那鴻書 2
1 因為上主要恢復雅各伯的葡萄園，因為劫掠者搶掠了他們，且破壞了他們的葡萄蔓。
The destroyer is come before thy face: keepe the munition: looke to the way: make thy loynes strong: increase thy strength mightily.
2 尼尼微，有個破壞者上來攻擊你，你應把守堡壘，防守要道，朿緊你的腰，集中你的全力!
For the Lord hath turned away the glorie of Iaakob, as the glorie of Israel: for the emptiers haue emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
3 他勇士的盾牌是赤色的，戰士穿的衣服是深紅的；在他整裝待發之日，戰車閃爍如火，騎士疾馳如飛。
The shield of his mightie men is made red: the valiant men are in skarlet: the charets shalbe as in the fire and flames in the day of his preparation, and the firre trees shall tremble.
4 戰車在大路上奔馳，在廣場上疾駛，形狀有如火炬，疾行有如閃電。
The charets shall rage in the streetes: they shall runne to and from in the hie wayes: they shall seeme like lampes: they shall shoote like the lightning.
5 亞述王召集了他的精銳，而他們卻在行軍時顛仆；急忙跑近城堡，但高楯已舉起。
He shall remember his strong men: they shall stumble as they goe: they shall make haste to the walles thereof, and the defence shall bee prepared.
6 河閘打開了，皇宮大為震驚。
The gates of the riuers shalbe opened, and the palace shall melt.
7 漆布裸體被擄去，她的使女們呻吟如鴿，各自搥胸。
And Huzzab the Queene shalbe led away captiue, and her maides shall leade her as with the voyce of doues, smiting vpon their breastes.
8 尼尼微好似一個水池，池水洶湧流出，出有人喊：「止住! 止住! 」但無一人回顧。
But Nineueh is of olde like a poole of water: yet they shall flee away. Stande, stande, shall they crie: but none shall looke backe.
9 「你們搶奪銀子，搶奪金子! 」有無盡的寶藏，有無數的珍器。
Spoyle ye the siluer, spoyle the golde: for there is none ende of the store, and glorie of all the pleasant vessels.
10 搶掠、洗劫。蹂躪! 人心沮喪，兩膝打顫，雙腰發抖，面無血色。
She is emptie and voyde and waste, and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and sorowe is in all loynes, and the faces of the all gather blackenesse.
11 獅子穴，幼獅洞，今在何處﹖哪裏原是雄獅、母獅和幼獅出竹之所，無人敢驚它們!
Where is the dwelling of the lyons, and the pasture of the lyons whelpes? where the lyon, and the lionesse walked, and the lyons whelpe, and none made them afrayde.
12 雄獅曾為幼獅撕裂獵物，為母獅扼死野獸，將獵物簊滿牠的洞穴，將掠物充塞牠的窟穴。
The lyon did teare in pieces ynough for his whelpes, and woryed for his lyonesse, and filled his holes with praye, and his dennes with, spoyle.
13 看，我必攻擊你! ──上主的斷語──我要在濃煙中燒毀你的洞穴，使刀劍吞食你的幼獅，由地上掃除你的掠物，令人再也聽不到你使者的聲音。
Beholde, I come vnto thee, sayeth the Lord of hostes, and I will burne her charets in the smoke, and the sworde shall deuoure thy yong lyons, and I will cut off thy spoyle from the earth, and the voyce of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
