Nahum 3
1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departs not;
Gorje krvoločnemu mestu! To je polno laži in ropa, plen ga ne zapusti.
2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
Tlesk biča in hrup ropotanja koles in drvečih konj in poskakujočih bojnih vozov.
3 The horseman lifts up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble on their corpses:
Konjenik dviguje tako bleščeč meč kakor lesketajočo sulico in tam je množica umorjenih in veliko število trupel in tam ni konca njihovih trupel; spotikajo se na njihovih truplih.
4 Because of the multitude of the prostitutions of the well favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that sells nations through her prostitutions, and families through her witchcrafts.
Zaradi številnih vlačugarstev dobro favorizirane pocestnice, gospodarice čaranj, ki prodaja narode preko svojih vlačugarstev in družine preko svojih čaranj.
5 Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts; and I will discover your skirts on your face, and I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.
»Glej, jaz sem zoper tebe, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki, »in odkril bom krajce tvojega oblačila nad tvojim obrazom in narodom bom pokazal tvojo nagoto in kraljestvom tvojo sramoto.
6 And I will cast abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you as a spectacle.
Nate bom vrgel gnusno umazanijo in te naredil ogabno in te postavil kakor predmet zaničevanja.
7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look on you shall flee from you, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? from where shall I seek comforters for you?
In zgodilo se bo, da bodo vsi, ki gledajo nate, pobegnili od tebe in rekli: ›Ninive so opustošene, kdo jih bo objokoval? Od kod bom iskal tolažnike zate?‹
8 Are you better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
Mar si boljša kakor gosto naseljen No, ki je bil umeščen med reke, ki je imel okoli sebe vode, katerega obrambni zid je bilo morje in je bil njegov zid od morja?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were your helpers.
Etiopija in Egipt sta bila njegova moč in ta je bila neskončna; Put in Libija sta bila tvoja pomočnika.
10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Vendar je bil odveden proč, odšel je v ujetništvo. Tudi njegovi mladi otroci so bili raztreščeni na koščke na vrhu vseh ulic in metali so žrebe za njegove častitljive može in vsi njegovi veliki možje so bili zvezani v verigah.
11 You also shall be drunken: you shall be hid, you also shall seek strength because of the enemy.
Tudi ti boš pijana. Skrita boš, tudi ti boš iskala moč zaradi sovražnika.
12 All your strong holds shall be like fig trees with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
Vsa tvoja oporišča bodo podobna figovemu drevesu s sadom prvih fig. Če bodo potresena, bodo torej padla v usta jedca.
13 Behold, your people in the middle of you are women: the gates of your land shall be set wide open to your enemies: the fire shall devour your bars.
Glej, tvoje ljudstvo v tvoji sredi so ženske. Velika vrata tvoje dežele bodo na široko odprta tvojim sovražnikom. Ogenj bo pogoltnil tvoje zapahe.
14 Draw you waters for the siege, fortify your strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick kiln.
Zajemi vode zaradi obleganja, utrdi svoja oporišča. Pojdi v ilo in tlači malto, ojačaj opekarsko peč.
15 There shall the fire devour you; the sword shall cut you off, it shall eat you up like the cankerworm: make yourself many as the cankerworm, make yourself many as the locusts.
Tam te bo požrl ogenj, odsekal te bo meč, pojedel te bo kakor škodljiva gosenica. Naredi se tako številna kakor škodljiva gosenica, naredi se tako številna kakor leteče kobilice.
16 You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoils, and flees away.
Pomnožila si svoje trgovce nad [številom] zvezd neba. Škodljiva gosenica uničuje in odleti proč.
17 Your crowned are as the locusts, and your captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun rises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Tvoji kronani so kakor leteče kobilice in tvoji poveljniki kakor velike kobilice, ki taborijo na ograjah na mrzel dan, toda ko vstane sonce, odletijo proč in nihče ne ve za prostor, kjer so.
18 Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: your nobles shall dwell in the dust: your people is scattered on the mountains, and no man gathers them.
Tvoji pastirji dremajo, oh asirski kralj, tvoji plemiči bodo prebivali v prahu, tvoje ljudstvo je razkropljeno po gorah in nihče jih ne zbira.
19 There is no healing of your bruise; your wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of you shall clap the hands over you: for on whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
Ni ozdravljenja tvojega zloma, tvoja rana je boleča. Vsi, ki slišijo objavo o tebi, bodo z rokami ploskali nad teboj, kajti nad kom tvoja zlobnost ni nenehno besnela?«
