Nahúm 3
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Descripción del fin de Nínive
3 ¡Ay de la ciudad sedienta de sangre,
repleta de mentira,
insaciable en su rapiña,
aferrada a la presa!
2 Se oye el chasquido de los látigos,
el estrépito de las ruedas,
el galopar de los caballos,
el chirrido de los carros,
3 la carga de la caballería,
el fulgor de las espadas,
el centellear de las lanzas,
la multitud de muertos,
los cuerpos amontonados,
los cadáveres por doquier,
en los que todos tropiezan.
4 ¡Y todo por las muchas prostituciones
de esa ramera de encantos zalameros,
de esa maestra de la seducción!
Engañó a los pueblos con sus fornicaciones,
y a los clanes con sus embrujos.
5 «¡Aquí estoy contra ti!
—afirma el Señor Todopoderoso—.
Te levantaré la falda hasta la cara,
para que las naciones vean tu desnudez,
y los reinos descubran tus vergüenzas.
6 Te cubriré de inmundicias,
te ultrajaré y te exhibiré en público.
7 Todos los que te vean huirán de ti,
y dirán: “¡Nínive ha sido devastada!
¿Quién hará duelo por ella?”
¿Dónde hallaré quien la consuele?»
Destrucción total de Nínive
8 ¿Acaso eres mejor que Tebas,[a]
ciudad rodeada de aguas,
asentada junto a las corrientes del Nilo,
que tiene al mar por terraplén
y a las aguas por muralla?
9 Cus y Egipto eran su fuerza ilimitada,
Fut y Libia eran sus aliados.
10 Con todo, Tebas marchó al exilio;
fue llevada al cautiverio.
A sus hijos los estrellaron
contra las esquinas de las calles.
Sobre sus nobles echaron suertes,
y encadenaron a su gente ilustre.
11 También tú, Nínive, te embriagarás,
y se embotarán tus sentidos.
También tú, por causa del enemigo,
tendrás que buscar refugio.
12 Todas tus fortalezas son higueras
cargadas de brevas maduras:
si las sacuden,
caen en la boca del que se las come.
13 Mira, al enfrentarse al enemigo
tus tropas se portan como mujeres.
Las puertas de tu país quedarán abiertas de par en par,
porque el fuego consumirá tus cerrojos.
Defensa inútil
14 Abastécete de agua para el asedio,
refuerza tus fortificaciones.
Métete al barro, pisa la mezcla
y moldea los ladrillos.
15 Porque allí mismo te consumirá el fuego
y te exterminará la espada;
¡como larva de langosta te devorará!
Multiplícate como larva,
reprodúcete como langosta.
16 Aumentaste tus mercaderes
más que las estrellas del cielo.[b]
17 Tus dignatarios son como langostas
y tus oficiales, como insectos
que en días fríos se posan sobre los muros,
pero que al salir el sol desaparecen,
y nadie sabe dónde hallarlos.
18 Rey de Asiria,
tus pastores están amodorrados,
¡tus tropas escogidas se echaron a dormir!
Tu pueblo anda disperso por los montes,
y no hay quien lo reúna.
19 Tu herida no tiene remedio;
tu llaga es incurable.
Todos los que sepan lo que te ha pasado
celebrarán tu desgracia.
Pues ¿quién no fue víctima
de tu constante maldad?
Nahum 3
New King James Version
The Woe of Nineveh
3 Woe to the (A)bloody city!
It is all full of lies and robbery.
Its [a]victim never departs.
2 The noise of a whip
And the noise of rattling wheels,
Of galloping horses,
Of [b]clattering chariots!
3 Horsemen charge with bright sword and glittering spear.
There is a multitude of slain,
A great number of bodies,
Countless corpses—
They stumble over the corpses—
4 Because of the multitude of [c]harlotries of the [d]seductive harlot,
(B)The mistress of sorceries,
Who sells nations through her harlotries,
And families through her sorceries.
5 “Behold, I am (C)against you,” says the Lord of hosts;
(D)“I will lift your skirts over your face,
I will show the nations your nakedness,
And the kingdoms your shame.
6 I will cast abominable filth upon you,
Make you (E)vile,[e]
And make you (F)a spectacle.
7 It shall come to pass that all who look upon you
(G)Will flee from you, and say,
(H)‘Nineveh is laid waste!
(I)Who will bemoan her?’
