那鴻書 1
1 關於尼尼微的神諭，厄耳科士人納鴻的神視錄：
An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 上主是嫉惡和復仇的天主；上主要復仇，且憤恕填胸；上主汐必對敵人復仉，必向仇人洩怒。
The LORD is a jealous God and avenges. The LORD avenges and is full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
3 上主雖緩於發怒，但能力偉大，衪決不全然免罰；衪的行為是在狂風暴雨中，雲彩是衪腳下的塵埃。
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. The LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 衪一呵叱海洋，海洋即枯竭，眾河流也為之乾涸，巴商與加爾默耳於是枯槁，黎巴嫩的花卉也隨之凋謝。
He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.
5 山岳在衪面前震盪，丘陵動搖；大地寰宇及其中所有的居民，在衪面前莫不戰慄。
The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.
6 誰能抵得住衪的怒氣﹖誰能忍受得住衪的烈怒﹖衪的憤怒如火冒出，連磐石也要在衪面前破碎。
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
7 上主原是良善的，是患難之日的避難所，衪必照顧依賴衪的人；
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
8 在洪流氾濫時，衪必拯救他們；但對衪的敵人，衪必予以毀滅，將衪的仇人驅入黑暗。
But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
9 尼尼微，你們對上主有什麼圖謀﹖衪必完全予以毀滅，不必二次降災。
What do you plot against the LORD? He will make a full end. Affliction won't rise up the second time.
10 他們像纏結的荊棘[又像大醉的豪飲者，]必如乾楷全被燒盡。
For entangled like thorns, and drunk as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.
11 是由你們中間出現了那妄想反抗上主，圖謀惡計的人。
There is one gone forth out of you, who devises evil against the LORD, who counsels wickedness.
12 上主這樣說：「雖然他們裝備齊全而且眾多，但仍要被剷除，歸於烏有。雖然磨難了你，我必不再磨難你。
Thus says the LORD: "Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
13 現在我必由你身上打斷他的軛，打碎你的鎖鏈。
Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart."
14 尼尼微，上主已對你下了命令：你的名字不再傳於後世；我要把彫像鑄像由你神廟內除去，並使你的墳墓成為辱罵的對象。」
The LORD has commanded concerning you: "No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile."
15 看，那傳報福音，宣侑和平者的腳已站在山上! 猶大，你的慶節，償還你的誓願吧! 因為那惡者不會再由你中間經過，他已全然消滅。
Look, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace. Keep your feasts, Judah. Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.
