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 up against thee to enclose [thee] with works of siege: look out on the way, make thy loins strong, strengthen [thyself] greatly with power.
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 bringeth back again the excellency of Jacob, as also the excellency of Israel; for the plunderers have plundered them, and have wasted branches of their vines.
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 shields of his mighty men are made red, the valiant men are [clothed] in scarlet: with the fire of the steel the chariots [glitter] on the day when he prepareth himself [for battle], and the spears are shaken.
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。
In the streets the chariots rush madly along, they rattle through the public places: their appearance is like torches, they run along like the lightnings.
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 will summon his valiant men, they shall stumble in their walk: they hasten to her walls, and the covering for defence is prepared.
6 河閘打開了，皇宮大為震驚。
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
7 漆布裸體被擄去，她的使女們呻吟如鴿，各自搥胸。
And the queen is carried away into exile stripped of her attire, and her maids moan as with the voice of doves, striking their hand upon their breast.
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。
And Nineveh was like a pool of water from the days that she existed: yet now they flee. “Stand, stand,” [shall they cry, ] but none shall look back.
9 「你們搶奪銀子，搶奪金子! 」有無盡的寶藏，有無數的珍器。
Plunder silver, plunder gold; for without end are the treasures, there is an abundance of all precious 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 void, and emptied out, and wasted; and the heart melteth, and the knees totter, and trembling is in all loins, and the faces of them all are covered with blackness.
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 [now] the dwelling of the lions, and what was the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness, and the lion's whelp walked, and none made them afraid?
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 lion tore in pieces [prey] enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled with prey his holes, and his dens with what he had torn.
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。
Behold, I will be against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn into smoke thy chariots, and thy young lions shall the sword devour: and I will cut off from the earth thy preying, and no more shall be heard the voice of thy messengers.
