The people of Sheba and Dedan will speak to you. So will the traders of Tarshish and all its villages. They will say,‘ Have you come to rob us? Have you gathered your huge army together to steal our silver and gold? Are you going to take away from us our livestock and goods? Do you plan to carry off everything we have?’ ” ’

示巴人、底但人、他施的客商，和其间的少壮狮子都必问你说：‘你来要抢财为掳物吗？你聚集军队要夺货为掠物吗？要夺取金银，掳去牲畜、财货吗？要抢夺许多财宝为掳物吗？’

示巴人、底但人、他施的商人和他们的少壮狮子都对你说：‘你来是要抢财为掳物吗？你聚集军队是要夺货为掠物，夺取金银，掳去牲畜、财货，抢夺许多财宝为掳物吗？’

示巴人、底但人、他施的商人和他们的少壮狮子都对你说：‘你来是要抢财为掳物吗？你聚集军队是要夺货为掠物，夺取金银，掳去牲畜、财货，抢夺许多财宝为掳物吗？’

示巴人、底但人以及他施的客商和首领都必问，你是来抢掠吗？你聚集军队是来抢夺金银财宝，掳掠牲畜和货物吗？”’

示巴人、底但人和他施各城镇的商人（按照《马索拉文本》，“他施各城镇的商人”作“他施的商人并她的少壮狮子”；现参照《七十士译本》和其他古译本翻译）都必问你：你来是要抢夺财物吗？你聚集军队是要掳掠货物吗？是要搬走金银、掳去牲畜财物吗？是要大肆抢掠吗？’

示巴人、底但人、他施的客商，和其間的少壯獅子都必問你說：『你來要搶財為擄物嗎？你聚集軍隊要奪貨為掠物嗎？要奪取金銀，擄去牲畜、財貨嗎？要搶奪許多財寶為擄物嗎？』

示巴人、底但人、他施的商人和他們的少壯獅子都對你說：『你來是要搶財為擄物嗎？你聚集軍隊是要奪貨為掠物，奪取金銀，擄去牲畜、財貨，搶奪許多財寶為擄物嗎？』

示巴人、底但人、他施的商人和他們的少壯獅子都對你說：『你來是要搶財為擄物嗎？你聚集軍隊是要奪貨為掠物，奪取金銀，擄去牲畜、財貨，搶奪許多財寶為擄物嗎？』

示巴人、底但人以及他施的客商和首領都必問，你是來搶掠嗎？你聚集軍隊是來搶奪金銀財寶，擄掠牲畜和貨物嗎？」』

示巴人、底但人和他施各城鎮的商人（按照《馬索拉文本》，“他施各城鎮的商人”作“他施的商人並她的少壯獅子”；現參照《七十士譯本》和其他古譯本翻譯）都必問你：你來是要搶奪財物嗎？你聚集軍隊是要擄掠貨物嗎？是要搬走金銀、擄去牲畜財物嗎？是要大肆搶掠嗎？’

示巴人、底但人、他施商人和她的富豪都必問你說：「你來要搶那可搶的麼？你聚集團隊、要劫那可劫的麼？要搬運金銀，要奪取牲畜財物麼？要搶那大有可搶的麼？」

示巴底但、與他施之商旅、及其稚獅、將詰爾云、爾來欲刦奪乎、爾集斯眾、欲虜掠乎、欲攘金銀、刦牲畜、奪貨物、掠取多財乎、○

示巴底但、大失之商旅及其猛士、將詰爾云、爾集斯眾、非欲劫貨財、攘金銀、擄牲畜乎、

示巴人、底但人、他施商賈、與其似壯獅之勇士、將詰爾曰、爾來、欲攘奪乎、爾集斯眾、欲刧掠乎、欲強取金銀、擄掠牲畜與貨財、攘奪多物乎、

Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all her villages will say to you,“ Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?”’

Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its leaders will say to you,‘ Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?’

But Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish will ask,‘ Do you really think the armies you have gathered can rob them of silver and gold? Do you think you can drive away their livestock and seize their goods and carry off plunder?’

Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its rulers will ask you,“ Have you come to seize spoil? Have you mobilized your assembly to carry off plunder, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and possessions, to seize plenty of spoil?”’

Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will say to you,‘ Have you come to capture spoils? Have you assembled your contingent to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to capture great spoils?’ ” ’

Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you,‘ Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’”

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?

Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its rulers will ask you,‘ Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hordes to carry off plunder, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and possessions, to seize great spoil?’

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors will say to you,“ Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?”’

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, will ask you,‘ Have you come to take the plunder? Have you assembled your company to take the prey, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’”’

“‘ “Men from Rhodes did business with you. Many lands along the coast bought goods from you. They paid you with ivory tusks and ebony wood.

“‘ “Tarshish did business with you because you had so much wealth. They traded silver, iron, tin and lead for your goods.

“ Son of man, sing a song of sadness about Pharaoh Hophra, the king of Egypt. Tell him,“‘ You are like a lion among the nations. You are like a monster in the sea. You move around wildly in your rivers. You churn the water with your feet. You make the streams muddy.’ ”

“‘ “Traders from Sheba and Raamah did business with you. They traded the finest spices, jewels and gold for your goods.“‘ “Harran, Kanneh and Eden did business with you. So did traders from Sheba, Ashur and Kilmad.

“‘ “Dedan traded saddle blankets to you.

Assyria is like a lion. Where is the lions’ den now? Where did they feed their cubs? Where did all the lions go? In their den they had nothing to fear.The lion killed enough for his cubs to eat. He choked what he caught for his mate. He filled his home with what he had killed. He brought to his dens what he had caught.“ Nineveh, I am against you,” announces the Lord who rules over all.“ I will burn up your chariots with fire. Your young lions will be killed by swords. I will leave you nothing on earth to catch. The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

Men who are like lions are all around me. I am forced to lie down among people who are like hungry animals. Their teeth are like spears and arrows. Their tongues are like sharp swords.

One of them was Jehoahaz. He became a strong lion. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.The nations heard about him. They trapped him in their pit. They put hooks in his face. And they led him away to Egypt.“‘ The mother lion looked and waited. But all her hope was gone. So she got another one of her cubs. She made him into a strong lion.He prowled with the lions. He became very strong. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.

The Lord continues,“ I will reach out my hand against Edom. I will kill its people and their animals. I will completely destroy it. They will be killed by swords from Teman all the way to Dedan.

Listen to the shepherds cry out! Their rich grasslands are destroyed. Listen to the lions roar! The trees and bushes along the Jordan River are gone.

“ Israel is like a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first lion that ate them up was the king of Assyria. The last one that broke their bones was Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.”

I will send them against the ungodly nation of Judah. I will order them to fight against my own people. My people make me angry. I will order Assyria to take their goods and carry them away. I will order Assyria to walk on my people as if they were walking on mud.

I will give away your wealth and your treasures. Your enemies will carry off everything. And they will not pay anything for it. That will happen because you have sinned so much. You have done it throughout your country.

“‘ “The ships of Tarshish carry your products. You are like a ship filled with a heavy load as you sail the sea.

All its people roar like young lions. They growl like lion cubs.