1审判尼尼微
1Come up hath a scatterer to thy face, Keep the bulwark, watch the way, Strengthen the loins, strengthen power mightily.
2然而，耶和华必恢复雅各的光荣，好像以色列的光荣一样；因为劫掠的人曾把他们劫掠一空，又把他们的葡萄枝子毁坏了。
2For turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As [to] the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred.
3围攻尼尼微他勇士的盾牌是红的，战士的衣服是朱红的。在他预备出击的时候，战车的钢铁闪烁如火，骑兵疾驰。
3The shield of his mighty ones is 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.
4战车在街上狂奔，在广场上东奔西驰；它们看起来像火把，跑起来像闪电。
4In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances [are] like torches, As lightnings they run.
5亚述王召集他的权臣，他们碰碰跌跌而来，急急忙忙走上城墙，竖起了防御的挡牌。
5He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten [to] its wall, and prepared is the covering.
6河闸都被打开，宫殿也给摧毁了。
6Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.
7王后赤身被掳去；她的宫女都哀哭，声如鸽子，各人捶胸痛哭。
7And it is established — she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
8尼尼微被劫掠自古以来，尼尼微一直都像个水池，池水不断流出；虽然有人呼叫：“止住！止住！”却没有回转的。
8And Nineveh [is] as a pool of waters, From of old it [is] — and they are fleeing! `Stand ye, stand;` and none is turning!
9你们劫掠银子，抢夺金子吧！积蓄的财宝无穷无尽，珍贵的器皿不可胜数。
9Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, [To] the abundance of all desirable vessels.
10现在却空虚、荒凉，一无所有；人心惊惶，两膝发抖，全身疼痛，面无血色。
10She is empty, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain [is] in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.
11尼尼微被毁灭狮子的洞穴在哪里？喂养幼狮的地方在哪里？公狮、母狮和幼狮不受惊吓之处，可以闲游的地方又在哪里呢？
11Where [is] the habitation of lionesses? And a feeding-place it [is] for young lions Where walked hath a lion, an old lion, A lion`s whelp, and there is none troubling.
12公狮为幼狮撕碎足够的食物，为母狮掐死活物；把猎物塞满了它的洞，把撕碎的填满了它的穴。
12The lion is tearing parts [for] his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill [with] prey his holes, And his habitations [with] rapine.
13万军之耶和华说：看哪！我必攻击你，我要把你的战车焚烧成烟，刀剑必吞灭你的幼狮；我必从地上除去你的猎物，你使者的声音也必不再有人听见。
13Lo, I [am] against thee, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have burned in smoke its chariot, And thy young lions consume doth a sword, And I have cut off from the land thy prey, And not heard any more is the voice of thy messengers!