< 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.
Тешко граду крвничком, сав је пун лажи и отимања, грабеж не избива из њега.
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!
Пуцају бичеви, и точкови праште, и коњи топоћу, и кола скачу.
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.
Коњаници поскакују, и мачеви се сјају, и копља севају, и мноштво је побијених и сила мртвих телеса, нема броја мртвацима, и пада се преко мртваца.
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.
За мноштво курварства љупке курве, веште бајачице, која продаје народе својим курвањем и племена врачањем својим.
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].
Ево ме на те, говори Господ над војскама, и узгрнућу ти скуте твоје на лице, и показаћу народима голотињу твоју и царствима срамоту твоју.
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.
И бацићу на тебе гадове и наружићу те, и начинићу од тебе углед.
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!”
И ко те год види, бежаће од тебе, и говориће: Опусте Ниневија; ко ће је жалити? Где ћу тражити оне који би те тешили?
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].
Јеси ли боља од Но-Амона, који лежаше међу рекама, опточен водом, коме предња кула беше море и зидови му беху море?
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.
Јачина му беше хуска земља и Мисир и народи без броја; Футеји и Ливеји беху ти помоћници.
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.
И он би пресељен, отиде у ропство, и деца његова бише размрскана по угловима свих улица; и за главаре његове бацаше жреб, и сви властељи његови бише оковани у пута.
11 You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.
И ти ћеш се опити и крићеш се, и ти ћеш тражити заклон од непријатеља.
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.
Сви ће градови твоји бити као смокве с раним родом; кад се тресну, падају у уста ономе ко хоће да једе.
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.
Ето, народ су ти жене усред тебе; непријатељима ће твојим бити широм отворена врата од земље твоје, огањ ће прождрети преворнице твоје.
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]!
Нахватај себи воде за опсаду, утврди ограде своје; уђи у као и угази блато, оправи пећ за опеке.
15 [Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
Онде ће те прождрети огањ, мач ће те исећи, изјешће те као хрушт; нека вас је много као хруштева, нека вас је много као скакаваца.
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.
Имаш трговаца више него што је звезда на небу; хруштеви падоше, па одлетеше.
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.
Главари су твоји као скакавци и војводе твоје као велики скакавци, који падају по плотовима кад је студено, а кад сунце гране, одлећу, и место им се не познаје где беху.
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].
Задремаше твоји пастири, царе асирски, полегаше јунаци твоји, народ се твој распрша по горама, и нема никога да их збере.
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.”
Нема лека полому твом, љута је рана твоја; ко год чује глас о теби, пљескаће рукама над тобом, јер кога није стизала злоћа твоја једнако?

< Nahum 3 >