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Nahum 3
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Nahum 3
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Nineveh’s Downfall
3 Woe to the city of blood,(A)
totally deceitful,
full of plunder,
never without prey.(B)
2 The crack of the whip
and rumble of the wheel,
galloping horse
and jolting chariot!(C)
3 Charging horseman,
flashing sword,
shining spear;
heaps of slain,
mounds of corpses,(D)
dead bodies without end(E) –
they stumble over their dead.
4 Because of the continual prostitution of the prostitute,
the attractive mistress of sorcery,
who treats nations and clans like merchandise
by her prostitution and sorcery,(F)
5 I am against you.(G)
This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
I will lift your skirts over your face
and display your nakedness to nations,
your shame to kingdoms.(H)
6 I will throw filth on you
and treat you with contempt;(I)
I will make a spectacle of you.
7 Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying,(J)
‘Nineveh is devastated;
who will show sympathy to her? ’
Where can I find anyone to comfort you?
8 Are you better than Thebes[a](K)
that sat along the Nile
with water surrounding her,
whose rampart was the sea,
the river[b][c] her wall?
9 Cush and Egypt were her endless source of strength;
Put and Libya were among her[d] allies.
10 Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity.
Her children were also dashed to pieces(L)
at the head of every street.
They cast lots for her dignitaries,(M)
and all her nobles were bound in chains.
11 You[e] also will become drunk;
you will hide.[f]
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortresses are fig trees
with figs that ripened first;
when shaken, they fall –
right into the mouth of the eater!
13 Look, your troops are like women among you;
your land’s city gates
are wide open to your enemies.
Fire will devour the bars of your gates.
14 Draw water for the siege;
strengthen your fortresses.
Step into the clay and tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick-mould!
15 The fire will devour you there;
the sword will cut you down.
It will devour you like the young locust.(N)
Multiply yourselves like the young locust;
multiply like the swarming locust!
16 You have made your merchants(O)
more numerous than the stars of the sky.
The young locust strips[g] the land
and flies away.
17 Your court officials are like the swarming locust,
and your scribes like clouds of locusts,
which settle on the walls on a cold day;
when the sun rises, they take off,
and no one knows where they are.
18 King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber;(P)
your officers sleep.
Your people are scattered across the mountains(Q)
with no one to gather them together.(R)
19 There is no remedy for your injury;
your wound is severe.(S)
All who hear the news about you
will clap their hands because of you,(T)
for who has not experienced
your constant cruelty?
Nahum 3
New International Version
Nahum 3
New International Version
Woe to Nineveh
3 Woe to the city of blood,(A)
full of lies,(B)
full of plunder,
never without victims!
2 The crack of whips,
the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
and jolting chariots!
3 Charging cavalry,
flashing swords
and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
piles of dead,
bodies without number,
people stumbling over the corpses(C)—
4 all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,
alluring, the mistress of sorceries,(D)
who enslaved nations by her prostitution(E)
and peoples by her witchcraft.
5 “I am against(F) you,” declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will lift your skirts(G) over your face.
I will show the nations your nakedness(H)
and the kingdoms your shame.
6 I will pelt you with filth,(I)
I will treat you with contempt(J)
and make you a spectacle.(K)
7 All who see you will flee(L) from you and say,
‘Nineveh(M) is in ruins(N)—who will mourn for her?’(O)
Where can I find anyone to comfort(P) you?”
8 Are you better than(Q) Thebes,(R)
situated on the Nile,(S)
with water around her?
The river was her defense,
the waters her wall.
9 Cush[a](T) and Egypt were her boundless strength;
Put(U) and Libya(V) were among her allies.
10 Yet she was taken captive(W)
and went into exile.
Her infants were dashed(X) to pieces
at every street corner.
