| 納鴻 |
Nahum |
| 1看，那傳報福音，宣佈和平者的腳已站在山上！猶大，舉行你的慶節，償還你的誓願罷！因為那惡者不會再由你中間經過，他已全然消滅。 |
1See, upon the mountains there advances the bearer of good news, announcing peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah, fulfill your vows! For nevermore shall you be invaded by the scoundrel; he is completely destroyed. |
| 2因為上主要恢復雅各伯的葡萄園，也要恢復以色列的葡萄園，因為劫掠者搶掠了他們，且破壞了他們的葡萄蔓。 |
2The LORD will restore the vine of Jacob, the pride of Israel, Though ravagers have ravaged them and ruined the tendrils. |
| 3尼尼微，有個破壞者上來攻擊你，你應把守堡壘，防守要道，束緊你的腰，集中你的全力！ |
3 The hammer comes up against you; guard the rampart, Keep watch on the road, gird your loins, marshall all your strength! |
| 4他勇士的盾牌是赤紅的，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。 |
4The shields of his warriors are crimsoned, the soldiers colored in scarlet; Fiery steel are the chariots on the day of his mustering. The horses are frenzied; |
| 5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。 |
5the chariots dash madly through the streets And wheel in the squares, looking like firebrands, flashing like lightning bolts. |
| 6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，但高楯已豎起。 |
6 His picked troops are called, ranks break at their charge; To the wall they rush, the mantelet is set up. |
| 7河閘打開了，皇宮大為震驚。 |
7The river gates are opened, the palace shudders, |
| 8漆布裸體被擄去，她的使女們呻吟如鴿，各自搥胸。 |
8 Its mistress is led forth captive, and her handmaids, under guard, Moaning like doves, beating their breasts. |
| 9尼尼微好似一個水池，池水洶湧流出，雖有人喊：「止住！止住！」但無一人回顧。 |
9Nineveh is like a pool whose waters escape; "Stop! Stop!" but none turns back. |
| 10「你們搶奪銀子，搶奪金子！」有無盡的寶藏，有無數的珍器。 |
10"Plunder the silver, plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure, to their wealth in precious things of every kind! |
| 11搶掠、洗劫、蹂躪！人心沮喪，兩膝打顫，雙腰發抖，面無血色。 |
11Emptiness, desolation, waste; melting hearts and trembling knees, Writhing in every frame, every face blanched! |
| 12獅子穴，幼獅洞，今在何處？那裏原是雄獅、母獅和幼獅出入之所，無人敢驚擾牠們！ |
12 Where is the lions' cave, the young lions' den, Where the lion went in and out, and the cub, with no one to disturb them? |
| 13雄獅曾為幼獅撕裂獵物，為母獅扼死野獸，將獵物塞滿牠的洞穴，將掠物充塞牠的窟穴。 |
13The lion snatched enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses; He filled his dens with prey, and his caves with plunder. |
| 14看，我必攻擊你！──萬軍上主的斷語──我要在濃煙中燒毀你的洞穴，使刀劍吞噬你的幼獅，由地上掃除你的掠物，令人再也聽不到你使者的聲音。 |
14I come against you, says the LORD of hosts; I will consume in smoke your chariots, and the sword shall devour your young lions; Your preying on the land I will bring to an end, the cry of your lionesses shall be heard no more. |
