Nahum 2
1 Pembongkar maju terhadap engkau; adakan penjagaan di benteng, mengintailah di jalan, ikatlah pinggangmu teguh-teguh, kumpulkanlah segala kekuatan!
He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!
2 Sungguh, TUHAN memulihkan kebanggaan Yakub, seperti kebanggaan Israel; sebab perusak telah merusakkannya dan telah membinasakan carang-carangnya.
For the LORD restores the excellency of Jacob as the excellency of Israel, for the destroyers have destroyed them and ruined their vine branches.
3 Perisai para pahlawannya berwarna merah, prajuritnya berpakaian kirmizi; kereta berkilat-kilat seperti api suluh pada hari ia melengkapinya, dan kuda-kuda penuh gelisah.
The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.
4 Kereta melaju galak di jalan, kejar-mengejar di lapangan; kelihatannya seperti suluh, berpacu seperti kilat.
The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.
5 Pasukan-pasukan istimewa dikerahkan, mereka tersandung jatuh di waktu berjalan maju; mereka lari terburu-buru ke arah tembok kota, sedang alat pendobrak sudah ditegakkan.
He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
6 Pintu-pintu di sungai-sungai telah dibuka, dan istana menjadi gempar.
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
7 Permaisuri dibawa ke luar dan ditelanjangi dan dayang-dayangnya mengerang, mengaduh seperti suara merpati sambil memukul-mukul dada.
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
8 Niniwe sendiri seperti kolam air yang airnya mengalir ke luar. "Berhenti! Berhenti!" teriak orang, tetapi tidak ada yang berpaling.
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.
9 Jarahlah perak, jarahlah emas! Sebab tidak berkesudahan persediaan harta benda, kelimpahan segala barang yang indah-indah!
Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
10 Ketandusan, penandusan dan penindasan! Hati menjadi tawar dan lutut goyah! Segenap pinggang gemetar, dan muka sekalian orang menjadi pucat pasi.
She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.
11 Di mana gerangan persembunyian singa dan gua singa-singa muda, tempat singa pulang pergi, tempat anak singa, di mana tidak ada yang mengganggunya?
Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked with the lion’s cubs, and no one made them afraid?
12 Biasanya singa itu menerkam supaya cukup makan anak-anaknya, mencekik mangsa bagi betina-betinanya, dan memenuhi liangnya dengan mangsa dan persembunyiannya dengan terkaman.
The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled prey for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill and his dens with prey.
13 Lihat, Aku akan menjadi lawanmu, demikianlah firman TUHAN semesta alam, Aku akan membakar keretamu menjadi asap, dan pedang akan memakan habis singa mudamu; Aku akan melenyapkan mangsamu dari atas bumi, dan suara utusan-utusanmu tidak akan terdengar lagi.
“Behold, I am against you,” says the LORD of Armies, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
