Nahum 3
1 Ve blodstaden, helt igjennem full av løgn og vold! Aldri holder den op å røve.
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 Smellende svepe og durende hjul og jagende hest og hoppende vogn,
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 fremstormende rytter og luende sverd og lynende spyd og drepte i mengde og dynger av lik! Det er ingen ende på døde kropper, en snubler over deres døde kropper,
[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 til gjengjeld for den mangfoldige utukt som hun drev, hun den fagre og trollkyndige skjøge, som solgte folkeslag ved sin utukt og hele slekter ved sine trolldomskunster.
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 Se, jeg kommer over dig, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og jeg vil dra din kjortelfald op over ditt ansikt, og jeg vil la folkeslag se din blusel og riker din skam,
[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 og jeg vil kaste skarn på dig og føre vanære over dig og gjøre dig til et skuespill.
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 Og det skal skje at hver den som ser dig, skal fly bort fra dig og si: Ødelagt er Ninive! Hvem vil ha medynk med det? Hvor skal jeg søke efter trøstere for dig?
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 Mon du er bedre enn No-Amon, som tronte mellem Nilens strømmer med vann rundt omkring sig, som hadde hav til vern og hav til mur?
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 Etiopere i mengde og egyptere uten tall, puteere og libyere var dets hjelp.
[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 Også det måtte gå i landflyktighet som fange, også dets små barn blev knust på alle gatehjørner, og om dets ærede menn blev det kastet lodd, og alle dets stormenn blev bundet med lenker.
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 Også du skal bli drukken og sanseløs; også du skal søke et vern imot fienden.
You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.
12 Alle dine festninger er som fikentrær med tidlig moden frukt; rystes de, så faller fikenene i munnen på den som vil ete dem.
[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 Se, det krigsfolk du har hos dig, er som kvinnfolk; ditt lands porter står vidt åpne for dine fiender; ilden har fortært dine bommer.
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 Øs vann til å ha mens du er kringsatt, gjør dine festninger sterke, gå ut i dyndet og stamp i leret, sett teglovnene i stand!
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 Der skal ilden fortære dig, sverdet utrydde dig, fortære dig som slikkerne; du kan gjerne være så tallrik som slikkerne, så tallrik som gresshoppene!
[Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
16 Dine kremmere er flere enn himmelens stjerner; slikkerne bredte ut sine vinger og fløi bort.
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 Dine fyrster er som gresshopper, og dine høvdinger ligner en gresshoppesverm som slår sig ned på murene på en kold dag; solen går op, og de flyver bort, og ingen vet hvor det blir av dem.
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 Dine hyrder slumrer, Assurs konge! Dine gjæve menn ligger i ro; ditt folk er spredt på fjellene, og det er ingen som samler det.
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 Det er ingen lindring for din skade, ulægelig er ditt sår. Alle som hører tidenden om dig, klapper i hendene over dig; for hvem gikk ikke din ondskap uavlatelig ut over?
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.”
