1Pustošiteľ, ktorý všetko rozmetáva, vyšiel hore na tvoju tvár, ó, zem! Strážiť svoju pevnosť! Pozoruj na cestu, posilni bedrá, sober dovedna silu!
1Come up hath a scatterer to thy face, Keep the bulwark, watch the way, Strengthen the loins, strengthen power mightily.
2Lebo Hospodin navráti dôstojnosť Jakobovu jako dôstojnosť Izraelovu, pretože ich vyprázdnili lúpežníci a zkazili ich révy.
2For turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As [to] the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred.
3Štít jeho udatných je červený, silní mužovia sú odiati v šarláte, vozy v ohni ocele v deň jeho prípravy, a jedle pík sa mocne trasú.
3The shield of his mighty ones is become red, Men of might [are in] scarlet, With fiery torches [is] the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.
4Vozy šialene behajú po uliciach; s rachotom sa predbiehajú po námestiach; na pohľad sú jako fakle, lietajú ako blesky.
4In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances [are] like torches, As lightnings they run.
5Spomenie si na svojich slávnych; budú klesať na svojich pochodoch, ponáhľať sa budú k jeho (mesta) múru, a útočný kryt je pripravený.
5He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten [to] its wall, and prepared is the covering.
6Brány od strany riek sú otvorené, a palác sa rozplýva.
6Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.
7Stojí! Dcéra Ninive bude odhalená, bude odvedená hore do zajatia, a jej dievky vedúc ju budú lkať ako holubice bijúc sa vo svoje prsia.
7And it is established — she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
8A Ninive bolo jako jazero, plné vôd, hneď od svojho začiatku. Ale ony utečú. Stojte! Postojte! budú volať; ale nebude toho, kto by sa ozrel.
8And Nineveh [is] as a pool of waters, From of old it [is] — and they are fleeing! `Stand ye, stand;` and none is turning!
9Chvátajte striebro, chvátajte zlato, lebo veď nieto konca nahromadenému bohatstvu, sláve, pre všelijaké vzácne klenoty.
9Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, [To] the abundance of all desirable vessels.
10Prázdne a vyprázdnené, ba úplne spustošené bude Ninive. A srdce sa rozplynie; kolená budú trepotať; kŕčovitá bolesť bude po celých bedrách, a tváre všetkých zblednú.
10She is empty, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain [is] in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.
11Kde je peleš ľvov, to pastvisko pre ľvíčatá, kam chodieval lev a ľvica i mláďa ľva, a kde nebolo toho, kto by bol postrašil?!
11Where [is] the habitation of lionesses? And a feeding-place it [is] for young lions Where walked hath a lion, an old lion, A lion`s whelp, and there is none troubling.
12Lev, ktorý trhajúc lovil pre potrebu svojich mláďat a dávil svojim ľviciam, naplňoval lúpežou svoje diery a svoje brlohy korisťou!
12The lion is tearing parts [for] his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill [with] prey his holes, And his habitations [with] rapine.
13Hľa, prijdem na teba, hovorí Hospodin Zástupov; a popálim jeho vozy v dyme, tvoje ľvíčatá požerie meč, a vyplienim tvoju lúpež zo zeme, a nepočuje sa už viacej hlas tvojich poslov.
13Lo, I [am] against thee, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have burned in smoke its chariot, And thy young lions consume doth a sword, And I have cut off from the land thy prey, And not heard any more is the voice of thy messengers!