< Nahum 3 >

1 Woe to! [the] city of blood all of it lying plunder [is] full not it will depart prey.
Woe to the bloody city. It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart.
2 [the] sound of A whip and [the] sound of [the] rattling of a wheel and a horse galloping and a chariot jolting.
The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
3 A horseman bringing up and [the] blade of a sword and [the] flash of a spear and [the] multitude of [the] slain and [the] weight of corpse[s] and there not [is] an end to the bodi[es] (and people will stumble *Q(K)*) over bodi[es] their.
the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies,
4 From [the] abundance of [the] prostitution of a prostitute good of grace a mistress of sorceries who sells nations by prostitution her and clans by sorceries her.
because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft.
5 Here I [am] against you [the] utterance of Yahweh of hosts and I will uncover skirts your on face your and I will show nations nakedness your and kingdoms shame your.
"Look, I am against you," says the LORD of hosts, "and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.
6 And I will throw on you detestable things and I will treat with contempt you and I will make you like a spectacle.
I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.
7 And it will be all [those who] see you he will flee from you and he will say it is devastated Nineveh who? will he show sympathy to it from where? will I seek comforters for you.
It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, 'Nineveh is laid waste. Who will mourn for her?' Where will I seek comforters for you?"
8 ¿ Have you been made good more than No Amon that was dwelling among the canals water [was] all around it which rampart [was the] sea [was] from sea wall its.
Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?
9 Cush [was] strength its and Egypt and there not [was] an end Put and [the] Libyans they were help your.
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.
10 Also it to exile it went in captivity also children its they were dashed in pieces at [the] head of all [the] streets and on honored [people] its they cast a lot and all great [people] its they were bound with fetters.
Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
11 Also you you will become drunk it will be hidden also you you will seek a refuge from [the] enemy.
You also will be drunk. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy.
12 All fortifications your [are] fig trees with first-fruits if they will be shaken and they will fall on [the] mouth of an eater.
All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 There! people your [are] women in midst your to enemies your certainly they will be opened [the] gates of land your it will consume fire bars your.
Look, your troops in your midst are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.
14 Water of siege draw for yourself strengthen fortifications your go in the clay and trample on the mortar take hold of a brick mold.
Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.
15 There it will consume you fire it will cut off you [the] sword it will consume you like the locust make yourself numerous like the locust make yourself numerous like the locust.
There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.
16 You have increased traders your more than [the] stars of the heavens a locust it strips off and it flew away.
You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.
17 Courtiers your [are] like the locust and officials your [are] like a locust of locusts which encamp in the walls on a day of coldness [the] sun it rises and it flees and not it is known place its where [are]? they.
Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
18 They are slumbering shepherds your O king of Assyria they settle down nobles your they are scattered people your on the mountains and there not [is one who] gathers [them].
Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
19 There not [is] relief for fracture your [is] severe wound your all - [those who] hear report your they strike a palm on you for over whom? not has it passed evil your continually.
There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn't felt your endless cruelty?

< Nahum 3 >