Nahum 2

قَدِ ارْتَفَعَتِ الْمِقْمَعَةُ عَلَى وَجْهِكِ. احْرُسِ الْحِصْنَ. رَاقِبِ الطَّرِيقَ. شَدِّدِ الْحَقْوَيْنِ. مَكِّنِ الْقُوَّةَ جِدًّا.

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ يَرُدُّ عَظَمَةَ يَعْقُوبَ كَعَظَمَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنَّ السَّالِبِينَ قَدْ سَلَبُوهُمْ وَأَتْلَفُوا قُضْبَانَ كُرُومِهِمْ.

For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

تُرْسُ أَبْطَالِهِ مُحَمَّرٌ. رِجَالُ الْجَيْشِ قِرْمِزِيُّونَ. الْمَرْكَبَاتُ بِنَارِ الْفُولاَذِ فِي يَوْمِ إِعْدَادِهِ. وَالسَّرْوُ يَهْتَزُّ.

The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

تَهِيجُ الْمَرْكَبَاتُ فِي الأَزِقَّةِ. تَتَرَاكَضُ فِي السَّاحَاتِ. مَنْظَرُهَا كَمَصَابِيحَ. تَجْرِي كَالْبُرُوقِ.

The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

يَذْكُرُ عُظَمَاءَهُ. يَتَعَثَّرُونَ فِي مَشْيِهِمْ. يُسْرِعُونَ إِلَى سُورِهَا، وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتِ الْمِتْرَسَةُ.

He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

أَبْوَابُ الأَنْهَارِ انْفَتَحَتْ، وَالْقَصْرُ قَدْ ذَابَ.

The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

وَهُصَّبُ قَدِ انْكَشَفَتْ. أُطْلِعَتْ. وَجَوَارِيهَا تَئِنُّ كَصَوْتِ الْحَمَامِ ضَارِبَاتٍ عَلَى صُدُورِهِنَّ.

And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

وَنِينَوَى كَبِرْكَةِ مَاءٍ مُنْذُ كَانَتْ، وَلكِنَّهُمُ الآنَ هَارِبُونَ. «قِفُوا، قِفُوا!» وَلاَ مُلْتَفِتٌ.

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

اِنْهَبُوا فِضَّةً. اِنْهَبُوا ذَهَبًا، فَلاَ نِهَايَةَ لِلتُّحَفِ لِلْكَثْرَةِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَتَاعٍ شَهِيّ.

Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

فَرَاغٌ وَخَلاَءٌ وَخَرَابٌ، وَقَلْبٌ ذَائِبٌ وَارْتِخَاءُ رُكَبٍ وَوَجَعٌ فِي كُلِّ حَقْوٍ. وَأَوْجُهُ جَمِيعِهِمْ تَجْمَعُ حُمْرَةً.

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

أَيْنَ مَأْوَى الأُسُودِ وَمَرْعَى أَشْبَالِ الأُسُودِ؟ حَيْثُ يَمْشِي الأَسَدُ وَاللَّبُوَةُ وَشِبْلُ الأَسَدِ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخَوِّفُ.

Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

الأَسَدُ الْمُفْتَرِسُ لِحَاجةِ جِرَائِهِ، وَالْخَانِقُ لأَجْلِ لَبُوَاتِهِ حَتَّى مَلأَ مَغَارَاتِهِ فَرَائِسَ وَمَآوِيَهُ مُفْتَرَسَاتٍ.

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

«هَا أَنَا عَلَيْكِ، يَقُولُ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ. فَأُحْرِقُ مَرْكَبَاتِكِ دُخَانًا، وَأَشْبَالُكِ يَأْكُلُهَا السَّيْفُ، وَأَقْطَعُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ فَرَائِسَكِ، وَلاَ يُسْمَعُ أَيْضًا صَوْتُ رُسُلُكِ».

Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.