Nahum 3
1 Terrible things will happen to [Nineveh], that city [that is full of people who] murder [MTY] and lie. [The city is] full of things that were seized [from other countries by their soldiers]; [their armies] continually [LIT] have acted brutally towards people whom they conquered.
Jaj a vérszopó városnak! Mindenestől hazug és erőszakkal telve, és nem szűnik rabolni.
2 But [now listen to the enemy soldiers coming to attack Nineveh]; [listen to them] cracking their whips, and [listen to the] rattle of [their chariot] wheels! [Listen to] their galloping horses and their chariots as they bounce along!
Ostor-csattogás, kerék-zörgés zaja; dobogó ló, robogó szekér;
3 [Look at their] flashing swords and glittering spears as the horsemen race forward! Many [people of Nineveh will be] killed; [there will be] piles of corpses, [with the result that] people will stumble over them.
Törtető lovag, kardok villogása, dárda villanása, sebesült tömegek, holtak sokasága, nincs számok az elesetteknek; megbotlanak hulláikban.
4 All [that will happen] because [Nineveh is like] [MET] a beautiful prostitute [who lures men to where they will be ruined]; [Nineveh is a beautiful city] which has attracted/enticed [people of] other nations [to come there]. [The people of Nineveh] taught those people [of other nations rituals of] magic, and caused them to become their slaves.
A szép parázna sok paráznaságáért, a hitetésnek mesternője miatt, a ki népeket ejtett meg paráznaságával, és nemzetségeket bűbájaival:
5 [So] the Commander of the armies of angels says to [the people of Nineveh]: “I am your enemy, and I will [cause the people in other] nations to see you [completely] humiliated like [MET] [women who have committed adultery are humiliated by] having their skirts lifted high, [with the result that] people can see their naked [bodies].
Ímé, rád török, azt mondja a Seregek Ura, és orczádra fordítom ruhádnak alját, és népeknek mutatom meg meztelenségedet, és országoknak gyalázatodat.
6 I will cause rubbish/garbage to be thrown at you; I will show [others] that I despise you very much, and I will cause you to be publicly ridiculed.
Rútságot hányatok rád, és gyalázattal illetlek téged, és olyanná teszlek, mint a kit csudálnak.
7 All those who see you will turn their backs to you and say, ‘Nineveh is ruined, but absolutely no one [RHQ] will mourn for it.’ No one will regret Nineveh being destroyed!”
És mind, a ki meglát, elmenekül tőled, és ezt mondja: Elpusztult Ninive! Ki bánkódik rajta? Hol keressek néked vígasztalókat?
8 Your city is certainly [RHQ] no safer than Thebes [city] was. [Thebes was an important city] beside the Nile [River]; the river was [like] [SIM] a wall that protected the city [DOU].
Avagy jobb vagy-é Nó-Amonnál, a mely a folyamoknál fekszik, vizek veszik körül; a melynek tenger a sáncza, tenger a kőfala?
9 [The rulers of] Ethiopia and Egypt helped Thebes; there was no limit to their power. [The governments of the nearby countries of] Put and Libya were also allies of Thebes.
Kús volt erőssége meg Égyiptom, és száma sem volt annak. Puth és Libia is segítőid voltak;
10 But Thebes was captured, and [its people were] (exiled/forced to go to other countries). Their babies were dashed to pieces in the streets [of the city]. [Enemy soldiers] (cast lots/threw small marked stones) to decide who would get each official in Thebes [to become his slave]. All the leaders of Thebes were fastened/tied by chains.
De ez is számkivetésbe, fogságba jutott; kisdedeik is falhoz verettek minden utcza sarkán; főembereire sorsot vetettek, és nagyjait mind bilincsekbe verték.
11 You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.
Te is megrészegedel, elfeledtté leszel; te is keresel majd menedéket a gyűlölködő elől.
12 [Your enemies will cause] the walls around your city to fall down like [SIM] the first figs that fall from fig trees [each year]. [Your city will be captured easily, like] [MET] [figs that fall] into the mouths [HYP] of those who shake the fig trees.
Minden erősséged olyan, mint a zsenge gyümölcsű fügefa; ha megrázatnak, az evő szájába hullnak.
13 Look at your soldiers! They will be [as weak/helpless as] [MET] women! The gates of your city will be opened wide [to allow] your enemies [to enter them], [and then] the bars of those gates will be burned.
Ímé, a te néped asszonynép te benned, földednek kapui tárva kitárulnak gyűlölőidnek, tűz emészti meg záraidat!
14 Store up water [now to use when] your enemies surround the city! Repair the forts! Dig up clay and trample it [to make it soft], and put it into molds to make bricks [to repair the walls]!
Meríts magadnak ostromhoz való vizet, javítsd erősségeidet; menj be a sárba, taposd az agyagot, javítsd a tégla-vetőt!
15 [Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
Legott tűz emészt meg téged, fegyver irt ki téged, megemészt, mint a szöcske; szaporodjál bár, mint a szöcske, szaporodjál bár mint a sáska!
16 In your [city] there are now very many merchants; [it seems that] there are more of them than there are stars. But [when your city is being destroyed, those merchants will take the valuable things and disappear] [like] [SIM] locusts that strip the leaves from plants and [then] fly away.
Többen voltak kalmáraid, mint az égnek csillagai: a szöcske csapong és elrepül!
17 Your leaders are [also] like a swarm of [SIM] locusts [DOU] that crowd together on the stone fences/walls on a cold day, and [then] fly away when the sun comes up, and no one knows where they have gone.
Fejedelmeid mint a sáska, vezéreid mint a tücsök-raj; hideg időkben gyepűkben tanyáz, napkeletkor pedig elrepül, és helye sem tudható meg, hol volt.
18 O King of Assyria, your officials will [all] be dead [EUP]; your important people will lie down and rest [forever]. Your people will be scattered over the mountains, and there will no one to gather them [together].
Szunnyadoznak pásztoraid, Assiria királya, feküsznek vitézlő hőseid; néped a hegyeken széledez, és nincsen, a ki összegyűjtse.
19 You [are like someone who] has a wound that cannot be healed; [it will be] a wound that causes him to die. And all those who hear about what has happened to you will clap their hands [joyfully]. [They will say, ] “Everyone has [RHQ] suffered because he continually was [very] cruel to us.”
Nincs enyhítés a te sebedre, gyógyíthatatlan a te nyavalyád. A kik híredet hallják, mind tapsolnak feletted, mert kire nem hatott volna ki a te gonoszságod soha?
