1 ق َدْ خَرَجَ مُبَدِّدُ الشُّعُوبِ لِيُهاجِمَكَ يا مَلِكَ أشُّورَ. فَاحْرُسِ الأماكِنَ المُحَصَّنَةَ، راقِبِ الطَّرِيقَ. أعِدَّ تَجهِيزاتِ المَعرَكَةِ، جَهِّزْ نَفسَكَ بِقُوَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ.

Come up hath a scatterer to thy face, Keep the bulwark, watch the way, Strengthen the loins, strengthen power mightily.

2 ل ِأنَّ اللهَ سَيَرُدُّ مَجدَ يَعقُوبَ، لِيَكُونَ كَمَجدِ إسْرائِيلَ. فَقَدْ أخرَبَهُمُ المُخَرِّبُونَ، وَقَدْ أتلَفُوا كُرُومَ إسْرائِيلَ.

For turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred.

3 ت ُرُوسُ محارِبيهِ حَمراءُ، وَثِيابُ جُنُودِهِ قُرمُزِيَّةٌ. مَعدِنُ المَرْكَبةِ يَلمَعُ كَالنّارِ، فِي يَومِ استِعدادِهِ لِلمَعرَكَةِ، وَالرِّماحُ مُهتَزَّةٌ.

The shield of his mighty ones is become red, Men of might scarlet, With fiery torches the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.

4 ت َندَفِعُ المَركَباتُ بِعُنْفٍ فِي الشَّوارِعِ، تَتَسابَقُ مَعاً فِي السّاحاتِ. يَبدُونَ مِثلَ مَشاعِلَ. يَندَفِعُونَ كَالبَرقِ.

In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances like torches, As lightnings they run.

5 ي ُعطِي المُبَدِّدُ أوامِرَ لِقادَتِهِ، فَيَتَعَثَّرُونَ إذْ يَتَقَدَّمُونَ. يُسرِعُونَ إلَى السُّورِ، وَيَنْصِبُونَ بُرُوجَ الحِصارِ.

He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten its wall, and prepared is the covering.

6 ا نفَتَحَتْ أبوابُ الفَيَضانِ، وَانْهارَ قَصْرُ المَلِكِ.

Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.

7 ت ُجَرَّدُ المَلِكَةُ وَتُسْبَى، وَتُؤْخَذُ جَوارِيها بَعِيداً. يَقرَعْنَ عَلَى صُدُورِهِنَّ، وَيَتَنَهَّدْنَ تَنَهُّداً كَهَدِيلِ الحَمامِ.

And 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.

8 ن ِينَوَى مِثلَ بِرْكَةِ ماءٍ يَرْشَحُ ماؤُها مِنْها بِسُرعَةٍ. يَقُولُ قادَتُها: «تَوَقَّفْ! تَوَقَّفْ!» وَلَكِنْ لا يَلْتَفِتُ أحَدٌ.

And Nineveh as a pool of waters, From of old it -- and they are fleeing! `Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning!

9 ا نهَبُوا الفِضَّةَ! انهَبُوا الذَّهَبِ! لا نِهايَةَ لِلكُنُوزِ مِنْ كَثرَتِها، وَفِيها الكَثِيرُ مِنَ الأشياءِ النَّفِيسَةِ.

Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, the abundance of all desirable vessels.

10 ف َراغٌ وَدَمارٌ وَخَرابٌ! ذابَتْ قُلُوبٌ وَارتَعَشَتْ أرجُلٌ مِنَ الخَوفِ. اهتّزَّتِ الأبدانُ وَشَحَبَتِ الوُجُوهُ جَميعاً. وَقَدِ ابيَضَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ مِنَ الخَوفِ.

She is empty, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.

11 أ ينَ مَسْكِنُ الأُسُودِ، وَعَرِينُ الأشبالِ؟ أينَ المَكانُ الَّذِي ذَهَبَ إلَيهِ الأسَدُ وَاللَّبُؤَةُ، حَيثُ لا يَخشَى جَرْوُ الأسَدِ أذَى؟

Where the habitation of lionesses? And a feeding-place it for young lions Where walked hath a lion, an old lion, A lion's whelp, and there is none troubling.

12 ي َجِدُ الأسَدُ طَعاماً كَثِيراً لِجِرائِهِ، وَيَذبَحُ لِلَبُؤاتِهِ. يَملأُ مَغارَتَهُ بِالفَرائِسِ، وَكُهُوفَهُ بِالَّلَحمِ المُمَزَّقِ.

The lion is tearing parts his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill prey his holes, And his habitations rapine.

13 ي َقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «أنا ضِدُّكِ. سَأُحرِقُ مركباتِكِ حَتَّى لا يَبقَى سِوَى الدُّخانِ، وَسَيُقتَلُ أشبالُكِ فِي المَعرَكَةِ. سَأُخرِجُ فَرائِسَكِ مِنَ الأرْضِ، وَصَوتُ رُسُلِكِ لَنْ يُسمَعَ ثانيةً.»

Lo, I 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!