Nahum Propheta 2
1 Ascendit qui dispergat coram te, qui custodiat obsidionem: contemplare viam, conforta lumbos, robora virtutem valde.
He that breaketh in pieces hath come up over thy face, Keep the keeps, —watch the way, brace the loins, make vigour very firm.
2 Quia sicut reddidit Dominus superbiam Iacob, sic superbiam Israel: quia vastatores dissipaverunt eos, et propagines eorum corruperunt.
For Yahweh hath restored the excellency of Jacob, like the excellency of Israel, —for the plunderers have plundered them, and, their vine branches, have they marred.
3 Clypeus fortium eius ignitus, viri exercitus in coccineis: igneae habenae currus in die praeparationis eius, et agitatores consopiti sunt.
The shield of his heroes, is made red, the men of war, are clad in crimson, on fire, are the chariot-steels, on the day he maketh ready, —and, the lances, are put in motion.
4 In itineribus conturbati sunt: quadrigae collisae sunt in plateis: aspectus eorum quasi lampades, quasi fulgura discurrentia.
In the streets, madly go the chariots, they rush along in the broadways, —their appearance, is like torches, as lightnings, hither and thither do they run.
5 Recordabitur fortium suorum, ruent in itineribus suis: velociter ascendent muros eius, et praeparabitur umbraculum.
Let him call to mind his nobles, they shall stumble as they go—let them hasten to her wall, yet the storming cover, is prepared.
6 Portae fluviorum apertae sunt, et templum ad solum dirutum.
The gates of the rivers, have been opened, —and, the palace, doth quake.
7 Et miles captivus abductus est: et ancillae eius minabantur gementes ut columbae, murmurantes in cordibus suis.
And, Huzzab, hath been taken captive—hath been led up, —and, her handmaids, are making a moan like the sound of doves, as they taber upon their heart.
8 Et Ninive quasi piscina aquarum aquae eius: ipsi vero fugerunt: state, state, et non est qui revertatur.
Yet, as for Nineveh, like a reservoir of waters, are her waters, —but, those men, are in flight! Stand! stand! but no one is turning.
9 Diripite argentum, diripite aurum: et non est finis divitiarum ex omnibus vasis desiderabilibus.
Plunder silver, plunder gold, —and there is no end to the costly furnishing, rich with every article of delight.
10 Dissipata est, et scissa, et dilacerata: et cor tabescens, et dissolutio geniculorum, et defectio in cunctis renibus: et facies omnium eorum sicut nigredo ollae.
Emptiness, yea turned to emptiness, aye deserted [is she]! with, heart, unnerved, and, a tottering, of knees, and, anguish, in all loins, and, the faces of them all, have withdrawn their colour.
11 Ubi est habitaculum leonum, et pascua catulorum leonum, ad quam ivit leo ut ingrederetur illuc, catulus leonis, et non est qui exterreat?
Where is the lair of the lions? Yea the very feeding-place of the young lions, —where walked the lion, the lioness, the lion’s whelp, with none to make them afraid?
12 Leo cepit sufficienter catulis suis, et necavit leaenis suis: et implevit praeda speluncas suas, et cubile suum rapina.
The lion, used to tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and to strangle for his lionesses, —and then fill with prey his holes, and his lairs with what he had torn.
13 Ecce ego ad te, dicit Dominus exercituum, et succendam usque ad fumum quadrigas tuas, et leunculos tuos comedet gladius: et exterminabo de terra praedam tuam, et non audietur ultra vox nunciorum tuorum.
Behold me! against thee, Declareth Yahweh of hosts, Therefore will I burn up in smoke her chariots, and, thy young lions, shall be devoured by the sword, —so will I cut off, out of the earth, thy prey, nor shall be heard any more, the voice of thine envoy.
