Nahum 2

NOVA VULGATA	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Ecce super montes pedes evan gelizantis et annuntiantis pacem. Celebra, Iuda, festivitates tuas et redde vota tua, quia non adiciet ultra ut pertranseat in te Belial: totus interiit.	1 The shatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; gird your loins; collect all your strength.
2 Ascendit, qui dispergat, contra te. “ Custodi munitionem, contemplare viam, conforta lumbos, robora virtutem valde ”.	2 (For the LORD is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have stripped them and ruined their branches.)
3 Quia restituet Dominus magnificentiam Iacob sicut magnificentiam Israel, quia praedones praedati sunt eos et propagines eorum corruperunt.	3 The shield of his mighty men is red, his soldiers are clothed in scarlet. The chariots flash like flame when mustered in array; the chargers prance.
4 Clipeus fortium eius ruber, viri exercitus in coccineis; ignitae laminae ferreae curruum, quando praeparat bellum, et equites agitantur.	4 The chariots rage in the streets, they rush to and fro through the squares; they gleam like torches, they dart like lightning.
5 In viis furibundae currunt quadrigae, invicem colliduntur in plateis; aspectus eorum quasi lampades, quasi fulgura discurrentia.	5 The officers are summoned, they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall, the mantelet is set up.
6 Recordatur fortium suorum, ruunt in itineribus suis; currunt ad murum, et praeparatur umbraculum.	6 The river gates are opened, the palace is in dismay;
7 Portae fluviorum apertae sunt, palatium tremit.	7 its mistress is stripped, she is carried off, her maidens lamenting, moaning like doves, and beating their breasts.
8 Et speciosa denudatur, tollitur, et ancillae eius gemunt ut columbae et percutiunt corda sua.	8 Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. "Halt! Halt!" they cry; but none turns back.
9 Et Nineve quasi piscina aquarum, cuius aquae fugiunt. “ State, state! ”; sed non est qui revertatur.	9 Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of treasure, or wealth of every precious thing.
10 “ Diripite argentum, diripite aurum! ”. Et non est finis divitiarum; thesaurus ex omnibus vasis desiderabilibus.	10 Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts faint and knees tremble, anguish is on all loins, all faces grow pale!
11 Dissipata et vastata et dilacerata, et cor tabescens, et dissolutio geniculorum; et tremor in cunctis renibus, et facies omnium eorum candentes.	11 Where is the lions' den, the cave of the young lions, where the lion brought his prey, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?
12 Ubi est habitaculum leonum, et spelunca catulorum leonum, ad quam ivit leo, ut duceret illuc catulum leonis, et non erat qui exterreret?	12 The lion tore enough for his whelps and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
13 Leo cepit sufficienter catulis suis et necavit leaenis suis; et implevit praeda speluncas suas et cubile suum rapina.	13 Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.
14 “ Ecce ego ad te, dicit Dominus exercituum, et succendam usque ad fumum quadrigas tuas; et leunculos tuos comedet gladius, et exterminabo de terra praedam tuam, et non audietur ultra vox nuntiorum tuorum ”.