He who scatters has come up before you: / Keep the fortress, / Watch the way, / Strengthen the loins, / Fortify the power greatly.
尼尼微啊，那打散邦国的上到你面前；你要看守保障，谨防道路，使腰强壮，大大勉力。

For Jehovah restores / The excellency of Jacob / As the excellency of Israel; / For the emptiers have emptied them out / And destroyed their vine branches.
因为耶和华复兴雅各所夸耀的，好像以色列所夸耀的一样；因为劫掠者已经把他们劫掠一空，将他们的葡萄枝毁坏了。

The shield of His mighty men is red; / The valiant men are clad in scarlet; / The chariots flash with the shining of steel / In the day of His preparation, / And the spears are brandished.
祂勇士的盾牌是红的，精兵都穿朱红衣服；在祂预备争战的日子，战车上的钢铁闪烁如火，枪矛也抡起来了；

In the streets the chariots rush madly; / They dash to and fro in the open squares; / Their appearance is like that of torches; / They dart like lightning.
战车在街上急行，在宽阔处奔来奔去，形状如火把，飞跑如闪电。

The Assyrian king remembers his glorious ones: / They stumble in their march; / They hasten to the wall of the city, / But the besiegers' shelter is prepared.
亚述王招聚他的贵胄：他们颠踬而行，奔上城墙，但攻城者的防障已经备妥。

The gates of the rivers are opened, / And the palace is dissolved.
河闸开放，宫殿摧毁。

And it is determined: She is uncovered; she is carried away; / And her maidens moan, / As with the sound of doves, / Beating their breasts.
王后赤身，被人掳去；宫女捶胸，哀鸣如鸽；此乃命定之事。

Though Nineveh has been like a pool of water all her days, / Now they are fleeing. / Stand! Stand! But no one turns back.
尼尼微自古以来充满人民，如同聚水的池子；现在他们却都逃跑；虽有人呼喊说，站住！站住！却无人回顾。

Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! / And there is no end to what has been prepared. / Oh, the glory of all the desirable vessels!
你们抢掠银子，抢掠金子吧！因为所储备的无穷，一切的宝器何等荣耀！

Emptiness and void and waste! / And the heart melts, and the knees knock, / And anguish is in all the loins, / And the faces of all of them become pale.
现在却空虚、荒凉、旷废！人心融化，双膝相碰，腰都疼痛，脸都变暗。

Where is the den of lions / And the feeding place of young lions, / Where the lion and the lioness walked, / And the lion's whelp; and no one frightened them?
狮子的洞和少壮狮子喂养之处在哪里呢？公狮、母狮、小狮游行，无人惊吓之处在哪里呢？

The lion tore in pieces, enough for his whelps, / And strangled for his lionesses / And filled his caves with torn prey / And his dens with torn animals.
公狮为小狮撕碎足够的食物，为母狮掐死活物，把猎物充满它的洞，把撕碎的充满它的穴。

Indeed I am against you, / Declares Jehovah of hosts; / And I will burn your chariots in smoke, / And the sword will devour your young lions; / And I will cut off your prey from the earth; / And the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.
万军之耶和华说，看哪，我与你为敌，必将你的战车焚烧成烟，刀剑也必吞灭你的少壮狮子；我必从地上除灭你的猎物；你使者的声音，必不再听见。