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 ravager cometh up against thee, [[O Nineveh!]] Guard the fortress; watch the way; Gird up the loins; confirm the strength.
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 Jehovah restoreth the glory of Jacob, As the glory of Israel; For the wasters have wasted them, And destroyed their 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 shields of his mighty men are red; His warriors are clothed in crimson; His chariots glitter with the fire of steel in the day of his preparation, And the spears are brandished.
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 chariots rave in the streets; They run to and fro in the broad ways; Their appearance is like torches; They run like 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 calleth for his mighty men; They stumble on their way; They hasten to the wall; But the mantelet is prepared,
6 河閘打開了，皇宮大為震驚。
The gates of rivers are opened, And the palace melteth away.
7 漆布裸體被擄去，她的使女們呻吟如鴿，各自搥胸。
Huzzab is uncovered; she is carried away captive, Her maidservants sigh with the voice of doves, And smite their breasts.
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。
Nineveh was like a pool full of water of old; Yet shall they flee away; 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。
Seize the silver; seize the gold; There is no end to the treasures; There is abundance of all precious furniture.
10 搶掠、洗劫。蹂躪! 人心沮喪，兩膝打顫，雙腰發抖，面無血色。
She hath become void, and empty, and desolate; The heart melteth, and the knees smite together; Pangs are in all their loins, And the faces of all gather 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 now is the dwelling of the lions, And the feeding-place of the young lions, Where the lion and the lioness walked, And the lion's whelp, 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 for his whelps, And strangled for his lionesses, And filled his dens with prey, And his lairs with ravin.
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 am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, And I will burn thy chariots into smoke, And the sword shall devour thy young lions. And I will cut off thy prey from the earth, And the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
