Naum 3

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Vae, civitas sanguinum, universa mendacii praeda plena! Non recedet a te rapina.	1 Woe to the city of blood, filled with all manner of lies and violence. Crime shall not depart from you:
2 Vox flagellorum et vox strepitus rotarum, equi frementes et quadrigae ferventes, equites irruentes	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,
3 et gladii micantes et hastae fulgurantes et multitudo interfectorum et acervi mortuorum; nec est finis cadaverum, et corruunt super corpora.	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.
4 Hoc propter multitudinem fornicationum meretricis speciosae et gratae et habentis maleficia, quae vendidit gentes fornicationibus suis et nationes maleficiis suis.	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:
5 “ Ecce ego ad te, dicit Dominus exercituum; et levabo vestimentum tuum in faciem tuam et ostendam gentibus nuditatem tuam et regnis ignominiam tuam.	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.
6 Et proiciam super te abominationes et contumeliis te afficiam; et ponam te in exemplum.	6 And I will cast abominations over you, and I will afflict you with abuse, and I will make an example of you.
7 Et erit: omnis, qui viderit te, resiliet a te et dicet: “Vastata est Nineve! Quis dolebit super eam? Unde quaeram consolatorem tibi?”.	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?
8 Numquid melior es quam Noamon, quae habitabat in fluminibus? Aquae in circuitu eius: cuius vallum mare, aquae muri eius.	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.
9 Chus fuit fortitudo eius et Aegyptus, cuius non est finis; Phut et Libyes fuerunt in auxilio eius.	9 Ethiopia and Egypt were its strength, and there is no limit. Africa and Northern Africa have been your helpers.
10 Sed et ipsa in transmigrationem ducta est, ivit in captivitatem. Parvuli eius elisi sunt in capite omnium viarum; et super inclitos eius miserunt sortem, et omnes optimates eius constricti sunt in compedibus.	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.
11 Et tu ergo inebriaberis, eris despecta; et tu quaeres refugium ab inimico.	11 Therefore, you also will become inebriated, and you will be despised, and you will seek help from the opposition.
12 Omnes munitiones tuae sicut ficus cum ficis praecocibus: si concussae fuerint, cadent in os comedentis.	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.
13 Ecce populus tuus, mulieres in medio tui; inimicis tuis late patebunt portae terrae tuae; devorabit ignis vectes tuos.	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.
14 Aquam propter obsidionem hauri tibi, firma munitiones tuas; intra in lutum et calca argillam, tene typum laterum.	14 Draw in water because of the blockade; build up your fortresses. Go into the clay and tread; work it to make brick.
15 Ibi comedet te ignis, peribis gladio, devorabit te ut bruchus. Augere ut bruchus, multiplicare ut locusta.	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.
16 Plures fecisti negotiatores tuos quam stellae sint caeli; bruchus exuit pellem et avolavit.	16 You have made more negotiations than there are stars in the sky. The beetle has spread out and flown away.
17 Custodes tui quasi locustae, et scribae tui quasi agmen locustarum, quae considunt in saepibus in die frigoris; sol ortus est, et avolaverunt, non est cognitus locus earum, ubi fuerint.	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.
18 Dormiunt pastores tui, rex Assyriae, requiescunt principes tui; dispersus est populus tuus in montibus, et non est qui congreget.	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.
19 Non est remedium fracturae tuae, insanabilis est plaga tua; omnes, qui audierint auditionem tuam, plaudent manibus super te, quia super quem non transiit malitia tua semper? ”.	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?