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 dig, du blodstad, alltigenom så full av lögn och våld, du som aldrig upphör att röva!
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!
Hör, piskor smälla! Hör, vagnshjul dåna! Hästar jaga fram, och vagnar rulla åstad.
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.
Ryttare komma i fyrsprång; svärden ljunga, och spjuten blixtra. Slagna ser man i mängd och lik i stora hopar; igen ände är på döda, man stupar över döda.
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 myckna otukt hon bedrev, hon, den fagra och trollkunniga skökan, som prisgav folkslag genom sin otukt och folkstammar genom sina trolldomskonster.
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].
Se, jag skall vända mig mot dig, säger HERREN Sebaot; jag skall lyfta upp ditt mantelsläp över ditt ansikte och låta folkslag se din blygd och konungariken din 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.
Och jag skall kasta på dig vad styggeligt är, jag skall låta dig bliva föraktad, ja, göra dig till ett skådespel.
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!”
Var och en som ser dig skall sky dig och skall säga: "Nineve är ödelagt, men vem kan ömka det?" Ja, var finner man någon som vill trösta dig?
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].
Är du då bättre än No-Amon, hon som tronade vid Nilens strömmar, omsluten av vatten -- ett havets fäste, som hade ett hav till mur?
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.
Etiopier i mängd och egyptier utan ände, putéer och libyer voro dig till hjälp.
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.
Också hon måste ju gå i landsflykt och fångenskap, också hennes barn blevo krossade i alla gathörn; om hennes ädlingar kastade man lott, och alla hennes stormän blevo fängslade med kedjor
11 You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.
Så skall ock du bliva drucken och sjunka i vanmakt; också du skall få leta efter något värn mot fienden.
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.
Alla dina fästen likna fikonträd med brådmogen frukt: vid minsta skakning falla de i munnen på den som vill äta dem.
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.
Se, ditt manskap är hos dig såsom kvinnor; ditt lands portar stå vidöppna för dina fiender; eld förtär 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]!
Hämta dig vatten till förråd under belägringen, förstärk dina fästen. Stig ned i leran och trampa i murbruket; grip till tegelformen.
15 [Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
Bäst du står där, skall elden förtära dig och svärdet utrota dig. Ja, såsom av gräsmaskar skall du bliva uppfrätt, om du ock själv samlar skaror så talrika som gräsmaskar, skaror så talrika som 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.
Om du ock har krämare flera än himmelens stjärnor, så vet: gräsmaskarna fälla sina vingars höljen 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.
Ja, dina furstar äro såsom gräshoppor och dina hövdingar såsom gräshoppssvärmar: de stanna inom murarna, så länge det är svalt, men när solen kommer fram, då fly de bort, och sedan vet ingen var de finnas.
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].
Dina herdar hava slumrat in, du Assurs konung; dina väldige ligga i ro. Ditt folk är förstrött uppe på bergen, och ingen församlar det.
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.”
Det finnes ingen bot för din skada oläkligt är ditt sår. Alla som höra vad som har hänt dig klappa i händerna över dig. Ty över vem gick ej din ondska beständigt?
