Nahum 3
1 Woe to the city of blood, filled with all manner of lies and violence. Crime shall not depart from you:
禍哉! 血債的城，滿城欺詐，處處劫掠，搶奪不息。
2 the voice of the whip, and the voice of the turning wheels, and of the neighing horse, and the burning chariot, and the horsemen who ride,
聽皮鞭颼颼，車輪隆隆，戰馬奔馳，戰車疾駛，
3 and of the flashing sword and the shining spear, and of a multitude executed and a grievous ruination. Neither is there an end to the dead bodies, and they will fall down upon their dead bodies.
騎士躍馬，刀劍晃亮，槍矛閃輝，被殺者眾，死者成堆，屍體無邊，人人為屍體絆倒：
4 Because of the multitude of fornications of the kept woman, beautiful and pleasing and practicing evil deeds, who sold nations by her fornications, and families by her evil doing:
這都是因那嬌艷妖冶的淫婦，行妖術的女巫的許多淫行所致。她以淫蕩欺騙了列邦，用妖術迷惑了萬民。
5 behold, I will come to you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will reveal your shame to your face, and I will show your nakedness to the Gentiles, and your disgrace to kingdoms.
看，我必攻擊你，──萬軍上主的斷語──我必將妳的衣裙掀到妳的臉上，使萬民見到妳的裸體，使列邦看到妳的恥辱：
6 And I will cast abominations over you, and I will afflict you with abuse, and I will make an example of you.
我必要將糞溺拋在妳身上侮辱妳，使妳成為鑑戒。
7 And this shall be: everyone who sees you, will recoil from you, and he will say: “Nineveh has been devastated.” Who will shake his head over you? Where might I seek consolation for you?
凡看見妳的，必逃避妳說：「尼尼微終於毀滅了! 」誰會向妳表同情﹖我從哪裏能找到安慰妳人﹖
8 Are you better than the populous Alexandria, which dwells along the rivers? Waters encircle it: the sea, with its riches. The waters are its walls.
妳哪裏能勝過那位於尼羅上，四面環水的諾阿孟。妳有海洋為屏障，有水為垣牆；
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were its strength, and there is no limit. Africa and Northern Africa have been your helpers.
雇士和埃及是好的力量，力大無窮；普特和利比亞是好的助1 ；
10 Nevertheless, she has been led away with the transmigration into captivity. Her little ones have been dashed in pieces at the top of every street, and they have cast lots over her celebrities, and all her elite have been fastened together in shackles.
但是好也被擄去，充當俘虜，好的嬰兒也在各街頭被摔死，人抽籤分配好的貴族，用鐵鏈縛住她的縉紳。
11 Therefore, you also will become inebriated, and you will be despised, and you will seek help from the opposition.
妳也要這樣被攻破而消失，妳也要一個安全處為逃避仇敵。
12 All your fortresses will be like fig trees with their green figs. If they are shaken violently, they will fall into the mouth of the one who devours.
好的一切堡壘好像早熟的無花果樹，人一搖動，就落在姇食者的口裏。
13 Behold, women are at the center of your people. The gates of your land will be opened wide for your enemies; fire will devour your bars.
看哪! 在妳中間的百姓都是婦女，妳境內的門已為妳的敵人敞開，火已燒毀了妳的門閂。
14 Draw in water because of the blockade; build up your fortresses. Go into the clay and tread; work it to make brick.
妳應吸水防備圍困，應鞏固妳的堡壘，踏黏土，踩膠泥，緊握磚型。
15 There, fire will devour you. You will perish by the sword; it will devour you like the beetle. Gather together like the beetle. Multiply like the locust.
火要在那裏燒滅妳，刀劍要殲滅妳， [把妳吞食有如蚱蜢。] 妳盡可增多妳的人數有如蚱蜢，多如飛蝗；
16 You have made more negotiations than there are stars in the sky. The beetle has spread out and flown away.
增加妳的商賈，多過天上的星辰! ──蚱蜢一脫殼就飛去了。
17 Your guardians are like locusts, and your little ones are like locusts among locusts, which alight on hedges on a cold day. The sun rose up, and they flew away, and there was no way to know the place where they had been.
妳的守衛正如蝗蟲，妳的官吏正像一群蚱蜢；冷天蟄伏在牆上，但太陽一昇起，就飛去了，沒有人知道牠們究在何處。
18 Your shepherds have become drowsy, king Assur. Your princes will be buried. Your people have remained hidden in the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
亞述王! 你的牧者已酣睡，你的貴族已永眠，你的人民已散在各山上，無人再能聚集。
19 Your destruction is not hidden; your wound is grievous. All who have heard of your fame have clenched their hands over you, because over whom has your wickedness not trampled continually?
你的瘡痍無法治療，你的創傷是致命傷。凡聽到你這消息的，都朝你鼓掌，因為有誰沒有時常受你虐待﹖
