那鴻書 2
1 尼尼微啊，那打碎邦國的上來攻擊你。 你要看守保障，謹防道路， 使腰強壯，大大勉力。 （
[You people of] [APO] Nineveh, your enemies are coming to attack you. [So] place guards on the tops of the walls around the city! Guard the roads [into the city]! Get ready to fight! Gather your troops/soldiers [MTY] together!
2 耶和華復興雅各的榮華， 好像以色列的榮華一樣； 因為使地空虛的， 已經使雅各和以色列空虛， 將他們的葡萄枝毀壞了。）
Even though enemy soldiers have destroyed the descendants of [MTY] Jacob, Yahweh will cause them to be honored again. Israel is like a grapevine that has been ruined, but Israel will prosper again.
3 他勇士的盾牌是紅的， 精兵都穿朱紅衣服。 在他預備爭戰的日子， 戰車上的鋼鐵閃爍如火， 柏木把的槍也掄起來了。
The shields of the enemy soldiers [who are coming to attack you] will shine red [as the sun shines on them], and they will wear bright red uniforms. The metal of their chariot [wheels] will flash when they line up [before the battle], and their soldiers will lift up their cypress/pine spears and wave them.
4 車輛在街上急行， 在寬闊處奔來奔去， 形狀如火把， 飛跑如閃電。
Their chariots will dash through the streets [of Nineveh] and rush furiously through the plazas. Going as quick as lightning, they will resemble flaming torches.
5 尼尼微王招聚他的貴冑； 他們步行絆跌， 速上城牆，預備擋牌。
[Meanwhile], your king will summon his officers who will stumble as they [try to] come [quickly]. They will dash to the [city] wall, holding their shields to protect themselves.
6 河閘開放，宮殿沖沒。
But, the gates [of the dams] on the rivers will be thrown open [by enemy soldiers], and [the flood will cause] the palace to collapse.
7 王后蒙羞，被人擄去； 宮女搥胸，哀鳴如鴿。 此乃命定之事。
The queen will have her clothes stripped off her [by enemy soldiers], and her slave girls will moan like doves and beat their breasts [to show that they are very sad].
8 尼尼微自古以來充滿人民， 如同聚水的池子； 現在居民卻都逃跑。 雖有人呼喊說：站住！站住！ 卻無人回顧。
[The people will rush from] Nineveh like [SIM] water rushes from a broken dam. [The officials] will shout, “Stop! Stop!” but the people will not even look back [as they run away].
9 你們搶掠金銀吧！ 因為所積蓄的無窮， 華美的寶器無數。
[The enemy attackers say to each other, ] “Seize the silver! Grab the gold! There is a huge amount of very valuable things in this city, more valuable things than anyone can count!”
10 尼尼微現在空虛荒涼， 人心消化，雙膝相碰， 腰都疼痛，臉都變色。
[Soon everything valuable in the city] will be seized or ruined. People will be trembling, with the result that they will not be able to fight. Their faces will all become pale.
11 獅子的洞和少壯獅子餵養之處在哪裏呢？ 公獅母獅小獅遊行、無人驚嚇之地在哪裏呢？
[After that happens, people will say, ] “What happened to [RHQ] that [great city of Nineveh]? [It was like] [MET] a den [full] of young lions, where the male and female lions lived and fed the young ones.
12 公獅為小獅撕碎許多食物， 為母獅掐死活物， 把撕碎的、掐死的充滿牠的洞穴。
[The soldiers in Nineveh were like] [MET] lions that killed or strangled [other animals] [and brought the meat] to their dens.”
13 萬軍之耶和華說：「我與你為敵，必將你的車輛焚燒成煙，刀劍也必吞滅你的少壯獅子。我必從地上除滅你所撕碎的，你使者的聲音必不再聽見。」
The Commander of the armies of angels says [to the people of Nineveh], “I am opposed to you; I will cause your chariots to [be burned in fires and] go up in smoke. Your young men will be killed with swords. [Your soldiers] will never again conquer [other nations] and seize their valuable possessions. Your messengers will never again take messages [to other nations, demanding that their armies surrender to them].”
