - 要與你們的母親爭論，你們要爭論， 因為她不是我的妻子，我也不是她的丈夫； 好讓她除掉臉上的淫相， 和乳間的淫態，
- 呂振中譯本 - 要跟你們的母親大大爭辯—— 因為她不是我的妻子， 我也不是她的丈夫—— 要叫她除掉她臉上的淫相， 和她胸間的姦淫態；
- 現代標點和合本 - 「你們要與你們的母親大大爭辯， 因為她不是我的妻子， 我也不是她的丈夫。 叫她除掉臉上的淫像 和胸間的淫態，
- 文理和合譯本 - 其與爾母爭辯、爭辯、蓋彼非我妻、我非其夫、使除其面上之淫、去其懷中之姦、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 當告爾母、彼非我妻、我非其夫、彼當去淫行、勿為男擁抱、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 當與爾母爭辯又爭辯、彼非我妻、我非其夫、彼當去妓女之狀於面上、除淫婦之態於胸間、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »¡Échenle en cara a su madre que ni ella es mi esposa ni yo su esposo! ¡Que se quite del rostro el maquillaje de prostituta, y de entre los pechos los adornos de ramera!
- 현대인의 성경 - “내 자녀들아, 너희는 너희 어머니를 책망하고 책망하라. 너희 어머니는 내 아내가 아니며 나는 그녀의 남편이 아니다. 그녀가 자기 얼굴에서 음란한 모습을 지워 버리게 하고 그 유방 사이에서 음란을 제거하게 하라.
- Новый Русский Перевод - – Обличайте свою мать, обличайте ее, потому что она не Моя жена, а Я не ее муж. Пусть она уберет распутный взгляд со своего лица и разврат от грудей своих.
- Восточный перевод - – Обличайте свою мать , обличайте её, потому что она Мне не жена, а Я ей не муж. Пусть она уберёт распутный взгляд со своего лица и разврат от грудей своих.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Обличайте свою мать , обличайте её, потому что она Мне не жена, а Я ей не муж. Пусть она уберёт распутный взгляд со своего лица и разврат от грудей своих.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Обличайте свою мать , обличайте её, потому что она Мне не жена, а Я ей не муж. Пусть она уберёт распутный взгляд со своего лица и разврат от грудей своих.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Alors, les Judéens ╵et les Israélites ╵du royaume du Nord seront unis et ils établiront sur eux ╵un chef unique, ils sortiront ╵du pays de l’exil, car il sera très grand, ╵le jour de Jizréel .
- リビングバイブル - あなたたちの母親を責めよ。 彼女はほかの男の妻になったからだ。 わたしはもう彼女の夫ではない。 姦淫をやめ、ほかの男たちに身を任せないよう、 彼女に懇願するがいい。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Repreendam sua mãe, repreendam-na, pois ela não é minha mulher, e eu não sou seu marido. Que ela retire do rosto o sinal de adúltera e do meio dos seios a infidelidade.
- Hoffnung für alle - Alle Männer aus Juda und Israel werden sich versammeln und ein gemeinsames Oberhaupt wählen. Sie werden das ganze Land in Besitz nehmen. Was für ein großer Tag wird das sein, wenn meine Saat aufgeht!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Nhưng bây giờ hãy buộc tội Ít-ra-ên—mẹ các ngươi— vì nó không còn là vợ Ta nữa, và Ta cũng không còn là chồng nó. Hãy bảo nó cởi bỏ vẻ điếm đàng trên mặt và những y phục phô bày ngực nó.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “จงตำหนิมารดาของเจ้า จงตำหนินางเถิด เพราะนางไม่ใช่ภรรยาของเรา และเราไม่ใช่สามีของนาง ให้นางทิ้งความยั่วยวนจากใบหน้าของนาง และทิ้งความไม่ซื่อสัตย์จากอกของนางเถิด
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - จงห้ามแม่ของพวกเจ้า จงห้ามนาง เพราะนางไม่ใช่ภรรยาของเรา และเราไม่ใช่สามีของนาง ให้นางกำจัดสีหน้าซึ่งเป็นเยี่ยงหญิงแพศยา และกำจัดความไม่ซื่อจากหว่างอกของนางไป
Cross Reference
- Acts 7:51 - “And you continue, so bullheaded! Calluses on your hearts, flaps on your ears! Deliberately ignoring the Holy Spirit, you’re just like your ancestors. Was there ever a prophet who didn’t get the same treatment? Your ancestors killed anyone who dared talk about the coming of the Just One. And you’ve kept up the family tradition—traitors and murderers, all of you. You had God’s Law handed to you by angels—gift-wrapped!—and you squandered it!”
