Nahum 1
1 The word about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
關於尼尼微的神諭，厄耳科士人納鴻的神視錄：
2 The Lord is a God who takes care of his honour and gives punishment for wrong; the Lord gives punishment and is angry; the Lord sends punishment on those who are against him, being angry with his haters.
上主是嫉惡和復仇的天主；上主要復仇，且憤恕填胸；上主汐必對敵人復仉，必向仇人洩怒。
3 The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
上主雖緩於發怒，但能力偉大，衪決不全然免罰；衪的行為是在狂風暴雨中，雲彩是衪腳下的塵埃。
4 He says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength.
衪一呵叱海洋，海洋即枯竭，眾河流也為之乾涸，巴商與加爾默耳於是枯槁，黎巴嫩的花卉也隨之凋謝。
5 The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.
山岳在衪面前震盪，丘陵動搖；大地寰宇及其中所有的居民，在衪面前莫不戰慄。
6 Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
誰能抵得住衪的怒氣﹖誰能忍受得住衪的烈怒﹖衪的憤怒如火冒出，連磐石也要在衪面前破碎。
7 The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.
上主原是良善的，是患難之日的避難所，衪必照顧依賴衪的人；
8 But like water overflowing he will take them away; he will put an end to those who come up against him, driving his haters into the dark.
在洪流氾濫時，衪必拯救他們；但對衪的敵人，衪必予以毀滅，將衪的仇人驅入黑暗。
9 What are you designing against the Lord? he will put an end to it: his haters will not come up again a second time.
尼尼微，你們對上主有什麼圖謀﹖衪必完全予以毀滅，不必二次降災。
10 For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.
他們像纏結的荊棘[又像大醉的豪飲者，]必如乾楷全被燒盡。
11 One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.
是由你們中間出現了那妄想反抗上主，圖謀惡計的人。
12 This is what the Lord has said: The days of my cause against you are ended; they are cut off and past. Though I have sent trouble on you, you will no longer be troubled.
上主這樣說：「雖然他們裝備齊全而且眾多，但仍要被剷除，歸於烏有。雖然磨難了你，我必不再磨難你。
13 And now I will let his yoke be broken off you, and your chains be parted.
現在我必由你身上打斷他的軛，打碎你的鎖鏈。
14 The Lord has given an order about you, that no more of your name are to be planted: from the house of your gods I will have the pictured and metal images cut off; I will make your last resting-place a place of shame; for you are completely evil.
尼尼微，上主已對你下了命令：你的名字不再傳於後世；我要把彫像鑄像由你神廟內除去，並使你的墳墓成為辱罵的對象。」
15 See on the mountains the feet of him who comes with good news, giving word of peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, give effect to your oaths: for the good-for-nothing man will never again go through you; he is completely cut off.
看，那傳報福音，宣侑和平者的腳已站在山上! 猶大，你的慶節，償還你的誓願吧! 因為那惡者不會再由你中間經過，他已全然消滅。
