Naum 2
1 O destruidor subiu diante de ti, guarda tu a fortaleza, observa o caminho, esforça as lombos, fortalece muito a força.
It is all over with him, he has been removed, [one] who has been delivered from affliction has come up panting into thy presence, watch the way, strengthen [thy] loins, be very valiant in [thy] strength.
2 Porque o Senhor tornará a excellencia de Jacob como a excellencia de Israel; porque os que despejam os vazaram, e corromperam os seus sarmentos.
For the Lord has turned aside the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: for they have utterly rejected them, and have destroyed their branches.
3 Os escudos dos seus valentes serão tintos de vermelho, os homens valorosos andam vestidos de escarlate, os carros correrão como fogo de tochas no dia do seu apercebimento, e os pinheiros se abalarão.
[They have destroyed] the arms of their power from among men, their mighty men sporting with fire: the reins of their chariots [shall be destroyed] in the day of his preparation, and the horsemen shall be thrown into confusion
4 Os carros se enfurecerão nas praças, discorrerão pelas ruas: o seu parecer é como o de tochas, correrão como relampagos.
in the ways, and the chariots shall clash together, and shall be entangled in each other in the broad ways: their appearance is as lamps of fire, and as gleaming lightnings.
5 Este se lembrará dos seus valentes, elles porém tropeçarão na sua marcha: apresentar-se-hão ao seu muro, quando o amparo fôr apparelhado.
And their mighty men shall bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their defences.
6 As portas do rio se abrirão, e o palacio se derreterá.
The gates of the cities have been opened, and the palaces have fallen into ruin,
7 Pois determinado está; será levada captiva, será feita subir, e as suas servas a acompanharão, gemendo como pombas, batendo em seus peitos.
and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maid-servants were led [away] as doves moaning in their hearts.
8 Ninive desde que existiu tem sido como um tanque de aguas, porém ellas agora fogem. Parae, parae, clamar-se-ha; mas ninguem olhará para traz.
And [as for] Nineve, her waters [shall be] as a pool of water: and they fled, and staid not, and there was none to look back.
9 Saqueae a prata, saqueae o oiro, porque não tem termo o provimento, abastança ha de todo o genero de moveis appeteciveis.
They plundered the silver, they plundered the gold, and there was no end of their adorning; they were loaded [with it] upon all their pleasant vessels.
10 Vazia, e vazada e esgotada ficará, e derreteu-se o seu coração, e tremem os joelhos, e em todos os lombos ha dôr, e os rostos de todos elles ennegrecem.
[There is] thrusting forth, and shaking, and tumult, and heart-breaking, and loosing of knees, and pangs on all loins; and the faces of all [are] as the blackening of a pot.
11 Onde está agora o covil dos leões, e as pastagens dos leõesinhos? onde passeava o leão velho, e o cachorro do leão, sem haver ninguem que os espantasse?
Where is the dwelling-place of the lions, and the pasture that belonged to the whelps? where did the lion go, that the lion's whelp should enter in there, and there was none to scare [him] away?
12 O leão arrebatava o que bastava para os seus cachorros, e afogava a preza para as suas leôas, e enchia de prezas as suas cavernas, e os seus covis de rapina.
The lion seized enough prey for his whelps, and strangled for his [young] lions, and filled his lair with prey, and his dwelling-place with spoil.
13 Eis que eu estou contra ti, diz o Senhor dos exercitos, e queimarei no fumo os seus carros, e a espada devorará os teus leõesinhos, e arrancarei da terra a tua preza, e não se ouvirá mais a voz dos teus embaixadores.
Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will burn up thy multitude in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy lions; and I will utterly destroy thy prey from off the land, and thy deeds shall no more at all be heard of.
