< Nahum 3 >

1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departs not;
A UWE ke kulanakauhale koko! Ua piha oia a pau i ka wahahee, a me ka powa; Aole e laweia'ku ke pio;
2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
O ka poha o ka huipa, a o ka halulu o ke kaa ana o na kaa, A o ka holo ana o na lio, a o ka lele ana o na halekaa.
3 The horseman lifts up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
Kaikai ae ka hoohololio i ka pahikaua wakawaka a me ka ihe huali; A he nui ka poe i pepehiia, a he nui na kupapau; Aohe hope o na heana, A hina lakou maluna o ko lakou mau heana.
4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that sells nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
No ka nui o na moe kolohe ana o ka wahine maikai hookamakama, Nona na anaana. Ka mea kuai i na lahuikanaka ma kona moe kolohe ana, A me na ohana, ma kona mau anaana ana;
5 Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts; and I will discover your skirts upon your face, and I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.
Aia hoi, ua maka e aku au ia oe, wahi a Iehova o na kaua; A e huli ae au i kou kapa maluna o kou maka, A e hoike aku au i kou olohelohe ana i na lahuikanaka, A i kou hilahila i na aupuni.
6 And I will cast abominable filth upon you, and make you vile, and will set you as a gazing-stock.
A e hoolei aku au maluna ou i na mea haumia, A e hoolilo au ia oe i mea e manao ole ia, A e hooku au ia oe i mea e makaikaiia.
7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon you shall flee from you, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will lament for her? whence shall I seek comforters for you?
A o na mea a pau e nana aku ia oe, Holo no lakou mai ou aku la, me ka i ana aku, Ua lukuia o Nineva! Owai la ka mea e auwe ia ia? A mahea la wau e imi aku ai i na mea hooluolu nou?
8 Are you better than populous No, that was situated among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
Ua oi anei kou maikai mamua o ko No-Amona, Ka mea e noho ana ma na muliwai, Ua hoopuniia oia e na wai, O ke kai kona paku, a o kona papohaku mai ke kai mai ia?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were your helpers.
O Aitiopa kona ikaika a me Aigupita, aohe heluia; O Puta a me Lubima kou mau mea kokua.
10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Aka, ua laweia'ku oia, ua hele pio aku ia; A ua ulupaia kana mau keiki liilii ma ke poo o na alanui a pau: A hailona lakou no kona poe kanaka hanohano, A ua hoopaaia kona mau kanaka nui a pau i na kaulahao.
11 You also shall be drunken: you shall be hid, you also shall seek strength because of the enemy.
A e ona no hoi oe, a e hunaia oe; A e imi no oe i ka ikaika no ka poe enemi.
12 All your strong holds shall be like fig trees with the first-fruits figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
A e like kou mau wahi paa me ka laau fiku, me ka hua pala mua, Ina e hooluliia, e haule iho lakou iloko o ka waha o ka mea e ai ana.
13 Behold, your people in the midst of you are women: the gates of your land shall be set wide open unto your enemies: the fire shall devour your bars.
Aia hoi, o kou poe kanaka iwaena ou, ua like me na wahine; A e hoohamama loa ia na pukapa o kou aina i kou poe enemi; A e hoopau ke ahi i kou mau kaola.
14 Draw you waters for the siege, fortify your strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.
E hukiwai ae nou, no ka popilikia, E hoopaa oe i kou mau wahi paa; E komo oe iloko o ka lepo, a e hehi iho i ka lepo kawili, A e hoopaa i kahi puhi pohaku-ula.
15 There shall the fire devour you; the sword shall cut you off, it shall eat you up like the cankerworm: make yourself many as the cankerworm, make yourself many as the locusts.
Malaila e hoopau ai ke ahi ia oe; E oki mai ka pahikaua ia oe, E ai iho no ia ia oe, e like me ka uhini huluhulu: E hoomahuahua ia oe iho e like me ka uhini huluhulu; Hoonui ia oe iho e like me ka uhini nui.
16 You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoils, and flees away.
Ua hoonui oe i kou poe kalepa mamua o na hoku o ka lani: Hoopalahalaha aku ka uhini huluhulu, a lele aku la.
17 Your crowned are as the locusts, and your captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun arises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Ua like kou poe alii me na uhini, A o kou poe lunakoa e like me na uhini nui loa, Ka mea e kau ana ma ka papohaku i ka la anu, A puka mai ka la, lele aku lakou, aole i ikeia ko lakou wahi.
18 Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: your nobles shall dwell in the dust: your people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathers them.
Ke hiamoe nei kou poe kahuhipa, e ke alii o Asuria: E noho iho kou poe alii; Ua hoopuehuia kou poe kanaka ma na mauna, Aohe mea nana lakou e hoakoakoa mai.
19 There is no healing of your bruise; your wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of you shall clap the hands over you: for upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
Aohe mea hoola i kou eha ana; ua nui kou eha; O ka poe a pau e lohe i kou lono, e paipai lakou i ko lakou lima maluna ou; No ka mea, maluna owai anei i hele mau ole aku ai kou hewa?

< Nahum 3 >