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Nahum 3
BasisBijbel
Nahum 3
BasisBijbel
Ninevé wordt gestraft omdat de mensen ontrouw zijn geworden aan God
3 Pas maar op, jij bloedstad, vol leugens, vol geweld, vol roof! Hoor! 2 Knallende zwepen! Ratelende wielen! Stampende paarden! Dreunende wagens! 3 Steigerende ruiters! Vlammende zwaarden! Bliksemende speren! Ontelbare doden. Eindeloos veel lijken. Je struikelt erover.
4 Dit gebeurt met jou, Ninevé, omdat je je als een hoer gedragen hebt. Je hebt andere goden aanbeden en was ontrouw aan Mij.[a] Je was zo prachtig, zo betoverend mooi. Je wist daarmee de volken te betoveren. Je liet ze doen wat jij wilde. 5 Let op, Ik zal je daarvoor straffen, zegt de Heer van de hemelse legers. Ik zal je straffen zoals een vrouw gestraft wordt die ontrouw is geweest aan haar man: Ik kleed je uit zodat alle volken je naakt zullen zien staan. 6 Ik zal vuil naar je gooien. Ik zal je voor schut zetten. Ik zet je te kijk. 7 Iedereen die jou zo zal zien, zal bij je wegvluchten. Ze zullen zeggen: 'Ninevé is verwoest!' Wie zal daar verdrietig over zijn? Wie zal jou willen troosten? 8 Ninevé, ben jij soms beter dan de grote stad No aan de Nijl?[b] No vertrouwde ook op de bescherming van het water. Het water was zijn muur. 9 En No kon rekenen op de hulp van een ontelbaar leger van Ethiopiërs en Egyptenaren, Putieten en Libiërs. 10 Toch is die stad veroverd en zijn de bewoners gevangen meegenomen. Toch zijn de baby's vermoord op de hoeken van de straten. Toch is er over de leiders en rijke mensen geloot en zijn alle leiders geboeid meegenomen.
11 Ook jij, Ninevé, zal moeten drinken uit de wijnbeker van mijn straf. Ook jij zal dronken worden, net als No. Ook jij zal een schuilplaats zoeken tegen de vijand. 12 Al je burchten worden leeggeschud, zoals vijgen van de vijgenboom worden geschud en de eter zó in de mond vallen. 13 Je soldaten zullen op bange vrouwen lijken. Zonder moeite zullen de vijanden de poorten van je stad binnen komen. De grendels van je poortdeuren zullen worden verbrand.
14 Verzamel maar water voor als jullie omsingeld zijn! Verstevig de muren maar! Trap maar klei om extra bouwstenen te maken! Maak de oven maar klaar om de stenen te bakken! 15 Maar plotseling zullen jullie door het vuur worden overvallen, door het zwaard worden gedood. Zoals een sprinkhanenplaag het hele land vernietigt, zo zullen jullie allemaal vernietigd worden door het zwaard. Zorg dat jullie leger zo groot is als een zwerm sprinkhanen!
16 Ninevé, je hebt meer handelaars dan er sterren aan de hemel staan. Ze verspreiden zich als sprinkhanen over het land. En net als de sprinkhanen verslinden ze alles wat ze tegenkomen en vliegen dan weg. 17 De rijke mensen in je stad, je leiders en je aanvoerders lijken wel een zwerm sprinkhanen die, zolang het koud is, tegen de muren zitten. Maar zodra de zon opkomt, vliegen ze weg. Niemand weet waar ze zijn gebleven.
18 Uw leiders zullen slapen, koning van Assur! Uw sterke leger zal worden gedood. Uw volk zal alle kanten op vluchten, de bergen in. Niemand zal hen nog bij elkaar brengen. 19 Het is afgelopen met u. Er is geen herstel meer mogelijk. Iedereen die hoort wat er met u is gebeurd, klapt van blijdschap in de handen. Want alle volken hebben onder u geleden.
Nahum 3
New Life Version
Nahum 3
New Life Version
It Is Bad for Nineveh
3 It is bad for the city of blood, full of lies and stolen riches! There is no end of her prizes of war! 2 The noise of the whip, the noise of the wheel, running horses and rolling war-wagons! 3 Horsemen rushing to battle, swords and spears shining, many dead, too many dead bodies to number! They fall over the dead bodies! 4 All this is because of the many sins of the woman who sells the use of her body. She tempts with her beauty and uses witchcraft. She sells nations by her sinful acts, and families by her witchcraft. 5 “I am against you,” says the Lord of All. “I will lift up your clothing over your face and let the nations see your body. The nations will see your shame. 6 I will throw dirt on you and make you unclean. People will look at you and see how bad you are. 7 All who see you will leave you and say, ‘Nineveh is destroyed! Who will have sorrow for her?’ Where can I find anyone to comfort you?”
