Nahumu 3 – GKY & NIV

Holy Bible in Gĩkũyũ

Nahumu 3:1-19

Mwanangĩko Ũtangĩgirĩrĩka Nineve

13:1 Ezek 22:2; Thab 12:2Kaĩ itũũra inene rĩa Nineve rĩrĩa rĩitaga thakame rĩrĩ na haaro-ĩ!

Itũũra rĩu rĩiyũrĩtwo nĩ maheeni

na indo cia ũtunyani,

na rĩtiagaga andũ moragĩtwo.

2Rĩ na mwanũko wa mĩcaarica,

na mũrurumo wa magũrũ ma ngaari,

na mbarathi itengʼerete,

na ngaari cia ita ikũrũgarũga!

33:3 Isa 34:3Thigari cia mbarathi irahithũka,

ikahenũkia hiũ cia njora

na matimũ marahenia!

Andũ aingĩ nĩmooragĩtwo,

gũkagĩa na hĩba cia arĩa makuĩte,

na ciimba itangĩtarĩka,

nao andũ makahĩngwo nĩ ciimba icio:

43:4 Isa 47:9; Ezek 16:25-29maũndũ maya mothe marekĩka nĩ ũndũ wa ũingĩ wa merirĩria ma mũmaraya,

ũrĩa ũguucĩrĩirie mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio mũrogi,

ũrĩa watuire ndũrĩrĩ ngombo na ũmaraya wake,

na agĩtua kĩrĩndĩ ngombo na ũragũri wake.

53:5 Nahu 2:13; Isa 47:3Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ,

“Niĩ nĩngũgũũkĩrĩra.

Ngũkũheta nguo ikũhumbĩre ũthiũ.

Nguonia ndũrĩrĩ njaga yaku,

na ngũconorithie mbere ya mothamaki.

63:6 Jer 51:37; Isa 14:16Ngũgũikĩria gĩko kĩrĩ magigi,

ngũnyarare ũtuĩke kĩndũ gĩa kũmakania gĩkĩonwo nĩ andũ.

73:7 Jer 15:5; Isa 51:19Arĩa othe magaakuona nĩmakoora makiugaga atĩrĩ,

‘Hĩ, Nineve nĩrĩanange, nũũ ũkaarĩcakaĩra?’

Mũndũ wa gũkũhooreria-rĩ, ingĩmũruta kũ?”

83:8 Amos 6:2; Jer 46:25Wee-rĩ, ũkĩrĩ mwega gũkĩra Thebesi,3:8 Thebesi rĩarĩ itũũra inene rĩa mwena wa rũgongo wa Rũũĩ rwa Nili. No rĩo rĩetagwo No kana No-Amoni.

itũũra rĩrĩa rĩakĩtwo Rũũĩ-inĩ rwa Nili,

o rĩo rĩrigiicĩirio nĩ maaĩ?

Rũũĩ rũu nĩruo rũrĩgitagĩra,

naruo rũthingo rwarĩo nĩ maaĩ macio.

93:9 Kĩam 10:6; Ezek 27:10Kushi na Misiri nĩcio ciarĩ hinya warĩo ũtangĩathirire;

Putu na Lubimu maarĩ amwe a thiritũ narĩo.

103:10 2Ath 8:12; Ayub 6:27; Jer 40:1No rĩrĩ, nĩrĩatahirwo,

na andũ aarĩo magĩthaamio.

Tũkenge twarĩo twatungumanirio,

tũgĩtuĩka icunjĩ magomano-inĩ mothe ma njĩra.

Mĩtĩ nĩyacuukĩirwo andũ aarĩo arĩa maarĩ igweta,

anene othe aarĩo makĩohwo na mĩnyororo.

11Wee nawe nĩũkarĩĩo,

na nĩũkoora, wĩhithe,

wethe kĩĩhitho ũũrĩre thũ ciaku.

12Ciĩhitho ciaku nũmu ciothe ihaana ta mĩtĩ ya mĩkũyũ,

ĩrĩ na ngũyũ iria ciambĩte kwĩrua,

yainainio-rĩ,

ngũyũ ikagũa kanua-inĩ ka mũrĩi.

133:13 Isa 19:16Tarora, mbũtũ ciaku cia ita,

hĩ, ciothe ihaana ta andũ-a-nja!

Ihingo cia bũrũri waku

nĩ hingũrĩre thũ ciaku biũ,

mĩgĩĩko yacio ĩgacinwo na mwaki.

