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尼尼微因恶受罚

祸哉,这流人血的城!充满谎诈和强暴,抢夺的事总不止息。 鞭声响亮,车轮轰轰,马匹踢跳,车辆奔腾, 马兵争先,刀剑发光,枪矛闪烁,被杀的甚多,尸首成了大堆,尸骸无数,人碰着而跌倒; 都因那美貌的妓女多有淫行,惯行邪术,借淫行诱惑列国,用邪术诱惑[a]多族。 万军之耶和华说:“我与你为敌。我必揭起你的衣襟,蒙在你脸上,使列国看见你的赤体,使列邦观看你的丑陋。 我必将可憎污秽之物抛在你身上,辱没你,为众目所观。 凡看见你的,都必逃跑离开你,说:‘尼尼微荒凉了!’有谁为你悲伤呢?我何处寻得安慰你的人呢?”

你岂比亚们强呢?挪亚们坐落在众河之间,周围有水,海[b]做她的濠沟,又做她的城墙。 古实埃及是她无穷的力量,人和路比族是她的帮手。 10 但她被迁移,被掳去,她的婴孩在各市口上也被摔死,人为她的尊贵人拈阄,她所有的大人都被链子锁着。 11 你也必喝醉,必被埋藏,并因仇敌的缘故寻求避难所。 12 你一切保障必像无花果树上初熟的无花果,若一摇撼,就落在想吃之人的口中。 13 你地上的人民如同妇女,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,要坚固你的保障,踹土和泥修补砖窑。 15 在那里,火必烧灭你,刀必杀戮你,吞灭你如同蝻子。任你加增人数多如蝻子,多如蝗虫吧! 16 你增添商贾多过天上的星,蝻子吃尽而去。 17 你的首领多如蝗虫,你的军长仿佛成群的蚂蚱,天凉的时候齐落在篱笆上,日头一出便都飞去,人不知道落在何处。 18 亚述王啊,你的牧人睡觉,你的贵胄安歇,你的人民散在山间无人招聚。 19 你的损伤无法医治,你的伤痕极其重大。凡听你信息的,必都因此向你拍掌,你所行的恶谁没有时常遭遇呢?

Footnotes

  1. 那鸿书 3:4 “诱惑”原文作“卖”。
  2. 那鸿书 3:8 海指尼罗河。

尼尼微的灾祸

充满血腥的尼尼微有祸了!
城中充满诡诈和暴力,
害人的事从未止息。
鞭声啪啪,车轮隆隆,
战马奔腾,战车疾驰,
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。
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。

万军之耶和华说:
“我要与你为敌。
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。
我要把可憎之物抛在你身上,
侮辱你,
让众人观看。
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?”

你能强过底比斯[a]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。
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 可是,她却被掳到远方,
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 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 你所有的堡垒都像无花果树上的初熟果子,
一摇树,果子就掉进吃的人口中。
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 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 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 你的商贾多过天上的繁星,
但他们像吃光后飞去的蝗虫。
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 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 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?

Footnotes

  1. 3:8 “底比斯”希伯来文是“挪亚们”。

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

Woe to Nineveh

Woe to the city of blood,(A)
    full of lies,(B)
full of plunder,
    never without victims!
The crack of whips,
    the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
    and jolting chariots!
Charging cavalry,
    flashing swords
    and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
    piles of dead,
bodies without number,
    people stumbling over the corpses(C)
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.

“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.
I will pelt you with filth,(I)
    I will treat you with contempt(J)
    and make you a spectacle.(K)
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?”

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.
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

  1. Nahum 3:9 That is, the upper Nile region
  2. Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers

尼尼微因恶受罚

祸哉,这流人血的城!充满谎诈和强暴,抢夺的事总不止息。 鞭声响亮,车轮轰轰,马匹踢跳,车辆奔腾, 马兵争先,刀剑发光,枪矛闪烁,被杀的甚多,尸首成了大堆,尸骸无数,人碰着而跌倒; 都因那美貌的妓女多有淫行,惯行邪术,借淫行诱惑列国,用邪术诱惑[a]多族。 万军之耶和华说:“我与你为敌。我必揭起你的衣襟,蒙在你脸上,使列国看见你的赤体,使列邦观看你的丑陋。 我必将可憎污秽之物抛在你身上,辱没你,为众目所观。 凡看见你的,都必逃跑离开你,说:‘尼尼微荒凉了!’有谁为你悲伤呢?我何处寻得安慰你的人呢?”

你岂比亚们强呢?挪亚们坐落在众河之间,周围有水,海[b]做她的濠沟,又做她的城墙。 古实埃及是她无穷的力量,人和路比族是她的帮手。 10 但她被迁移,被掳去,她的婴孩在各市口上也被摔死,人为她的尊贵人拈阄,她所有的大人都被链子锁着。 11 你也必喝醉,必被埋藏,并因仇敌的缘故寻求避难所。 12 你一切保障必像无花果树上初熟的无花果,若一摇撼,就落在想吃之人的口中。 13 你地上的人民如同妇女,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,要坚固你的保障,踹土和泥修补砖窑。 15 在那里,火必烧灭你,刀必杀戮你,吞灭你如同蝻子。任你加增人数多如蝻子,多如蝗虫吧! 16 你增添商贾多过天上的星,蝻子吃尽而去。 17 你的首领多如蝗虫,你的军长仿佛成群的蚂蚱,天凉的时候齐落在篱笆上,日头一出便都飞去,人不知道落在何处。 18 亚述王啊,你的牧人睡觉,你的贵胄安歇,你的人民散在山间无人招聚。 19 你的损伤无法医治,你的伤痕极其重大。凡听你信息的,必都因此向你拍掌,你所行的恶谁没有时常遭遇呢?

Footnotes

  1. 那鸿书 3:4 “诱惑”原文作“卖”。
  2. 那鸿书 3:8 海指尼罗河。

尼尼微的灾祸

充满血腥的尼尼微有祸了!
城中充满诡诈和暴力,
害人的事从未止息。
鞭声啪啪,车轮隆隆,
战马奔腾,战车疾驰,
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。
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。

万军之耶和华说:
“我要与你为敌。
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。
我要把可憎之物抛在你身上,
侮辱你,
让众人观看。
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?”

你能强过底比斯[a]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。
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 可是,她却被掳到远方,
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 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 你所有的堡垒都像无花果树上的初熟果子,
一摇树,果子就掉进吃的人口中。
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 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 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 你的商贾多过天上的繁星,
但他们像吃光后飞去的蝗虫。
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 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 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?

Footnotes

  1. 3:8 “底比斯”希伯来文是“挪亚们”。

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

Woe to Nineveh

Woe to the city of blood,(A)
    full of lies,(B)
full of plunder,
    never without victims!
The crack of whips,
    the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
    and jolting chariots!
Charging cavalry,
    flashing swords
    and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
    piles of dead,
bodies without number,
    people stumbling over the corpses(C)
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.

“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.
I will pelt you with filth,(I)
    I will treat you with contempt(J)
    and make you a spectacle.(K)
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?”

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.
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

  1. Nahum 3:9 That is, the upper Nile region
  2. Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers