1審判尼尼微尼尼微啊！那分散邦國的必上來攻擊你，你要固守堡壘，嚴防要道，束緊你的腰，大大增強你的力量。（本節在《馬索拉抄本》為2:2）
1He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
2然而，耶和華必恢復雅各的光榮，好像以色列的光榮一樣；因為劫掠的人曾把他們劫掠一空，又把他們的葡萄枝子毀壞了。
2For Jehovah restoreth the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and destroyed their vine-branches.
3圍攻尼尼微他勇士的盾牌是紅的，戰士的衣服是朱紅的。在他預備出擊的時候，戰車的鋼鐵閃爍如火，騎兵疾馳。
3The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress [spears] are brandished.
4戰車在街上狂奔，在廣場上東奔西馳；它們看起來像火把，跑起來像閃電。
4The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.
5亞述王召集他的權臣，他們碰碰跌跌而來，急急忙忙走上城牆，豎起了防禦的擋牌。
5He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
6河閘都被打開，宮殿也給摧毀了。
6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
7王后赤身被擄去；她的宮女都哀哭，聲如鴿子，各人搥胸痛哭。
7And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.
8尼尼微被劫掠自古以來，尼尼微一直都像個水池，池水不斷流出；雖然有人呼叫：“止住！止住！”卻沒有回轉的。
8But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, [they cry]; but none looketh back.
9你們劫掠銀子，搶奪金子吧！積蓄的財寶無窮無盡，珍貴的器皿不可勝數。
9Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
10現在卻空虛、荒涼，一無所有；人心驚惶，兩膝發抖，全身疼痛，面無血色。
10She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.
11尼尼微被毀滅獅子的洞穴在哪裡？餵養幼獅的地方在哪裡？公獅、母獅和幼獅不受驚嚇之處，可以閒遊的地方又在哪裡呢？
11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
12公獅為幼獅撕碎足夠的食物，為母獅掐死活物；把獵物塞滿了牠的洞，把撕碎的填滿了牠的穴。
12The 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.
13萬軍之耶和華說：看哪！我必攻擊你，我要把你的戰車焚燒成煙，刀劍必吞滅你的幼獅；我必從地上除去你的獵物，你使者的聲音也必不再有人聽見。
13Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah 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.