Nahum 3

1 Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.

1 充满血腥的尼尼微有祸了！ 城中充满诡诈和掠夺， 害人的事从未止息。

2 The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

2 鞭声啪啪，车轮隆隆， 战马奔腾，战车疾驰，

3 Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead—

3 骑士冲锋，刀光闪闪，矛枪生辉； 被杀者众多，尸骨成堆， 人们被遍地的尸体绊倒。

4 because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.

4 这全是因为尼尼微像妖媚的妓女大肆淫乱， 惯行邪术， 以淫行诱惑列国， 靠邪术欺骗各族。

5 “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.

5 万军之耶和华说： “我与你为敌。 我要把你的衣裙掀到你脸上， 使列国看见你的裸体， 使列邦看见你的羞耻。

6 I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.

6 我要把可憎之物抛在你身上， 羞辱你， 让众人观看。

7 Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

7 凡看见你的都要逃避，说， ‘尼尼微毁灭了！ 谁会为她悲伤呢？’ 我到哪里去寻找安慰你的人呢？”

8 Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

8 你能强过底比斯 吗？ 底比斯位于尼罗河上， 四面环水， 水是她的屏障， 又是她的城墙。

9 Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

9 古实和埃及是她无穷的力量， 弗人和利比亚人是她的帮手。

10 Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

10 可是，她却被掳去，流落他乡， 她的婴孩被摔死在各个街头。 她的官长被抽签瓜分， 她所有的首领都被锁链锁着。

11 You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

11 尼尼微啊， 你也必像醉汉一样， 你必寻找藏身之处躲避敌人。

12 All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

12 你所有的堡垒都像无花果树上的初熟果子， 一摇树，果子就掉进吃者口中。

13 Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

13 看啊， 你的军队就像柔弱的女人， 你境内的关口向敌人敞开， 你的门闩被火烧毁。

14 Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

14 你要蓄水以防围困， 要加强防御！ 要走进土坑踩泥， 拿起砖模造砖！

15 There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust!

15 但在那里，火要吞噬你， 刀剑要杀戮你， 要像蝗虫吞没你。 你只管像蝗虫一样繁殖， 如蚱蜢一般增多吧！

16 You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.

16 你的商贾多过天上的繁星， 但他们像吃光田地后飞去的蝗虫。

17 Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.

17 你的臣仆像蝗虫， 你的将领像成群的蚱蜢。 它们寒日聚集在墙上， 太阳一出来就飞走了， 无人知道它们的行踪。

18 O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

18 亚述王啊！ 你的牧人沉睡，贵族酣眠， 你的百姓分散在群山上， 无人招聚他们。

19 There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?

19 你的创伤无法救治， 你的伤势极其严重。 听见这消息的人必鼓掌欢呼， 因为谁没受过你无休止的暴虐呢？