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.
Celakalah kota penumpah darah itu! Seluruhnya dusta belaka, penuh dengan perampasan, dan tidak henti-hentinya penerkaman!
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!
Dengar, lecut cambuk dan derak-derik roda! Dengar, kuda lari menderap, dan kereta meloncat-loncat!
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.
Pasukan berkuda menyerang, pedang bernyala-nyala dan tombak berkilat-kilat! Banyak yang mati terbunuh dan bangkai bertimbun-timbun! Tidak habis-habisnya mayat-mayat, orang tersandung jatuh pada mayat-mayat!
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.
Semuanya karena banyaknya persundalan si perempuan sundal, yang cantik parasnya dan ahli dalam sihir, yang memperdayakan bangsa-bangsa dengan persundalannya dan kaum-kaum dengan sihirnya.
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].
Lihat, Aku akan menjadi lawanmu, demikianlah firman TUHAN semesta alam; Aku akan mengangkat ujung kainmu sampai ke mukamu dan akan memperlihatkan auratmu kepada bangsa-bangsa dan kemaluanmu kepada kerajaan-kerajaan.
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.
Aku akan melemparkan barang keji ke atasmu, akan menghina engkau dan akan membuat engkau menjadi tontonan.
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!”
Maka semua orang yang melihat engkau akan lari meninggalkan engkau serta berkata: "Niniwe sudah rusak! Siapakah yang meratapi dia? Dari manakah aku akan mencari penghibur-penghibur untuk dia?"
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].
Adakah engkau lebih baik dari Tebe, kota dewa Amon, yang letaknya di sungai Nil, dengan air sekelilingnya, yang tembok kotanya adalah laut, dan bentengnya adalah air?
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.
Etiopia adalah kekuatannya, juga Mesir, dengan tidak terbatas; Put dan orang-orang Libia adalah pembantunya.
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.
Tetapi dia sendiripun terpaksa pergi ke dalam pembuangan, terpaksa masuk ke dalam tawanan. Bayi-bayinyapun diremukkan di ujung segala jalan; tentang semua orangnya yang dihormati dibuang undi, dan semua pembesarnya dibelenggu dengan rantai.
11 You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.
Engkaupun akan menjadi mabuk, akan menjadi tidak berdaya; engkaupun akan mencari tempat perlindungan terhadap musuh.
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.
Segala kubumu adalah seperti pohon ara dengan buah ara yang masak duluan; jika diayunkan, maka jatuhlah buahnya ke dalam mulut orang yang hendak memakannya.
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.
Sesungguhnya, laskar yang di tengah-tengahmu itu adalah perempuan-perempua pintu-pintu gerbang negerimu terbuka lebar-lebar untuk musuhmu; api telah memakan habis palang pintumu.
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]!
Timbalah air menghadapi pengepungan, perkuatlah kubu-kubumu! Pijaklah lumpur, injaklah tanah liat, peganglah acuan batu bata!
15 [Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
Di sana api akan memakan engkau habis, pedang akan membabat engkau, akan memakan engkau seperti belalang pelompat. Sekalipun engkau berjumlah besar seperti belalang pelompat, berjumlah besar seperti belalang pindahan,
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.
sekalipun kauperbanyak orang-orang dagangmu lebih dari bintang-bintang di langit, seperti belalang pelompat mereka mengembangkan sayap dan terbang menghilang.
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.
Sekalipun para penjagamu seperti belalang pindahan dan para pegawaimu seperti kawanan belalang, yang hinggap pada tembok-tembok pada waktu dingin, namun jika matahari terbit, mereka lari menghilang, tidak ketahuan tempatnya.
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].
Celaka! Alangkah terlelapnya para gembalamu, hai raja negeri Asyur! Para pemukamu tertidur, laskarmu berserak-serak di gunung-gunung, dan tidak ada yang mengumpulkan.
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.”
Tiada pengobatan untuk cederamu, lukamu tidak tersembuhkan. Semua orang yang mendengar tentang engkau bertepuk tangan karena engkau; sebab kepada siapakah tidak tertimpa perbuatan jahatmu terus-menerus?
