Nahum 2
1 Det drar op mot dig en som vil sprede dig til alle kanter; vokt festningen, sku ut på veien, styrk dine lender, samle all din kraft!
It is all over with him, he has been removed, [one] who has been delivered from affliction has come up panting into your presence, watch the way, strengthen [your] loins, be very valiant in [your] strength.
2 For Herren fører Jakobs høihet tilbake likesom Israels høihet, for ransmenn har plyndret dem og ødelagt deres vintrær.
For the Lord has turned aside the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: for they have utterly rejected them, and have destroyed their branches.
3 Hans kjempers skjold er rødfarvede, stridsmennene er klædd i skarlagen, vognene i luende stål på den dag han stiller dem op, og spydene svinges.
[They have destroyed] the arms of their power from amongst men, their mighty men sporting with fire: the reins of their chariots [shall be destroyed] in the day of his preparation, and the horsemen shall be thrown into confusion
4 På gatene raser vognene avsted, de styrter frem over torvene; de er som bluss å se til, som lyn farer de frem.
in the ways, and the chariots shall clash together, and shall be entangled in each other in the broad ways: their appearance is as lamps of fire, and as gleaming lightnings.
5 Han kommer i hu sine gjæve menn; de snubler under sin gang, de haster avsted til bymuren, men skjoldtaket er reist.
And their mighty men shall bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their defences.
6 Portene ut mot elvene blir åpnet, og palasset forgår av angst.
The gates of the cities have been opened, and the palaces have fallen into ruin,
7 Og det står fast: Hun blir avklædd, ført bort, og hennes piker kurrer som duer og slår sig for sitt bryst.
and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maidservants were led [away] as doves moaning in their hearts.
8 Og Ninive er som en dam full av vann like fra de dager det blev til. Men nu flyr de. Stans, stans! Men ingen vender sig om.
And [as for] Nineve, her waters [shall be] as a pool of water: and they fled, and staid not, and there was none to look back.
9 Røv sølv, røv gull! For det er ingen ende på skattene, en overflod av allehånde kostelige ting!
They plundered the silver, they plundered the gold, and there was no end of their adorning; they were loaded [with it] upon all their pleasant vessels.
10 Tomt, tømt, uttømt! - forferdede hjerter og vaklende knær og verk i alle lender, og alles ansikter er blussende røde.
[There is] thrusting forth, and shaking, and tumult, and heart-breaking, and loosing of knees, and pangs on all loins; and the faces of all [are] as the blackening of a pot.
11 Hvor er nu løvenes bolig, det sted hvor de unge løver fortærte sitt rov, hvor løven og løvinnen ferdedes og løveungen, og det var ingen som skremte dem?
Where is the dwelling-place of the lions, and the pasture that belonged to the whelps? where did the lion go, that the lion's whelp should enter in there, and there was none to scare [him] away?
12 Hvor er løven, som røvet til dens unger hadde nok, og myrdet for sine løvinner og fylte sine huler med rov og sine boliger med det den hadde sønderrevet?
The lion seized enough prey for his whelps, and strangled for his [young] lions, and filled his lair with prey, and his dwelling-place with spoil.
13 Se, jeg kommer over dig, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og jeg vil brenne dine vogner så de går op i røk, og dine unge løver skal sverdet fortære; og jeg vil utrydde ditt rov av jorden, og dine sendebuds røst skal ikke mere høres.
Behold, I am against you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will burn up your multitude in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your lions; and I will utterly destroy your prey from off the land, and your deeds shall no more at all be heard of.
