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.
Ai da cidade ensanguentada, que está toda cheia de mentiras e de rapina! não se aparta d'ella o roubo.
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!
Estrepito de açoite ha, e o estrondo do ruido das rodas; e os cavallos atropellam, e carros vão saltando.
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.
O cavalleiro levanta assim a espada flammejante, como a lança relampagueante, e ali haverá uma multidão de mortos, e abundancia de cadaveres, e não terão fim os defuntos; tropeçarão nos seus corpos
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.
Por causa da multidão das fornicações da meretriz mui graciosa, da mestra das feitiçarias, que vendeu os povos com as suas fornicações, e as gerações com as suas feitiçarias.
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].
Eis que eu estou contra ti, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, e descobrirei as tuas fraldas sobre a tua face, e ás nações mostrarei a tua nudez, e aos reinos a tua vergonha.
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.
E lançarei sobre ti coisas abominaveis, e te envergonharei, e pôr-te-hei como espectaculo.
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!”
E ha de ser que, todos os que te virem, fugirão de ti, e dirão: Ninive está destruida, quem terá compaixão d'ella? d'onde te buscarei consoladores?
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].
És tu melhor do que Nóammon, que está assentada nos rios, cercada de aguas, que tinha por esplanada o mar, cuja muralha é do mar
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.
Ethiopia e Egypto eram a sua força, e não havia fim: Put e Lybia te foram de soccorro.
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.
Todavia foi levada captiva para o desterro: tambem os seus filhos são despedaçados no topo de todas as ruas, e sobre os seus honrados lançaram sortes, e todos os seus grandes foram presos com grilhões.
11 You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.
Tu tambem serás embriagada, e te esconderás; tambem buscarás força por causa do inimigo.
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.
Todas as tuas fortalezas serão como figueiras com figos temporãos; se se sacodem, caem na bocca do que os ha de comer.
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.
Eis que o teu povo no meio de ti será como de mulheres: as portas da tua terra estarão de todo abertas aos teus inimigos: o fogo consumirá os teus ferrolhos.
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]!
Tira aguas para o cerco, fortifica as tuas fortalezas, entra no lodo, e pisa o barro, repara o forno dos ladrilhos.
15 [Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
O fogo ali te consumirá, a espada te exterminará, te consumirá, como a locusta; multiplica-te como a locusta, multiplica-te como os gafanhotos.
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.
Multiplicaste os teus negociantes mais do que as estrellas do céu, a locusta se espalhará e voará.
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.
Os teus coroados são como os gafanhotos, e os teus chefes como os gafanhotos grandes, que se acampam nas sebes nos dias de frio; em subindo o sol voam, de sorte que não se conhece mais o logar onde estiveram.
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].
Os teus pastores dormitarão, ó rei da Assyria, os teus illustres deitar-se-hão, o teu povo se derramará pelos montes; sem que haja quem o ajunte.
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.”
Não ha cura para a tua quebradura, a tua ferida é dolorosa: todos os que ouvirem a tua fama baterão as palmas sobre ti; porque, sobre quem não passou continuamente a tua malicia?
