Nahum 2

1 A maul is come up before thy face; guard the defences, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily! —

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。

2 For the LORD restoreth the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine-branches. —

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!

3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet; the chariots are fire of steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are made to quiver.

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。

4 The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like the lightnings.

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。

5 He bethinketh himself of his worthies; they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

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。

6 The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

河閘打開了，皇宮大為震驚。

7 And the queen is uncovered, she is carried away, and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

漆布裸體被擄去，她的使女們呻吟如鴿，各自搥胸。

8 But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water; yet they flee away; 'Stand, stand'; but none looketh back.

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。

9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, rich with all precious vessels.

「你們搶奪銀子，搶奪金子! 」有無盡的寶藏，有無數的珍器。

10 She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and convulsion is in all loins, and the faces of them all have gathered blackness.

搶掠、洗劫。蹂躪! 人心沮喪，兩膝打顫，雙腰發抖，面無血色。

11 Where is the den of the lions, which was the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

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!

12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.

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。

13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the 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.

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。