Nahum 2

hinneh al-heharim ragle mevasser mashmia shalom khoggi yehudah khaggayikh shallemi nedarayikh ki lo yosif od (lvvr) [la'avor-]bakh beliyya'al kulloh nikhrat

Behold on the hills The footsteps of a herald Announcing good fortune! “Celebrate your festivals, O Judah, Fulfill your vows. Never again shall scoundrels invade you, They have totally vanished.”

alah mefits al-panayikh natsor metsurah tsappeh-derekh khazzeq motnayim ammets koakh me'od

A shatterer has come up against you. Put up the guard posts, Watch the road; Steady your loins, Brace all your strength!

ki shav Adonai et-ge'on ya'aqov kigon yisra'el ki veqaqum boqeqim uzemorehem shikhetu

For GOD has restored the Pride of Jacob As well as the Pride of Israel, Though marauders have laid them waste And ravaged their branches.

magen gibborehu me'oddam anshe-khayil metulla'im be'esh-peladot harekhev beyom hakhino vehabberoshim horalu

His warriors’ shields are painted red, And the soldiers are clothed in crimson; The chariots are like flaming torches, On the day they are made ready. The [arrows of] cypress wood are poisoned,

bakhutsot yitholelu harekhev yishtaqshequn barekhovot marehen kallappidim kabberaqim yerotsetsu

The chariots dash about frenzied in the fields, They rush through the meadows. They appear like torches, They race like streaks of lightning.

yizkor addirayw yikkashelu (vhlkhvtm) [bahalikhatam] yemaharu khomatah vehukhan hassokhekh

He commands his burly men; They stumble as they advance, They hasten up to her wall, Where wheeled shelters are set up.

sha'are hanneharot niftakhu vehahekhal namog

The floodgates are opened, And the palace is deluged.

vehutsav gulletah ho'alatah ve'amhoteha menahagot keqol yonim metofefot al-livvehen

And Huzzab is exiled and carried away, While her handmaidens escort [her] As with the voices of doves, Beating their breasts.

venineveh khivrekhat-mayim mime hi vehemmah nasim imdu amodu ve'en mafneh

Nineveh has been like a [placid] pool of water From earliest times; Now they flee. “Stop! Stop!”— But none can turn them back.

bozzu khesef bozzu zahav ve'en qetseh lattekhunah kavod mikkol keli khemdah

“Plunder silver! Plunder gold!” There is no limit to the treasure; It is a hoard of all precious objects.

buqah umevuqah umevullaqah velev names ufiq birkayim vekhalkhalah bekhol-motnayim ufene khullam qibbetsu farur

Desolation, devastation, and destruction! Spirits sink, Knees buckle, All loins tremble, All faces turn ashen.

ayyeh me'on arayot umireh hu lakkefirim asher halakh aryeh lavi sham gur aryeh ve'en makharid

What has become of that lions’ den, That pasture of great beasts, Where lion and lion’s breed walked, And lion’s cub—with none to disturb them?

aryeh toref bede gorotayw umekhanneq lelivotayw vayemalle-teref khorayw ume'onotayw terefah

[Where is] the lion that tore victims for its cubs And strangled for the lionesses, And filled its lairs with prey And its dens with mangled flesh?

hinni elayikh ne'um Adonai tseva'ot vehivarti ve'ashan rikhbah ukhefirayikh tokhal kharev vehikhratti me'erets tarpekh velo-yishama od qol malakhekheh

I am going to deal with you —declares GOD of Hosts: I will burn down her chariots in smoke, And the sword shall devour your great beasts; I will stamp out your killings from the earth, And the sound of your messengers Shall be heard no more.