Nahum 3
1 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.
Vae civitas sanguinum, universa mendacii dilaceratione plena: non recedet a te rapina.
2 Hark! the whip, and hark! the rattling of the wheels; and prancing horses, and bounding chariots;
Vox flagelli, et vox impetus rotae, et equi frementis, et quadrigae ferventis, et equitis ascendentis:
3 The horseman charging, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear; and a multitude of slain, and a heap of carcases; and there is no end of the corpses, and they stumble upon their corpses;
et micantis gladii, et fulgurantis hastae, et multitudinis interfectae, et gravis ruinae: nec est finis cadaverum, et corruent in corporibus suis.
4 Because of the multitude of the harlotries of the well-favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her harlotries, and families through her witchcrafts.
Propter multitudinem fornicationum meretricis speciosae, et gratae, et habentis maleficia, quae vendidit gentes in fornicationibus suis, et familias in maleficiis suis:
5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
Ecce ego ad te, dicit Dominus exercituum, et revelabo pudenda tua in facie tua, et ostendam Gentibus nuditatem tuam, et regnis ignominiam tuam.
6 And I will cast detestable things upon thee, and make thee vile, and will make thee as dung.
Et proiiciam super te abominationes, et contumeliis te afficiam, et ponam te in exemplum.
7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say: 'Nineveh is laid waste; who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?'
Et erit: omnis, qui viderit te, resiliet a te, et dicet: Vastata est Ninive: quis commovebit super te caput? unde quaeram consolatorem tibi?
8 Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea her wall?
Numquid melior es Alexandria populorum, quae habitat in fluminibus? aquae in circuitu eius: cuius divitiae, mare: aquae muri eius.
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Aethiopia fortitudo eius, et Aegyptus, et non est finis: Aphrica, et Libyes fuerunt in auxilio tuo.
10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Sed et ipsa in transmigrationem ducta est in captivitatem: parvuli eius elisi sunt in capite omnium viarum, et super inclytos eius miserunt sortem, et omnes optimates eius confixi sunt in compedibus.
11 Thou also shalt be drunken, thou shalt swoon; thou also shalt seek a refuge because of the enemy.
Et tu ergo inebriaberis, et eris despecta: et tu quaeres auxilium ab inimico.
12 All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
Omnes munitiones tuae sicut ficus cum grossis suis: si concussae fuerint, cadent in os comedentis.
13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies; the fire hath devoured thy bars.
Ecce populus tuus mulieres in medio tui: inimicis tuis adapertione pandentur portae terrae tuae, devorabit ignis vectes tuos.
14 Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, lay hold of the brickmould.
Aquam propter obsidionem hauri tibi, extrue munitiones tuas: intra in lutum, et calca, subigens tene laterem.
15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee like the canker-worm; make thyself many as the canker-worm, make thyself many as the locusts.
Ibi comedet te ignis: peribis gladio, devorabit te ut bruchus: congregare ergo ut bruchus: multiplicare ut locusta.
16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven; the canker-worm spreadeth itself, and flieth away.
Plures fecisti negotiationes tuas quam stellae sint caeli: bruchus expansus est, et avolavit.
17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the walls in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Custodes tui quasi locustae: et parvuli tui quasi locustae locustarum, quae considunt in sepibus in die frigoris: sol ortus est, et avolaverunt, et non est cognitus locus earum ubi fuerint.
18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria, thy worthies are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.
Dormitaverunt pastores tui, rex Assur: sepelientur principes tui: latitavit populus tuus in montibus, et non est qui congreget.
19 There is no assuaging of thy hurt, thy wound is grievous; all that hear the report of thee clap the hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
Non est obscura contritio tua, pessima est plaga tua: omnes qui audierunt auditionem tuam, compresserunt manum super te: quia super quem non transiit malitia tua semper?
