2:1 看，那传报福音，宣布和平者的脚已站在山上!犹大，举行你的庆节，偿还你的誓愿吧!因为那恶者不会再由你中间经过，他已全然消灭。
See, upon the mountains there advances the bearer of good news, announcing peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah, fulfill your vows! For nevermore shall you be invaded by the scoundrel; he is completely destroyed. 2:2 因为上主要恢复雅各伯的葡萄园，也要恢复以色列的葡萄园，因为劫掠者抢掠了他们，且破坏了他们的葡萄蔓。
The hammer comes up against you; guard the rampart, Keep watch on the road, gird your loins, marshall all your strength! 2:3 尼尼微，有个破坏者上来攻击你，你应把守堡垒，防守要道，朿紧你的腰，集中你的全力!
The LORD will restore the vine of Jacob, the pride of Israel, Though ravagers have ravaged them and ruined the tendrils. 2:4 他勇士的盾牌是赤红的，战士穿的衣服是深红的；在他整装待发之日，战车闪烁如火，骑士疾驰如飞。
The shields of his warriors are crimsoned, the soldiers colored in scarlet; Fiery steel are the chariots on the day of his mustering. The horses are frenzied; 2:5 战车在大路上奔驰，在广场上疾驶，形状有如火炬，疾行有如闪电。
the chariots dash madly through the streets And wheel in the squares, looking like firebrands, flashing like lightning bolts. 2:6 亚述王召集了他的精锐，而他们却在行军时颠仆；急忙跑近城堡，但高楯已竖起。
His picked troops are called, ranks break at their charge; To the wall they rush, the mantelet is set up. 2:7 河闸打开了，皇宫大为震惊。
The river gates are opened, the palace shudders, 2:8 漆布裸体被掳去，她的使女们呻吟如鸽，各自搥胸。
Its mistress is led forth captive, and her handmaids, under guard, Moaning like doves, beating their breasts. 2:9 尼尼微好似一个水池，池水汹涌流出，虽出有人喊：「止住!止住!」但无一人回顾。
Nineveh is like a pool whose waters escape; "Stop! Stop!" but none turns back. 2:10 「你们抢夺银子，抢夺金子!」有无尽的宝藏，有无数的珍器。
"Plunder the silver, plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure, to their wealth in precious things of every kind! 2:11 抢掠、洗劫、蹂躏!人心沮丧，两膝打颤，双腰发抖，面无血色。
Emptiness, desolation, waste; melting hearts and trembling knees, Writhing in every frame, every face blanched! 2:12 狮子穴，幼狮洞，今在何处﹖哪里原是雄狮、母狮和幼狮出入之所，无人敢惊扰它们!
Where is the lions' cave, the young lions' den, Where the lion went in and out, and the cub, with no one to disturb them? 2:13 雄狮曾为幼狮撕裂猎物，为母狮扼死野兽，将猎物塞满它的洞穴，将掠物充塞它的窟穴。
The lion snatched enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses; He filled his dens with prey, and his caves with plunder. 2:14 看，我必攻击你!──万君上主的断语──我要在浓烟中烧毁你的洞穴，使刀剑吞噬你的幼狮，由地上扫除你的掠物，令人再也听不到你使者的声音。
I come against you, says the LORD of hosts; I will consume in smoke your chariots, and the sword shall devour your young lions; Your preying on the land I will bring to an end, the cry of your lionesses shall be heard no more.