Nahum 2
1 [You people of] [APO] Nineveh, your enemies are coming to attack you. [So] place guards on the tops of the walls around the city! Guard the roads [into the city]! Get ready to fight! Gather your troops/soldiers [MTY] together!
El que destroza ha subido contra ti. ¡Guarda la fortaleza! ¡Vigila el camino! ¡Fortalece tu cintura! ¡Fortalece tu poder con fuerza!
2 Even though enemy soldiers have destroyed the descendants of [MTY] Jacob, Yahweh will cause them to be honored again. Israel is like a grapevine that has been ruined, but Israel will prosper again.
Porque Yahvé restablece la excelencia de Jacob como la excelencia de Israel, pues los destructores los han destruido y han arruinado sus sarmientos.
3 The shields of the enemy soldiers [who are coming to attack you] will shine red [as the sun shines on them], and they will wear bright red uniforms. The metal of their chariot [wheels] will flash when they line up [before the battle], and their soldiers will lift up their cypress/pine spears and wave them.
El escudo de sus valientes es de color rojo. Los valientes van de escarlata. Los carros brillan con acero en el día de su preparación, y las lanzas de pino se blanden.
4 Their chariots will dash through the streets [of Nineveh] and rush furiously through the plazas. Going as quick as lightning, they will resemble flaming torches.
Los carros corren furiosos en las calles. Se precipitan de un lado a otro en las vías anchas. Su apariencia es como antorchas. Corren como los relámpagos.
5 [Meanwhile], your king will summon his officers who will stumble as they [try to] come [quickly]. They will dash to the [city] wall, holding their shields to protect themselves.
Él convoca a sus tropas escogidas. Tropiezan en su camino. Se abalanzan sobre su muro, y el escudo protector se coloca en su lugar.
6 But, the gates [of the dams] on the rivers will be thrown open [by enemy soldiers], and [the flood will cause] the palace to collapse.
Se abren las puertas de los ríos, y el palacio se disuelve.
7 The queen will have her clothes stripped off her [by enemy soldiers], and her slave girls will moan like doves and beat their breasts [to show that they are very sad].
Está decretado: es descubierta, es arrastrada; y sus siervos gimen como con voz de palomas, golpeándose el pecho.
8 [The people will rush from] Nineveh like [SIM] water rushes from a broken dam. [The officials] will shout, “Stop! Stop!” but the people will not even look back [as they run away].
Pero Nínive ha sido desde siempre como un estanque de agua, y sin embargo huyen. “¡Deténganse! ¡Deténganse!”, gritan, pero nadie mira hacia atrás.
9 [The enemy attackers say to each other, ] “Seize the silver! Grab the gold! There is a huge amount of very valuable things in this city, more valuable things than anyone can count!”
Tomen el botín de plata. Tomen el botín de oro, pues el tesoro no tiene fin, hay abundancia de toda cosa preciosa.
10 [Soon everything valuable in the city] will be seized or ruined. People will be trembling, with the result that they will not be able to fight. Their faces will all become pale.
Está vacía, desolada y desperdiciada. El corazón se derrite, las rodillas se golpean, sus cuerpos y rostros han palidecido.
11 [After that happens, people will say, ] “What happened to [RHQ] that [great city of Nineveh]? [It was like] [MET] a den [full] of young lions, where the male and female lions lived and fed the young ones.
¿Dónde está la guarida de los leones y el comedero de los cachorros, donde el león y la leona se paseaban con los cachorros del león y nadie les atemorizaba?
12 [The soldiers in Nineveh were like] [MET] lions that killed or strangled [other animals] [and brought the meat] to their dens.”
El león despedazó lo suficiente para sus cachorros, y estranguló presas para sus leonas, y llenó sus cuevas con la matanza y sus guaridas con presas.
13 The Commander of the armies of angels says [to the people of Nineveh], “I am opposed to you; I will cause your chariots to [be burned in fires and] go up in smoke. Your young men will be killed with swords. [Your soldiers] will never again conquer [other nations] and seize their valuable possessions. Your messengers will never again take messages [to other nations, demanding that their armies surrender to them].”
“He aquí que estoy contra ti”, dice el Señor de los Ejércitos, “y quemaré sus carros en el humo, y la espada devorará a tus cachorros de león; y cortaré tus presas de la tierra, y ya no se oirá la voz de tus mensajeros.”
