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 who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!
2 Kajti Gospod je odvrnil Jakobovo odličnost kakor odličnost Izraela, kajti izpraznjevalci so jih izpraznili in skazili njihove trtne mladike.
For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob as the excellency of Israel, for the destroyers have destroyed them and ruined 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 flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.
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 rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They 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 summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
6 Velika vrata rek bodo odprta in palača se bo raztopila.
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is 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.
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on 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 has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.
9 Vzemite plen srebra, vzemite plen zlata, kajti ni konca zaloge in slave vseh dragocenih stvari.
Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
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, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.
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 den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked with the lion’s cubs, and no one 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 tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled prey for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill and his dens with prey.
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 you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