143:14 Nahu 2:1; 2Maũ 32:4Taha maaĩ ũige, ũgaakorwo namo hĩndĩ ya kũrigiicĩrio,

ciĩgitĩro ciaku cia hinya ũcirũmie wega!

Haarĩria rĩũmba,

kia ndoro,

ũthondeke maturubarĩ.

153:15 Joel 1:4; 2Sam 2:26Kũu nĩkuo mwaki ũgaakũniinĩra,

na rũhiũ rwa njora rũgũtemenge ũthire biũ,

rũkũrĩe o ta ũrĩa ũngĩrĩĩo nĩ itono.

Ciaranai ta itono,

mũciarane, mũingĩhe ta ngigĩ!

16Onjoria aku ũmaingĩhĩtie,

makaingĩha gũkĩra njata cia igũrũ,

no mahaana ta ngigĩ iria cianangaga bũrũri,

igacooka ikeyũmbũkĩra.

173:17 Jer 51:27Arangĩri aku matariĩ ta ngigĩ,

anene aku nao nĩ ta mĩrumbĩ ya ngigĩ,

ĩrĩa yũmbaga thingo-inĩ ciaku mũthenya wa heho,

no riũa rĩara, ĩkombũka ĩgathiĩ,

na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩmenya kũrĩa yathiĩ.

183:18 Thab 76:5-6; 1Ath 2:17Atĩrĩrĩ, wee mũthamaki wa Ashuri, arĩithi aku nĩmakomete;

andũ aku arĩa marĩ igweta nĩmahuurũkĩte.

Andũ aku othe mahurunjũkĩire irĩma-inĩ,

na gũtirĩ wa kũmacookanĩrĩria.

193:19 Jer 30:13; Maca 2:15Kĩronda gĩaku gĩtingĩhona;

nguraro yaku nĩ ya gũkũũraga.

Mũndũ o wothe ũiguĩte ũhoro waku

arahũũra hĩ tondũ nĩũgwĩte,

nũũ ũtarĩ wahutio

nĩ kĩnyariirano gĩaku gĩtarĩ mũthia?

New International Version

Nahum 3:1-19

Woe to Nineveh

1Woe to the city of blood,

full of lies,

full of plunder,

never without victims!

2The crack of whips,

the clatter of wheels,

galloping horses

and jolting chariots!

3Charging cavalry,

flashing swords

and glittering spears!

Many casualties,

piles of dead,

bodies without number,

people stumbling over the corpses—

4all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,

alluring, the mistress of sorceries,

who enslaved nations by her prostitution

and peoples by her witchcraft.

5“I am against you,” declares the Lord Almighty.

“I will lift your skirts over your face.

I will show the nations your nakedness

and the kingdoms your shame.

6I will pelt you with filth,

I will treat you with contempt

and make you a spectacle.

7All who see you will flee from you and say,

‘Nineveh is in ruins—who will mourn for her?’

Where can I find anyone to comfort you?”

8Are you better than Thebes,

situated on the Nile,

with water around her?

The river was her defense,

the waters her wall.

9Cush3:9 That is, the upper Nile region and Egypt were her boundless strength;

Put and Libya were among her allies.

10Yet she was taken captive

and went into exile.

Her infants were dashed to pieces

at every street corner.

Lots were cast for her nobles,

and all her great men were put in chains.

11You too will become drunk;

you will go into hiding

and seek refuge from the enemy.

12All your fortresses are like fig trees

with their first ripe fruit;

when they are shaken,

the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.

13Look at your troops—

they are all weaklings.

The gates of your land

are wide open to your enemies;

fire has consumed the bars of your gates.

14Draw water for the siege,

strengthen your defenses!

Work the clay,

tread the mortar,

repair the brickwork!

15There the fire will consume you;

the sword will cut you down—

they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.

Multiply like grasshoppers,

multiply like locusts!

16You have increased the number of your merchants

till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,

but like locusts they strip the land

and then fly away.

17Your guards are like locusts,

your officials like swarms of locusts

that settle in the walls on a cold day—

but when the sun appears they fly away,

and no one knows where.

18King of Assyria, your shepherds3:18 That is, rulers slumber;

your nobles lie down to rest.

Your people are scattered on the mountains

with no one to gather them.

19Nothing can heal you;

your wound is fatal.

All who hear the news about you

clap their hands at your fall,

for who has not felt

your endless cruelty?