- 2:1 He who scatters has come up before you: Keep the fortress, Watch the way, Strengthen the loins, Fortify the power greatly.
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尼尼微阿，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。
- 2:2 For Jehovah restores The excellency of Jacob As the excellency of Israel; For the emptiers have emptied them out And destroyed their vine branches.
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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。
- 2:3 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.
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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；
- 2:4 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.
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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。
- 2:5 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.
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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。
- 2:6 The gates of the rivers are opened, And the palace is dissolved.
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河闸开放，宫殿摧毁。
- 2:7 And it is determined: She is uncovered; she is carried away; And her maidens moan, As with the sound of doves, Beating their breasts.
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王后赤身，被人掳去；宫女捶胸，哀鸣如鸽；此乃命定之事。
- 2:8 Though Nineveh has been like a pool of water all her days, Now they are fleeing. Stand! Stand! But no one turns back.
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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。
- 2:9 Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! And there is no end to what has been prepared. Oh, the glory of all the desirable vessels!
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你们抢掠银子，抢掠金子罢！因为所储备的无穷，一切的宝器何等荣耀！
- 2:10 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.
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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。
- 2:11 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?
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狮子的洞和少壮狮子喂养之处在那里呢？公狮、母狮、小狮游行，无人惊吓之处在那里呢？
- 2:12 The lion tore in pieces, enough for his whelps, And strangled for his lioness And filled his caves with torn prey And his dens with torn animals.
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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。
- 2:13 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.
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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。