نَاحُوم 3

١ 1 وَيْلٌ لِمَدِينَةِ ٱلدِّمَاءِ. كُلُّهَا مَلْآنَةٌ كَذِبًا وَخَطْفًا. لَا يَزُولُ ٱلِٱفْتِرَاسُ.

O city of blood, wholly false, full of unrighteousness; the prey shall not be handled.

٢ 2 صَوْتُ ٱلسَّوطِ وَصَوْتُ رَعْشَةِ ٱلْبَكَرِ، وَخَيْلٌ تَخُبُّ وَمَرْكَبَاتٌ تَقْفِزُ،

The noise of whips, and the noise of the rumbling of wheels, and of the pursuing horse, and of the bounding chariot,

٣ 3 وَفُرْسَانٌ تَنْهَضُ، وَلَهِيبُ ٱلسَّيْفِ وَبَرِيقُ ٱلرُّمْحِ، وَكَثْرَةُ جَرْحَى، وَوَفْرَةُ قَتْلَى، وَلَا نِهَايَةَ لِلْجُثَثِ. يَعْثُرُونَ بِجُثَثِهِمْ.

and of the mounting rider, and of the glittering sword, and of the gleaming arms, and of a multitude of slain, and of heavy falling: and there was no end to her nations, but they shall be weak in their bodies

٤ 4 مِنْ أَجْلِ زِنَى ٱلزَّانِيَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ٱلْجَمَالِ صَاحِبَةِ ٱلسِّحْرِ ٱلْبَائِعَةِ أُمَمًا بِزِنَاهَا، وَقَبَائِلَ بِسِحْرِهَا.

because of the abundance of fornication: [she is] a fair harlot, and well-favoured, skilled in sorcery, that sells the nations by her fornication, and peoples by her sorceries.

٥ 5 «هَأَنَذَا عَلَيْكِ، يَقُولُ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ، فَأَكْشِفُ أَذْيَالَكِ إِلَى فَوْقِ وَجْهِكِ، وَأُرِي ٱلْأُمَمَ عَوْرَتَكِ وَٱلْمَمَالِكَ خِزْيَكِ.

Behold, I am against you, says the Lord God Almighty, and I will uncover your skirts in your presence, and I will show the nations your shame, and the kingdoms your disgrace.

٦ 6 وَأَطْرَحُ عَلَيْكِ أَوْسَاخًا، وَأُهِينُكِ وَأَجْعَلُكِ عِبْرَةً.

And I will cast abominable filth upon you according to your unclean ways, and will make you a public example.

٧ 7 وَيَكُونُ كُلُّ مَنْ يَرَاكِ يَهْرُبُ مِنْكِ وَيَقُولُ: خَرِبَتْ نِينَوَى، مَنْ يَرْثِي لَهَا؟ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَطْلُبُ لَكِ مُعَزِّينَ؟».

And it shall be [that] every one that sees you shall go down from you, and shall say, Wretched Nineve! who shall lament for her? whence shall I seek comfort for her?

٨ 8 هَلْ أَنْتِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ نُوَ أَمُونَ ٱلْجَالِسَةِ بَيْنَ ٱلْأَنْهَارِ، حَوْلَهَا ٱلْمِيَاهُ ٱلَّتِي هِيَ حِصْنُ ٱلْبَحْرِ، وَمِنَ ٱلْبَحْرِ سُورُهَا؟

Prepare you a portion, tune the chord, prepare a portion for Ammon: she that dwells among the rivers, water is round about her, whose dominion is the sea, and whose walls are water.

٩ 9 كُوشٌ قُوَّتُهَا مَعَ مِصْرَ وَلَيْسَتْ نِهَايَةٌ. فُوطٌ وَلُوبِيمُ كَانُوا مَعُونَتَكِ.

And Ethiopia is her strength, and Egypt; and there was no limit of the flight [of her enemies]; and the Libyans became her helpers.

١٠ 10 هِيَ أَيْضًا قَدْ مَضَتْ إِلَى ٱلْمَنْفَى بِٱلسَّبْيِ، وَأَطْفَالُهَا حُطِّمَتْ فِي رَأْسِ جَمِيعِ ٱلْأَزِقَّةِ، وَعَلَى أَشْرَافِهَا أَلْقَوْا قُرْعَةً، وَجَمِيعُ عُظَمَائِهَا تَقَيَّدُوا بِٱلْقُيُودِ.

