Nahum 2
1 Hai Niniwe, dengarkanlah! Yang mau merusak engkau telah datang! Jagalah benteng-benteng pertahanan! Awasilah jalan! Bersiaplah untuk berperang.
He that dashes in pieces has come up before your face: keep the stronghold, watch the way, make your loins strong, fortify your power mightily.
2 (Sungguh, TUHAN akan memulihkan kemegahan Israel, supaya menjadi seperti dahulu, sebelum dirampoki oleh musuh-musuhnya.)
For the LORD has turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the destroyers have emptied them out, and ruined their vine branches.
3 Perisai musuh berwarna merah, dan seragamnya serupa darah. Musuh sudah siap untuk menyergap. Bagaikan api, besi keretanya berkilap. Semua kudanya berjingkrak-jingkrak.
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
4 Di jalan, kereta-kereta maju dengan lancar. Di lapangan, mereka itu kejar-mengejar. Tampaknya seperti obor yang berkobar, berpacu kencang seperti halilintar.
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall clash with one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
5 Para perwira dipanggil maju; mereka tersandung-sandung ketika menyerbu. Terburu-buru mereka menuju tembok kota, alat pendobrak ditegakkan dengan segera.
He shall recount his nobles: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
6 Pintu air semua sungai telah terbuka, maka gemparlah seluruh istana!
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
7 Ratu berhasil ditangkap, dayang-dayangnya mengerang dan meratap, mereka mengeluh seperti burung dara, dan memukul-mukul dada karena berduka.
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.
8 Rakyat Niniwe lari menghambur, seperti air keluar dari tanggul yang gugur. Ada teriakan, "Berhenti, berhenti!" tetapi tak ada yang mau kembali.
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
9 Rampaslah segala emas dan peraknya! Harta di kota ini sungguh berlimpah-limpah!
Take all of you the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
10 Niniwe telah hancur, sunyi dan tandus. Hati menjadi tawar karena takut. Lutut menjadi lemah dan gemetar. Muka semua orang menjadi pucat pudar.
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees strike together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
11 Di manakah kota itu sekarang? Kota yang seperti gua tempat singa bersarang? Tempat anak-anak singa diberi makan, tempat tujuan singa jantan dan betina, tempat yang aman bagi anak-anaknya?
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's offspring, and none made them afraid?
12 Dahulu di sana singa menerkam mangsanya, dan mencabiknya bagi betina dan anaknya. Ia memenuhi sarangnya dengan cabikan-cabikan daging buruannya.
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
13 "Aku ini musuhmu," kata TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa. "Kereta-keretamu akan Kubakar habis. Prajuritmu akan tewas dalam pertempuran, dan Aku akan mengambil segala sesuatu yang telah kauambil dari orang lain. Tuntutan-tuntutan para utusanmu tak akan terdengar lagi."
Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions: and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.
