Nahum 2
1 A crusher has come up before your face: keep a good look-out, let the way be watched, make yourself strong, let your power be greatly increased.
Hai Niniwe, dengarkanlah! Yang mau merusak engkau telah datang! Jagalah benteng-benteng pertahanan! Awasilah jalan! Bersiaplah untuk berperang.
2 For the Lord will make good the vine of Jacob, as well as the vine of Israel: for the wasters have made them waste and sent destruction on the branches of their vine.
(Sungguh, TUHAN akan memulihkan kemegahan Israel, supaya menjadi seperti dahulu, sebelum dirampoki oleh musuh-musuhnya.)
3 The body-covers of his fighting men have been made red, the men of war are clothed in bright red: the war-carriages are like flames of fire in the day when he gets ready, the horses are shaking.
Perisai musuh berwarna merah, dan seragamnya serupa darah. Musuh sudah siap untuk menyergap. Bagaikan api, besi keretanya berkilap. Semua kudanya berjingkrak-jingkrak.
4 The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.
Di jalan, kereta-kereta maju dengan lancar. Di lapangan, mereka itu kejar-mengejar. Tampaknya seperti obor yang berkobar, berpacu kencang seperti halilintar.
5 He takes the record of his great men: they go falling on their way; they go quickly to the wall, the cover is made ready.
Para perwira dipanggil maju; mereka tersandung-sandung ketika menyerbu. Terburu-buru mereka menuju tembok kota, alat pendobrak ditegakkan dengan segera.
6 The river doorways are forced open, and the king's house is flowing away.
Pintu air semua sungai telah terbuka, maka gemparlah seluruh istana!
7 And the queen is uncovered, she is taken away and her servant-girls are weeping like the sound of doves, hammering on their breasts.
Ratu berhasil ditangkap, dayang-dayangnya mengerang dan meratap, mereka mengeluh seperti burung dara, dan memukul-mukul dada karena berduka.
8 But Nineveh is like a pool of water whose waters are flowing away; Keep your place, they say; but no one is turning back.
Rakyat Niniwe lari menghambur, seperti air keluar dari tanggul yang gugur. Ada teriakan, "Berhenti, berhenti!" tetapi tak ada yang mau kembali.
9 Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.
Rampaslah segala emas dan peraknya! Harta di kota ini sungguh berlimpah-limpah!
10 Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.
Niniwe telah hancur, sunyi dan tandus. Hati menjadi tawar karena takut. Lutut menjadi lemah dan gemetar. Muka semua orang menjadi pucat pudar.
11 Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?
Di manakah kota itu sekarang? Kota yang seperti gua tempat singa bersarang? Tempat anak-anak singa diberi makan, tempat tujuan singa jantan dan betina, tempat yang aman bagi anak-anaknya?
12 Food enough for his young and for his she-lions was pulled down by the lion; his hole was full of flesh and his resting-place stored with meat.
Dahulu di sana singa menerkam mangsanya, dan mencabiknya bagi betina dan anaknya. Ia memenuhi sarangnya dengan cabikan-cabikan daging buruannya.
13 See, I am against you, says the Lord of armies, and I will have your war-carriages burned in the smoke, and your young lions will be food for the sword: you will no longer get your food by force on the earth, and the voice of your she-lions will be stopped for ever.
"Aku ini musuhmu," kata TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa. "Kereta-keretamu akan Kubakar habis. Prajuritmu akan tewas dalam pertempuran, dan Aku akan mengambil segala sesuatu yang telah kauambil dari orang lain. Tuntutan-tuntutan para utusanmu tak akan terdengar lagi."
