Nahum 2
1 Kdor razbija na koščke je prišel gor, pred tvoj obraz. Varuj oporišče, pazi na pot, naredi svoja ledja močna, mogočno utrdi svojo moč.
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 Kajti Gospod je odvrnil Jakobovo odličnost kakor odličnost Izraela, kajti izpraznjevalci so jih izpraznili in skazili njihove trtne mladike.
For Yhwh hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
3 Ščit njegovih mogočnih mož je pordečel, hrabri možje so v škrlatu. Bojni vozovi bodo s plamenečimi baklami na dan njegove priprave in ciprese bodo strašno stresene.
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
4 Bojni vozovi bodo besneli po ulicah, zadevali se bodo drug ob drugega na širokih poteh, zdeli se bodo kakor bakle, tekli bodo kakor bliski.
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
5 Spomnil se bo svojih vrlih. Spotaknili se bodo v svoji hoji, podvizali se bodo k njegovemu obzidju in obramba bo pripravljena.
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
6 Velika vrata rek bodo odprta in palača se bo raztopila.
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
7 Huzzab bo odvedena v ujetništvo, privedena bo gor in njene služabnice jo bodo vodile kakor z glasom golobic, ki se bijejo po svojih prsih.
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
8 Toda Ninive so od davnine podobne vodnemu zbiralniku, vendar bodo pobegnile. »Stojte, stojte; « bodo kričali toda, nihče ne bo pogledal nazaj.
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
9 Vzemite plen srebra, vzemite plen zlata, kajti ni konca zaloge in slave vseh dragocenih stvari.
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
10 Prazna je, izpraznjena in opustošena. Srce se topi in kolena udarjajo skupaj in precej bolečine je v vseh ledjih in vsi njihovi obrazi zbirajo črnino.
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
11 Kje je prebivališče levov in kraj za hranjenje mladih levov, kjer je hodil lev, celó star lev in levji mladič in nihče ju ni prestrašil?
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
12 Lev je raztrgal na koščke dovolj za svoje mladiče in zadavil za svoje levinje in svoje jame napolnil s plenom in svoje brloge z ropom.
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
13 »Glej, jaz sem zoper tebe, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki, »in jaz bom sežgal njene bojne vozove v dimu in meč bo použil tvoje mlade leve in iztrebil bom tvoj plen z zemlje in glasu tvojih poslancev ne bo več slišati.«
Behold, I am against thee, saith Yhwh of Armies, 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.
