Nahum 3
1 ¡Ay de la ciudad de sangres! toda llena de mentira y de rapiña, no se aparta de ella robo.
Woe to the city full of blood! It is all full of lies and stolen property; victims are always in her.
2 Sonido de azote, y estruendo de movimiento de ruedas, y caballo atropellador, y carro saltador se oirá en ti.
But now there is the noise of whips and the sound of rattling wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots.
3 Caballero enhiesto, y resplandor de espada, y resplandor de lanza; y multitud de muertos, y multitud de cuerpos; y en sus cuerpos no habrá fin, y en sus cuerpos tropezarán.
There are attacking horsemen, flashing swords, glittering spears, heaps of corpses, great piles of bodies. There is no end to the bodies; their attackers stumble over them.
4 Por la multitud de las fornicaciones de la ramera de hermosa gracia, maestra de hechizos, que vende las naciones con sus fornicaciones, y los pueblos con sus hechizos.
This is happening because of the lustful actions of the beautiful prostitute, the expert in witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and peoples through her acts of witchcraft.
5 He aquí yo a ti, dijo Jehová de los ejércitos, que yo descubriré tus faldas en tu haz, y mostraré a las naciones tu desnudez, y a los reinos tu vergüenza.
“See, I am against you—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—I will raise up your skirt over your face and show your private parts to the nations, your shame to the kingdoms.
6 Y echaré sobre ti suciedades, y avergonzarte he; y ponerte he como estiércol.
I will throw disgusting filth on you and make you vile; I will make you someone that everyone will look at.
7 Y será que todos los que te vieren, se apartarán de ti, y dirán: Nínive es asolada, ¿quién se compadecerá de ella? ¿Dónde te buscaré consoladores?
It will come about that everyone who looks at you will flee from you and say, 'Nineveh is destroyed; who will weep for her?' Where can I find anyone to comfort you?”
8 ¿Eres tú mejor que No la populosa, que está asentada entre ríos, cercada de aguas, su baluarte es la mar: de mar es su muralla?
Nineveh, are you better than Thebes, that was built on the Nile River, that had water around her, whose defense was the ocean, whose wall was the sea itself?
9 Etiopía su fortaleza, y Egipto sin término: Africa y Libia fueron en tu ayuda.
Cush and Egypt were her strength, and there was no end to it; Put and Libya were allies to her.
10 También ella fue en cautividad, en cautividad: también sus chiquitos fueron estrellados por las encrucijadas de todas las calles; y sobre sus honrados echaron suertes, y todos sus nobles fueron aprisionados con grillos.
Yet Thebes was carried away; she went into captivity; her young children were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; her enemies threw lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
11 Tú también serás emborrachada, serás encerrada: tú también buscarás fortaleza a causa del enemigo.
You also will become drunk; you will try to hide, and you will also look for a refuge from your enemy.
12 Todas tus fortalezas son como higos y brevas: que si las remecen, caen en la boca del que las ha de comer.
All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the earliest ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 He aquí que tu pueblo será como mujeres en medio de ti: las puertas de tu tierra abriendo se abrirán a tus enemigos, fuego consumirá tus barras.
See, the people among you are women; the gates of your land have been opened wide to your enemies; fire has devoured their bars.
14 Provéete de agua para el cerco, fortifica tus fortalezas, entra en el lodo, pisa el barro, fortifica el horno.
Go draw water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses; go into the clay and tread the mortar; pick up the molds for the bricks.
15 Allí te consumirá el fuego, te talará la espada, tragará como pulgón: multiplícate como pulgón, multiplícate como langosta.
Fire will devour you there, and the sword will destroy you. It will devour you as young locusts devour everything. Make yourselves as many as the young locusts, as many as the full-grown locusts.
16 Multiplicaste tus mercaderes más que las estrellas del cielo: el pulgón hizo presa, y voló.
You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars in the heavens; but they are like young locusts: they plunder the land and then fly away.
17 Tus príncipes serán como langostas, y tus grandes como langostas de langostas que se asientan en vallados en día de frío: salido el sol se mudan, y no se conoce el lugar donde estuvieron.
Your princes are as many as the full-grown locusts, and your generals are like swarms of them that camp in the walls on a cold day. But when the sun rises they fly away to no one knows where.
18 Durmieron tus pastores, o! rey de Asiria reposaron tus valientes: tu pueblo se derramó por los montes, y no hay quien le junte.
King of Assyria, your shepherds are asleep; your rulers are lying down resting. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
19 No hay cura para tu quebradura: tu herida se encrudeció: todos los que oyeren tu fama, batirán las manos sobre ti; porque, ¿sobre quién no pasó continuamente tu malicia?
No healing is possible for your wounds. Your wounds are severe. Everyone who hears the news about you will clap their hands in joy over you. Who has escaped your constant wickedness?
