Nawoun 2
1 Nou menm moun lavil Niniv, men yon gwo lame ap moute vin atake nou. Mete gad nan fò nou. Mete moun veye gran chemen an! Mare ren nou! Mete tout kouraj nou sou nou!
He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!
2 Paske, Seyè a pral bay pèp Izrayèl la pouvwa li te gen anvan an, pouvwa fanmi Jakòb la te gen anvan piyajè yo te ravaje l' la, anvan yo te koupe tout branch rezen li yo.
For the LORD restores the excellency of Jacob as the excellency of Israel, for the destroyers have destroyed them and ruined their vine branches.
3 Vanyan sòlda l' yo gen plak pwotèj pentire tou wouj sou bra yo. Yo abiye ak rad wouj violèt. Cha lagè yo klere kou dife! Y'ap vin pou atake nou! Y'ap souke zam yo nan men yo.
The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.
4 Cha lagè yo ap vini ak gwo vitès nan plenn yo. Yo kouri ale sou plas piblik yo. Yo klere tankou bwa chandèl tou limen. Y'ap pase kouri tankou zèklè.
The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.
5 Yo chonje rele chèf lame yo. Nan prese vini yo, yonn ap frape ak lòt. Yo kouri ale bò miray ranpa yo. Yo pare plak pwotèj pou y' al defonse pòtay yo.
He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
6 Pòtay ki bay sou larivyè a louvri granbatan. Tout moun nan palè a gen kè kase.
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
7 Yo fè larenn lan prizonye. Yo pati avè l'. Sèvant li yo ap plenn, y'ap kriye. Y'ap bat lestonmak yo sitèlman yo nan lapenn.
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
8 Tankou yon gwo basen plen dlo ki pete, moun yo ap kouri soti lavil Niniv. Y'ap di yo: Rete non! Rete non! Men, yonn pa vire tounen.
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.
9 Piye tout lajan an. Piye tout lò yo. Yo gen yon richès ki poko prèt pou fini, yon pakèt bèl bagay ki koute chè.
Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
10 Yo piye lavil la. Yo touye tout moun ladan l'. Yo devaste l' nèt. Moun pèdi kouraj yo. Jenou yo ap tranble. Yo pa gen fòs pou rete kanpe. Figi yo dekonpoze.
She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.
11 Koulye a, kote twou kachèt lyon yo ye a, twou nich kote ti lyon yo manje a, twou kote lyon yo ansanm ak ti lyon yo te konn ale pou pesonn pa ka fè yo anyen an?
Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked with the lion’s cubs, and no one made them afraid?
12 Lyon an te konn dechire vyann bèt yo pou pitit li yo, li te konn trangle bèt pou fenmèl lyon yo. Lè konsa yo plen twou yo ak bèt yo pran, yo plen nich yo ak moso vyann dechikete.
The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled prey for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill and his dens with prey.
13 Koulye a, se mwen menm k'ap regle ak nou! Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a menm ki di sa. Moun pral boule tout cha lagè nou yo nan dife. Nan lagè a, m'ap fè yo touye tout jenn ti lyon nou yo. M'ap rache nan men nou tou sa nou te pran lakay lòt yo. Yo p'ap janm tande vwa delege nou yo ankò nan okenn peyi sou latè.
“Behold, I am against you,” says the LORD of Armies, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
