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 destructor subió contra ti! Guarda la fortaleza, vigila el camino, fortalece tu retaguardia, reúne toda tu 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 Yavé restaurará el resplandor de Jacob, y el resplandor de Israel, aunque devastadores la devastaron y destruyeron las ramas de su vid.
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.
Los escudos de sus valientes están enrojecidos, sus guerreros están vestidos de púrpura y sus carruajes son acero fulgurante. El día de su formación hacen temblar los cipreses.
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.
Carruajes corren alocadamente en las calles, se lanzan a las plazas como antorchas encendidas, como 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.
Se da aviso a sus valientes, y ellos se dirigen atropellados hacia su muro y se prepara la defensa.
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 compuertas de los ríos, y el palacio se derrumba.
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: Ella será despojada y removida. Sus esclavas hacen arrullos como palomas y se golpean los pechos.
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].
Aunque Nínive fue como un estanque de aguas a través de sus días, ahora están huyendo. Gritan: ¡Deténganse! ¡Deténganse! Pero nadie vuelve 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!”
¡Saquen la plata y el oro! Hay riquezas sin fin, toda clase de objetos deseables.
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, sí, está desolada y devastada! Desfallecen los corazones y se golpean las rodillas. La angustia está en todo el cuerpo y todos sus rostros palidecen.
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 sitio donde se recogían el león, la leona y los leoncillos, y no había quién los espantara?
12 [The soldiers in Nineveh were like] [MET] lions that killed or strangled [other animals] [and brought the meat] to their dens.”
El león hacía presas suficientes para sus cachorros y descuartizaba para sus leonas. Su cueva se llenaba de víctimas, su guarida de rapiña.
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].”
¡Ciertamente Yo estoy contra ti! Palabra de Yavé de las huestes. Encenderé y reduciré a humo tus carruajes, y la espada devorará a tus leoncillos. Raeré de la tierra tus presas. Nunca más se escuchará la voz de tus mensajeros.
