Nahum 2 – NIV & CCL

New International Version

Nahum 2:1-13

Nineveh to Fall

In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:2-14. 1An attacker advances against you, Nineveh.

Guard the fortress,

watch the road,

brace yourselves,

marshal all your strength!

2The Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob

like the splendor of Israel,

though destroyers have laid them waste

and have ruined their vines.

3The shields of the soldiers are red;

the warriors are clad in scarlet.

The metal on the chariots flashes

on the day they are made ready;

the spears of juniper are brandished.2:3 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac ready; / the horsemen rush to and fro.

4The chariots storm through the streets,

rushing back and forth through the squares.

They look like flaming torches;

they dart about like lightning.

5Nineveh summons her picked troops,

yet they stumble on their way.

They dash to the city wall;

the protective shield is put in place.

6The river gates are thrown open

and the palace collapses.

7It is decreed2:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. that Nineveh

be exiled and carried away.

Her female slaves moan like doves

and beat on their breasts.

8Nineveh is like a pool

whose water is draining away.

“Stop! Stop!” they cry,

but no one turns back.

9Plunder the silver!

Plunder the gold!

The supply is endless,

the wealth from all its treasures!

10She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!

Hearts melt, knees give way,

bodies tremble, every face grows pale.

11Where now is the lions’ den,

the place where they fed their young,

where the lion and lioness went,

and the cubs, with nothing to fear?

12The lion killed enough for his cubs

and strangled the prey for his mate,

filling his lairs with the kill

and his dens with the prey.

13“I am against you,”

declares the Lord Almighty.

“I will burn up your chariots in smoke,

and the sword will devour your young lions.

I will leave you no prey on the earth.

The voices of your messengers

will no longer be heard.”

Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero

Nahumu 2:1-13

Kugwa kwa Ninive

1Wodzathira nkhondo akubwera

kudzalimbana nawe, Ninive.

Tetezani malinga anu,

dziyangʼanani ku msewu,

konzekerani nkhondo,

valani dzilimbe.

2Yehova adzabwezeretsa ulemerero wa Yakobo

ngati ulemerero wa Israeli,

ngakhale anthu owononga anawawononga kotheratu

ndipo anawononganso mpesa wawo.

3Zishango za ankhondo ake ndi zofiira;

asilikali ake avala zovala zofiirira.

Zitsulo za pa magaleta zikunyezimira

tsiku la kukonzekera kwake.

Akuonetsa mikondo ya mkungudza yonoledwa.

4Magaleta akuthamanga mʼmisewu

akungothamangathamanga pa mabwalo.

Akuoneka ngati miyuni yoyaka;

akuthamanga ngati chingʼaningʼani.

5Iye akuyitanitsa asilikali ake wolemekezeka,

koma iwo akubwera napunthwa.

Akuthamangira ku linga la mzinda;

akuyimika chodzitchinjirizira pamalo pake.

6Atsekula zipata zotchinga madzi a mu mtsinje

ndipo nyumba yaufumu yagwa.

7Zatsimikizika kuti mzinda

utengedwa ndi kupita ku ukapolo.

Akapolo aakazi akulira ngati nkhunda

ndipo akudziguguda pachifuwa.

8Ninive ali ngati dziwe,

ndipo madzi ake akutayika.

Iwo akufuwula kuti, “Imani! Imani!”

Koma palibe amene akubwerera.

9Funkhani siliva!

Funkhani golide!

Katundu wake ndi wochuluka kwambiri,

chuma chochokera pa zinthu zake zamtengowapatali!

10Iye wawonongedwa, wafunkhidwa ndipo wavulidwa!

Mitima yasweka, mawondo akuwombana,

anthu akunjenjemera ndipo

nkhope zasandulika ndi mantha.

11Kodi tsopano dzenje la mikango lili kuti,

malo amene mikango inkadyetserako ana ake,

kumene mkango waumuna ndi waukazi unkapitako,

ndipo ana a mkango sankaopa kanthu kalikonse?

12Mkango waumuna unkapha nyama yokwanira ana ake

ndiponso kuphera nyama mkango waukazi,

kudzaza phanga lake ndi zimene wapha

ndiponso dzenje lake ndi nyama imene waphayo.

13Yehova Wamphamvuzonse akuti,

“Ine ndikutsutsana nawe.

Ndidzatentha magaleta ako mpaka utsi tolotolo,

ndipo lupanga lidzapha mikango yako yayingʼono;

sindidzakusiyira chilichonse choti udye pa dziko lapansi.

Mawu a amithenga anu sadzamvekanso.”