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! —

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。 （

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. —

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。）

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。

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.

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。

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

尼尼微王招聚他的貴冑； 他們步行絆跌， 速上城牆，預備擋牌。

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

河閘開放，宮殿沖沒。

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

王后蒙羞，被人擄去； 宮女搥胸，哀鳴如鴿。 此乃命定之事。

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。

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.

你們搶掠金銀吧！ 因為所積蓄的無窮， 華美的寶器無數。

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.

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。

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？

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.

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。

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.

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。」