Nahum 3
1 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery—no end to the prey.
Gorje krvoločnemu mestu! To je polno laži in ropa, plen ga ne zapusti.
2 The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
Tlesk biča in hrup ropotanja koles in drvečih konj in poskakujočih bojnih vozov.
3 the horseman charging, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies
Konjenik dviguje tako bleščeč meč kakor lesketajočo sulico in tam je množica umorjenih in veliko število trupel in tam ni konca njihovih trupel; spotikajo se na njihovih truplih.
4 because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft.
Zaradi številnih vlačugarstev dobro favorizirane pocestnice, gospodarice čaranj, ki prodaja narode preko svojih vlačugarstev in družine preko svojih čaranj.
5 “Behold, I am against you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.
»Glej, jaz sem zoper tebe, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki, »in odkril bom krajce tvojega oblačila nad tvojim obrazom in narodom bom pokazal tvojo nagoto in kraljestvom tvojo sramoto.
6 I will throw abominable filth on you and make you vile, and will make you a spectacle.
Nate bom vrgel gnusno umazanijo in te naredil ogabno in te postavil kakor predmet zaničevanja.
7 It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?”
In zgodilo se bo, da bodo vsi, ki gledajo nate, pobegnili od tebe in rekli: ›Ninive so opustošene, kdo jih bo objokoval? Od kod bom iskal tolažnike zate?‹
8 Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated amongst the rivers, who had the waters around her, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?
Mar si boljša kakor gosto naseljen No, ki je bil umeščen med reke, ki je imel okoli sebe vode, katerega obrambni zid je bilo morje in je bil njegov zid od morja?
9 Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.
Etiopija in Egipt sta bila njegova moč in ta je bila neskončna; Put in Libija sta bila tvoja pomočnika.
10 Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Vendar je bil odveden proč, odšel je v ujetništvo. Tudi njegovi mladi otroci so bili raztreščeni na koščke na vrhu vseh ulic in metali so žrebe za njegove častitljive može in vsi njegovi veliki možje so bili zvezani v verigah.
11 You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy.
Tudi ti boš pijana. Skrita boš, tudi ti boš iskala moč zaradi sovražnika.
12 All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs. If they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
Vsa tvoja oporišča bodo podobna figovemu drevesu s sadom prvih fig. Če bodo potresena, bodo torej padla v usta jedca.
13 Behold, your troops amongst you are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.
Glej, tvoje ljudstvo v tvoji sredi so ženske. Velika vrata tvoje dežele bodo na široko odprta tvojim sovražnikom. Ogenj bo pogoltnil tvoje zapahe.
14 Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.
Zajemi vode zaradi obleganja, utrdi svoja oporišča. Pojdi v ilo in tlači malto, ojačaj opekarsko peč.
15 There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.
Tam te bo požrl ogenj, odsekal te bo meč, pojedel te bo kakor škodljiva gosenica. Naredi se tako številna kakor škodljiva gosenica, naredi se tako številna kakor leteče kobilice.
16 You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips and flees away.
Pomnožila si svoje trgovce nad [številom] zvezd neba. Škodljiva gosenica uničuje in odleti proč.
17 Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Tvoji kronani so kakor leteče kobilice in tvoji poveljniki kakor velike kobilice, ki taborijo na ograjah na mrzel dan, toda ko vstane sonce, odletijo proč in nihče ne ve za prostor, kjer so.
18 Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
Tvoji pastirji dremajo, oh asirski kralj, tvoji plemiči bodo prebivali v prahu, tvoje ljudstvo je razkropljeno po gorah in nihče jih ne zbira.
19 There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you, for who hasn’t felt your endless cruelty?
Ni ozdravljenja tvojega zloma, tvoja rana je boleča. Vsi, ki slišijo objavo o tebi, bodo z rokami ploskali nad teboj, kajti nad kom tvoja zlobnost ni nenehno besnela?«
