Nahúm 3
Dios Habla Hoy
3 ¡Ay de ti, ciudad sanguinaria,
llena de mentira y violencia;
tu rapiña no tiene fin!
2 ¡Chasquido de látigo,
estruendo de ruedas!
¡Galopar de caballos,
carros que saltan!
3 ¡Carga de caballería!
¡Brillo de espada,
resplandor de lanza!
¡Miles de heridos,
montones de muertos!
¡Cadáveres sin fin!
¡La gente tropieza con ellos!
4 Y todo por culpa de las prostituciones
de esa ramera llena de gracia y hermosura,
maestra en brujerías,
que con sus prostituciones y hechizos
embaucaba a pueblos y naciones.
5 El Señor todopoderoso afirma:
«Aquí estoy contra ti:
te voy a levantar el vestido hasta la cara,
para que las naciones te vean desnuda
y los reinos vean tu vergüenza.
6 Y echaré suciedad sobre ti;
te cubriré de deshonra y haré de ti un espectáculo.
7 Todos los que te vean
huirán de ti diciendo:
“¡Nínive está destruida!
¿Quién le tendrá compasión?
¿Dónde hallar quien la consuele?”
8 ¿Acaso eres tú mejor que Tebas,
la ciudad junto al río Nilo,
rodeada de muchas aguas,
con el río por barrera y el agua por muralla?
9 Etiopía y Egipto eran su fortaleza sin límite;
los de Fut, los libios, eran sus aliados.
10 Sin embargo, Tebas fue llevada al destierro;
sus niños fueron estrellados
en las esquinas de las calles;
sobre sus nobles echaron suertes
y sus caudillos fueron encadenados.
11 También a ti te van a emborrachar;
aturdida, te esconderás
buscando refugio de tu enemigo.
12 Todas tus fortalezas son como higueras
cargadas de higos tiernos,
que caen, si la sacuden,
en la boca de quien los come.
13 Tu ejército parece formado de mujeres;
las puertas del país
están abiertas para el enemigo;
el fuego ha destruido tus cerrojos.
14 Prepara agua, para que puedas resistir el sitio;
refuerza tus defensas.
Métete en el lodo,
pisa el barro,
toma el molde de tus ladrillos.
15 Allí te consumirá el fuego,
y la espada, como langosta,
te exterminará por completo.
¡Multiplícate como las langostas!
¡Multiplícate como los saltamontes!
16 Tus comerciantes se hicieron
más numerosos que las estrellas del cielo.
(La langosta cambia de piel y vuela.)
17 Tus guardianes son como langostas;
y los encargados de reclutar tus tropas
son como nubes de insectos:
cuando hace frío, se posan en las paredes;
cuando sale el sol, se van; nadie sabe dónde.
18 »¡Cómo duermen tus pastores,
oh rey de Asiria!
Tus oficiales descansan,
tus tropas andan dispersas por los montes
y no hay quien las reúna.
19 ¡No hay remedio para tu herida;
tu llaga es incurable!
Todos los que oyen de tu desgracia
aplauden de alegría,
pues, ¿quién no sufrió tu maldad sin fin?»
Nahum 3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ruin Imminent and Inevitable
3 Woe, city of bloodshed,
utterly deceitful, full of plunder—
no end to the prey!(A)
2 The crack of whip and rumble of wheel,
galloping horse and bounding chariot!(B)
3 Horsemen charging,
flashing sword and glittering spear,
piles of dead,
heaps of corpses,
dead bodies without end—
they stumble over the bodies!(C)
4 Because of the countless debaucheries of the prostitute,
gracefully alluring, mistress of sorcery,
who enslaves[a] nations through her debaucheries
and peoples through her sorcery,(D)
5 I am against you,
says the Lord of hosts,
and will lift up your skirts over your face,
and I will let nations look on your nakedness
and kingdoms on your shame.(E)
6 I will throw filth at you
and treat you with contempt
and make you a spectacle.(F)
7 Then all who see you will shrink from you and say,
“Nineveh is devastated; who will bemoan her?”
Where shall I seek comforters for you?(G)
8 Are you better than Thebes[b]
that sat by the Nile,
with water around her,
her rampart a sea,
water her wall?(H)
9 Cush was her strength,
Egypt, too, and that without limit;
Put and the Libyans were her[c] helpers.(I)
10 Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity;
even her infants were dashed in pieces
at the head of every street;
lots were cast for her nobles;
all her dignitaries were bound in fetters.(J)
11 You also will be drunken;
you will go into hiding;[d]
you will seek
a refuge from the enemy.(K)
12 All your fortresses are like fig trees
with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
into the mouth of the eater.(L)
13 Look at your troops:
they are women in your midst.
The gates of your land
are wide open to your foes;
fire has devoured the bars of your gates.(M)
14 Draw water for the siege;
strengthen your forts;
trample the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!
15 There the fire will devour you;
the sword will cut you off.
It will devour you like the locust.
Multiply yourselves like the locust;
multiply like the grasshopper!(N)
16 You increased your merchants
more than the stars of the heavens.
The locust sheds its skin and flies away.
17 Your guards are like grasshoppers,
your scribes like swarms[e] of locusts
settling on the fences
on a cold day—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they have gone.
18 Your shepherds are asleep,
O king of Assyria;
your nobles slumber.
Your people are scattered on the mountains
with no one to gather them.(O)
19 There is no assuaging your hurt;
your wound is mortal.
All who hear the news about you
clap their hands over you.
For who has ever escaped
your endless cruelty?(P)
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?
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New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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