¹有關尼尼微的預言以下是對尼尼微的宣判，就是伊勒歌斯人那鴻的異象錄。

¹An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

²嫉惡和施行報復的　神耶和華是嫉惡和施行報復的　神；耶和華施行報復，並且滿懷烈怒；耶和華向他的對頭施行報復，向他的仇敵懷怒。

² Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. is a jealous God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

³耶和華不輕易發怒，可是大有能力；他絕不以有罪的為無罪。耶和華乘著狂風暴雨而來，雲彩是他腳下的塵土。

³Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

⁴他一斥責海，海就乾了；他使一切江河枯乾。巴珊和迦密的樹林枯槁，黎巴嫩的花卉凋殘。

⁴He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

⁵大山在他面前震動，小山也都融化；大地在他面前廢去，世界和所有住在世上的，也都這樣。

⁵The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.

⁶在他盛怒之下，誰能站得住呢？他的烈怒誰能受得了呢？他的忿怒像火一般噴出來，磐石在他面前都崩裂了。

⁶Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.

⁷耶和華是良善的；在患難的時候，他作人的避難所；信靠他的人，他都認識。

⁷Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

⁸但他必用氾濫的洪水，盡行毀滅尼尼微之地，把他的仇敵趕入黑暗之中。

⁸But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

⁹警告尼尼微尼尼微人哪，你們對耶和華還有甚麼企圖？他必盡行毀滅；患難必不再次來臨。

⁹What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the second time.

¹⁰他們像纏結著的荊棘，像喝醉了的酒徒，又像枯乾的禾秸，全都被吞滅了。

¹⁰For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.

¹¹有人從你那裡出來，就是籌劃奸惡的人，圖謀惡事攻擊耶和華。

¹¹There is one gone forth out of you, who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.

¹²安慰猶大耶和華這樣說：尼尼微人雖然裝備完整，人數眾多，他們仍必被剪除，這樣就完了。我既然使你受過苦，就一定不再叫你受苦了。

¹²Thus says Yahweh: “Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

¹³猶大啊！現在我必粉碎他在你身上的軛，打斷你的鎖鍊。

¹³Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”

¹⁴尼尼微啊！耶和華已經向你下了命令：你的名字必不再傳於後世；我必從你的神廟中，除掉雕刻和鑄造的偶像；我必為你預備墳墓，因為你沒有存在的價值。

¹⁴Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.”

¹⁵看哪！那傳報佳音、宣告和平之人的腳，已經站在山上，說：猶大啊！守你的節期，還你的願吧！因為那奸惡的人永不會再從你中間經過；他已被徹底除滅了。（本節在《馬索拉抄本》為2:1）

¹⁵Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.