Nahum 3

1 Sa aba ng mabagsik na bayan! siya'y puspos na lubos ng kabulaanan at mga agaw; ang panghuhuli ay hindi tumitigil.

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 Ang higing ng panghagupit, at ang hugong ng pihit ng mga gulong, at ng mga madambang kabayo, at ng lukso ng mga karo,

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 Ang sakay ng mga mangangabayo, at ang kinang ng tabak; at ang kislap ng sibat, at isang karamihan na patay, ay malaking bunton ng mga bangkay, at walang katapusang mga bangkay; sila'y nangatitisod sa kanilang mga bangkay;

[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 Dahil sa karamihan ng pagpapatutot ng minagandang patutot, na panguna ng pangeenkanto, na nagbibili ng mga bansa sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang pagpapatutot, at ng mga angkan sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang mga pangeenkanto.

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 Narito, ako'y laban sa iyo, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, at aking ilililis ang iyong laylayan sa harap mo; at aking ipakikita sa mga bansa ang iyong kahubaran, at sa mga kaharian ang iyong kahihiyan.

[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 At aking ihahagis sa iyo ang kasuklamsuklam na karumihan, at gagawin kitang hamak, at ilalagay kitang pinakakutya.

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 At mangyayari, na ang lahat na mangakakakita sa iyo, ay iilag sa iyo, at mangagsasabi, Ang Ninive ay nahahandusay na sira: sinong mananaghoy sa kaniya? saan ako hahanap ng mga mangaaliw sa iyo?

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 Ikaw baga'y mabuti pa sa Noamon, na natatayo sa gitna ng mga ilog, na may tubig sa palibot niya; na ang katibaya'y ang dagat, at ang kaniyang kuta ay nasa dagat?

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 Etiopia at Egipto ang kaniyang mga naging katibayan, at walang hanggan; Phut at Lubim ang iyong mga naging katulong.

[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 Gayon ma'y siya'y nadala, siya'y pumasok sa pagkabihag; ang kaniyang mga anak naman ay pinagputolputol sa dulo ng lahat ng mga lansangan; at pinagsapalaran ang kaniyang mga marangal na tao, at ang lahat niyang mahal na tao ay nangasabiran ng mga tanikala.

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 Ikaw naman ay malalango; ikaw ay matatago; ikaw rin naman ay hahanap ng katibayan dahil sa kaaway.

You [people of Nineveh] will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide [to escape] from your enemies.

12 Lahat ng iyong kuta ay magiging parang puno ng igos, na may unang hinog na mga igos: kung mga ugugin, nangalalaglag sa bibig ng kumakain.

[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 Narito, ang iyong mga tao sa gitna mo ay mga babae; ang mga pintuang-bayan ng iyong lupain ay nangabubukas ng maluwang sa iyong mga kaaway: nilamon ng apoy ang iyong mga halang.

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 Umigib ka ng tubig sa pagkakubkob; tibayan mo ang iyong mga katibayan; pumasok ka sa putikan, at yapakan mo ang argamasa, tibayan mo ang hurno ng 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 Doon ka sasakmalin ng apoy; ihihiwalay ka ng tabak; sasakmalin kang parang uod: magpakarami kang gaya ng uod: magpakarami kang gaya ng balang.

[Nevertheless, your enemies] will burn your [city]; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like [SIM] locusts [destroy crops].

16 Iyong pinarami ang iyong mga mangangalakal kay sa mga bituin sa langit: ang uod ay sumasamsam, at lumilipad.

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 Ang iyong mga prinsipe ay parang mga balang, at ang iyong mga pinuno ay parang kawan ng lukton, na nagsisihimpil sa mga bakod sa araw na malamig, nguni't pagka ang araw ay sumikat sila'y nagsisilipad, at ang kanilang dako ay hindi alam kung saan sila nangandoon.

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 Ang iyong mga pastor ay nangatutulog, Oh hari sa Asiria; ang iyong mga bayani ay nangagpapahinga; ang iyong bayan ay nangangalat sa mga bundok, at walang magpisan sa kanila.

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 Walang kagamutan sa iyong sakit: ang iyong sugat ay malubha: lahat na makabalita sa iyo ay nagsisipakpak ng kamay dahil sa iyo; sapagka't sinong hindi nadaanan ng iyong kasamaan?

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.”