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！這流人血的城， 充滿謊詐和強暴－ 搶奪的事總不止息。
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,
鞭聲響亮，車輪轟轟， 馬匹踢跳，車輛奔騰，
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.
馬兵爭先，刀劍發光， 槍矛閃爍，被殺的甚多， 屍首成了大堆， 屍骸無數，人碰着而跌倒，
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:
都因那美貌的妓女多有淫行， 慣行邪術，藉淫行誘惑列國， 用邪術誘惑多族。
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.
萬軍之耶和華說：我與你為敵； 我必揭起你的衣襟，蒙在你臉上， 使列國看見你的赤體， 使列邦觀看你的醜陋。
6 And I will cast abominations over you, and I will afflict you with abuse, and I will make an example of you.
我必將可憎污穢之物拋在你身上， 辱沒你，為眾目所觀。
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?
凡看見你的，都必逃跑離開你， 說：尼尼微荒涼了！有誰為你悲傷呢？ 我何處尋得安慰你的人呢？
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.
你豈比挪亞們強呢？ 挪亞們坐落在眾河之間，周圍有水； 海作她的濠溝， 又作她的城牆。
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were its strength, and there is no limit. Africa and Northern Africa have been your helpers.
古實和埃及是她無窮的力量； 弗人和路比族是她的幫手。
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.
但她被遷移，被擄去； 她的嬰孩在各市口上也被摔死。 人為她的尊貴人拈鬮； 她所有的大人都被鍊子鎖着。
11 Therefore, you also will become inebriated, and you will be despised, and you will seek help from the opposition.
你也必喝醉，必被埋藏， 並因仇敵的緣故尋求避難所。
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.
你一切保障必像無花果樹上初熟的無花果， 若一搖撼就落在想吃之人的口中。
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.
你地上的人民如同婦女； 你國中的關口向仇敵敞開； 你的門閂被火焚燒。
14 Draw in water because of the blockade; build up your fortresses. Go into the clay and tread; work it to make brick.
你要打水預備受困； 要堅固你的保障， 踹土和泥，修補磚窯。
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.
在那裏，火必燒滅你； 刀必殺戮你， 吞滅你如同蝻子。 任你加增人數多如蝻子， 多如蝗蟲吧！
16 You have made more negotiations than there are stars in the sky. The beetle has spread out and flown away.
你增添商賈，多過天上的星； 蝻子吃盡而去。
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.
你的首領多如蝗蟲； 你的軍長彷彿成群的螞蚱， 天涼的時候齊落在籬笆上， 日頭一出便都飛去， 人不知道落在何處。
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.
亞述王啊，你的牧人睡覺； 你的貴冑安歇； 你的人民散在山間，無人招聚。
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?
你的損傷無法醫治； 你的傷痕極其重大。 凡聽你信息的必都因此向你拍掌。 你所行的惡誰沒有時常遭遇呢？
