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.
Ve dem mordiska stadenom, den der full är med lögn och röfveri, och vill af sitt röfveri intet återvända;
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!
Ty der skall man höra sveper smälla, och hjul bullra, hästar skria, och vagnar rulla.
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.
Han förer upp resenärar med blänkande svärd och glimmande glafven; der ligga månge slagne, och store hopar med kroppar, så att på dem intet tal är, och man öfver deras kroppar falla måste;
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.
Allt detta för den dägeliga och lustiga skökones stora boleris skull, hvilken trolldom brukar, och med sitt boleri hafver förvärft Hedningar, och med sin trolldom land och folk.
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].
Si, jag vill till dig, säger Herren Zebaoth; jag skall uppkasta din klädefåll öfver ditt ansigte, och skall visa. Hedningomen din blotthet, och Konungariken dina skam.
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.
Jag skall göra dig ganska styggelig, och skämma dig, och göra dig till en vederstyggelse;
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!”
Att alle de, som dig se, skola fly ifrå dig, och säga: Nineve är förderfvadt; ho vill ömka sig öfver dig, och hvar skall jag söka dig hugsvalare?
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].
Menar du, att du äst bättre, än den store staden No, som låg vid floderna, och hade vatten allt omkring sig; hvilkens murar och fäste var hafvet?
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.
Ethiopien och Egypten var hans otaliga magt; Put och Libya voro dine hjelpare;
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.
Likväl måste han fördrifven varda, och fången bortdraga, och hans barn äro på alla gator slagne, och om hans ädlingar kastade man lott, och alle hans väldige vordo satte i kedjor och bojor.
11 You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.
Alltså måste du ock drucken varda, och bortgömma dig, och uppsöka ett fäste för fiendanom.
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.
Alle dine faste städer äro lika som fikonaträ med mogen fikon; när man skakar dem, falla de honom i munnen, som dem äta vill.
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.
Si, ditt folk skall i dig varda till qvinnor, och dins lands portar skola dinom fiendanom öppnade varda, och elden skall upptära dina bommar.
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]!
Hemta dig vatten, ty du skall belagd varda; förbättra din fäste, gack uti leret och trampa det, och gör starkt tegel.
15 [Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
Men elden skall upptära dig, och svärdet döda dig; det skall uppäta dig, lika som en flogmatk; det skall öfverfalla dig, lika som en flogmatk; det skall öfverfalla dig, såsom gräshoppor.
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.
Du hafver flera köpmän än stjernorna äro på himmelen; men nu skola de utsprida sig, lika som flogmatk, och flyga bort.
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.
Dine herrar äro så månge som gräshoppor, och dine höfvitsmän lika som flogmatkar, hvilke sig lägra uppå gårdar i de kalla dagar; men när solen uppgår, så draga de dädan, att man icke vet hvar de blifva.
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].
Dine herdar skola sofva, o Konung i Assur; dine mägtige skola lägga sig, och ditt folk skall uppå bergen förströdt varda, och ingen skall församla dem.
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.”
Ingen skall begråta din skada, eller bekymra sig om dina plågo, utan alle de, som detta om dig höra, skola klappa med sina händer öfver dig; ty öfver hvem är din ondska utan återvändo icke gången?
