Naum 2

SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Um destruidor avança contra ti: guarda a fortaleza vigia o caminho, fortifica os teus rins, reúne todo o teu vigor,	1 He ascends, who would scatter before your eyes, who would maintain the blockade. Contemplate the way, fortify your back, reinforce virtue greatly.
2 porque o Senhor restaura o esplendor de Jacó, assim como o esplendor de Israel, depois que os saqueadores despojaram e destruíram seus sarmentos.	2 For the Lord has repaid the arrogance of Jacob, just like the arrogance of Israel. For the despoilers have scattered them, and they have corrupted their procreation.
3 Os combatentes trazem escudo vermelho, os guerreiros estão vestidos de púrpura, os carros de aço cintilantes avançam no dia em que são postos em linha; e são brandidas as lanças.	3 The shield of his strong ones is fire, the men of war are in scarlet. The reins of the chariot are fiery in the day of his preparation, and the drivers have been drugged.
4 Os carros se precipitam pelas ruas, saltando através das praças. Ao vê-los, dir-se-ia serem tochas ardentes; correm como relâmpagos.	4 They have become confused on their journey. The four-horse chariots have collided in the streets. Their appearance is like torches, like lightning dashing around.
5 Ele se lembra de seus guerreiros valentes, mas estes tropeçam em sua marcha. Precipitam-se para a muralha e preparam o teto protetor.	5 He will call to mind his strong ones; they will destroy along their journey. They will quickly ascend its walls, and a shelter will be prepared.
6 As portas dos rios são abertas, o palácio cai arruinado.	6 The gates of the rivers have been opened, and the temple has been pulled down to the ground.
7 Ela é desnudada e deportada; suas servas gemem como pombas, e batem no peito.	7 And the foot soldier has been led away captive, and her handmaids were driven away, mourning like doves, murmuring in their hearts.
8 Nínive é semelhante a um tanque desde a sua origem. Eles fogem. Parai! Parai! Mas ninguém volta para trás.	8 And Nineveh, her waters are like a fish pond. Yet truly, they have fled away: “Stand, stand!” But there is no one who will turn back.
9 Saqueai a prata, saqueai o ouro, porque há inumeráveis tesouros e montes de objetos preciosos.	9 Despoil the silver, despoil the gold. And there is no end to all the riches of desirable equipment.
10 Roubo, pilhagem, devastação! O coração desfalece; os joelhos tremem, a dor oprime todos os rins, todos os rostos estão lívidos.	10 She has been scattered, and cut, and torn apart. And the heart melts, and the knees buckle, and weakness is in every temperament. And the faces of them all are like a black kettle.
11 Onde está agora o retiro dos leões, o pasto dos leõezinhos, onde se recolhiam o leão, a leoa e os leõezinhos, sem haver quem os inquietasse?	11 Where is the dwelling place of the lions, and the feeding ground of the young lions, to which the lion went, so as to open a way for the young lion, and so that there would be none to make them afraid?
12 O leão despedaçava para os seus pequenos, e estrangulava para as suas leoas; enchia de presas os seus antros, e de despojos as suas cavernas,	12 The lion seized enough for his young, and killed enough for his lionesses, and he filled his caves with prey, and his den with spoils.
13 Eis que venho agora contra ti - oráculo do Senhor dos exércitos -; vou incendiar teus carros e reduzi-los a fumaça, a espada vai devorar os teus leõezinhos; porei fim às tuas rapinas na terra, não se ouvirá mais a voz dos teus mensageiros.	13 Behold, I will come to you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will burn your chariots even to smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. And I will exterminate your prey from the land, and the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard.