Nahum 2
1 ¡El destructor subió contra ti! Guarda la fortaleza, vigila el camino, fortalece tu retaguardia, reúne toda tu fuerza.
It is all over with him, he has been removed, [one] who has been delivered from affliction has come up panting into your presence, watch the way, strengthen [your] loins, be very valiant in [your] strength.
2 Porque Yavé restaurará el resplandor de Jacob, y el resplandor de Israel, aunque devastadores la devastaron y destruyeron las ramas de su vid.
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 Los escudos de sus valientes están enrojecidos, sus guerreros están vestidos de púrpura y sus carruajes son acero fulgurante. El día de su formación hacen temblar los cipreses.
[They have destroyed] the arms of their power from amongst 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 Carruajes corren alocadamente en las calles, se lanzan a las plazas como antorchas encendidas, como relámpagos.
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 Se da aviso a sus valientes, y ellos se dirigen atropellados hacia su muro y se prepara la defensa.
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 Se abren las compuertas de los ríos, y el palacio se derrumba.
The gates of the cities have been opened, and the palaces have fallen into ruin,
7 Está decretado: Ella será despojada y removida. Sus esclavas hacen arrullos como palomas y se golpean los pechos.
and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maidservants were led [away] as doves moaning in their hearts.
8 Aunque Nínive fue como un estanque de aguas a través de sus días, ahora están huyendo. Gritan: ¡Deténganse! ¡Deténganse! Pero nadie vuelve atrás.
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 ¡Saquen la plata y el oro! Hay riquezas sin fin, toda clase de objetos deseables.
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 ¡Está vacía, sí, está desolada y devastada! Desfallecen los corazones y se golpean las rodillas. La angustia está en todo el cuerpo y todos sus rostros palidecen.
[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 ¿Dónde está la guarida de los leones y el sitio donde se recogían el león, la leona y los leoncillos, y no había quién los espantara?
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 El león hacía presas suficientes para sus cachorros y descuartizaba para sus leonas. Su cueva se llenaba de víctimas, su guarida de rapiña.
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 ¡Ciertamente Yo estoy contra ti! Palabra de Yavé de las huestes. Encenderé y reduciré a humo tus carruajes, y la espada devorará a tus leoncillos. Raeré de la tierra tus presas. Nunca más se escuchará la voz de tus mensajeros.
Behold, I am against you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will burn up your multitude in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your lions; and I will utterly destroy your prey from off the land, and your deeds shall no more at all be heard of.