Lots(Y) were cast for her nobles,
and all her great men were put in chains.(Z)
11 You too will become drunk;(AA)
you will go into hiding(AB)
and seek refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortresses are like fig trees
with their first ripe fruit;(AC)
when they are shaken,
the figs(AD) fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look at your troops—
they are all weaklings.(AE)
The gates(AF) of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has consumed the bars of your gates.(AG)
14 Draw water for the siege,(AH)
strengthen your defenses!(AI)
Work the clay,
tread the mortar,
repair the brickwork!
15 There the fire(AJ) will consume you;
the sword(AK) will cut you down—
they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.
Multiply like grasshoppers,
multiply like locusts!(AL)
16 You have increased the number of your merchants
till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,
but like locusts(AM) they strip the land
and then fly away.
17 Your guards are like locusts,(AN)
your officials like swarms of locusts
that settle in the walls on a cold day—
but when the sun appears they fly away,
and no one knows where.
18 King of Assyria, your shepherds[b] slumber;(AO)
your nobles lie down to rest.(AP)
Your people are scattered(AQ) on the mountains
with no one to gather them.
19 Nothing can heal you;(AR)
your wound is fatal.
All who hear the news about you
clap their hands(AS) at your fall,
for who has not felt
your endless cruelty?(AT)
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:9 That is, the upper Nile region
- Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers
Nahum 3
King James Version
Nahum 3
King James Version
3 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.
17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
那鴻書 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
那鴻書 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
尼尼微的災禍
3 充滿血腥的尼尼微有禍了！
城中充滿詭詐和暴力，
害人的事從未止息。
2 鞭聲啪啪，車輪隆隆，
戰馬奔騰，戰車疾馳，
3 騎士衝鋒，刀光閃閃，矛槍生輝；
被殺者眾多，屍骨成堆，
人們被遍地的屍體絆倒。
4 這全是因為尼尼微像妖媚的妓女大肆淫亂，
慣行邪術，
以淫行誘惑列國，
靠邪術欺騙各族。
5 萬軍之耶和華說：
「我要與你為敵。
我要把你的衣裙掀到你臉上，
使列國看見你的裸體，
使列邦看見你的羞恥。
6 我要把可憎之物拋在你身上，
侮辱你，
讓眾人觀看。
7 凡看見你的都要逃避，說，
『尼尼微毀滅了！
誰會為她悲傷呢？』
我到哪裡去尋找安慰你的人呢？」
8 你能強過底比斯[a]嗎？
底比斯位於尼羅河上，
四面環水，
水是她的屏障，
又是她的城牆。
9 古實和埃及是她無窮的力量，
弗人和利比亞人是她的幫手。
10 可是，她卻被擄到遠方，
她的嬰孩被摔死在各個街頭。
她的官長被抽籤瓜分，
她所有的首領都被鎖鏈鎖著。
11 尼尼微啊，
你也必像醉漢一樣，
你必尋找藏身之處躲避敵人。
12 你所有的堡壘都像無花果樹上的初熟果子，
一搖樹，果子就掉進吃的人口中。
13 看啊，
你的軍隊就像柔弱的女人，
你境內的關口向敵人敞開，
你的門閂被火燒毀。
14 你要蓄水以防圍困，
要加強防禦！
要走進土坑踩泥，
拿起磚模造磚！
15 但在那裡，火要吞噬你，
刀劍要殺戮你，
要像蝗蟲吞沒你。
你只管像蝗蟲一樣繁殖，
如蚱蜢一般增多吧！
16 你的商賈多過天上的繁星，
但他們像吃光後飛去的蝗蟲。
17 你的臣僕像蝗蟲，
你的將領像成群的蚱蜢。
牠們寒日聚集在牆上，
太陽一出來就飛走了，
無人知道牠們的行蹤。
18 亞述王啊！
你的牧人沉睡，貴族酣眠，
你的百姓分散在群山上，
無人招聚他們。
19 你的創傷無法救治，
你的傷勢極其嚴重。
聽見這消息的人必鼓掌歡呼，
因為誰沒受過你無休止的暴虐呢？
Footnotes
- 3·8 「底比斯」希伯來文是「挪亞們」。
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