Nahum 3
1 Ay! De ti ciudad sanguinaria; está llena de engaños y actos violentos; y no hay fin a tu 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 chasquido del látigo y el estruendo de las ruedas; caballos galopando y carruajes de guerra saltando,
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 Jinetes avanzando, y la espada brillante y resplandor de la lanza; y un gran número de heridos, y multitud de cadáveres; tropezaran sobre los cuerpos de 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 Debido a todas las prostituciones de la ramera, llena de gracia y hermosura y sabia en hechicerías, que toma a las naciones y a las familias en la red de prostituciones y hechizos.
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 Mira, estoy en tu contra, dice el Señor de los ejércitos, y tendré tus faldas sobre tu rostro, y dejaré que las naciones te vean sin ropa, y 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 Te haré completamente asquerosa y llena de vergüenza, y te pondré para que todos te vean.
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 Y sucederá que todos los que te ven huirán de ti y dirán: Nínive está destruida: ¿quién llorará por ella? ¿Dónde voy a conseguir consoladores para ella?
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 mejor que No-amón, sentado en las corrientes del Nilo, con aguas a su alrededor; ¿De quién era el mar su trinchera y el mar su muralla?
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 era su fortaleza y Egipto, no tenía límite; Fut y Libios fueron sus aliados.
[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 incluso a ella se la llevaron, ella se fue como prisionera; incluso sus hijos pequeños son destrozados en todas las esquinas de las calles; el destino de sus hombres honorables se decide por suertes sobre ellos, y todos sus grandes hombres son 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 Y serás vencida por el vino, te esconderas; estarás buscando refugio de tu 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 Todos tus lugares amurallados serán como higueras y a tu gente como los primeros higos, cayendo con un temblor en la boca que está abierta para ellos.
[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 Tu ejército parece formado de mujeres a tu enemigo; las puertas de tu tierra están abiertas para tus atacantes: las cerraduras de tus puertas se han quemado en el fuego.
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 Prepara agua para el momento en que estés rodeado, restaura tus fortalezas; mezcla el barro con los pies, restaura el molde 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 consumirá; serás cortado por la espada; multiplícate como los chapulines, multiplícate como los saltamontes.
[Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].
16 Que tus comerciantes se incrementen más que las estrellas del cielo.
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 oficiales son como saltamontes, y tus escribas como las nubes de insectos que se cubren en las paredes en un día frío, pero cuando sale el sol salen volando y ya 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 ¡Ay! ¡Cómo duermen los guardianes de tu rebaño, oh rey de Asiria! tus hombres fuertes están en reposo; tu pueblo se dispersó por las montañas y no hay nadie para juntarlos.
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 Tu dolor no se puede mejorar; estás herido de muerte; todos los que escuchen las noticias sobre ti aplaudirán sus manos con alegría sobre ti; porque ¿quién no ha sufrido el peso de tu maldad una y otra vez?
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.”
