Nahum 3

1Sa aba ng mabagsik na bayan! siya'y puspos na lubos ng kabulaanan at mga agaw; ang panghuhuli ay hindi tumitigil. 2Ang higing ng panghagupit, at ang hugong ng pihit ng mga gulong, at ng mga madambang kabayo, at ng lukso ng mga karo, 3Ang 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; 4Dahil 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. 5Narito, 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. 6At aking ihahagis sa iyo ang kasuklamsuklam na karumihan, at gagawin kitang hamak, at ilalagay kitang pinakakutya. 7At 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? 8Ikaw 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? 9Etiopia at Egipto ang kaniyang mga naging katibayan, at walang hanggan; Phut at Lubim ang iyong mga naging katulong. 10Gayon 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. 11Ikaw naman ay malalango; ikaw ay matatago; ikaw rin naman ay hahanap ng katibayan dahil sa kaaway. 12Lahat ng iyong kuta ay magiging parang puno ng igos, na may unang hinog na mga igos: kung mga ugugin, nangalalaglag sa bibig ng kumakain. 13Narito, 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. 14Umigib 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. 15Doon ka sasakmalin ng apoy; ihihiwalay ka ng tabak; sasakmalin kang parang uod: magpakarami kang gaya ng uod: magpakarami kang gaya ng balang. 16Iyong pinarami ang iyong mga mangangalakal kay sa mga bituin sa langit: ang uod ay sumasamsam, at lumilipad. 17Ang 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. 18Ang 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. 19Walang 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?

1Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn’t depart. 2The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots, 3the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies, 4because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft. 5“Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame. 6I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle. 7It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?” 8Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea? 9Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers. 10Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy. 12All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. 13Behold, your troops in your midst are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars. 14Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong. 15There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust. 16You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away. 17Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. 18Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them. 19There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn’t felt your endless cruelty?

1Wee der bloedstad, die gans vol leugen, en verscheuring is! de roof houdt niet op. 2Er is het geklap der zweep, en het geluid van het bulderen der raderen; en de paarden stampen, en de wagens springen op. 3De ruiter steekt omhoog, zo het vlammende zwaard, als de bliksemende spies, en er zal veelheid der verslagenen zijn, en een zware menigte der dode lichamen; ja, er zal geen einde zijn der lichamen, men zal over hun lichamen struikelen; 4Om der grote hoererijen wil der zeer bevallige hoer, der meesteres der toverijen, die met haar hoererijen volken verkocht heeft, en geslachten met haar toverijen. 5Ziet, Ik wil aan u, spreekt de HEERE der heirscharen, en Ik zal uw zomen ontdekken boven uw aangezicht, en Ik zal den heidenen uw naaktheid, en den koninkrijken uw schande wijzen. 6En Ik zal verfoeilijke dingen op u werpen, en u tot schande maken, en Ik zal u als een spiegel stellen. 7En het zal geschieden, dat allen, die u zien, van u wegvlieden zullen en zeggen: Nineve is verstoord, wie zal medelijden met haar hebben? Van waar zal ik u troosters zoeken? 8Zijt gij beter dan No, de volkrijke, gelegen in de rivieren? die rondom henen water heeft, welker voormuur de zee is, haar muur is van zee. 9Morenland en Egypte waren haar macht, en er was geen einde; Put en Lybea waren tot uw hulp. 10Nog is zij gevankelijk gegaan in de gevangenis; ook zijn haar kinderen op het hoofd van alle straten verpletterd geworden; en over haar geeerden hebben zij het lot geworpen, en al haar groten zijn in boeien gebonden geworden. 11Ook zult gij dronken worden, gij zult u verbergen; ook zult gij een sterkte zoeken vanwege den vijand. 12Al uw vastigheden zijn vijgebomen met de eerste vruchten; indien zij geschud worden, zo vallen zij dien op den mond, die ze eten wil. 13Ziet, uw volk zal in het midden van u tot vrouwen worden; de poorten uws lands zullen uw vijanden wijd geopend worden; het vuur zal uw grendelen verteren. 14Schep u water ter belegering; versterk uw vastigheden; ga in de klei, en treed in het leem; verbeter den ticheloven. 15Het vuur zal u aldaar verteren; het zwaard zal u uitroeien, het zal u afeten, als de kevers, vermeerder u als sprinkhanen. 16Gij hebt meer handelaars, dan er sterren aan den hemel zijn; de kevers zullen invallen, en er van vliegen. 17Uw gekroonden zijn als de sprinkhanen, en uw krijgsoversten als de grote kevers, die zich in de heiningmuren legeren in de koude der dagen; wanneer de zon opgaat, zo vliegen zij weg, alzo dat hun plaats onbekend is, waar zij geweest zijn. 18Uw herders zullen sluimeren, o koning van Assur! uw voortreffelijken zullen zich leggen, uw volk zal zich op de bergen wijd uitbreiden, en niemand zal ze verzamelen. 19Er is geen samentrekking voor uw breuk, uw plage is smartelijk; allen, die het gerucht van u horen, zullen de handen over u klappen; want over wien is uw boosheid niet geduriglijk gegaan?