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.
¡Ay de la ciudad sanguinaria que está toda llena de mentiras y de robo, y nunca suelta la presa!
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!
Estruendo de látigos, y estrépito de ruedas. Caballos que corren y carros que saltan.
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.
jinetes erguidos, fulgentes espadas, lanzas relampagueantes. Multitud de traspasados, cadáveres en masa, muertos sin fin. Tropieza la gente con los cuerpos muertos.
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.
Es a causa de las muchas fornicaciones de la ramera, bella y encantadora, maestra en hechicerías, que con sus fornicaciones esclavizaba a las naciones, y con sus hechizos a los pueblos.
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].
Heme aquí contra ti, dice Yahvé de los ejércitos; descubriré las faldas de tu (vestido) hasta sobre tu cara, y mostraré a las naciones tu desnudez, y a los reinos tu vergüenza.
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.
Arrojaré sobre ti inmundicias, te cubriré de afrenta y te pondré por espectáculo.
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!”
Cuantos te vean, retrocederán de ti, diciendo: ¡Destruida está Nínive! ¿Quién tendrá compasión de ella? ¿Dónde buscaré a quien te consuele?
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].
¿Eres tú acaso mejor que No-Amón, que se sentaba sobre los ríos, que estaba rodeada de aguas, cuyo baluarte era el mar y cuya muralla formaban las aguas?
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.
Grandes eran las fuerzas de Etiopía e inmensas las de Egipto; Put y Libia eran sus auxiliares.
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.
Pero también ella ha sido deportada, ha sido llevada al cautiverio, y sus niños también fueron estrellados en las encrucijadas de todas las calles; se echaron suertes sobre sus nobles, y fueron cargados de cadenas todos sus grandes.
11 You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.
Así también tú te embriagarás, y desaparecerás; también tú buscarás un refugio contra el enemigo.
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 tus fortalezas son higueras con brevas maduras, que sacudidas caen en la boca del que las va a 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.
He aquí que el pueblo que está en medio de ti es como mujeres; las puertas de tu país se abren de par en par a tus enemigos; el fuego devora tus cerrojos.
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]!
¡Sácate agua para el asedio, refuerza tus baluartes; entra en el lodo, pisa el barro, toma el molde de ladrillos!
15 [Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
Allí te consumirá el fuego, te destruirá la espada; te devorará como devora la langosta. ¡Multiplícate como la langosta, hazte numerosa como la langosta!
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.
Aumenta el número de tus traficantes para que sean más numerosos que las estrellas del cielo: la langosta muda la piel y se va.
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.
Tus príncipes son como langostas y tus funcionarios como una manga de langostas; se posan en los vallados en un día de frío; mas cuando se levanta el sol, se huyen, y no se conoce el lugar donde están.
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].
Tus pastores, oh rey de Asiria, duermen; tus nobles descansan (en el sepulcro), tu pueblo anda disperso sobre los montes, y no hay quien lo congregue.
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.”
No hay remedio para tu ruina; tu herida es gravísima; cuantos oyeren hablar de tu (ruina), batirán palmas contra ti; pues ¿sobre quién no pasó de continuo tu maldad?
