Nahum 3
1 ¡Ay de la ciudad sanguinaria completamente llena de mentiras y pillaje! Su presa no se va nunca.
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 Chasquido de látigo, ruido estruendoso de ruedas, galope de caballos y traqueo de carruajes.
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 Los jinetes atacan, espadas relumbran, lanzas relampaguean, multitud de muertos, una masa de cadáveres. Tropiezan con los muertos
[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 las numerosas fornicaciones de la prostituta encantadora, la amante de los hechizos que esclaviza pueblos con fornicaciones y hechicerías.
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 ¡Aquí estoy contra ti! dice Yavé de las huestes. Te levantaré la falda hasta la cara, y mostraré tu desnudez a las naciones y tu vergüenza a los reinos.
[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 Echaré repugnancia sobre ti y te haré vil. Haré un espectáculo de ti.
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 Los que te vean huirán de ti y dirán: ¡Nínive fue devastada! ¿Quién se compadecerá de ella? ¿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 ¿Eres tú mejor que Tebas, la que estaba situada junto a las aguas del Nilo con aguas alrededor de ella, cuyo muro era el 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 Etiopía y Egipto eran su poderío ilimitado. Fut y Libia estaban entre sus ayudadores.
[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 Pero también ella fue deportada, llevada en cautiverio. Sus pequeños fueron estrellados en las encrucijadas, echaron suertes sobre sus nobles y sus poderosos fueron atados con grillos.
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 Así también tú serás embriagada, estarás escondida. También tú buscarás refugio 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 Tus plazas fortificadas son como higueras cargadas de higos maduros, que al sacudirlas caen en la boca que los 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 Mira, tus tropas en medio de ti son como mujeres. Las puertas están completamente abiertas para tus enemigos. El fuego consume tus cerrojos.
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 Provéete de agua para el asedio, refuerza tus defensas, entra en el lodo, pisa el barro y mantén firme el molde del ladrillo.
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 como la langosta devora, te derribará la espada, aunque te multipliques como el langostón.
[Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
16 Multiplicaste tus mercaderes más que las estrellas del cielo. Los pulgones se despliegan y vuelan.
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 jefes son como enjambres de langostas que se pegan en muros de piedra en día frío. Al salir el sol vuelan, y nadie sabe de dónde vienen.
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 ¡Oh rey de Asiria, tus pastores se durmieron! Reposaron tus valientes, tu tropa está dispersa por las montañas y no hay quien la mueva a reunión.
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 cura para tu quebranto. Tu llaga es incurable. Todos los que oigan tu fama batirán manos con respecto a ti, pues ¿sobre quién no pasó de continuo tu maldad?
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.”
