Nahumu 2
1 Yule ambaye atakuharibu vipande vipande anakuja dhidi yako. Linda kuta za mji, linda barabara, jitieni nguvu ninyi wenyewe, yakusanyeni majeshi yenu.
He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!
2 Maana Yehova anarejesha fahari ya Yakobo, kama fahari ya Israeli, ingawa wateka nyara waliwaharibu na kuharibu matawi ya zabibu zao.
For the LORD restores the excellency of Jacob as the excellency of Israel, for the destroyers have destroyed them and ruined their vine branches.
3 Ngao za mashujaa wake ni nyekundu, na watu hodari wamevaa nguo nyekundu; magari ya vita yameandaliwa yanang'ara kwenye vyuma vyake wakati wa mchana, na mikuki ya mivinje inarushwa hewani.
The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.
4 Magari ya vita yapo kasi kwenye mitaa; yanakimbia mbele na nyuma katika mitaa. Yapo kama kurunzi, na yanakimbia kama radi.
The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.
5 Yule ambaye atakuvunja vipande vipande anawaita maafisa wake; wanajikwaa kila mmoja kwa mwingine katika kutembea kwao; wanaharakisha kuushambulia ukuta wa mji. Ngao kubwa imetayarishwa kujikinga na hawa washambuliaji.
He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
6 Malango kwenye mito yamelazishwa kufunguka, na jumba la mfalme linaanguka kwenye uharibifu.
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
7 Husabu amevuliwa mavazi yake na amachukuliwa; watumishi wake wa kike wanaomboleza kama njiwa, wanavipiga vifua vyao.
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
8 Ninawi ni kama bwawa la maji linalovuja, watu wake kwa pamoja wanakimbia kama maji yanayotiririka. Wengine wanasema, “Simama, simama,” lakini hakuna anayegeuka nyuma.
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.
9 Chukua nyara ya fedha, kuchua nyara ya dhahabu, maana hakuna mwisho wake, kwa fahari ya vitu vyote vizuri vya Ninawi.
Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
10 Ninawi ipo tupu na imeharibiwa. Moyo wa kila mtu unayeyuka, magoti ya kila mmoja yanagongana pamoja, na uchungu upo kwa kila mmoja; sura zao wote zimepauka.
She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.
11 Sasa liko wapi pango la simba, sehemu ambapo simba wadogo hula chakula, sehemu ambapo simba dume na simba jike walitembea, pamoja wana-simba, ambapo hawakuogopa kitu chochote?
Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked with the lion’s cubs, and no one made them afraid?
12 Simba alirarua mawindo yake vipande vipande kwa ajili ya watoto wake; aliwanyonga mawindo wake kwa ajili ya wake zake, na kulijaza pango lake mawindo, makao yake kwa mizoga iliyoraruliwa.
The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled prey for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill and his dens with prey.
13 “Tazama, mimi nipo kinyume na wewe- hili ni neno la Yehova wa majeshi. Nitayachoma magari yenu ya vita katika moshi, na upanga utateketeza simba wenu vijana. Nitazuia nyara zenu kutoka kwenye nchi yangu, na sauti za wajumbe wenu hazitasikika tena.”
“Behold, I am against you,” says the LORD of Armies, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
