Nahum 2
1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thy face: keep the fortress, watch the way, make [thy] loins strong, fortify [thy] power mightily.
Kdor razbija na koščke je prišel gor, pred tvoj obraz. Varuj oporišče, pazi na pot, naredi svoja ledja močna, mogočno utrdi svojo moč.
2 For Jehovah hath brought again the glory of Jacob, as the glory of Israel; for the wasters have wasted them, and marred their vine-branches.
Kajti Gospod je odvrnil Jakobovo odličnost kakor odličnost Izraela, kajti izpraznjevalci so jih izpraznili in skazili njihove trtne mladike.
3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots [glitter] with the sheen of steel, in the day of his preparation, and the spears are brandished.
Ščit njegovih mogočnih mož je pordečel, hrabri možje so v škrlatu. Bojni vozovi bodo s plamenečimi baklami na dan njegove priprave in ciprese bodo strašno stresene.
4 The chariots rush madly in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like lightnings.
Bojni vozovi bodo besneli po ulicah, zadevali se bodo drug ob drugega na širokih poteh, zdeli se bodo kakor bakle, tekli bodo kakor bliski.
5 He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.
Spomnil se bo svojih vrlih. Spotaknili se bodo v svoji hoji, podvizali se bodo k njegovemu obzidju in obramba bo pripravljena.
6 The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away.
Velika vrata rek bodo odprta in palača se bo raztopila.
7 And it is decreed: she shall be uncovered, she shall be led away, and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves, drumming upon their breasts.
Huzzab bo odvedena v ujetništvo, privedena bo gor in njene služabnice jo bodo vodile kakor z glasom golobic, ki se bijejo po svojih prsih.
8 Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ...Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.
Toda Ninive so od davnine podobne vodnemu zbiralniku, vendar bodo pobegnile. »Stojte, stojte; « bodo kričali toda, nihče ne bo pogledal nazaj.
9 Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels.
Vzemite plen srebra, vzemite plen zlata, kajti ni konca zaloge in slave vseh dragocenih stvari.
10 She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and writhing pain is in all loins, and all their faces grow pale.
Prazna je, izpraznjena in opustošena. Srce se topi in kolena udarjajo skupaj in precej bolečine je v vseh ledjih in vsi njihovi obrazi zbirajo črnino.
11 Where is [now] the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness, [and] the lion's whelp walked, and none made them afraid?
Kje je prebivališče levov in kraj za hranjenje mladih levov, kjer je hodil lev, celó star lev in levji mladič in nihče ju ni prestrašil?
12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Lev je raztrgal na koščke dovolj za svoje mladiče in zadavil za svoje levinje in svoje jame napolnil s plenom in svoje brloge z ropom.
13 Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts: and I will burn her chariots into smoke; and the sword shall devour thy young lions, and I will cut off thy prey from the earth; and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
»Glej, jaz sem zoper tebe, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki, »in jaz bom sežgal njene bojne vozove v dimu in meč bo použil tvoje mlade leve in iztrebil bom tvoj plen z zemlje in glasu tvojih poslancev ne bo več slišati.«
