1 \1:15\See on the mountains the feet of him who comes with good news, giving word of peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, give effect to your oaths: for the good-for-nothing man will never again go through you; he is completely cut off.

2 \2:1\A crusher has come up before your face: keep a good look-out, let the way be watched, make yourself strong, let your power be greatly increased.

3 \2:2\For the Lord will make good the vine of Jacob, as well as the vine of Israel: for the wasters have made them waste and sent destruction on the branches of their vine.

4 \2:3\The body-covers of his fighting men have been made red, the men of war are clothed in bright red: the war-carriages are like flames of fire in the day when he gets ready, the horses are shaking.

5 \2:4\The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.

6 \2:5\He takes the record of his great men: they go falling on their way; they go quickly to the wall, the cover is made ready.

7 \2:6\The river doorways are forced open, and the king's house is flowing away.

8 \2:7\And the queen is uncovered, she is taken away and her servant-girls are weeping like the sound of doves, hammering on their breasts.

9 \2:8\But Nineveh is like a pool of water whose waters are flowing away; Keep your place, they say; but no one is turning back.

10 \2:9\Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.

11 \2:10\Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.

12 \2:11\Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?

13 \2:12\Food enough for his young and for his she-lions was pulled down by the lion; his hole was full of flesh and his resting-place stored with meat.

14 \2:13\See, I am against you, says the Lord of armies, and I will have your war-carriages burned in the smoke, and your young lions will be food for the sword: you will no longer get your food by force on the earth, and the voice of your she-lions will be stopped for ever.

1 尼尼微啊！ 那分散邦国的必上来攻击你， 你要固守堡垒， 严防要道， 束紧你的腰， 大大增强你的力量。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为2:2）

2 然而， 耶和华必恢复雅各的光荣， 好像以色列的光荣一样； 因为劫掠的人曾把他们劫掠一空， 又把他们的葡萄枝子毁坏了。

3 他勇士的盾牌是红的， 战士的衣服是朱红的。在他预备出击的时候， 战车的钢铁闪烁如火， 骑兵疾驰。

4 战车在街上狂奔， 在广场上东奔西驰； 它们看起来像火把， 跑起来像闪电。

5 亚述王召集他的权臣， 他们碰碰跌跌而来， 急急忙忙走上城墙， 竖起了防御的挡牌。

6 河闸都被打开， 宫殿也给摧毁了。

7 王后赤身被掳去； 她的宫女都哀哭， 声如鸽子， 各人捶胸痛哭。

8 自古以来， 尼尼微一直都像个水池， 池水不断流出； 虽然有人呼叫： "止住！ 止住！ "却没有回转的。

9 你们劫掠银子， 抢夺金子吧！ 积蓄的财宝无穷无尽， 珍贵的器皿不可胜数。

10 现在却空虚、荒凉， 一无所有； 人心惊惶， 两膝发抖， 全身疼痛， 面无血色。

11 狮子的洞穴在哪里？喂养幼狮的地方在哪里？公狮、母狮和幼狮不受惊吓之处， 可以闲游的地方又在哪里呢？

12 公狮为幼狮撕碎足够的食物， 为母狮掐死活物； 把猎物塞满了它的洞， 把撕碎的填满了它的穴。

13 万军之耶和华说： 看哪！ 我必攻击你， 我要把你的战车焚烧成烟， 刀剑必吞灭你的幼狮； 我必从地上除去你的猎物， 你使者的声音也必不再有人听见。