Yet she shall go as a prisoner into captivity, and they shall dash her infants against the ground at the top of all her ways: and they shall cast lots upon all her glorious [possessions], and all her nobles shall be bound in chains.

١١ 11 أَنْتِ أَيْضًا تَسْكَرِينَ. تَكُونِينَ خَافِيَةً. أَنْتِ أَيْضًا تَطْلُبِينَ حِصْنًا بِسَبَبِ ٱلْعَدُوِّ.

And you shall be drunken, and shall be overlooked; and you shall seek for yourself strength because of [your] enemies.

١٢ 12 جَمِيعُ قِلَاعِكِ أَشْجَارُ تِينٍ بِٱلْبَوَاكِيرِ، إِذَا ٱنْهَزَّتْ تَسْقُطُ فِي فَمِ ٱلْآكِلِ.

All your strongholds are as fig-trees having watchers: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.

١٣ 13 هُوَذَا شَعْبُكِ نِسَاءٌ فِي وَسَطِكِ! تَنْفَتِحُ لِأَعْدَائِكِ أَبْوَابُ أَرْضِكِ. تَأْكُلُ ٱلنَّارُ مَغَالِيقَكِ.

Behold, your people within you are as women: the gates of your land shall surely be opened to your enemies: the fire shall devour your bars.

١٤ 14 اِسْتَقِي لِنَفْسِكِ مَاءً لِلْحِصَارِ. أَصْلِحِي قِلَاعَكِ. ٱدْخُلِي فِي ٱلطِّينِ وَدُوسِي فِي ٱلْمِلَاطِ. أَصْلِحِي ٱلْمِلْبَنَ.

Draw you water for a siege, and well secure your strongholds: enter into the clay, and be you trodden in the chaff, make [the fortifications] stronger than brick.

١٥ 15 هُنَاكَ تَأْكُلُكِ نَارٌ، يَقْطَعُكِ سَيْفٌ، يَأْكُلُكِ كَٱلْغَوْغَاءِ، تَكَاثَرِي كَٱلْغَوْغَاءِ. تَعَاظَمِي كَٱلْجَرَادِ!

There the fire shall devour you; the sword shall utterly destroy you, it shall devour you as the locust, and you shall be pressed down as a palmerworm.

١٦ 16 أَكْثَرْتِ تُجَّارَكِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ نُجُومِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ. ٱلْغَوْغَاءُ جَنَّحَتْ وَطَارَتْ.

You have multiplied your merchandise beyond the stars of heaven: the palmerworm has attacked [it], and has flown away.

١٧ 17 رُؤَسَاؤُكِ كَٱلْجَرَادِ، وَوُلَاتُكِ كَحَرْجَلَةِ ٱلْجَرَادِ ٱلْحَالَّةِ عَلَى ٱلْجُدْرَانِ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلْبَرْدِ. تُشْرِقُ ٱلشَّمْسُ فَتَطِيرُ وَلَا يُعْرَفُ مَكَانُهَا أَيْنَ هُوَ.

Your mixed [multitude] has suddenly departed as the grasshopper, as the locust perched on a hedge in a frosty day; the sun arises, and it flies off, and knows not its place: woe to them!

١٨ 18 نَعِسَتْ رُعَاتُكَ يَا مَلِكَ أَشُّورَ. ٱضْطَجَعَتْ عُظَمَاؤُكَ. تَشَتَّتَ شَعْبُكَ عَلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ وَلَا مَنْ يَجْمَعُ.

Your shepherds have slumbered, the Assyrian king has laid low your mighty men: your people departed to the mountains, and there was none to receive [them].

١٩ 19 لَيْسَ جَبْرٌ لِٱنْكِسَارِكَ. جُرْحُكَ عَدِيمُ ٱلشِّفَاءِ. كُلُّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ خَبَرَكَ يُصَفِّقُونَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ عَلَيْكَ، لِأَنَّهُ عَلَى مَنْ لَمْ يَمُرَّ شَرُّكَ عَلَى ٱلدَّوَامِ؟

There is no healing for your bruise; your wound has rankled: all that hear the report of you shall clap their hands against you; for upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?