Where shall I seek comforters for you?”
8 (J)Are you better than (K)No[f] Amon
That was situated by the [g]River,
That had the waters around her,
Whose rampart was the sea,
Whose wall was the sea?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength,
And it was boundless;
(L)Put and Lubim were [h]your helpers.
10 Yet she was carried away,
She went into captivity;
(M)Her young children also were dashed to pieces
(N)At the head of every street;
They (O)cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound in chains.
11 You also will be (P)drunk;
You will be hidden;
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.
12 All your strongholds are (Q)fig trees with ripened figs:
If they are shaken,
They fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Surely, (R)your people in your midst are women!
The gates of your land are wide open for your enemies;
Fire shall devour the (S)bars of your gates.
14 Draw your water for the siege!
(T)Fortify your strongholds!
Go into the clay and tread the mortar!
Make strong the brick kiln!
15 There the fire will devour you,
The sword will cut you off;
It will eat you up like a (U)locust.
Make yourself many—like the locust!
Make yourself many—like the swarming locusts!
16 You have multiplied your (V)merchants more than the stars of heaven.
The locust plunders and flies away.
17 (W)Your commanders are like swarming locusts,
And your generals like great grasshoppers,
Which camp in the hedges on a cold day;
When the sun rises they flee away,
And the place where they are is not known.
18 (X)Your shepherds slumber, O (Y)king of Assyria;
Your nobles rest in the dust.
Your people are (Z)scattered on the mountains,
And no one gathers them.
19 Your injury has no healing,
(AA)Your wound is severe.
(AB)All who hear news of you
Will clap their hands over you,
For upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
Nahum 3
Evangelical Heritage Version
Woe to Nineveh
3 Woe to the city of bloodshed! She is full of lies. She is filled with plunder. She is never without victims.
2 The crack of a whip! The clatter of wheels! Galloping horses and bouncing chariots! 3 Horsemen charging! Glittering swords! Flashing spears! Many wounded! Piles of carcasses! There is no end to the corpses—so many that people stumble over them.
4 All this is because of the many promiscuous deeds of the prostitute, a beautiful and pleasing mistress of all kinds of sorcery,[a] who sells nations into slavery with her promiscuity and clans of people with her sorcery.
5 Beware! I am against you, declares the Lord of Armies. I will strip off your clothes! I will expose your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms. 6 I will pelt you with filth.[b] I will treat you with contempt. I will make you a public spectacle. 7 Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust and say, “Nineveh has been devastated! Who will express grief for her? Where can I find someone to comfort you?”
8 Are you better[c] than Thebes?[d] She was located on the banks of the Nile. The waters surrounded her. Her strength was the sea, and her walls were the water. 9 Cush and Egypt had limitless strength. Put and the Libyans were among her allies. 10 Yet even she went into exile. Even her infants were smashed to pieces on every street corner. They cast lots to win her dignitaries. All her great men were bound with chains.
11 You too will be drunk and will hide yourself. You too will seek refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortifications will be like fig trees with ripe fruit. If they are shaken, their figs will fall right into the mouth of the one who eats them. 13 Look! The troops among you are women in the face of your enemies.[e] The gates of your land will be wide open. Fire will consume the bars of your gates.
14 Draw water to prepare yourselves for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls!
15 There the fire will consume you. There the sword will cut you down. It will devour you as a swarm of grasshoppers would, even if you heap up your numbers like swarms of grasshoppers and locusts. 16 You have increased your merchants so that they are more than the stars of heaven! But they are like grasshoppers, which spread out and fly away. 17 Your courtiers are like locusts. Your field marshals are like swarming locusts! They camp in the walls on a cold day. Yet when the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where they are.
18 King of Assyria, your shepherds are drowsy! Your powerful men slumber! Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there are none left to gather together.[f]
19 There is no healing for your wound. Your injury is fatal! All who hear what has happened to you will clap their hands for joy, for no one ever escaped your endless cruelty!
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:4 Or witchcraft
- Nahum 3:6 The Hebrew word is usually a name for idols, so its use in the literal sense here is unusual.
- Nahum 3:8 Or more secure
- Nahum 3:8 Or No Amon, the Egyptian form of the name of the city
- Nahum 3:13 The last phrase may go with the next line.
- Nahum 3:18 Or there is no one to gather them back
Nahum 3
King James Version
3 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.
17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
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