Nahum 3
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
Kaluluoy ang Nineve
3 Kaluluoy ang siyudad sang Nineve. Ang iya pumuluyo madamo sang ginpamatay nga mga tawo, kag mga butigon sila. Madamo sila sang mga pagkabutang nga gin-agaw sa iban, kag wala sila nagakawad-an sang mabiktima. 2 Salakayon gid sila sang ila kaaway. Mabatian nila ang paglagapak sang latigo sa mga kabayo, ang pagrinungkadol sang mga rueda sang mga karwahe, ang paglinagapak sang mga tiil sang mga kabayo, kag ang pagdinaguldol[a] sang mga karwahe. 3 Makita nila ang mga nagasaruso nga mga manugkabayo, ang nagainggat nga mga espada kag mga bangkaw, kag ang puwerte kadamo nga mga patay nga ginpangtumpok. Nagakasandad gani ang mga soldado sa mga patay. 4 Matabo ini sa Nineve tungod nga pareho siya sa babayi nga makapila na nga nagbaligya sang iya lawas, nga makatilintar kag nagapanglumay. Gani naganyat niya ang mga nasyon nga magpasakop sa iya.
5 Karon, nagasiling ang Ginoo nga Makagagahom, “Pamati kamo nga mga taga-Nineve! Kontra ko kamo! Gani pakahuy-an ko kamo sa iban nga mga nasyon kag mga ginharian pareho sang babayi nga gin-alsa ang iya bayo hasta sa ulo kag nakita ang iya pagkahublas. 6 Pakamalauton ko kamo pareho sang isa ka tawo nga ginahabuyan sang basura. Gani magatulok sa inyo ang mga tawo nga naham-ot. 7 Kag ang tanan nga makakita sa inyo magalikaw kag magasiling, ‘Guba na ang Nineve. Wala sing may magahibi para sa iya. Wala gid sing may magalipay sa iya.’ ”
8 Mas labaw pa bala ang Nineve sang sa siyudad sang Tebes nga malapit sa Suba sang Nilo? Ini nga suba nagaprotektar sa Tebes pareho sang mga pader sa palibot sini. 9 Ang Etiopia[b] kag ang bug-os nga Egipto amo ang puwersa sang Tebes, kag abi niya magapabilin ini hasta san-o. Ang Put kag ang Libya kadampig niya nga mga nasyon. 10 Pero sa pihak sina ginbihag ang iya mga katawhan kag gindala sa iban nga lugar. Ginpangdugmok ang ila magagmay nga mga bata sa mga karsada. Ginpangkadenahan ang ila dungganon nga mga tawo kag ginpartida nga mangin mga ulipon paagi sa paggabot-gabot. 11 Amo man sa inyo nga mga taga-Nineve, mangin pareho kamo sa hubog nga wala sing kalibutan kon ano ang nagakatabo sa iya. Salakayon man kamo sang inyo kaaway kag magapangita kamo sang palanaguan nga indi kamo madakpan. 12 Ang tanan ninyo nga napaderan nga mga banwa mangin pareho sa kahoy nga higera nga ang iya premiro nga mga bunga luto na; kag kon uyugon gani nagakahulog lang ang mga bunga kag puwede na dayon kaunon. 13 Tan-awa bala ninyo ang inyo mga soldado—daw mga babayi sila! Ang mga trangka sang puwertahan sang inyo siyudad magakalasunog, gani mahapos na ini sudlon sang inyo mga kaaway.
14 Sige, magpreparar kamo sa pag-abot sang inyo mga kaaway. Magtipon kamo sang tubig agod may imnon kamo. Pabakura pa gid ninyo ang mga pader sa palibot sang inyo siyudad; maghimo kamo sang mga tisa[c] kag kay-uha ninyo ini nga mga pader. 15 Pero dira mismo sa inyo lugar magakalamatay kamo sa kalayo kag sa espada, pareho sang mga talamnan nga ginsalakay sang mga apan.
