Nahum 3
1 ¡Ay de la ciudad sangrienta! Toda ella está llena de mentiras y robos, sin fin de la rapiña.
Terrible things will happen to [Nineveh], that city [that is full of people who] murder [MTY] and lie. [The city is] full of things that were seized [from other countries by their soldiers]; [their armies] continually [LIT] have acted brutally towards people whom they conquered.
2 El ruido del látigo, el ruido del traqueteo de las ruedas, los caballos que brincan y los carros que saltan,
But [now listen to the enemy soldiers coming to attack Nineveh]; [listen to them] cracking their whips, and [listen to the] rattle of [their chariot] wheels! [Listen to] their galloping horses and their chariots as they bounce along!
3 el jinete que embiste, y la espada reluciente, la lanza que brilla, y una multitud de muertos, y un gran montón de cadáveres, y no hay fin de los cuerpos. Tropiezan con sus cuerpos
[Look at their] flashing swords and glittering spears as the horsemen race forward! Many [people of Nineveh will be] killed; [there will be] piles of corpses, [with the result that] people will stumble over them.
4 a causa de la multitud de la prostitución de la prostituta seductora, la señora de la brujería, que vende naciones por su prostitución, y familias por su brujería.
All [that will happen] because [Nineveh is like] [MET] a beautiful prostitute [who lures men to where they will be ruined]; [Nineveh is a beautiful city] which has attracted/enticed [people of] other nations [to come there]. [The people of Nineveh] taught those people [of other nations rituals of] magic, and caused them to become their slaves.
5 He aquí que yo estoy contra ti — dice el Señor de los Ejércitos — y levantaré tus faldas sobre tu rostro. Mostraré a las naciones tu desnudez, y a los reinos tu vergüenza.
[So] the Commander of the armies of angels says to [the people of Nineveh]: “I am your enemy, and I will [cause the people in other] nations to see you [completely] humiliated like [MET] [women who have committed adultery are humiliated by] having their skirts lifted high, [with the result that] people can see their naked [bodies].
6 Arrojaré sobre ti inmundicias abominables y te envileceré, y te convertiré en un espectáculo.
I will cause rubbish/garbage to be thrown at you; I will show [others] that I despise you very much, and I will cause you to be publicly ridiculed.
7 Sucederá que todos los que te miren huirán de ti y dirán: “¡Nínive ha sido arrasada! ¿Quién la llorará? ¿Dónde buscaré consoladores para ti?”
All those who see you will turn their backs to you and say, ‘Nineveh is ruined, but absolutely no one [RHQ] will mourn for it.’ No one will regret Nineveh being destroyed!”
8 ¿Acaso eres mejor que No-Amón, que estaba situada entre los ríos, que tenía las aguas a su alrededor, cuya muralla era el mar, y su muro era del mar?
Your city is certainly [RHQ] no safer than Thebes [city] was. [Thebes was an important city] beside the Nile [River]; the river was [like] [SIM] a wall that protected the city [DOU].
9 Cus y Egipto eran su fuerza ilimitada. Put y Libia fueron sus ayudantes.
[The rulers of] Ethiopia and Egypt helped Thebes; there was no limit to their power. [The governments of the nearby countries of] Put and Libya were also allies of Thebes.
10 Sin embargo, fue arrastrada. Fue llevada al cautiverio. Sus hijos pequeños fueron despedazados a la cabeza de todas las calles, y echaron suertes sobre sus hombres honorables, y todos sus grandes hombres fueron encadenados.
But Thebes was captured, and [its people were] (exiled/forced to go to other countries). Their babies were dashed to pieces in the streets [of the city]. [Enemy soldiers] (cast lots/threw small marked stones) to decide who would get each official in Thebes [to become his slave]. All the leaders of Thebes were fastened/tied by chains.
11 Tú también te embriagarás. Estarás escondido. Tú también buscarás refugio a causa del enemigo.
You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.
12 Todas tus fortalezas serán como las higueras con los primeros higos maduros. Si son sacudidas, caen en la boca del que las come.
[Your enemies will cause] the walls around your city to fall down like [SIM] the first figs that fall from fig trees [each year]. [Your city will be captured easily, like] [MET] [figs that fall] into the mouths [HYP] of those who shake the fig trees.
13 He aquí que tus tropas en medio de ti son mujeres. Las puertas de tu tierra están abiertas de par en par a tus enemigos. El fuego ha devorado tus barras.
Look at your soldiers! They will be [as weak/helpless as] [MET] women! The gates of your city will be opened wide [to allow] your enemies [to enter them], [and then] the bars of those gates will be burned.
14 Saca agua para el asedio. Fortalece sus fortalezas. Entra en la arcilla y pisa la argamasa. Haz fuerte el horno de ladrillos.
Store up water [now to use when] your enemies surround the city! Repair the forts! Dig up clay and trample it [to make it soft], and put it into molds to make bricks [to repair the walls]!
15 Allí el fuego te devorará. La espada te cortará. Te devorará como al saltamontes. Multiplícate como el saltamontes. Multiplícate como la langosta.
[Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
16 Haz aumentado tus mercaderes más que las estrellas de los cielos. El saltamontes se despoja y huye.
In your [city] there are now very many merchants; [it seems that] there are more of them than there are stars. But [when your city is being destroyed, those merchants will take the valuable things and disappear] [like] [SIM] locusts that strip the leaves from plants and [then] fly away.
17 Tus guardias son como las langostas, y tus funcionarios como las nubes de langostas, que se posan en las paredes en un día frío, pero cuando aparece el sol, huyen, y no se sabe dónde están.
Your leaders are [also] like a swarm of [SIM] locusts [DOU] that crowd together on the stone fences/walls on a cold day, and [then] fly away when the sun comes up, and no one knows where they have gone.
18 Tus pastores duermen, rey de Asiria. Tus nobles se acuestan. Tu pueblo está disperso por los montes, y no hay quien lo reúna.
O King of Assyria, your officials will [all] be dead [EUP]; your important people will lie down and rest [forever]. Your people will be scattered over the mountains, and there will no one to gather them [together].
19 No hay quien sane tu herida, pues tu lesión es mortal. Todos los que oyen hablar de ti aplauden sobre ti, pues ¿quién no ha sentido tu infinita crueldad?
You [are like someone who] has a wound that cannot be healed; [it will be] a wound that causes him to die. And all those who hear about what has happened to you will clap their hands [joyfully]. [They will say, ] “Everyone has [RHQ] suffered because he continually was [very] cruel to us.”
