ناحُوم 2
| قَدْ زَحَفَ عَلَيْكِ الْمُهَاجِمُ يَا نِينَوَى، فَاحْرُسِي الْحِصْنَ وَرَاقِبِي الطَّرِيقَ، مَنِّعِي أَسْوَارَكِ، وَجَنِّدِي كُلَّ قُوَّتِكِ. | ١ 1 |
Come up hath a scatterer to thy face, Keep the bulwark, watch the way, Strengthen the loins, strengthen power mightily.
| لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُعِيدُ بَهَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ وَمَجْدَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنَّ النَّاهِبِينَ سَلَبُوهُمْ وَأَتْلَفُوا كُرُومَهُمْ. | ٢ 2 |
For turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As [to] the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred.
| تُرُوسُ أَبْطَالِهِ مُخَضَّبَةٌ بِالاحْمِرَارِ، وَجُنُودُهُ الْمُحَارِبُونَ مُسَرْبَلُونَ بِالْقِرْمِزِ. يَبْرُقُ فُولاذُ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ فِي يَوْمِ تَأَهُّبِهَا، وَتَتَبَخْتَرُ جِيَادُهَا. | ٣ 3 |
The shield of his mighty ones is become red, Men of might [are in] scarlet, With fiery torches [is] the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.
| تَتَرَاكَضُ الْمَرْكَبَاتُ بِعُنْفٍ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ، وَعَبْرَ السَّاحَاتِ تَمْرُقُ كَالْبَرْقِ وَمَنْظَرُهَا كَالْمَشَاعِلِ الْمُتَوَهِّجَةِ. | ٤ 4 |
In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances [are] like torches, As lightnings they run.
| يَسْتَدْعِي الْمَلِكُ ضُبَّاطَهُ، فَيُسْرِعُونَ إِلَيْهِ مُتَعَثِّرِينَ فِي خُطَاهُمْ، يُهَرْوِلُونَ إِلَى سُورِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتِ الْمَتَارِيسُ. | ٥ 5 |
He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten [to] its wall, and prepared is the covering.
| قَدِ انْفَتَحَتْ بَوَّابَاتُ الأَنْهَارِ، وَانْهَارَ الْقَصْرُ أَمَامَ جَحَافِلِ الأَعْدَاءِ. | ٦ 6 |
Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.
| أَصْبَحَتْ سَيِّدَةُ الْقَصْرِ عَارِيَةً مَسُوقَةً إِلَى الأَسْرِ، وَشَرَعَتْ جَوَارِيهَا يَنُحْنَ كَنَوْحِ الْحَمَامِ وَيَضْرِبْنَ صُدُورَهُنَّ. | ٧ 7 |
And it is established — she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
| نِينَوَى كَبِرْكَةٍ نَضَبَتْ مِيَاهُهَا، إِذْ فَرَّ أَهْلُهَا. وَتَعْلُو الصَّرْخَةُ: «قِفُوا، قِفُوا». وَلا مِنْ مُجِيبٍ يَلْتَفِتُ. | ٨ 8 |
And Nineveh [is] as a pool of waters, From of old it [is] — and they are fleeing! 'Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning!
| انْهَبُوا الْفِضَّةَ، انْهَبُوا الذَّهَبَ. لَا نِهَايَةَ لِكُنُوزِهَا أَوْ لِنَفَائِسِ ثَرْوَتِهَا. | ٩ 9 |
Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, [To] the abundance of all desirable vessels.
| أَضْحَتْ مُوحِشَةً خَاوِيَةً جَرْدَاءَ، ذَابَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ رُعْباً وَانْحَلَّتْ مِنْهَا الرُّكَبُ، طَغَى عَلَيْهَا الأَلَمُ وَعَلا وُجُوهَ أَهْلِهَا الشُّحُوبُ. | ١٠ 10 |
She is empty, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain [is] in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.
| أَيْنَ نِينَوى عَرِينُ الأُسُودِ وَمْرْتَعُ الأَشْبَالِ حَيْثُ يَسْرَحُ الأَسَدُ وَاللَّبُوءَةُ وَالأَشْبَالُ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِزْعَاجٍ؟ | ١١ 11 |
Where [is] the habitation of lionesses? And a feeding-place it [is] for young lions Where walked hath a lion, an old lion, A lion's whelp, and there is none troubling.
| قَدِ افْتَرَسَ الأَسَدُ مَا يَكْفِي لإِعَالَةِ أَشْبَالِهِ وَخَنَقَ فَرِيسَةً لِلَبُوءَاتِهِ. قَدْ مَلأَ عَرِينَهُ بِقَنَائِصِهِ وَكَهْفَهُ بِأَشْلائِهِمْ. | ١٢ 12 |
The lion is tearing parts [for] his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill [with] prey his holes, And his habitations [with] rapine.
| هَا أَنَا أُقَاوِمُكِ. يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. فَأُحْرِقُ مَرْكَبَاتِكِ فَتُصْبِحُ دُخَاناً، وَيَلْتَهِمُ السَّيْفُ لُحُومَ أَبْنَائِكِ، وَأَسْتَأْصِلُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ غَنَائِمَكِ وَلَنْ يَتَرَدَّدَ فِي مَا بَعْدُ صَوْتُ مَنْدُوبِيكِ. | ١٣ 13 |
Lo, I [am] against thee, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have burned in smoke its chariot, And thy young lions consume doth a sword, And I have cut off from the land thy prey, And not heard any more is the voice of thy messengers!
