Naahoom 2
1 Yaa Nanawwee, namni si lolu sitti dhufeera. Daʼoo eeggadhu; karaa ilaalladhu. Mudhii kee hidhadhu; humna kee hunda walitti qabadhu!
He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
2 Yoo balleessitoonni isaan onsanii mukkeen wayinii isaanii barbadeessan iyyuu, Waaqayyo akkuma ulfina Israaʼel deebise sana ulfina Yaaqoobis iddootti ni deebisa.
For the LORD bringeth again the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
3 Gaachanawwan loltoota isaa diddiimoo dha; gootonnis uffata bildiimaa uffataniiru. Guyyaa isaan itti qopheeffaman sana, sibiilli gaarii lolaa irra jiru ni calaqqisa; eeboon gaattiraa isaaniis ni mirmirfama.
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 spears are shaken terribly.
4 Gaariiwwan lolaa karaa irra dadarbatamu; oobdiiwwan keessas asii fi achi gulufu. Isaan guca bobaʼu fakkaatu; akkuma bakakkaas ni darbatamu.
The chariots rage in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like the lightnings.
5 Inni gootota isaa ni yaadata; isaan garuu karaatti gufatu. Isaan gara dallaa magaalattiitti ariifatu; daʼoonis qopheeffameefii jira.
He remembereth his worthies: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
6 Balballi lageenii banamaa dha; masaraan mootummaas ni jiga.
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
7 Magaalattiin qullaatti hambaa akka boojiʼamtu murteeffameera. Xomboreewwan ishee qoma isaanii rurrukutanii akka gugee booʼu.
And Huzzab is uncovered, she is carried away, and her handmaids mourn as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
8 Nanawween akkuma haroo ti; bishaan ishees keessaa yaaʼee dhuma. Isaanis, “Dhaabadhaa! Dhaabadhaa!” jedhanii iyyu; garuu namni tokko iyyuu dugda duubatti hin deebiʼu.
But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away; Stand, stand, [they cry]; but none looketh back.
9 Meetii saamaa! Warqee saamaa! Maddi ishee, badhaadhummaan kuusaa qabeenya ishee hundaas dhuma hin qabu!
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store, the glory of all pleasant furniture.
10 Isheen duwwaa, qullaa fi ona taateerti! Lapheen baqeera; jilbi laafeera; dhagni hollateera; fuulli hundis gurraachaʼeera.
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.
11 Holqi leencotaa, iddoon isaan itti ilmaan isaanii sooran, iddoon leenci kormaa fi dhalaan keessa yaaʼan, saafelli isaanis sodaa malee nagaadhaan jiraatan eessa?
Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
12 Leenci waan ilmaan isaatiif gaʼu ajjeefate; leenca dhalaa isaatiifis waa hudhee ajjeese; boolla isaa waan adamseen, holqa isaa immoo gumaa fooniitiin guuttate.
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.
13 Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha; “Ani sitti kaʼeera; ani gaariiwwan kee kanneen waraanaa gubee daaraa nan godha; goraadeen leenca kee saafela ni fixa. Ani waan ati adamsattu tokko illee lafa irratti siif hin hambisu. Sagaleen ergamoota keetii lammata hin dhagaʼamu.”
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
