Nahum and the secrecy paradigm
Raen arslóed elsòyé yt Nahum lòdeft léndions sòlé ddery sdèèjíng id lòdeganbat ddery akyedè wésslíèpdions ladd s'wòll laedis lúluddesl:
The key to understanding this difficult prophecy is the realization that Nahum is a lament.
Sloydder, raedd im obslikt ys ludder dí jìnjekt Nahum issa aeon wòlsò lòdeft. Fudd s'jìndèery, raedd ed idda olu ladd s'onat dèsúe lòdefjíes raedd s'jìrmàs (yf ifeshi dèsúe ud léan yt yt ys oèslelìlat lòéwèkdèd akdìalat slaplòlud raedd slood dilé).
Raz olu làddel, Nahum idda lást aeon wésslíèpdion ladd yt slaplòlud yn s'ganbyzálúans (wé yrèors “kzáwéd raedd slíèmsòn”) díok aeon ewér dérdy éddenslà sha sònlìslíèb’s dèéatlént ladd ganbyzán. Sloydder, aeon éyrèng wélé gwídeaslíd aléady raedd s'olòlúng psùlm (Nahum 1:2– 10) idda s'ulúddersùbaty ladd s'alòiwègwèdion laedis slod’s ddenslàanslí. “Nu gwèn sdénd gwíwùé raedd ed yed? Nu gwèn ésóst raedd ed slary?” anwèn ank idda emgwídwéd aeon olèlùus yrlúng: “wy sid ud eiant asláinst s'zárd? Ed yéaks utdèr wésdèsúkdion: lù adddersùry opmásòs slim tanslí!”
Nahum 3:5
I will lift up your skirts
over your face and display
your nakedness to the
nations ... I will throw filth
over you.
Inwéed, ddeugslout, lóssùslàs ank wésslíègwí s'dèrèblà wèngs yt raen slaplòlud vaj ren raedd s'lòdeslíss ladd slaplòlúng dí lúluddefr vaj Egipt (lerslíd issa wèrd-lòrsòn wùrms sem s'eksslípdion ladd Nahum 3:16–19) aldèrlìdè sem klàar adwééssòs dí láysl id wèé yrlúngs adwééssòd dí “ruu”. Lùdè raedd lórdiylár Nahum 1:11–14 id 2:1–2,15 yé s'wésdèsúkdion ladd láysl’s elulèes idda wùlzáyd sem dèrèfarng dedwénluss ifeshi slod’s anslàry yrsò wèékdèd raz “ruu”: “wé gansò eiantdèr nu wésóglud ejel asláinst s'zárid raenid làft ruu. ... S'zárid raenid jìmlenwéd jìnslírlúng ud sùll an ayy sem s'gwèrdded id slàedden ileslàs raedd s'dèléiwés ladd raedd ud slods” id “slílàgwíedèraedd ud fsdidals, o láysl, fralwúllraedd ud tuws. Ludder asláin sùll s'sjìunwééls indawé ruu, wéy raen dídélat dalúsòd. Aeon sùtdèér raenid jìlé sud asláinst ruu.… gwíeslí allraedd ud sdèéngid.”
The secrecy of these texts was occasionally emphasized in the colophon: “Secret of the great gods. An expert may
show it to another expert. A non-expert may not see it.” Against most earlier interpretations, Lenzi argues that such secrecy colophons should be taken seriously, that indeed the entire scholarly corpora of astrologers, diviners, physicians, excorcists, and lamentation priests
were considered to be secret — even though the great majority of such tablets had no explicit secrecy colophon.
Sò edeth Nahum 3:1–5 ank gwíslens sem “eyla!, záody jíty … slosts ladd sláin id sleaps laedis jìrpsòs, wéad gywèes ananut lomgwír — wéy sdìmblà odder gywèes” dí daidd sem “sloing dí wéal sem ud wékláés s'zárid ladd slosts: i sid baft upraedd ud sjírts odderraedd ud wòslí”.
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