Nahum 2
1 A scatterer has come up to your face, Keep the bulwark, watch the way, Strengthen the loins, strengthen 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 YHWH has turned back to the excellence of Jacob, As [to] the excellence of Israel, For emptiers have emptied them out, And they have marred their 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 ones has become red, Men of might [are in] scarlet, With fiery torches [is] the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.
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 In out-places the chariots shine, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances [are] like torches, As lightnings they run.
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 remembers his majestic ones, They stumble in their goings, They hurry [to] its wall, And the covering 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 Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.
河閘打開了，皇宮大為震驚。
7 And it is established—she has removed, She has been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
漆布裸體被擄去，她的使女們呻吟如鴿，各自搥胸。
8 And Nineveh [is] as a pool of waters, From of old it [is]—and they are fleeing! “Stand, stand”; and none is turning!
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 Seize silver, seize gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, [To] the abundance of all desirable 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, indeed, emptiness and waste, And the heart has melted, And the knees have struck together, And great pain [is] in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.
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 habitation of lionesses? And a feeding-place it [is] for young lions Where a lion has walked, an old lion, A lion’s whelp, and there is none troubling.
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 is tearing parts [for] his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he fills his holes [with] prey, And his habitations [with] torn flesh.
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 you,” A declaration of YHWH of Hosts, “And I have burned its chariot in smoke, And a sword consumes your young lions, And I have cut off your prey from the land, And the voice of your messengers is not heard anymore!”
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。
