Náhum 3
1 Běda městu vražednému, kteréž všecko lži a ukrutenství plné jest, neodchází z něho loupež.
Terrible things will happen to [Nineveh], that city [that is full of people who] murder [MTY] and lie. [The city is] full of things that were seized [from other countries by their soldiers]; [their armies] continually [LIT] have acted brutally towards people whom they conquered.
2 Praskání bičů a hřmot kol, a dusání koní, a vozů skákání bude.
But [now listen to the enemy soldiers coming to attack Nineveh]; [listen to them] cracking their whips, and [listen to the] rattle of [their chariot] wheels! [Listen to] their galloping horses and their chariots as they bounce along!
3 Jezdec vyzdvihne třpytící se meč, a blýskající se kopí, i bude množství zbitých, a veliké hromady těl mrtvých, tak že nebude žádného počtu těl mrtvých, až i padati budou přes těla jejich,
[Look at their] flashing swords and glittering spears as the horsemen race forward! Many [people of Nineveh will be] killed; [there will be] piles of corpses, [with the result that] people will stumble over them.
4 Pro množství smilství smilnice, velmi milé, mistryně kouzlů, kteráž prodávala národy smilstvými svými, a lidi kouzly svými.
All [that will happen] because [Nineveh is like] [MET] a beautiful prostitute [who lures men to where they will be ruined]; [Nineveh is a beautiful city] which has attracted/enticed [people of] other nations [to come there]. [The people of Nineveh] taught those people [of other nations rituals of] magic, and caused them to become their slaves.
5 Aj, já proti tobě, dí Hospodin zástupů, a odkryji podolek tvůj nad hlavu tvou, a ukáži národům nahotu tvou, a královstvím hanbu tvou.
[So] the Commander of the armies of angels says to [the people of Nineveh]: “I am your enemy, and I will [cause the people in other] nations to see you [completely] humiliated like [MET] [women who have committed adultery are humiliated by] having their skirts lifted high, [with the result that] people can see their naked [bodies].
6 A ukydaje tě ohavnými věcmi, uvedu tě v lehkost, a vystavím tě za divadlo.
I will cause rubbish/garbage to be thrown at you; I will show [others] that I despise you very much, and I will cause you to be publicly ridiculed.
7 I stane se, že kdožkoli uzří tě, vzdálí se od tebe, a dí: Vyplundrováno jest Ninive. Kdož by ho litovati měl? Kdež bych shledal ty, kteříž by tě těšiti měli?
All those who see you will turn their backs to you and say, ‘Nineveh is ruined, but absolutely no one [RHQ] will mourn for it.’ No one will regret Nineveh being destroyed!”
8 Což by se tobě lépe díti mělo, nežli No lidnému, kteréž sedělo mezi řekami, vodami byvši opuštěno, jehož val bylo moře, zed mělo od moře?
Your city is certainly [RHQ] no safer than Thebes [city] was. [Thebes was an important city] beside the Nile [River]; the river was [like] [SIM] a wall that protected the city [DOU].
9 Mouřenínská země i Egypt silou jeho byla, a nesčíslní, Putští a Lubimští, byli jemu na pomoc.
[The rulers of] Ethiopia and Egypt helped Thebes; there was no limit to their power. [The governments of the nearby countries of] Put and Libya were also allies of Thebes.
10 A však i to v přestěhování přišlo a v zajetí, tak že i maličcí jeho rozrážíni byli na úhlech všech ulic, a o nejslavnější jeho metali los, a všickni znamenití jeho sevříni byli pouty.
But Thebes was captured, and [its people were] (exiled/forced to go to other countries). Their babies were dashed to pieces in the streets [of the city]. [Enemy soldiers] (cast lots/threw small marked stones) to decide who would get each official in Thebes [to become his slave]. All the leaders of Thebes were fastened/tied by chains.
11 Takž i ty opiješ se, a pokrývati se musíš, i ty hledati budeš pomoci proti nepříteli.
You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.
12 Všecky tvé pevnosti jsou jako fíkové s ovocem ranním, jimž jakž se zatřese, prší do úst toho, kdož by jedl.
[Your enemies will cause] the walls around your city to fall down like [SIM] the first figs that fall from fig trees [each year]. [Your city will be captured easily, like] [MET] [figs that fall] into the mouths [HYP] of those who shake the fig trees.
13 Aj, lid tvůj jsou ženy u prostřed tebe, nepřátelům tvým dokořen otevříny budou brány země tvé, a oheň sžíře závory tvé.
Look at your soldiers! They will be [as weak/helpless as] [MET] women! The gates of your city will be opened wide [to allow] your enemies [to enter them], [and then] the bars of those gates will be burned.
14 Navaž sobě vody k obležení, upevni ohrady své, vejdi do bláta a šlapej hlinu, oprav cihelnu.
Store up water [now to use when] your enemies surround the city! Repair the forts! Dig up clay and trample it [to make it soft], and put it into molds to make bricks [to repair the walls]!
15 Tam tě sžíře oheň, vytne tě meč, sžíře tě jako brouky, nechť jest vás veliký počet jako brouků, nechť jest vás veliký počet jako kobylek.
[Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
16 Rozmnožilo jsi kupce své nad hvězdy nebeské, brouci připadnou i zaletují.
In your [city] there are now very many merchants; [it seems that] there are more of them than there are stars. But [when your city is being destroyed, those merchants will take the valuable things and disappear] [like] [SIM] locusts that strip the leaves from plants and [then] fly away.
17 Znamenití tvoji jako kobylky, a hejtmané tvoji jako velicí chroustové, kteříž se kladou vojensky po plotích v čas studena. Slunce vzešlo, tožť letí, aniž znáti místa jejich, kde byli.
Your leaders are [also] like a swarm of [SIM] locusts [DOU] that crowd together on the stone fences/walls on a cold day, and [then] fly away when the sun comes up, and no one knows where they have gone.
18 Zdřímají pastýři tvoji, ó králi Assyrský, ležeti budou znamenití tvoji, hojnost lidu tvého bude po horách, ale nebude žádného, kdo by shromáždil.
O King of Assyria, your officials will [all] be dead [EUP]; your important people will lie down and rest [forever]. Your people will be scattered over the mountains, and there will no one to gather them [together].
19 K potření tvému není žádného léku, bolest rány tvé rozmohla se. Kteřížkoli uslyší pověst o tobě, rukama plésati budou nad tebou. Nebo na koho ustavičně nedocházelo ukrutenství tvé?
You [are like someone who] has a wound that cannot be healed; [it will be] a wound that causes him to die. And all those who hear about what has happened to you will clap their hands [joyfully]. [They will say, ] “Everyone has [RHQ] suffered because he continually was [very] cruel to us.”
