< नहूम 2 >
1 तँलाई टुक्रा-टुक्रा पार्नुहुने तेरो विरुद्धमा आउँदै हुनुहुन्छ । सहरहरूका पर्खालहरूमा मानिसहरू खटाओ, बाटोहरूलाई पहरा देओ, आफैँलाई बलिया बनाओ, आफ्ना सेनाहरूलाई एकठ्ठा गर ।
The one who will dash you to pieces is coming up against you. Man the city walls, guard the roads, make yourselves strong, assemble your armies.
2 लुटेराहरूले तिनीहरूलाई तहस-नहस गरे तापनि, र तिनीहरूका दाखका हाँगाहरूलाई नष्ट गरे तापनि, परमप्रभुले इस्राएलको गौरवझैँ याकूबको गौरव पुनर्स्थापित गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ ।
For Yahweh is restoring the majesty of Jacob, like the majesty of Israel, although the plunderers devastated them and destroyed their vine branches.
3 त्यसका शक्तिशाली मानिसहरूका रक्षा कवचहरू राता छन्, र त्यसका सैनिकहरू वैजनी रङ्गका पोशाकमा छन् । तिनीहरूका रथहरू तयार भएका दिनमा तिनीहरूका धातुद्धारा चम्किन्छन्, र सल्लोका भालाहरू हावामा लहराइन्छन् ।
The shields of his mighty men are red, and the soldiers are clothed in scarlet; the chariots flash with their metal on the day that they are made ready, and the cypress spears are waved in the air.
4 ती रथहरू सडकहरूबाट तीव्र गतिमा अगि बढ्छन्, फराकिला सडकहरूमा ती अगाडि र पछाडि दौडन्छन् । तिनीहरू राँकाझैँ देखिन्छन्, र तिनीहरू बिजुलीझैँ दौडन्छन् ।
The chariots speed through the streets; they rush back and forth in the wide streets. They look like torches, and they run like lightning.
5 तँलाई टुक्रा-टुक्रा पार्नेले आफ्ना अधिकारीहरूलाई बोलाउँछ, तर तिनीहरू हिँड्ने क्रममा एक आपसमा ठेस खाई लड्छन् । तिनीहरू सहरको पर्खाललाई आक्रमण गर्न हतारिन्छन् । यी आक्रमण गर्नेहरूलाई बचाउनको निम्ति ठुलो रक्षा कवच बनाइन्छ ।
The one who will dash you to pieces calls his officers; they stumble over each other in their march; they hurry to attack the city wall. The large shield is made ready to protect these attackers.
6 नदीका बाँधहरू खुला पारिन्छन्, र दरबारचाहिँ नाश हुनेछ ।
The gates at the rivers are forced open, and the palace falls to ruins.
7 हुज्जाबका वस्त्र फुकालिएकाछन् र त्यो निर्वासनमा लगिनेछे । त्यसका कमारीहरू छाती पिट्दै ढुकुरहरूझैँ विलाप गर्छन् ।
Huzzab is stripped of her clothes and is taken away; her female servants moan like doves, beating on their breasts.
8 निनवे चुहिरहेको पोखरीझैँ हो, जसका मानिसहरू जोडले बगिरहेको पानीझैँ भागिरहेका छन् । अरूहरूले ठुलो सोरमा भन्छन्, “रोक, रोक,” तर कसैले पनि पछि फर्केर हेर्दैन ।
Nineveh is like a leaking pool of water, with its people fleeing away like rushing water. Others shout, “Stop, stop,” but no one looks back.
9 चाँदी र सुनका लुटका सामान लेओ, किनभने निनवेका सबै सुन्दर कुराहरूका वैभवको कुनै अन्त्य छैन ।
Take the silver plunder, take the gold plunder, for there is no end to it, to the splendor of all Nineveh's beautiful things.
10 निनवे रित्तो र नष्ट भएको छ । सबैका हृदय पग्लिन्छन्, सबैका घुँडाहरू एक आपसमा ठोकिन्छन्, र पीडा सबैमा छ, तिनीहरू सबैका अनुहारहरू पहेँला छन् ।
Nineveh is empty and ruined. Everyone's heart melts, everyone's knees strike together, and anguish is in everyone; their faces are all pale.
11 सिंहको गुफा, जहाँ जवान सिंहहरूलाई खुवाइन्थ्यो, जहाँ सिंह र सिंहनी आफ्ना डमरुहरूसँग हिँड्थे, जहाँ तिनीहरू कोहीसँग डराउँदैनथे, त्यो ठाउँ कहाँ छ?
Where now is the lions' den, the place where the young lion cubs were fed, the place where the lion and lioness walked, with the cubs, where they were afraid of nothing?
12 सिंहले आफ्ना डमरुहरूका निम्ति त्यसका शिकारहरूलाई टुक्रा-टुक्रा गर्यो । त्यसले आफ्ना सिंहनीहरूका निम्ति शिकारको घाँटी निमोठी मार्यो, र आफ्नो गुफालाई शिकारहरूले, र आफ्नो ओडारलाई टुक्रा-टुक्रा पारिएका सिनुहरूले भर्यो ।
The lion tore his victims to pieces for his cubs; he strangled victims for his lionesses, and filled his cave with victims, his dens with torn carcasses.
13 सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु यो घोषणा गर्नुहुन्छ, “हेर्, म तेरो विरुद्धमा छु । म तेरा रथहरूलाई जलाएर धुँवा बनाउनेछु र तेरा जवान सिंहहरूलाई तरवारले नष्ट पार्नेछ । तेरो भुमिबाट तेरो शिकारलाई म हटाइदिनेछु र तेरा समाचारबाहकहरूका आवाज अब कहिल्यै सुनिनेछैन ।”
“See, I am against you—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. I will burn your chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from your land, and the voices of your messengers will be heard no more.”