Nagdamo kamo pareho sang mga apan! 16 Ginpadamo ninyo ang inyo mga negosyante nga daw sobra pa sa kadamuon sang mga bituon sa langit. Pero mangin pareho sila sa mga apan nga sang pagkaubos nila sang mga tanom naglulupad sila palayo. 17 Ang inyo mga guwardya kag mga opisyal daw pareho sang mga apan nga puwerte kadamo, nga nagatiner sa mga pader kon matugnaw ang panahon. Pero kon magbutlak na gani ang adlaw, nagalupad sila palayo kag wala sing may nakahibalo kon sa diin sila nagkadto.[d]
18 Hari sang Asiria, magakalamatay ang imo mga manugdumala. Magalinapta ang imo katawhan sa mga bukid, kag wala na sing may magtipon sa ila. 19 Mangin pareho ka sa pilason nga tawo nga ang iya pilas indi na mag-ayo. Ang tanan nga makabati sang balita sang imo pagkalaglag magapalakpak sa kalipay, kay tanan sila permi mo nga ginapintasan.
Footnotes
- 3:2 pagdinaguldol: sa iban nga Bisaya, pagdinagaldal.
- 3:9 Etiopia: sa Hebreo, Cush.
- 3:14 tisa: sa English, brick.
- 3:17 Ang buot silingon sang sini nga mga bersikulo amo nga ang mga negosyante, mga guwardya, kag mga opisyal sang Nineve indi masaligan. Sa tion nga salakayon ang Nineve magapalagyo lang sila.
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
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
Nahum 3
English Standard Version
Woe to Nineveh
3 Woe to (A)the bloody city,
all full of lies and plunder—
(B)no end to the prey!
2 The crack of the whip, and (C)rumble of the wheel,
(D)galloping horse and (E)bounding chariot!
3 Horsemen charging,
flashing sword and (F)glittering spear,
(G)hosts of slain,
heaps of corpses,
dead bodies without end—
they stumble over the bodies!
4 And all for the countless whorings of the (H)prostitute,
(I)graceful and of deadly charms,
who betrays nations with her whorings,
and peoples with her charms.
5 (J)Behold, I am against you,
declares the Lord of hosts,
and (K)will lift up your skirts over your face;
and I will make nations look at (L)your nakedness
and kingdoms at your shame.
6 I will throw filth at you
and (M)treat you with contempt
and make you (N)a spectacle.
7 And all who look at you (O)will shrink from you and say,
“Wasted is (P)Nineveh; (Q)who will grieve for her?”
(R)Where shall I seek comforters for you?
8 (S)Are you better than (T)Thebes[a]
that sat (U)by the Nile,
with water around her,
her rampart a sea,
and water her wall?
9 (V)Cush was her strength;
Egypt too, and that without limit;
(W)Put and the (X)Libyans were her[b] helpers.
10 (Y)Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity;
(Z)her infants were dashed in pieces
at the head of every street;
for her honored men (AA)lots were cast,
(AB)and all her great men were bound in chains.
11 (AC)You also will be drunken;
you will go into hiding;
(AD)you will seek a refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortresses are (AE)like fig trees
with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
into the mouth of the eater.
13 Behold, your troops
(AF)are women in your midst.
The gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has devoured your bars.
14 (AG)Draw water for the siege;
(AH)strengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!
15 There will the fire devour you;
the sword will cut you off.
It will (AI)devour you (AJ)like the locust.
Multiply yourselves (AK)like the locust;
multiply (AL)like the grasshopper!
16 You increased (AM)your merchants
more than the stars of the heavens.
(AN)The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
17 Your (AO)princes[c] are (AP)like grasshoppers,
(AQ)your scribes[d] like clouds of locusts
settling on the fences
in a day of cold—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they are.
18 Your shepherds (AR)are asleep,
O king of Assyria;
(AS)your nobles slumber.
Your people (AT)are scattered on the mountains
with none to gather them.
19 There is no easing your hurt;
(AU)your wound is grievous.
All who hear the news about you
(AV)clap their hands over you.
For (AW)upon whom has not come
your unceasing evil?
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:8 Hebrew No-amon
- Nahum 3:9 Hebrew your
- Nahum 3:17 Or guards
- Nahum 3:17 Or marshals
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