Náhum 3
1 Oh vérontás városa! Mindenestül hazugság, martalékkal telve, nem szűnik meg a ragadozás.
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.
2 Hallik az ostor, s hallik keréknek zaja, s ügető ló és robogó szekér;
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 törtető lovas és kardnak lángja és dárdának villáma, megölteknek sokasága és hulláknak tömege; vége sincs a holttesteknek, megbotlanak a holttesteiken.
[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 Sok paráznasága miatt a parázna nőnek, a szépséges bájúnak, a boszorkányságot űzőnek, ki nemzeteket adott el paráznaságával és nemzetségeket boszorkányságával.
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 Íme, én ellened fordulok, úgymond az Örökkévaló, a seregek Ura, és feltakarom uszályaidat arczod fölé, és láttatom nemzetekkel meztelenségedet a királyságokkal gyalázatodat.
[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].
6 És vetek reád undokságokat, elcsúfítlak, látványossággá teszlek.
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 És lészen, bárki lát téged, szökik tőled és mondja: Elpusztíttatott Ninivé, ki szánja meg őt! Honnét keressek vigasztalókat számodra!?
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 Jobb vagy-e NóÁmónnál, mely folyók közt lakik, víz van körülötte, melynek bástyája tenger, a tengerből való a fala?
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].
9 Kús a hatalma meg Egyiptom vég nélkül; Pút és lúbiak voltak segítségedül.
[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 Ő is számkivetetten fogságba ment; az ő kisdedei is szétzúzattak minden utczának sarkán, előkelői fölött sorsot vetettek, s nagyjai mind bilincsekbe verettek.
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.
11 Te is megrészegedel majd, kábulttá, lészsz, te is oltalmat keressz majd ellenség elől.
You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.
12 Mind az erősségeid fügefák, koraérett gyümölccsel; ha megrázatnak, ráhullanak szájára az evőnek.
[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 Íme embereid asszonyok közepetted; ellenségeidnek megnyittattak országodnak kapui; tűz emésztette meg reteszeidet.
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 Ostromvizet meríts magadnak, javítsd ki erősségeidet; menj be a sárba, taposd az agyagot, erősítsd meg a téglaégetőt.
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 Ott megemészt téged a tűz, kiírt téged a kard, fölemészt, mint a szöcskét: tömörülj mint a szöcske, tömörülj mint a sáska.
[Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
16 Sokasítottad kalmáraidat, az ég csillagainál jobban; szétterült a szöcske és elrepült.
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 Vezéreid olyanok mint a sáska, főtisztjeid mint a sáskaraj, mely a kerítésekben tanyáz hideg napon: felsütött a nap és elköltözött, s meg nem ismerszik a helye, hová lett.
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 Szunnyadoztak a te pásztoraid, Assúr királya, nyugszanak a te hatalmasaid; szétszóródtak embereid a hegyeken, és nincs, ki összegyűjtené.
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 Nincs enyhítés törésed számára, végzetes a te sebed; mind a kik hallják híredet, összecsapják fölötted kezüket, mert kire nem szállott a te; gonoszságod állandóan!
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.”
