Nahum

Chapter 1

1 THE wound of Nineveh, which is in the book of the visions of Nahum the Alkoshite.

2 God is zealous, and the LORD is avenging; the LORD is avenging and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies.

3 The LORD is slow to anger great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked; the LORD'S way is in the whirlwind and in the tempest, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers; Mathnin and Carmel languish, and the flower of Lebanon withers.

5 The mountains quake before him and the hills break loose; the earth trembles at his presence, yea, the world and all that dwell therein.

6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure in the fierceness of his wrath? His fury burns like fire, and the mountains melt at his presence.

7 The LORD is good, a great help in the day of trouble; and he knows those who trust in him.

8 But with a rushing flood he will make an utter end of the place of his adversaries, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

9 What do you imagine against the LORD? He will make an utter end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.

10 Because from the lowest among them up to their rulers they are rebellious, they stagger in their drunkenness; they have eaten and are filled with dry rubbish.

11 Out of you shall come forth one who imagines evil against the LORD and gives wicked counsel.

12 Thus says the LORD: Against the watersheds of many waters, they have run down and vanished; though I have humbled you, I will humble you no more.

13 For now I will break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds asunder.

14 And the LORD will give a commandment concerning you: Your name shall no more be propagated from the house of your god; I will destroy the graven images and the molten images; I will make your grave hastily.

15 Behold upon the mountains, the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts and perform your vows; the wicked shall no longer transgress against you, for he is utterly destroyed.

那鴻書

第1章

1 論尼尼微的默示,就是伊勒歌斯人那鴻所得的異象[vision]

2 耶和華是忌邪施報的神。耶和華施報大有忿怒;耶和華[LORD]向他的敵人施報,向他的仇敵懷怒。

3 耶和華不輕易發怒,大有能力,必不[will not at all]惡人[the wicked]為無罪;耶和華[LORD]乘旋風和暴風而來,雲彩為他腳下的塵土。

4 他斥責海,使海乾了,使一切江河乾涸。巴珊和迦密的樹林衰殘;黎巴嫩的[flower]也衰殘了。

5 大山因他震動,小山也都熔化[melt],大地在他面前焚燒[burned],世界和住在其間的也都如此。

6 他發忿恨,誰能立得住呢?他發烈怒,誰能當得起呢?他的烈怒[fury]如火傾倒;磐石因他傾下[thrown down]

7 耶和華本為善,在患難的日子為人的保障,並且認得那些投靠他的人。

8 但他必以漲溢的洪水淹沒尼尼微,黑暗必追趕仇敵[darkness shall pursue his enemies]

9 尼尼微人哪,設何謀攻擊耶和華呢?他必將你們滅絕淨盡;災難不再興起。

10 你們像叢雜的荊棘,像喝醉了的人,又如枯乾的碎稭全然吞滅[devoured]

11 有一人從你那裏出來,圖謀邪惡,設惡計攻擊耶和華。

12 耶和華如此說:尼尼微雖然勢力充足,人數繁多,他經過的時候[when he shall pass through]還是必被剪除[yet thus shall they be cut down]。猶大啊,我雖然使你受苦,卻不再使你受苦。

13 現在我必從你頸項上折斷他的軛,扭開他的繩索。

14 耶和華已經出令,指著[thee]說,你名下的人必不留後;我必從你眾神[gods]的廟中除滅雕刻的[image]和鑄造的[image];我必因你鄙陋,使你歸於墳墓。

15 看哪。有報好信傳平安之人的腳登山,說:猶大啊,可以守你的聖節[solemn feasts],還你所許的願吧。因為那惡人不再從你中間經過,他已剪除[cut off]淨盡了。

Nahum

Chapter 1

那鴻書

第1章

1 THE wound of Nineveh, which is in the book of the visions of Nahum the Alkoshite.

1 論尼尼微的默示,就是伊勒歌斯人那鴻所得的異象[vision]

2 God is zealous, and the LORD is avenging; the LORD is avenging and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies.

2 耶和華是忌邪施報的神。耶和華施報大有忿怒;耶和華[LORD]向他的敵人施報,向他的仇敵懷怒。

3 The LORD is slow to anger great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked; the LORD'S way is in the whirlwind and in the tempest, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

3 耶和華不輕易發怒,大有能力,必不[will not at all]惡人[the wicked]為無罪;耶和華[LORD]乘旋風和暴風而來,雲彩為他腳下的塵土。

4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers; Mathnin and Carmel languish, and the flower of Lebanon withers.

4 他斥責海,使海乾了,使一切江河乾涸。巴珊和迦密的樹林衰殘;黎巴嫩的[flower]也衰殘了。

5 The mountains quake before him and the hills break loose; the earth trembles at his presence, yea, the world and all that dwell therein.

5 大山因他震動,小山也都熔化[melt],大地在他面前焚燒[burned],世界和住在其間的也都如此。

6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure in the fierceness of his wrath? His fury burns like fire, and the mountains melt at his presence.

6 他發忿恨,誰能立得住呢?他發烈怒,誰能當得起呢?他的烈怒[fury]如火傾倒;磐石因他傾下[thrown down]

7 The LORD is good, a great help in the day of trouble; and he knows those who trust in him.

7 耶和華本為善,在患難的日子為人的保障,並且認得那些投靠他的人。

8 But with a rushing flood he will make an utter end of the place of his adversaries, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

8 但他必以漲溢的洪水淹沒尼尼微,黑暗必追趕仇敵[darkness shall pursue his enemies]

9 What do you imagine against the LORD? He will make an utter end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.

9 尼尼微人哪,設何謀攻擊耶和華呢?他必將你們滅絕淨盡;災難不再興起。

10 Because from the lowest among them up to their rulers they are rebellious, they stagger in their drunkenness; they have eaten and are filled with dry rubbish.

10 你們像叢雜的荊棘,像喝醉了的人,又如枯乾的碎稭全然吞滅[devoured]

11 Out of you shall come forth one who imagines evil against the LORD and gives wicked counsel.

11 有一人從你那裏出來,圖謀邪惡,設惡計攻擊耶和華。

12 Thus says the LORD: Against the watersheds of many waters, they have run down and vanished; though I have humbled you, I will humble you no more.

12 耶和華如此說:尼尼微雖然勢力充足,人數繁多,他經過的時候[when he shall pass through]還是必被剪除[yet thus shall they be cut down]。猶大啊,我雖然使你受苦,卻不再使你受苦。

13 For now I will break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds asunder.

13 現在我必從你頸項上折斷他的軛,扭開他的繩索。

14 And the LORD will give a commandment concerning you: Your name shall no more be propagated from the house of your god; I will destroy the graven images and the molten images; I will make your grave hastily.

14 耶和華已經出令,指著[thee]說,你名下的人必不留後;我必從你眾神[gods]的廟中除滅雕刻的[image]和鑄造的[image];我必因你鄙陋,使你歸於墳墓。

15 Behold upon the mountains, the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts and perform your vows; the wicked shall no longer transgress against you, for he is utterly destroyed.

15 看哪。有報好信傳平安之人的腳登山,說:猶大啊,可以守你的聖節[solemn feasts],還你所許的願吧。因為那惡人不再從你中間經過,他已剪除[cut off]淨盡了。