1He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
1Razbijalec gre gori zoper vas, Ninive! Varujte trdnjave, zastražite pot, utrdite si s pasom ledja, silno pokrepčajte svojo moč!
2For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
2Kajti GOSPOD ponavlja diko Jakobovo kakor diko Izraelovo; zakaj plenilci so jih oplenili in ugonobili njih rozge!
3The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
3Ščiti njegovih junakov so rdeči, hrabri možje njegovi so oblečeni v karmezin, vozovi se z jeklom iskré v dan, ko jih pripravlja, in vojaki sučejo sulice.
4The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
4Vozovi ropotajo po ulicah, dirjajo po trgih, videti jih je kakor bakle, privrševajo kakor bliski.
5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
5Spominja se kralj Niniv svojih plemenitnikov: spotikajo se v hoji, hitro planejo na mestni zid, postavijo streho.
6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
6Vrata ob rekah so odprta in voda poplavlja palačo.
7And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
7In določeno je: Ninive bodo odkrite, odpeljane; in njih dekleta javkajo kakor z glasom golobic, bijoč se v prsi.
8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
8Ninive so bile od nekdaj kakor ribnjak, poln vode; in vendar beže. ‚Stojte, stojte!‘ pa nihče se ne obrne.
9Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
9Ropajte srebro, ropajte zlato! kajti zaloga nima konca, bogastvo vsakovrstnega dragocenega orodja.
10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
10Prazne so in izpraznjene in opustošene! in srce se taja, kolena se šibé, bolečina je v vseh ledjih in obrazi vseh so bledi.
11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
11Kje je zdaj ležišče levov in pašnik levičev, koder se je izprehajal lev, levinja in levič, in nihče jih ni strašil?
12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
12Lev je dovolj nalovil svojim mladičem in podavil svojim levinjam, in napolnil je brloge svoje s plenom in svoja ležišča z ropom.Glej, jaz sem zoper tebe, govori GOSPOD na vojskami, in požgem tvoje vozove, da izginejo v dimu, in tvoje mlade leve požre meč, in iztrebim plen tvoj z zemlje, in tvojih poslancev glas se ne bo nikdar več slišal.
13Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
13Glej, jaz sem zoper tebe, govori GOSPOD na vojskami, in požgem tvoje vozove, da izginejo v dimu, in tvoje mlade leve požre meč, in iztrebim plen tvoj z zemlje, in tvojih poslancev glas se ne bo nikdar več slišal.