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Ninave yuav puam tsuaj
1Lub nroog Ninave, cov kws tsoo koj
tub tuaj ua rog rua koj lawm.
Kawgkag moog zuv rooj loog, zuv ncauj kev,
ca le sa hlaab khov kho npaaj tog,
sau tub rog txhwj zog.
2(Yawmsaub saamswm ua kuas Yakhauj tebchaws⚓
rov muaj fwjchim meej mom le qub
ib yaam le Yixayee tebchaws
yuav vaam meej nto moo,
vem yog tub saab lws puab
hab muab puab tej ceg ua lamswm taag.)
3Cov tub rog kws sab tuab
mas puab daim hlau thaiv lab ploog,
cov tub rog tej tsoog lab tsaus nti.
Nub kws npaaj txhwj mas tej tsheb ua rog
ci nplaag cuag le nplaim tawg,
cov neeg ua rog
kuj txauj teg peem quas qeeg yuav moog.
4Cov tsheb ua rog
mas dha raag quas ntwg taug kev,
moog tawg quas leeg
tej tshaav puam huv nroog,
ci nplaag le taws tsau,
laim quas lag le tsag lig xub.
5Cov thawj rog raug hu,
puab dha dawm taw pis poog moog,
puab dha ncaaj nraim rua ntawm ntsaa loog,
puab tsaa hlo daim hlau thaiv hauv ntaaj hauv muv.
6Lub qhov rooj dej qheb hlo lawm,⚓
cov huv vaajntxwv tsev poob sab taag.
7Puab muab tug puj vaaj tej tsoog tsho hle,
puab nteg puj vaaj coj moog.
Cov nkauj qhev kuj quaj ntsuag zum quas zawg
yaam nkaus le nquab quaj
hab puab ntaus hauv sab.
8Ninave zoo nkaus le lub paag dej
kws ndwg quas zug moog lawm.
Puab qw has tas, “Xob moog, xob moog,”
tassws tsw muaj leejtwg tig rov lug le.
9Ca le moog lws nyaj lws kub.
Muaj nyaj txag ntau kawg tsw paub taag le,
muaj ib puas tsaav yaam
hov txhua chaw muaj nqes.
10Ninave txom nyem lauj,
puam tsuaj taag du quas lug lauj!
Lub sab yaaj quas ntshws,
hauv caug tshee nduas quas txag,
ib ce tsaug quas tshua,
ntsej muag thum xem taag.
11Tsuv ntxhuav lub chaw nyob dua twg lawm?
Yog lub qhov tsua kws cov tsuv ntxhuav mog nyob
hab kwv nqaj moog noj
tsw muaj leejtwg nkaag moog taab kaum tau.
Qhov chaw kws tsw muaj leejtwg nkaag moog
zwg cov mivnyuas tsuv ntxhuav dua twg lawm?
12Tug tsuv ntxhuav dua nqaj
txaus cov mivnyuas noj
hab ntxo nkaus nqaj cej daab lug
rua cov maum tsuv ntxhuav.
Nwg nrhav nqaj coj lug puv nkaus qhov tsua
hab dua nqaj lug tso puv nkaus lub chaw nyob.
13Yawmsaub kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus,
has tas, “Saib maj, kuv tawm tsaam koj.
Kuv yuav hlawv koj tej tsheb ua rog
kuas nchu paa quas lug,
hab nav ntaaj yuav tua koj cov tsuv ntxhuav mog.
Kuv yuav muab cov nqaj kws koj noj
rhu tawm huv lub nplajteb moog,
hab yuav tsw nov
koj cov tub tshaaj xu lub suab le lawm.”
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Nineveh to Fall
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.⚓
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 decreed⚓ 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.”