Nahum 3

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Woe to the city of blood, filled with all manner of lies and violence. Crime shall not depart from you:	1 ويل لمدينة الدماء. كلها ملآنة كذبا وخطفا. لا يزول الافتراس.
2 the voice of the whip, and the voice of the turning wheels, and of the neighing horse, and the burning chariot, and the horsemen who ride,	2 صوت السوط وصوت رعشة البكر وخيل تخبّ ومركبات تقفز
3 and of the flashing sword and the shining spear, and of a multitude executed and a grievous ruination. Neither is there an end to the dead bodies, and they will fall down upon their dead bodies.	3 وفرسان تنهض ولهيب السيف وبريق الرمح وكثرة جرحى ووفرة قتلى ولا نهاية للجثث. يعثرون بجثثهم
4 Because of the multitude of fornications of the kept woman, beautiful and pleasing and practicing evil deeds, who sold nations by her fornications, and families by her evil doing:	4 من اجل زنى الزانية الحسنة الجمال صاحبة السحر البائعة امما بزناها وقبائل بسحرها.
5 behold, I will come to you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will reveal your shame to your face, and I will show your nakedness to the Gentiles, and your disgrace to kingdoms.	5 هانذا عليك يقول رب الجنود فاكشف اذيالك الى فوق وجهك وأري الامم عورتك والممالك خزيك.
6 And I will cast abominations over you, and I will afflict you with abuse, and I will make an example of you.	6 واطرح عليك اوساخا واهينك واجعلك عبرة.
7 And this shall be: everyone who sees you, will recoil from you, and he will say: “Nineveh has been devastated.” Who will shake his head over you? Where might I seek consolation for you?	7 ويكون كل من يراك يهرب منك ويقول خربت نينوى من يرثي لها. من اين اطلب لك معزّين
8 Are you better than the populous Alexandria, which dwells along the rivers? Waters encircle it: the sea, with its riches. The waters are its walls.	8 هل انت افضل من نوأمون الجالسة بين الانهار حولها المياه التي هي حصن البحر ومن البحر سورها.
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were its strength, and there is no limit. Africa and Northern Africa have been your helpers.	9 كوش قوتها مع مصر وليست نهاية. فوط ولوبيم كانوا معونتك.
10 Nevertheless, she has been led away with the transmigration into captivity. Her little ones have been dashed in pieces at the top of every street, and they have cast lots over her celebrities, and all her elite have been fastened together in shackles.	10 هي ايضا قد مضت الى المنفى بالسبي واطفالها حطّمت في راس جميع الازقة وعلى اشرافها القوا قرعة وجميع عظمائها تقيدوا بالقيود.
11 Therefore, you also will become inebriated, and you will be despised, and you will seek help from the opposition.	11 انت ايضا تسكرين تكونين خافية. انت ايضا تطلبين حصنا بسبب العدو
12 All your fortresses will be like fig trees with their green figs. If they are shaken violently, they will fall into the mouth of the one who devours.	12 جميع قلاعك اشجار تين بالبواكير اذا انهزّت تسقط في فم الآكل.
13 Behold, women are at the center of your people. The gates of your land will be opened wide for your enemies; fire will devour your bars.	13 هوذا شعبك نساء في وسطك. تنفتح لاعدائك ابواب ارضك. تأكل النار مغاليقك.
14 Draw in water because of the blockade; build up your fortresses. Go into the clay and tread; work it to make brick.	14 استقي لنفسك ماء للحصار. اصلحي قلاعك ادخلي في الطين ودوسي في الملاط. اصلحي الملبن.
15 There, fire will devour you. You will perish by the sword; it will devour you like the beetle. Gather together like the beetle. Multiply like the locust.	15 هناك تأكلك نار يقطعك سيف يأكلك كالغوغاء. تكاثري كالغوغاء تعاظمي كالجراد.
16 You have made more negotiations than there are stars in the sky. The beetle has spread out and flown away.	16 اكثرت تجّارك اكثر من نجوم السماء. الغوغاء جنّحت وطارت.
17 Your guardians are like locusts, and your little ones are like locusts among locusts, which alight on hedges on a cold day. The sun rose up, and they flew away, and there was no way to know the place where they had been.	17 رؤساؤك كالجراد وولاتك كحرجلة الجراد الحالّة على الجدران في يوم البرد. تشرق الشمس فتطير ولا يعرف مكانها اين هو.
18 Your shepherds have become drowsy, king Assur. Your princes will be buried. Your people have remained hidden in the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.	18 نعست رعاتك يا ملك اشور اضطجعت عظماؤك تشتّت شعبك على الجبال ولا من يجمع.
19 Your destruction is not hidden; your wound is grievous. All who have heard of your fame have clenched their hands over you, because over whom has your wickedness not trampled continually?	19 ليس جبر لانكسارك. جرحك عديم الشفاء. كل الذين يسمعون خبرك يصفّقون بايديهم عليك لانه على من لم يمرّ شرّك على الدوام