Nahum 3
1 Woe to the city full of blood! It is all full of lies and stolen property; victims are always in her.
¡Ay de la ciudad sanguinaria completamente llena de mentiras y pillaje! Su presa no se va nunca.
2 But now there is the noise of whips and the sound of rattling wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots.
Chasquido de látigo, ruido estruendoso de ruedas, galope de caballos y traqueo de carruajes.
3 There are attacking horsemen, flashing swords, glittering spears, heaps of corpses, great piles of bodies. There is no end to the bodies; their attackers stumble over them.
Los jinetes atacan, espadas relumbran, lanzas relampaguean, multitud de muertos, una masa de cadáveres. Tropiezan con los muertos
4 This is happening because of the lustful actions of the beautiful prostitute, the expert in witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and peoples through her acts of witchcraft.
a causa de las numerosas fornicaciones de la prostituta encantadora, la amante de los hechizos que esclaviza pueblos con fornicaciones y hechicerías.
5 “See, I am against you—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—I will raise up your skirt over your face and show your private parts to the nations, your shame to the kingdoms.
¡Aquí estoy contra ti! dice Yavé de las huestes. Te levantaré la falda hasta la cara, y mostraré tu desnudez a las naciones y tu vergüenza a los reinos.
6 I will throw disgusting filth on you and make you vile; I will make you someone that everyone will look at.
Echaré repugnancia sobre ti y te haré vil. Haré un espectáculo de ti.
7 It will come about that everyone who looks at you will flee from you and say, 'Nineveh is destroyed; who will weep for her?' Where can I find anyone to comfort you?”
Los que te vean huirán de ti y dirán: ¡Nínive fue devastada! ¿Quién se compadecerá de ella? ¿Dónde buscaré consoladores para ti?
8 Nineveh, are you better than Thebes, that was built on the Nile River, that had water around her, whose defense was the ocean, whose wall was the sea itself?
¿Eres tú mejor que Tebas, la que estaba situada junto a las aguas del Nilo con aguas alrededor de ella, cuyo muro era el mar?
9 Cush and Egypt were her strength, and there was no end to it; Put and Libya were allies to her.
Etiopía y Egipto eran su poderío ilimitado. Fut y Libia estaban entre sus ayudadores.
10 Yet Thebes was carried away; she went into captivity; her young children were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; her enemies threw lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Pero también ella fue deportada, llevada en cautiverio. Sus pequeños fueron estrellados en las encrucijadas, echaron suertes sobre sus nobles y sus poderosos fueron atados con grillos.
11 You also will become drunk; you will try to hide, and you will also look for a refuge from your enemy.
Así también tú serás embriagada, estarás escondida. También tú buscarás refugio del enemigo.
12 All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the earliest ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
Tus plazas fortificadas son como higueras cargadas de higos maduros, que al sacudirlas caen en la boca que los come.
13 See, the people among you are women; the gates of your land have been opened wide to your enemies; fire has devoured their bars.
Mira, tus tropas en medio de ti son como mujeres. Las puertas están completamente abiertas para tus enemigos. El fuego consume tus cerrojos.
14 Go draw water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses; go into the clay and tread the mortar; pick up the molds for the bricks.
Provéete de agua para el asedio, refuerza tus defensas, entra en el lodo, pisa el barro y mantén firme el molde del ladrillo.
15 Fire will devour you there, and the sword will destroy you. It will devour you as young locusts devour everything. Make yourselves as many as the young locusts, as many as the full-grown locusts.
Allí el fuego te devorará como la langosta devora, te derribará la espada, aunque te multipliques como el langostón.
16 You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars in the heavens; but they are like young locusts: they plunder the land and then fly away.
Multiplicaste tus mercaderes más que las estrellas del cielo. Los pulgones se despliegan y vuelan.
17 Your princes are as many as the full-grown locusts, and your generals are like swarms of them that camp in the walls on a cold day. But when the sun rises they fly away to no one knows where.
Tus jefes son como enjambres de langostas que se pegan en muros de piedra en día frío. Al salir el sol vuelan, y nadie sabe de dónde vienen.
18 King of Assyria, your shepherds are asleep; your rulers are lying down resting. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
¡Oh rey de Asiria, tus pastores se durmieron! Reposaron tus valientes, tu tropa está dispersa por las montañas y no hay quien la mueva a reunión.
19 No healing is possible for your wounds. Your wounds are severe. Everyone who hears the news about you will clap their hands in joy over you. Who has escaped your constant wickedness?
No hay cura para tu quebranto. Tu llaga es incurable. Todos los que oigan tu fama batirán manos con respecto a ti, pues ¿sobre quién no pasó de continuo tu maldad?
