Nahum 2

NEW JERUSALEM	NOVA VULGATA
1 To Judah See on the mountains the feet of the herald! 'Peace!' he proclaims. Judah, celebrate yourfeasts, carry out your vows, for Belial wil never pass through you again; he has been utterly destroyed.	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.
2 The destroyer has advanced on you, guarding the siege-works, watching the road, bracing himself,mustering great strength!	2 Ascendit, qui dispergat, contra te. “ Custodi munitionem, contemplare viam, conforta lumbos, robora virtutem valde ”.
3 (For Yahweh has restored the vine of Jacob, yes, the vine of Israel, although the plunderers hadplundered them, although they had snapped off their vine-shoots!)	3 Quia restituet Dominus magnificentiam Iacob sicut magnificentiam Israel, quia praedones praedati sunt eos et propagines eorum corruperunt.
4 The shields of his fighting men show red, his warriors are dressed in scarlet; the metal of the chariotssparkles as he prepares for battle; the horsemen are impatient for action;	4 Clipeus fortium eius ruber, viri exercitus in coccineis; ignitae laminae ferreae curruum, quando praeparat bellum, et equites agitantur.
5 the chariots storm through the streets, jostling one another in the squares; they look like blazing flames,like lightning they dash to and fro.	5 In viis furibundae currunt quadrigae, invicem colliduntur in plateis; aspectus eorum quasi lampades, quasi fulgura discurrentia.
6 His captains are cal ed out; stumbling as they go, they speed towards the wall, and the mantelet is putin position.	6 Recordatur fortium suorum, ruunt in itineribus suis; currunt ad murum, et praeparatur umbraculum.
7 The sluices of the River are opened, and the palace melts in terror.	7 Portae fluviorum apertae sunt, palatium tremit.
8 Beauty is taken captive, carried away, her slave-girls moaning like doves	8 Et speciosa denudatur, tollitur, et ancillae eius gemunt ut columbae et percutiunt corda sua.
9 and beating their breasts. Nineveh is like a lake, whose waters are draining away. 'Stop! Stop!' But noone turns back.	9 Et Nineve quasi piscina aquarum, cuius aquae fugiunt. “ State, state! ”; sed non est qui revertatur.
10 'Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!' There is no end to the treasure, a mass of everything you coulddesire!	10 “ Diripite argentum, diripite aurum! ”. Et non est finis divitiarum; thesaurus ex omnibus vasis desiderabilibus.
11 Ravaged, wrecked, ruined! Heart fails and knees give way, anguish is in the loins of al , and everyface grows pale!	11 Dissipata et vastata et dilacerata, et cor tabescens, et dissolutio geniculorum; et tremor in cunctis renibus, et facies omnium eorum candentes.
12 Where is the lions' den now, the cave of the lion's whelps, where the lion and lioness walked with theircubs and no one molested them,	12 Ubi est habitaculum leonum, et spelunca catulorum leonum, ad quam ivit leo, ut duceret illuc catulum leonis, et non erat qui exterreret?
13 where the lion would tear up food for his whelps and strangle the kil for his mates, where he fil ed hiscaverns with prey and his lairs with spoil?	13 Leo cepit sufficienter catulis suis et necavit leaenis suis; et implevit praeda speluncas suas et cubile suum rapina.
14 Look, I am against you!- declares Yahweh Sabaoth- I shal send your chariots up in smoke, and thesword will devour your whelps; I shal cut short your depredations on earth, and the voices of your envoys wil beheard no more.	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 ”.