8 Are you better than Thebes, which is by the Nile River? Water was all around her. The sea kept her safe, for the water was her wall. 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, with too many to number. Put and Lubim were among her helpers. 10 Yet she was taken away to a strange land. She was taken away in chains. Her small children were beaten to death at every street corner. They drew names to see who would get her men of honor. And all her great men were put in chains. 11 You also will become drunk. You will be hidden. You will look for a safe place from those who hate you. 12 All your strong towers are like fig trees with first-fruits. When they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the one who eats them. 13 Your soldiers are all women. The gates of your land are opened wide to those who hate you. Fire destroys your gates. 14 Store up water to drink when you are shut in by armies! Make your walls stronger! Go into the clay to make more clay blocks for building! 15 There the fire will destroy you. The sword will kill you. It will destroy you like the locust.
Make yourselves as many as the locusts, as many as the flying locusts. 16 You have more traders than the stars of heaven. The locust destroys everything from the land and flies away. 17 Your watchmen are like the flying locusts. Your leaders are like clouds of locusts. They stay in the stone walls on a cold day. When the sun rises they fly away and no one knows where they are. 18 Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria. Your leaders are lying down. Your people have gone everywhere on the mountains. And there is no one to gather them together again. 19 Nothing can heal your hurt. Your sore cannot be cured. All who hear about you will clap their hands over you. For who has not suffered under your sinful ways again and again?
Nahum 3
New International Version
Nahum 3
New International Version
Woe to Nineveh
3 Woe to the city of blood,(A)
full of lies,(B)
full of plunder,
never without victims!
2 The crack of whips,
the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
and jolting chariots!
3 Charging cavalry,
flashing swords
and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
piles of dead,
bodies without number,
people stumbling over the corpses(C)—
4 all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,
alluring, the mistress of sorceries,(D)
who enslaved nations by her prostitution(E)
and peoples by her witchcraft.
5 “I am against(F) you,” declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will lift your skirts(G) over your face.
I will show the nations your nakedness(H)
and the kingdoms your shame.
6 I will pelt you with filth,(I)
I will treat you with contempt(J)
and make you a spectacle.(K)
7 All who see you will flee(L) from you and say,
‘Nineveh(M) is in ruins(N)—who will mourn for her?’(O)
Where can I find anyone to comfort(P) you?”
8 Are you better than(Q) Thebes,(R)
situated on the Nile,(S)
with water around her?
The river was her defense,
the waters her wall.
9 Cush[a](T) and Egypt were her boundless strength;
Put(U) and Libya(V) were among her allies.
10 Yet she was taken captive(W)
and went into exile.
Her infants were dashed(X) to pieces
at every street corner.
Lots(Y) were cast for her nobles,
and all her great men were put in chains.(Z)
11 You too will become drunk;(AA)
you will go into hiding(AB)
and seek refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortresses are like fig trees
with their first ripe fruit;(AC)
when they are shaken,
the figs(AD) fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look at your troops—
they are all weaklings.(AE)
The gates(AF) of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has consumed the bars of your gates.(AG)
14 Draw water for the siege,(AH)
strengthen your defenses!(AI)
Work the clay,
tread the mortar,
repair the brickwork!
15 There the fire(AJ) will consume you;
the sword(AK) will cut you down—
they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.
Multiply like grasshoppers,
multiply like locusts!(AL)
16 You have increased the number of your merchants
till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,
but like locusts(AM) they strip the land
and then fly away.
17 Your guards are like locusts,(AN)
your officials like swarms of locusts
that settle in the walls on a cold day—
but when the sun appears they fly away,
and no one knows where.
18 King of Assyria, your shepherds[b] slumber;(AO)
your nobles lie down to rest.(AP)
Your people are scattered(AQ) on the mountains
with no one to gather them.
19 Nothing can heal you;(AR)
your wound is fatal.
All who hear the news about you
clap their hands(AS) at your fall,
for who has not felt
your endless cruelty?(AT)
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:9 That is, the upper Nile region
- Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers
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