Naum 2
O Livro
O fim de Nínive
2 Nínive, chegou o teu fim! Estás já rodeado pelos exércitos inimigos! Soa o alarme! Fortalece as muralhas! Reforça as defesas e mantém uma vigilância apertada sobre todos os movimentos das forças inimigas que se preparam para o ataque. 2 O Senhor restaurará a glória dos descendentes de Jacob, do povo de Israel, que os inimigos saquearam e deixaram como uma videira sem os seus ramos.
3 Os escudos dos seus valentes guerreiros ficarão vermelhos. O ataque começa. Reparem nos seus uniformes escarlates! Vejam os seus carros cintilantes, avançando lado a lado, puxados por fogosos cavalos! 4 Os teus próprios carros correm velozmente pelas ruas e praças da cidade, chispando faíscas e raios como tochas.
5 O rei grita pelos seus oficiais que tropeçam na corrida em direção às muralhas, para reforçar as defesas. 6 Mas é demasiado tarde! As portas do rio estão abertas! O inimigo já entrou e todo o palácio é destruído.
7 A rainha de Nínive é trazida para as ruas, despida e levada como escrava, com as suas aias chorando atrás. Ouçam-na lamentando-se, gemendo como pombas, batendo no peito! 8 Nínive é como um tanque esvaziando água. Os seus soldados fogem, abandonando-a; a cidade não pode retê-los. “Parem! Parem!”, gritam-lhes. Mas eles correm ainda mais.
9 Saqueiem a prata! Saqueiem o ouro! Os tesouros parecem não ter fim! A sua vasta, imensa riqueza é toda levada. 10 Em breve a cidade torna-se escombros. Os corações derretem-se de medo. Tremem os joelhos. O povo fica desfalecido, pálido, cambaleante.
11 Onde está agora essa grande Nínive, o leão das nações, cheia de combatividade e de ousadia, onde até mesmo os velhos e os fracos, tal como os jovens e os meninos, viviam em segurança? 12 Ó Nínive, sim, eras como um leão! Esmagavas os inimigos para dares de comer aos teus filhos e às tuas mulheres; enchias a cidade e as casas com mercadorias e com escravos.
13 “Eis que estou contra ti, diz o Senhor dos exércitos. Queimarei os teus carros de combate. Os teus combatentes serão passados à espada. Arrancarei da terra a tua presa e não mais se ouvirá a voz dos teus mensageiros.”
Nahum 2
New King James Version
The Destruction of Nineveh
2 He[a] who scatters has come up before your face.
Man the fort!
Watch the road!
Strengthen your flanks!
Fortify your power mightily.
2 For the Lord will restore the excellence of Jacob
Like the excellence of Israel,
For the emptiers have emptied them out
And ruined their vine branches.
3 The shields of his mighty men are made red,
The valiant men are in scarlet.
The chariots come with flaming torches
In the day of his preparation,
And [b]the spears are brandished.
4 The chariots rage in the streets,
They jostle one another in the broad roads;
They seem like torches,
They run like lightning.
5 He remembers his nobles;
They stumble in their walk;
They make haste to her walls,
And the defense is prepared.
6 The gates of the rivers are opened,
And the palace is dissolved.
7 [c]It is decreed:
She shall be led away captive,
She shall be brought up;
And her maidservants shall lead her as with the voice of doves,
Beating their breasts.
8 Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water,
Now they flee away.
[d]“Halt! Halt!” they cry;
But no one turns back.
9 [e]Take spoil of silver!
Take spoil of (A)gold!
There is no end of treasure,
Or wealth of every desirable prize.
10 She is empty, desolate, and waste!
The heart melts, and the knees shake;
Much pain is in every side,
And all their faces [f]are drained of color.
11 Where is the dwelling of the (B)lions,
And the feeding place of the young lions,
Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion’s cub,
And no one made them afraid?
12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs,
[g]Killed for his lionesses,
(C)Filled his caves with prey,
And his dens with [h]flesh.
13 “Behold, (D)I am against you,” says the Lord of hosts, “I will burn [i]your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your (E)messengers shall be heard no more.”
Footnotes
- Nahum 2:1 Vg. He who destroys
- Nahum 2:3 Lit. the cypresses are shaken; LXX, Syr. the horses rush about; Vg. the drivers are stupefied
- Nahum 2:7 Heb. Huzzab
- Nahum 2:8 Lit. Stand
- Nahum 2:9 Plunder
- Nahum 2:10 LXX, Tg., Vg. gather blackness; Joel 2:6
- Nahum 2:12 Lit. Strangled
- Nahum 2:12 Torn flesh
- Nahum 2:13 Lit. her
Nahum 2
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Attack of the Enemy
2 The enemy who will scatter you is advancing against you! Guard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare for battle! Muster all your great strength! 2 For the Lord is about to restore the majesty of Jacob, as well as the majesty of Israel, even though their enemies have plundered them completely and have destroyed their vines.
3 The shields of the mighty warriors are dyed red.
The soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments.
The steel fittings[a] of the chariots shine like fire on the day of battle.
The soldiers shake their spears.[b]
4 The chariots race wildly through the streets.
They rush back and forth in the city squares.
They look like lightning.
They dart about like flashes of lightning.
5 The commander[c] gives orders to his elite troops.
They fall over each other as they advance.
They rush to the city wall.
They set up the protective canopy over the battering ram.
6 The gates that hold back the river are opened,
and the palace is washed away.
7 She is stripped and is led away.
Her slave girls moan like doves
while they beat their breasts.[d]
8 Nineveh[e] was like a pool of water from her beginning,[f]
but now her people are running away.
She cries out, “Stop! Stop!” but no one turns back.
9 Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!
There is no end to the treasure.
There are riches of every kind of precious thing.
10 Destruction, devastation, and desolation!
Their hearts faint, their knees tremble,
every stomach churns, and each face turns pale!
11 What has become of the lions’ lair and the feeding place for young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub prowled with nothing to fear? 12 The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey to provide food for his lionesses. He filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
13 Beware! I am against you, declares the Lord of Armies. I will burn up your chariots in smoke. The sword will devour your young lions. You will no longer ravage the land. The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.
Footnotes
- Nahum 2:3 Or perhaps the scythes
- Nahum 2:3 The Hebrew text and the meaning of this sentence are uncertain.
- Nahum 2:5 The noun commander is added for clarity.
- Nahum 2:7 A gesture of mourning
- Nahum 2:8 The name of the city is now introduced for the first time in the oracle itself.
- Nahum 2:8 The meaning of the last phrase is uncertain.
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