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Nahúm 2
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Nahúm 2
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Caída de Nínive
2 [a]Nínive, tu enemigo viene para aplastarte.
¡A las murallas! ¡Vigila los caminos!
¡Prepara tus defensas! ¡Reúne a tus fuerzas armadas!
2 Aunque el destructor arrasó con Judá,
el Señor restaurará su honor.
A la vid de Israel le arrancaron las ramas,
pero él restaurará su esplendor.
3 ¡Los escudos resplandecen rojizos a la luz del sol!
¡Miren los uniformes escarlatas de las valientes tropas!
Observen a los deslumbrantes carros de guerra tomar posiciones;
sobre ellos se agita un bosque de lanzas.[b]
4 Los carros de guerra corren con imprudencia por las calles
y salvajemente por las plazas;
destellan como antorchas
y se mueven tan veloces como relámpagos.
5 El rey grita a sus oficiales
y ellos tropiezan en su apuro
por correr hacia los muros para levantar las defensas.
6 ¡Las compuertas del río se abrieron con violencia!
¡El palacio está a punto de desplomarse!
7 Se decretó el destierro de Nínive
y todas las sirvientas lloran su conquista.
Gimen como palomas
y se golpean el pecho en señal de aflicción.
8 ¡Nínive es como una represa agrietada
que deja escapar a su gente!
«¡Deténganse, deténganse!», grita alguien,
pero nadie siquiera mira hacia atrás.
9 ¡Roben la plata!
¡Saqueen el oro!
Los tesoros de Nínive no tienen fin;
su riqueza es incalculable.
10 Pronto la ciudad es saqueada; queda vacía y en ruinas.
Los corazones se derriten y tiemblan las rodillas.
La gente queda horrorizada,
con la cara pálida, temblando de miedo.
11 ¿Dónde está ahora la magnífica Nínive,
esa guarida repleta de cachorros de león?
Era un lugar donde la gente—como leones con sus cachorros—
caminaba libremente y sin temor.
12 El león despedazaba carne para sus cachorros
y estrangulaba presas para su leona.
Llenaba la guarida de presas
y sus cavernas con su botín.
13 «¡Yo soy tu enemigo!
—dice el Señor de los Ejércitos Celestiales—.
Tus carros de guerra serán quemados;
tus jóvenes[c] morirán en la batalla.
Nunca más saquearás las naciones conquistadas.
No volverán a oírse las voces de tus orgullosos mensajeros».
Nachum 2
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Nachum 2
Orthodox Jewish Bible
2 (2:2) A shatterer [Nineveh’s overpowering enemy] is come up before thy face, [O Nineveh]; guard thy fortress, watch the derech, fortify thy loins, marshal all thy koach (power).
2 (2:3) For Hashem is about to restore the eminence of Ya’akov, like the eminence of Yisroel; for plunderers have plundered them, and made their vine branches as shachat.
3 (2:4) The mogen (shield) of his gibborim is made red, the anshei chayil (valiant men) are in scarlet; the chariot shall flash like fire in the day of its array, and the spears shall be brandished.
4 (2:5) The chariot shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the rechovot, they shall seem like flaming torches, they shall dart about like the lightnings.
5 (2:6) He [the Assyrian king] shall remember his mighty ones; they stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the chomah (wall) of it [Nineveh], and the defense shall be prepared.
6 (2:7) The sha’arei haneharot (the gates of the rivers) shall be thrown open, and the heikhal (palace) reels.
7 (2:8) Her [Nineveh’s] golus (exile) is decreed, she shall be carried away, her slave girls moaning like the kol yonim (voice of doves), beating their breasts.
8 (2:9) But Nineveh is like a pool of mayim; and her mayim is draining away. Stop, stop, shall they cry; but no one turns back.
9 (2:10) Take ye the plunder of kesef, take the plunder of zahav; for there is no end of the treasures, heaps of kol keli chemdah (every delightful vessel).
10 (2:11) She is empty, and void, and stripped; and the lev melteth, and the knees give way, bodies tremble, and the faces of them all grow pale.
11 (2:12) Where is the ma’on arayot (den of lions), and the feeding place of the young lions, where the aryeh, even the lioness, walked with their cubs, and none made them afraid?
12 (2:13) The aryeh did tear in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his lairs with prey, and his dens with torn flesh.
13 (2:14) Hineni, I am against thee [O Nineveh], saith Hashem Tzva’os, and I will burn your chariots in the smoke, and the cherev shall devour thy young lions; and I will cut off thy prey from ha’aretz, and the voice of thy malachim (messengers) shall no more be heard.
Nahum 2
New International Version
Nahum 2
New International Version
Nineveh to Fall
2 [a]An attacker(A) advances against you, Nineveh.
Guard the fortress,
watch the road,
brace yourselves,
marshal all your strength!
2 The Lord will restore(B) the splendor(C) of Jacob
like the splendor of Israel,
though destroyers have laid them waste
and have ruined their vines.
3 The shields of the soldiers are red;
the warriors are clad in scarlet.(D)
The metal on the chariots flashes
on the day they are made ready;
the spears of juniper are brandished.[b]
4 The chariots(E) storm through the streets,
rushing back and forth through the squares.
They look like flaming torches;
they dart about like lightning.
5 Nineveh summons her picked troops,
yet they stumble(F) on their way.
They dash to the city wall;
the protective shield is put in place.
6 The river gates(G) are thrown open
and the palace collapses.
7 It is decreed[c] that Nineveh
be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan(H) like doves
and beat on their breasts.(I)
8 Nineveh is like a pool
whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
9 Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
The supply is endless,
the wealth from all its treasures!
10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
Hearts melt,(J) knees give way,
bodies tremble, every face grows pale.(K)
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