נחום 2
| עלה מפיץ על פניך נצור מצורה צפה דרך חזק מתנים אמץ כח מאד | 1 |
It is all over with him, he has been removed, [one] who has been delivered from affliction has come up panting into your presence, watch the way, strengthen [your] loins, be very valiant in [your] strength.
| כי שב יהוה את גאון יעקב כגאון ישראל כי בקקום בקקים וזמריהם שחתו | 2 |
For the Lord has turned aside the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: for they have utterly rejected them, and have destroyed their branches.
| מגן גבריהו מאדם אנשי חיל מתלעים באש פלדת הרכב ביום הכינו והברשים הרעלו | 3 |
[They have destroyed] the arms of their power from among men, their mighty men sporting with fire: the reins of their chariots [shall be destroyed] in the day of his preparation, and the horsemen shall be thrown into confusion
| בחוצות יתהוללו הרכב ישתקשקון ברחבות מראיהן כלפידים--כברקים ירוצצו | 4 |
in the ways, and the chariots shall clash together, and shall be entangled in each other in the broad ways: their appearance is as lamps of fire, and as gleaming lightnings.
| יזכר אדיריו--יכשלו בהלכותם (בהליכתם) ימהרו חומתה והכן הסכך | 5 |
And their mighty men shall bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their defences.
| שערי הנהרות נפתחו וההיכל נמוג | 6 |
The gates of the cities have been opened, and the palaces have fallen into ruin,
| והצב גלתה העלתה ואמהתיה מנהגות כקול יונים מתפפת על לבבהן | 7 |
and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maidservants were led [away] as doves moaning in their hearts.
| ונינוה כברכת מים מימי היא והמה נסים עמדו עמדו ואין מפנה | 8 |
And [as for] Nineve, her waters [shall be] as a pool of water: and they fled, and staid not, and there was none to look back.
| בזו כסף בזו זהב ואין קצה לתכונה--כבד מכל כלי חמדה | 9 |
They plundered the silver, they plundered the gold, and there was no end of their adorning; they were loaded [with it] upon all their pleasant vessels.
| בוקה ומבוקה ומבלקה ולב נמס ופק ברכים וחלחלה בכל מתנים ופני כלם קבצו פארור | 10 |
[There is] thrusting forth, and shaking, and tumult, and heart-breaking, and loosing of knees, and pangs on all loins; and the faces of all [are] as the blackening of a pot.
| איה מעון אריות ומרעה הוא לכפרים--אשר הלך אריה לביא שם גור אריה ואין מחריד | 11 |
Where is the dwelling-place of the lions, and the pasture that belonged to the whelps? where did the lion go, that the lion's whelp should enter in there, and there was none to scare [him] away?
| אריה טרף בדי גרותיו ומחנק ללבאתיו וימלא טרף חריו ומענתיו טרפה | 12 |
The lion seized enough prey for his whelps, and strangled for his [young] lions, and filled his lair with prey, and his dwelling-place with spoil.
| הנני אליך נאם יהוה צבאות והבערתי בעשן רכבה וכפיריך תאכל חרב והכרתי מארץ טרפך ולא ישמע עוד קול מלאככה | 13 |
Behold, I am against you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will burn up your multitude in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your lions; and I will utterly destroy your prey from off the land, and your deeds shall no more at all be heard of.