- Matthew 23:37 - “Jerusalem! Jerusalem! Murderer of prophets! Killer of the ones who brought you God’s news! How often I’ve ached to embrace your children, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you wouldn’t let me. And now you’re so desolate, nothing but a ghost town. What is there left to say? Only this: I’m out of here soon. The next time you see me you’ll say, ‘Oh, God has blessed him! He’s come, bringing God’s rule!’”
- Ezekiel 20:4 - “Son of man, why don’t you do it? Yes, go ahead. Hold them accountable. Confront them with the outrageous obscenities of their parents. Tell them that God, the Master, says:
- Ezekiel 23:43 - “I said, ‘She’s burned out on sex!’ but that didn’t stop them. They kept banging on her doors night and day as men do when they’re after a whore. That’s how they used Oholah and Oholibah, the worn-out whores.
- 2 Corinthians 5:16 - Because of this decision we don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don’t look at him that way anymore. Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life emerges! Look at it! All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other. God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.
- Ezekiel 16:20 - “‘And then you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had given birth to as my children, and you killed them, sacrificing them to idols. Wasn’t it bad enough that you had become a whore? And now you’re a murderer, killing my children and sacrificing them to idols.
- Isaiah 58:1 - “Shout! A full-throated shout! Hold nothing back—a trumpet-blast shout! Tell my people what’s wrong with their lives, face my family Jacob with their sins! They’re busy, busy, busy at worship, and love studying all about me. To all appearances they’re a nation of right-living people— law-abiding, God-honoring. They ask me, ‘What’s the right thing to do?’ and love having me on their side. But they also complain, ‘Why do we fast and you don’t look our way? Why do we humble ourselves and you don’t even notice?’
- Jeremiah 19:3 - “Say, ‘Listen to God’s Word, you kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem! This is the Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel. I’m about to bring doom crashing down on this place. Oh, and will ears ever ring! Doom—because they’ve walked off and left me, and made this place strange by worshiping strange gods, gods never heard of by them, their parents, or the old kings of Judah. Doom—because they have massacred innocent people. Doom—because they’ve built altars to that no-god Baal, and burned their own children alive in the fire as offerings to Baal, an atrocity I never ordered, never so much as hinted at!
- Jeremiah 3:6 - God spoke to me during the reign of King Josiah: “You have noticed, haven’t you, how fickle Israel has visited every hill and grove of trees as a whore at large? I assumed that after she had gotten it out of her system, she’d come back, but she didn’t. Her flighty sister, Judah, saw what she did. She also saw that because of fickle Israel’s loose morals I threw her out, gave her her walking papers. But that didn’t faze flighty sister Judah. She went out, big as you please, and took up a whore’s life also. She took up cheap sex-and-religion as a sideline diversion, an indulgent recreation, and used anything and anyone, flouting sanity and sanctity alike, stinking up the country. And not once in all this did flighty sister Judah even give me a nod, although she made a show of it from time to time.” God’s Decree.
- Ezekiel 16:25 - “‘And then you went international with your whoring. You fornicated with the Egyptians, seeking them out in their sex orgies. The more promiscuous you became, the angrier I got. Finally, I intervened, reduced your borders and turned you over to the rapacity of your enemies. Even the Philistine women—can you believe it?—were shocked at your sluttish life.
- Hosea 1:2 - The first time God spoke to Hosea he said: “Find a whore and marry her. Make this whore the mother of your children. And here’s why: This whole country has become a whorehouse, unfaithful to me, God.”
- Jeremiah 3:1 - God’s Message came to me as follows: “If a man’s wife walks out on him And marries another man, can he take her back as if nothing had happened? Wouldn’t that raise a huge stink in the land? And isn’t that what you’ve done— ‘whored’ your way with god after god? And now you want to come back as if nothing had happened.” God’s Decree.
- Ezekiel 23:45 - “Righteous men will pronounce judgment on them, giving out sentences for adultery and murder. That was their lifework: adultery and murder.”
- Isaiah 50:1 - God says: “Can you produce your mother’s divorce papers proving I got rid of her? Can you produce a receipt proving I sold you? Of course you can’t. It’s your sins that put you here, your wrongs that got you shipped out. So why didn’t anyone come when I knocked? Why didn’t anyone answer when I called? Do you think I’ve forgotten how to help? Am I so decrepit that I can’t deliver? I’m as powerful as ever, and can reverse what I once did: I can dry up the sea with a word, turn river water into desert sand, And leave the fish stinking in the sun, stranded on dry land . . . Turn all the lights out in the sky and pull down the curtain.” * * *