Nahum 2

1Siyang bumabasag ay sumampa sa harapan mo: ingatan mo ang katibayan, bantayan mo ang daan, palakasin mo ang iyong mga balakang, patibayin mo ang iyong kapangyarihan na mainam, 2Sapagka't ibinabalik ng Panginoon ang karilagan ng Jacob na gaya ng karilagan ng Israel: sapagka't ang mga tagatuyo ay nagsituyo sa kanila, at sinira ang mga sanga ng kanilang mga puno ng ubas. 3Ang kalasag ng kaniyang mga makapangyarihang lalake ay pumula, ang matapang na lalake ay nakapanamit ng matingkad na pula: ang mga karo ay nagsisikislap ng patalim sa kaarawan ng kaniyang paghahanda, at ang mga sibat na abeto ay nagsisigalaw ng kakilakilabot. 4Ang mga karo ay nagsisihagibis sa mga lansangan; nangagkakabanggang isa't isa sa mga daan: ang anyo ng mga yaon ay gaya ng mga sulo; nagsisitakbong parang mga kidlat. 5Naaalaala niya ang kaniyang mga bayani: sila'y nangatitisod sa kanilang paglakad; sila'y nangagmamadali sa kuta niyaon, at ang panakip ay handa. 6Ang mga pintuan ng mga ilog ay bukas, at ang palacio ay nalansag. 7At si Huzab ay nahubdan; siya'y dinala; at ang kaniyang mga alilang babae ay nananaghoy na parang huni ng mga kalapati, na nagsisidagok sa kanilang mga dibdib. 8Datapuwa't ang Ninive mula nang una ay naging parang lawa ng tubig: gayon ma'y nagsisitakas. Tigil kayo, tigil kayo, isinisigaw nila; nguni't walang lumilingon. 9Kunin ninyo ang samsam na pilak, kunin ninyo ang samsam na ginto; sapagka't walang katapusang kayamanan, na kaluwalhatian sa lahat ng maligayang kasangkapan. 10Siya'y tuyo, at walang laman, at wasak; at ang puso ay natutunaw, at ang mga tuhod ay nagkakaumpugan, at ang pagdaramdam ay nasa lahat ng mga balakang, at ang mga mukha nilang lahat ay nangamumutla. 11Saan nandoon ang yungib ng mga leon, at ang dakong sabsaban ng mga batang leon, na nililibutan ng leon at ng babaeng leon, ng batang leon, at walang tumatakot sa kanila? 12Ang leon ay kumakatay ng sagana para sa kaniyang mga anak, at lumalapa para sa kaniyang mga babaeng leon, at pinupuno ng huli ang kaniyang mga cueba, at ng tangay ang kaniyang mga yungib. 13Narito, ako'y laban sa iyo, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, at aking susunugin ang kaniyang mga karo sa usok, at lalamunin ng tabak ang iyong mga batang leon; at aking ihihiwalay ang iyong huli sa lupa, at ang tinig ng iyong mga sugo ay hindi na maririnig.

1He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily! 2For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches. 3The 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. 4The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the broad ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings. 5He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place. 6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved. 7It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts. 8But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back. 9Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture. 10She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale. 11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion’s cubs, and no one made them afraid? 12The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey. 13“Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh 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.”

1De verstrooier trekt tegen uw aangezicht op, bewaar de vesting; bezichtig den weg; sterk de lenden, versterk de kracht zeer. 2Want de HEERE heeft de hovaardij Jakobs afgewend, gelijk de hovaardij Israels; want de ledigmakers hebben ze ledig gemaakt, en zij hebben hun wijnranken verdorven. 3De schilden zijner helden zijn rood gemaakt, de kloeke mannen zijn scharlakenvervig; de wagens zijn in het vuur der fakkelen, ten dage als hij zich bereidt; en de spiesen worden geschud. 4De wagens razen door de wijken, zij lopen ginds en weder op de straten; hun gedaanten zijn als der fakkelen, zij lopen door elkander henen als de bliksemen. 5Hij zal aan zijn voortreffelijken gedenken, doch zij zullen struikelen in hun tochten; zij zullen haasten naar hun muur, als het beschutsel vaardig zal wezen. 6De poorten der rivieren zullen geopend worden, en het paleis zal versmelten. 7En Huzab zal gevankelijk weggevoerd worden, men zal haar heten voortgaan; en haar maagden zullen haar geleiden, als met een stem der duiven, trommelende op haar harten. 8Nineve is wel als een watervijver, van de dagen af dat zij geweest is, doch zij zullen vluchten. Staat, staat! zal men roepen, maar niemand zal omzien. 9Rooft zilver, rooft goud, want er is geen einde des voorraads, der heerlijkheid van allerlei gewenste vaten. 10Zij is geledigd, ja, uitgeledigd, uitgeput, en haar hart versmelt, en de knieen schudden, en in al de lenden is smart, en hun aller aangezichten betrekken, als een pot. 11Waar is nu de woning der leeuwen, en die weide der jonge leeuwen? Alwaar de leeuw, de oude leeuw, en het leeuwenwelp wandelde, en er was niemand, die hen verschrikte. 12De leeuw, die genoeg roofde voor zijn welpen, en worgde voor zijn oude leeuwinnen, die zijn holen vervulde met roof, en zijn woningen met het geroofde. 13Ziet, Ik wil aan u, spreekt de HEERE der heirscharen, en Ik zal haar wagenen in rook verbranden, en het zwaard zal uw jonge leeuwen verteren, en Ik zal uw roof uitroeien van de aarde, en de stem uwer gezanten zal niet meer gehoord worden.