那鸿书 3
1 祸哉！这流人血的城， 充满谎诈和强暴— 抢夺的事总不止息。
O city of blood, wholly false, full of unrighteousness; the prey shall not be handled.
2 鞭声响亮，车轮轰轰， 马匹踢跳，车辆奔腾，
The noise of whips, and the noise of the rumbling of wheels, and of the pursuing horse, and of the bounding chariot,
3 马兵争先，刀剑发光， 枪矛闪烁，被杀的甚多， 尸首成了大堆， 尸骸无数，人碰着而跌倒，
and of the mounting rider, and of the glittering sword, and of the gleaming arms, and of a multitude of slain, and of heavy falling: and there was no end to her nations, but they shall be weak in their bodies
4 都因那美貌的妓女多有淫行， 惯行邪术，借淫行诱惑列国， 用邪术诱惑多族。
because of the abundance of fornication: [she is] a fair harlot, and well-favoured, skilled in sorcery, that sells the nations by her fornication, and peoples by her sorceries.
5 万军之耶和华说：我与你为敌； 我必揭起你的衣襟，蒙在你脸上， 使列国看见你的赤体， 使列邦观看你的丑陋。
Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord God Almighty, and I will uncover thy skirts in thy presence, and I will shew the nations thy shame, and the kingdoms thy disgrace.
6 我必将可憎污秽之物抛在你身上， 辱没你，为众目所观。
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee according to thine unclean ways, and will make thee a public example.
7 凡看见你的，都必逃跑离开你， 说：尼尼微荒凉了！有谁为你悲伤呢？ 我何处寻得安慰你的人呢？
And it shall be [that] every one that sees thee shall go down from thee, and shall say, Wretched Nineve! who shall lament for her? whence shall I seek comfort for her?
8 你岂比挪亚们强呢？ 挪亚们坐落在众河之间，周围有水； 海作她的濠沟， 又作她的城墙。
Prepare thee a portion, tune the chord, prepare a portion for Ammon: she that dwells among the rivers, water is round about her, whose dominion is the sea, and whose walls are water.
9 古实和埃及是她无穷的力量； 弗人和路比族是她的帮手。
And Ethiopia is her strength, and Egypt; and there was no limit of the flight [of her enemies]; and the Libyans became her helpers.
10 但她被迁移，被掳去； 她的婴孩在各市口上也被摔死。 人为她的尊贵人拈阄； 她所有的大人都被链子锁着。
Yet she shall go as a prisoner into captivity, and they shall dash her infants against the ground at the top of all her ways: and they shall cast lots upon all her glorious [possessions], and all her nobles shall be bound in chains.
11 你也必喝醉，必被埋藏， 并因仇敌的缘故寻求避难所。
And thou shalt be drunken, and shalt be overlooked; and thou shalt seek for thyself strength because of [thine] enemies.
12 你一切保障必像无花果树上初熟的无花果， 若一摇撼就落在想吃之人的口中。
All thy strong-holds are as fig-trees having watchers: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 你地上的人民如同妇女； 你国中的关口向仇敌敞开； 你的门闩被火焚烧。
Behold, thy people within thee are as women: the gates of thy land shall surely be opened to thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
14 你要打水预备受困； 要坚固你的保障， 踹土和泥，修补砖窑。
Draw thee water for a siege, and well secure thy strong-holds: enter into the clay, and be thou trodden in the chaff, make [the fortifications] stronger than brick.
15 在那里，火必烧灭你； 刀必杀戮你， 吞灭你如同蝻子。 任你加增人数多如蝻子， 多如蝗虫吧！
There the fire shall devour thee; the sword shall utterly destroy thee, it shall devour thee as the locust, and thou shalt be pressed down as a palmerworm.
16 你增添商贾，多过天上的星； 蝻子吃尽而去。
Thou hast multiplied thy merchandise beyond the stars of heaven: the palmerworm has attacked [it], and has flown away.
17 你的首领多如蝗虫； 你的军长仿佛成群的蚂蚱， 天凉的时候齐落在篱笆上， 日头一出便都飞去， 人不知道落在何处。
Thy mixed [multitude] has suddenly departed as the grasshopper, as the locust perched on a hedge in a frosty day; the sun arises, and it flies off, and knows not its place: woe to them!
18 亚述王啊，你的牧人睡觉； 你的贵胄安歇； 你的人民散在山间，无人招聚。
Thy shepherds have slumbered, the Assyrian king has laid low thy mighty men: thy people departed to the mountains, and there was none to receive [them].
19 你的损伤无法医治； 你的伤痕极其重大。 凡听你信息的必都因此向你拍掌。 你所行的恶谁没有时常遭遇呢？
There is no healing for thy bruise; thy wound has rankled: all that hear the report of thee shall clap their hands against thee; for upon whom has not thy wickedness passed continually?
