Naum 2
1 It is all over with him, he has been removed, [one] who has been delivered from affliction has come up panting into your presence, watch the way, strengthen [your] loins, be very valiant in [your] strength.
| עלה מפיץ על פניך נצור מצורה צפה דרך חזק מתנים אמץ כח מאד |
2 For the Lord has turned aside the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: for they have utterly rejected them, and have destroyed their branches.
| כי שב יהוה את גאון יעקב כגאון ישראל כי בקקום בקקים וזמריהם שחתו |
3 [They have destroyed] the arms of their power from among men, their mighty men sporting with fire: the reins of their chariots [shall be destroyed] in the day of his preparation, and the horsemen shall be thrown into confusion
| מגן גבריהו מאדם אנשי חיל מתלעים באש פלדת הרכב ביום הכינו והברשים הרעלו |
4 in the ways, and the chariots shall clash together, and shall be entangled in each other in the broad ways: their appearance is as lamps of fire, and as gleaming lightnings.
| בחוצות יתהוללו הרכב ישתקשקון ברחבות מראיהן כלפידים--כברקים ירוצצו |
5 And their mighty men shall bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their defences.
| יזכר אדיריו--יכשלו בהלכותם (בהליכתם) ימהרו חומתה והכן הסכך |
6 The gates of the cities have been opened, and the palaces have fallen into ruin,
| שערי הנהרות נפתחו וההיכל נמוג |
7 and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maidservants were led [away] as doves moaning in their hearts.
| והצב גלתה העלתה ואמהתיה מנהגות כקול יונים מתפפת על לבבהן |
8 And [as for] Nineve, her waters [shall be] as a pool of water: and they fled, and staid not, and there was none to look back.
| ונינוה כברכת מים מימי היא והמה נסים עמדו עמדו ואין מפנה |
9 They plundered the silver, they plundered the gold, and there was no end of their adorning; they were loaded [with it] upon all their pleasant vessels.
| בזו כסף בזו זהב ואין קצה לתכונה--כבד מכל כלי חמדה |
10 [There is] thrusting forth, and shaking, and tumult, and heart-breaking, and loosing of knees, and pangs on all loins; and the faces of all [are] as the blackening of a pot.
| בוקה ומבוקה ומבלקה ולב נמס ופק ברכים וחלחלה בכל מתנים ופני כלם קבצו פארור |
11 Where is the dwelling-place of the lions, and the pasture that belonged to the whelps? where did the lion go, that the lion's whelp should enter in there, and there was none to scare [him] away?
| איה מעון אריות ומרעה הוא לכפרים--אשר הלך אריה לביא שם גור אריה ואין מחריד |
12 The lion seized enough prey for his whelps, and strangled for his [young] lions, and filled his lair with prey, and his dwelling-place with spoil.
| אריה טרף בדי גרותיו ומחנק ללבאתיו וימלא טרף חריו ומענתיו טרפה |
13 Behold, I am against you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will burn up your multitude in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your lions; and I will utterly destroy your prey from off the land, and your deeds shall no more at all be heard of.
| הנני אליך נאם יהוה צבאות והבערתי בעשן רכבה וכפיריך תאכל חרב והכרתי מארץ טרפך ולא ישמע עוד קול מלאככה |
