Naum 2
1 O destruidor subiu diante de ti, guarda tu a fortaleza, observa o caminho, esforça as lombos, fortalece muito a força.
[You people of] [APO] Nineveh, your enemies are coming to attack you. [So] place guards on the tops of the walls around the city! Guard the roads [into the city]! Get ready to fight! Gather your troops/soldiers [MTY] together!
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.
Even though enemy soldiers have destroyed the descendants of [MTY] Jacob, Yahweh will cause them to be honored again. Israel is like a grapevine that has been ruined, but Israel will prosper again.
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.
The shields of the enemy soldiers [who are coming to attack you] will shine red [as the sun shines on them], and they will wear bright red uniforms. The metal of their chariot [wheels] will flash when they line up [before the battle], and their soldiers will lift up their cypress/pine spears and wave them.
4 Os carros se enfurecerão nas praças, discorrerão pelas ruas: o seu parecer é como o de tochas, correrão como relampagos.
Their chariots will dash through the streets [of Nineveh] and rush furiously through the plazas. Going as quick as lightning, they will resemble flaming torches.
5 Este se lembrará dos seus valentes, elles porém tropeçarão na sua marcha: apresentar-se-hão ao seu muro, quando o amparo fôr apparelhado.
[Meanwhile], your king will summon his officers who will stumble as they [try to] come [quickly]. They will dash to the [city] wall, holding their shields to protect themselves.
6 As portas do rio se abrirão, e o palacio se derreterá.
But, the gates [of the dams] on the rivers will be thrown open [by enemy soldiers], and [the flood will cause] the palace to collapse.
7 Pois determinado está; será levada captiva, será feita subir, e as suas servas a acompanharão, gemendo como pombas, batendo em seus peitos.
The queen will have her clothes stripped off her [by enemy soldiers], and her slave girls will moan like doves and beat their breasts [to show that they are very sad].
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.
[The people will rush from] Nineveh like [SIM] water rushes from a broken dam. [The officials] will shout, “Stop! Stop!” but the people will not even look back [as they run away].
9 Saqueae a prata, saqueae o oiro, porque não tem termo o provimento, abastança ha de todo o genero de moveis appeteciveis.
[The enemy attackers say to each other, ] “Seize the silver! Grab the gold! There is a huge amount of very valuable things in this city, more valuable things than anyone can count!”
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.
[Soon everything valuable in the city] will be seized or ruined. People will be trembling, with the result that they will not be able to fight. Their faces will all become pale.
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?
[After that happens, people will say, ] “What happened to [RHQ] that [great city of Nineveh]? [It was like] [MET] a den [full] of young lions, where the male and female lions lived and fed the young ones.
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 soldiers in Nineveh were like] [MET] lions that killed or strangled [other animals] [and brought the meat] to their dens.”
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.
The Commander of the armies of angels says [to the people of Nineveh], “I am opposed to you; I will cause your chariots to [be burned in fires and] go up in smoke. Your young men will be killed with swords. [Your soldiers] will never again conquer [other nations] and seize their valuable possessions. Your messengers will never again take messages [to other nations, demanding that their armies surrender to them].”
