Nahum 2
1 ¡El destructor subió contra ti! Guarda la fortaleza, vigila el camino, fortalece tu retaguardia, reúne toda tu fuerza.
[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 Yavé restaurará el resplandor de Jacob, y el resplandor de Israel, aunque devastadores la devastaron y destruyeron las ramas de su vid.
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 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.
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 Carruajes corren alocadamente en las calles, se lanzan a las plazas como antorchas encendidas, como relámpagos.
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 Se da aviso a sus valientes, y ellos se dirigen atropellados hacia su muro y se prepara la defensa.
[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 Se abren las compuertas de los ríos, y el palacio se derrumba.
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 Está decretado: Ella será despojada y removida. Sus esclavas hacen arrullos como palomas y se golpean los pechos.
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 Aunque Nínive fue como un estanque de aguas a través de sus días, ahora están huyendo. Gritan: ¡Deténganse! ¡Deténganse! Pero nadie vuelve atrás.
[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 ¡Saquen la plata y el oro! Hay riquezas sin fin, toda clase de objetos deseables.
[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 ¡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.
[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 ¿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?
[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 El león hacía presas suficientes para sus cachorros y descuartizaba para sus leonas. Su cueva se llenaba de víctimas, su guarida de rapiña.
[The soldiers in Nineveh were like] [MET] lions that killed or strangled [other animals] [and brought the meat] to their dens.”
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.
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].”
