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。

1 Come up hath a scatterer to thy face, Keep the bulwark, watch the way, Strengthen the loins, strengthen power mightily.2 For turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As [to] the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred.3 The shield of his mighty ones is become red, Men of might [are in] scarlet, With fiery torches [is] the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.4 In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances [are] like torches, As lightnings they run.5 He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten [to] its wall, and prepared is the covering.6 Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.7 And it is established -- she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.8 And Nineveh [is] as a pool of waters, From of old it [is] -- and they are fleeing! `Stand ye, stand;` and none is turning!9 Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, [To] the abundance of all desirable vessels.10 She is empty, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain [is] in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.11 Where [is] the habitation of lionesses? And a feeding-place it [is] for young lions Where walked hath a lion, an old lion, A lion`s whelp, and there is none troubling.12 The lion is tearing parts [for] his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill [with] prey his holes, And his habitations [with] rapine.13 Lo, I [am] against thee, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have burned in smoke its chariot, And thy young lions consume doth a sword, And I have cut off from the land thy prey, And not heard any more is the voice of thy messengers!