Nahum 2
1 Subió destruidor contra ti; guarda la fortaleza, mira el camino, fortifica los lomos, fortalece mucho la fuerza.
He ascends, who would scatter before your eyes, who would maintain the blockade. Contemplate the way, fortify your back, reinforce virtue greatly.
2 Porque el SEÑOR restituirá la gloria de Jacob como la gloria de Israel; porque vaciadores los vaciaron, y estropearon sus mugrones.
For the Lord has repaid the arrogance of Jacob, just like the arrogance of Israel. For the despoilers have scattered them, and they have corrupted their procreation.
3 El escudo de sus valientes será bermejo, los varones de su ejército vestidos de grana; el carro como fuego de antorchas; el día que se aparejará, temblarán las hayas.
The shield of his strong ones is fire, the men of war are in scarlet. The reins of the chariot are fiery in the day of his preparation, and the drivers have been drugged.
4 Los carros harán locuras en las plazas, discurrirán por las calles; sus rostros como antorchas; correrán como relámpagos.
They have become confused on their journey. The four-horse chariots have collided in the streets. Their appearance is like torches, like lightning dashing around.
5 El se acordará de sus valientes; andando tropezarán cuando se apresurarán a su muro, y la cubierta se aparejare.
He will call to mind his strong ones; they will destroy along their journey. They will quickly ascend its walls, and a shelter will be prepared.
6 Las puertas de los ríos se abrirán, y el palacio será destruido.
The gates of the rivers have been opened, and the temple has been pulled down to the ground.
7 Y la reina será cautiva; le mandarán que suba, y sus criadas la llevarán, gimiendo como palomas, batiendo sus pechos.
And the foot soldier has been led away captive, and her handmaids were driven away, mourning like doves, murmuring in their hearts.
8 Y fue Nínive de tiempo antiguo como estanque de aguas; mas ellos ahora huyen. Parad, parad gritarán; y ninguno mira atrás.
And Nineveh, her waters are like a fish pond. Yet truly, they have fled away: “Stand, stand!” But there is no one who will turn back.
9 Saquead plata, saquead oro; no hay fin de las riquezas; honra, más que todo ajuar de codicia.
Despoil the silver, despoil the gold. And there is no end to all the riches of desirable equipment.
10 Vacía, y agotada, y despedazada está, y el corazón derretido; batimiento de rodillas, y dolor en los riñones, y los rostros de todos tomarán negrura.
She has been scattered, and cut, and torn apart. And the heart melts, and the knees buckle, and weakness is in every temperament. And the faces of them all are like a black kettle.
11 ¿Qué es de la morada de los leones, y de la majada de los cachorros de los leones, donde se recogía el león, y la leona, y los cachorros del león, y no había quien les pusiese miedo?
Where is the dwelling place of the lions, and the feeding ground of the young lions, to which the lion went, so as to open a way for the young lion, and so that there would be none to make them afraid?
12 El león arrebataba en abundancia para sus cachorros, y ahogaba para sus leonas, y henchía de presa sus cavernas, y de robo sus moradas.
The lion seized enough for his young, and killed enough for his lionesses, and he filled his caves with prey, and his den with spoils.
13 He aquí, Yo hablo a ti, dice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos. Encenderé y reduciré a humo tus carros, y espada devorará tus leoncillos; y raeré de la tierra tu robo, y nunca más se oirá voz de tus embajadores.
Behold, I will come to you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will burn your chariots even to smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. And I will exterminate your prey from the land, and the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard.
