¹有关尼尼微的预言

¹Burden of Nineveh. The Book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

²嫉恶和施行报复的　神耶和华是嫉恶和施行报复的　神；耶和华施行报复，并且满怀烈怒；耶和华向他的对头施行报复，向他的仇敌怀怒。

²A God zealous and avenging [is] Jehovah, An avenger [is] Jehovah, and possessing fury. An avenger [is] Jehovah on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies.

³耶和华不轻易发怒，可是大有能力；他绝不以有罪的为无罪。耶和华乘着狂风暴雨而来，云彩是他脚下的尘土。

³Jehovah [is] slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest [is] His way, And a cloud [is] the dust of His feet.

⁴他一斥责海，海就干了；他使一切江河枯干。巴珊和迦密的树林枯槁，黎巴嫩的花卉凋残。

⁴He is pushing against a sea, and drieth it up, Yea, all the floods He hath made dry, Languishing [are] Bashan and Carmel, Yea, the flower of Lebanon [is] languishing.

⁵大山在他面前震动，小山也都融化；大地在他面前废去，世界和所有住在世上的，也都这样。

⁵Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up [is] the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it.

⁶在他盛怒之下，谁能站得住呢？他的烈怒谁能受得了呢？他的忿怒像火一般喷出来，磐石在他面前都崩裂了。

⁶Before His indignation who doth stand? And who riseth up in the heat of His anger? His fury hath been poured out like fire, And the rocks have been broken by Him.

⁷耶和华是良善的；在患难的时候，他作人的避难所；信靠他的人，他都认识。

⁷Good [is] Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.

⁸但他必用泛滥的洪水，尽行毁灭尼尼微之地，把他的仇敌赶入黑暗之中。

⁸And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.

⁹警告尼尼微尼尼微人哪，你们对耶和华还有什么企图？他必尽行毁灭；患难必不再次来临。

⁹What do we devise against Jehovah? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress.

¹⁰他们像缠结着的荆棘，像喝醉了的酒徒，又像枯干的禾秸，全都被吞灭了。

¹⁰For while princes [are] perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.

¹¹有人从你那里出来，就是筹划奸恶的人，图谋恶事攻击耶和华。

¹¹From thee hath come forth a deviser of evil Against Jehovah — a worthless counsellor.

¹²安慰犹大耶和华这样说：尼尼微人虽然装备完整，人数众多，他们仍必被剪除，这样就完了。我既然使你受过苦，就一定不再叫你受苦了。

¹²Thus said Jehovah: Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he hath passed away. And I afflicted thee, I afflict thee no more.

¹³犹大啊！现在我必粉碎他在你身上的轭，打断你的锁链。

¹³And now I break his rod from off thee, And thy bands I do draw away.

¹⁴尼尼微啊！耶和华已经向你下了命令：你的名字必不再传于后世；我必从你的神庙中，除掉雕刻和铸造的偶像；我必为你预备坟墓，因为你没有存在的价值。

¹⁴And commanded concerning thee hath Jehovah, `No more of thy name doth spread abroad, From the house of thy gods I cut off graven and molten image, I appoint thy grave, for thou hast been vile.

¹⁵看哪！那传报佳音、宣告和平之人的脚，已经站在山上，说：犹大啊！守你的节期，还你的愿吧！因为那奸恶的人永不会再从你中间经过；他已被彻底除灭了。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为2:1）

¹⁵Lo, on the mountains the feet of one proclaiming tidings, sounding peace! Celebrate, O Judah, thy festivals, complete thy vows, For add no more to pass over into thee doth the worthless, He hath been completely cut off!