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祸哉!这流人血的城,
欺诈连连,抢夺充斥,
掳掠的事总不止息。
鞭声响亮,车轮轰轰,
马匹跳跃,战车奔腾;
骑兵争先,刀剑发光,
枪矛闪烁,被杀的甚多,
尸首成堆,尸骸无数,
人因尸骸而绊跌,
都因那美貌的妓女多有淫行,
惯行邪术,
藉淫行诱惑[a]列国,
用邪术诱惑万族。

看哪,我与你为敌,
掀开你的下摆,蒙在你脸上,
使列邦看见你的赤体,
使列国观看你的羞辱。
这是万军之耶和华说的。
我必将可憎污秽之物抛在你身上,
使你被藐视,为众人所观看。
凡看见你的,都必逃离你,说:
尼尼微荒凉了!有谁为你悲伤呢?
我何处找到安慰你的人呢?”

你能胜过挪亚们[b]吗?
它坐落在众河之间,
周围有水,
[c]作它的城郭,
[d]作它的城墙。
古实[e]埃及是它的力量,
没有穷尽,
[f]人和路比[g]人是它的帮手。
10 但它被流放,被人掳去,
它的婴孩也被摔碎在各街头;
人为它的贵族抽签,
它的权贵都被锁链锁住。

11 你也必喝醉,昏迷错乱,
并因仇敌的缘故寻求庇护。
12 你一切的堡垒必如无花果树上初熟的果子,
一经摇动,就落在想吃的人口中。
13 看哪,你中间的士兵是妇女,
你国中的关口向仇敌敞开,
你的门闩被火焚烧。

14 你要打水预备受困;
要加强防御,
取土踹泥,
做成砖模。
15 在那里,火要吞灭你,
刀必杀戮你,
如蝻子般吞灭你。

你人数增多如蝻子,
增多如蝗虫吧!
16 你增添商贾,多过天上的星宿;
如蝻子蜕皮飞去。
17 你的领袖多如蝗虫,
你的将军仿佛成群的蝗虫;
天凉时齐落在篱笆上,
太阳一出就飞去,
人不知道落在何处。

18 亚述王啊,
你的牧人睡觉,
你的贵族躺卧[h]
你的百姓散在山间,
无人招聚。
19 你的损伤并未减轻,
你的伤痕极其重大。
凡听见这消息的人都因你拍掌。
有谁没有时常遭受你的暴行呢?

Footnotes

  1. 3.4 “诱惑”:原文是“卖”;下同。
  2. 3.8 “挪亚们”就是埃及的底比斯,也称“挪”。
  3. 3.8 “海”指尼罗河;下同。
  4. 3.8 “海”:七十士译本是“众水”。
  5. 3.9 “古实”包括苏丹的大部分和埃塞俄比亚的一部分。
  6. 3.9 “弗”是利比亚的一部分。
  7. 3.9 “路比”就是利比亚。
  8. 3.18 “躺卧”:原文另译“安歇”。

The Woe of Nineveh

Woe to the (A)bloody city!
It is all full of lies and robbery.
Its [a]victim never departs.
The noise of a whip
And the noise of rattling wheels,
Of galloping horses,
Of [b]clattering chariots!
Horsemen charge with bright sword and glittering spear.
There is a multitude of slain,
A great number of bodies,
Countless corpses—
They stumble over the corpses—
Because of the multitude of [c]harlotries of the [d]seductive harlot,
(B)The mistress of sorceries,
Who sells nations through her harlotries,
And families through her sorceries.

“Behold, I am (C)against you,” says the Lord of hosts;
(D)“I will lift your skirts over your face,
I will show the nations your nakedness,
And the kingdoms your shame.
I will cast abominable filth upon you,
Make you (E)vile,[e]
And make you (F)a spectacle.
It shall come to pass that all who look upon you
(G)Will flee from you, and say,
(H)‘Nineveh is laid waste!
(I)Who will bemoan her?’
Where shall I seek comforters for you?”

(J)Are you better than (K)No[f] Amon
That was situated by the [g]River,
That had the waters around her,
Whose rampart was the sea,
Whose wall was the sea?
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength,
And it was boundless;
(L)Put and Lubim were [h]your helpers.
10 Yet she was carried away,
She went into captivity;
(M)Her young children also were dashed to pieces
(N)At the head of every street;
They (O)cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound in chains.
11 You also will be (P)drunk;
You will be hidden;
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.

12 All your strongholds are (Q)fig trees with ripened figs:
If they are shaken,
They fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Surely, (R)your people in your midst are women!
The gates of your land are wide open for your enemies;
Fire shall devour the (S)bars of your gates.

14 Draw your water for the siege!
(T)Fortify your strongholds!
Go into the clay and tread the mortar!
Make strong the brick kiln!
15 There the fire will devour you,
The sword will cut you off;
It will eat you up like a (U)locust.

Make yourself many—like the locust!
Make yourself many—like the swarming locusts!
16 You have multiplied your (V)merchants more than the stars of heaven.
The locust plunders and flies away.
17 (W)Your commanders are like swarming locusts,
And your generals like great grasshoppers,
Which camp in the hedges on a cold day;
When the sun rises they flee away,
And the place where they are is not known.

18 (X)Your shepherds slumber, O (Y)king of Assyria;
Your nobles rest in the dust.
Your people are (Z)scattered on the mountains,
And no one gathers them.
19 Your injury has no healing,
(AA)Your wound is severe.
(AB)All who hear news of you
Will clap their hands over you,
For upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?

Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:1 Lit. prey
  2. Nahum 3:2 bounding or jolting
  3. Nahum 3:4 Spiritual unfaithfulness
  4. Nahum 3:4 Lit. goodly charm, in a bad sense
  5. Nahum 3:6 despicable
  6. Nahum 3:8 Ancient Thebes; Tg., Vg. populous Alexandria
  7. Nahum 3:8 Lit. rivers, the Nile and the surrounding canals
  8. Nahum 3:9 LXX her