नहूम 3
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.
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!
3 ३ सवार चढ़ाई करते, तलवारें और भाले बिजली के समान चमकते हैं, मारे हुओं की बहुतायत और शवों का बड़ा ढेर है; मुर्दों की कुछ गिनती नहीं, लोग मुर्दों से ठोकर खा खाकर चलते हैं!
[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.
4 ४ यह सब उस अति सुन्दर वेश्या, और निपुण टोनहिन के छिनाले की बहुतायत के कारण हुआ, जो छिनाले के द्वारा जाति-जाति के लोगों को, और टोने के द्वारा कुल-कुल के लोगों को बेच डालती है।
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.
5 ५ सेनाओं के यहोवा की यह वाणी है, देख, मैं तेरे विरुद्ध हूँ, और तेरे वस्त्र को उठाकर, तुझे जाति-जाति के सामने नंगी और राज्य-राज्य के सामने नीचा दिखाऊँगा।
[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].
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.
7 ७ और जितने तुझे देखेंगे, सब तेरे पास से भागकर कहेंगे, नीनवे नाश हो गई; कौन उसके कारण विलाप करे? हम उसके लिये शान्ति देनेवाला कहाँ से ढूँढ़कर ले आएँ?
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!”
8 ८ क्या तू अमोन नगरी से बढ़कर है, जो नहरों के बीच बसी थी, और उसके चारों ओर जल था, और महानद उसके लिये किला और शहरपनाह का काम देता था?
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].
[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.
10 १० तो भी लोग उसको बँधुवाई में ले गए, और उसके नन्हें बच्चे सड़कों के सिरे पर पटक दिए गए; और उसके प्रतिष्ठित पुरुषों के लिये उन्होंने चिट्ठी डाली, और उसके सब रईस बेड़ियों से जकड़े गए।
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.
You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.
12 १२ तेरे सब गढ़ ऐसे अंजीर के वृक्षों के समान होंगे जिनमें पहले पक्के अंजीर लगे हों, यदि वे हिलाए जाएँ तो फल खानेवाले के मुँह में गिरेंगे।
[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.
13 १३ देख, तेरे लोग जो तेरे बीच में हैं, वे स्त्रियाँ बन गये हैं। तेरे देश में प्रवेश करने के मार्ग तेरे शत्रुओं के लिये बिलकुल खुले पड़े हैं; और रुकावट की छड़ें आग का कौर हो गई हैं।
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.
14 १४ घिर जाने के दिनों के लिये पानी भर ले, और गढ़ों को अधिक दृढ़ कर; कीचड़ में आकर गारा लताड़, और भट्ठे को सजा!
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]!
15 १५ वहाँ तू आग में भस्म होगी, और तलवार से तू नष्ट हो जाएगी। वह येलेक नाम टिड्डी के समान तुझे निगल जाएगी। यद्यपि तू अर्बे नामक टिड्डी के समान अनगिनत भी हो जाए!
[Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
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.
17 १७ तेरे मुकुटधारी लोग टिड्डियों के समान, और तेरे सेनापति टिड्डियों के दलों सरीखे ठहरेंगे जो जाड़े के दिन में बाड़ों पर टिकते हैं, परन्तु जब सूर्य दिखाई देता है तब भाग जाते हैं; और कोई नहीं जानता कि वे कहाँ गए।
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.
18 १८ हे अश्शूर के राजा, तेरे ठहराए हुए चरवाहे ऊँघते हैं; तेरे शूरवीर भारी नींद में पड़ गए हैं। तेरी प्रजा पहाड़ों पर तितर-बितर हो गई है, और कोई उनको फिर इकट्ठा नहीं करता।
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].
19 १९ तेरा घाव न भर सकेगा, तेरा रोग असाध्य है। जितने तेरा समाचार सुनेंगे, वे तेरे ऊपर ताली बजाएँगे। क्योंकि ऐसा कौन है जिस पर तेरी लगातार दुष्टता का प्रभाव न पड़ा हो?
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.”
