那鴻書 1
1 關於尼尼微的神諭，厄耳科士人納鴻的神視錄：
A message about Nineveh, a vision which came to Nahum from Elkosh.
2 上主是嫉惡和復仇的天主；上主要復仇，且憤恕填胸；上主汐必對敵人復仉，必向仇人洩怒。
The Lord tolerates no rivals. The Lord is vengeful and fierce in wrath. The Lord does not fail to punish his foes; the Lord is vengeful against his enemies.
3 上主雖緩於發怒，但能力偉大，衪決不全然免罰；衪的行為是在狂風暴雨中，雲彩是衪腳下的塵埃。
The Lord is slow to anger, great in power. The guilty will not escape his punishment. Storm tempest is his path and cloud is the dust of his feet.
4 衪一呵叱海洋，海洋即枯竭，眾河流也為之乾涸，巴商與加爾默耳於是枯槁，黎巴嫩的花卉也隨之凋謝。
He rebukes the sea and dries it up and makes all the streams run dry. Bashan and Carmel are languishing and the bloom of Lebanon is withered.
5 山岳在衪面前震盪，丘陵動搖；大地寰宇及其中所有的居民，在衪面前莫不戰慄。
The mountains tremble before him and the hills dissolve. The earth heaves before him, the world and all who live in it.
6 誰能抵得住衪的怒氣﹖誰能忍受得住衪的烈怒﹖衪的憤怒如火冒出，連磐石也要在衪面前破碎。
Who can stand before his wrath? Who can withstand the heat of his anger? His fierce fury pours forth like fire, he shatters rocks.
7 上主原是良善的，是患難之日的避難所，衪必照顧依賴衪的人；
The Lord is good to those who hope in him, a place of refuge in the day of trouble.
8 在洪流氾濫時，衪必拯救他們；但對衪的敵人，衪必予以毀滅，將衪的仇人驅入黑暗。
With rushing flood an end he makes of those who rise against him, he drives his enemies into darkness.
9 尼尼微，你們對上主有什麼圖謀﹖衪必完全予以毀滅，不必二次降災。
Why do you plot against the Lord? He will end you. He only takes vengeance once.
10 他們像纏結的荊棘[又像大醉的豪飲者，]必如乾楷全被燒盡。
Thorns, tangled and drenched, they are consumed like dry stubble.
11 是由你們中間出現了那妄想反抗上主，圖謀惡計的人。
Nineveh! From you has arisen one who plots evil against the Lord, a counsellor of wickedness.
12 上主這樣說：「雖然他們裝備齊全而且眾多，但仍要被剷除，歸於烏有。雖然磨難了你，我必不再磨難你。
The Lord says: ‘Though they are many and strong, they will pass away and be gone. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more,
13 現在我必由你身上打斷他的軛，打碎你的鎖鏈。
and now I will break his yoke from your necks and snap your chains.’
14 尼尼微，上主已對你下了命令：你的名字不再傳於後世；我要把彫像鑄像由你神廟內除去，並使你的墳墓成為辱罵的對象。」
The Lord has given this command concerning you, Nineveh: ‘Your name will no longer be remembered. I will destroy every idol and image in the house of your God. I will destroy even your tomb, for you are worthless.’
15 看，那傳報福音，宣侑和平者的腳已站在山上! 猶大，你的慶節，償還你的誓願吧! 因為那惡者不會再由你中間經過，他已全然消滅。
Look! On the mountains a messenger bringing good news, announcing peace! ‘Celebrate the feasts, Judah, fulfil your vows. Never again will these enemies invade your land, they are destroyed!’
