Nahum 1

وَحْيٌ عَلَى نِينَوَى. سِفْرُ رُؤْيَا نَاحُومَ الأَلْقُوشِيِّ.

The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

اَلرَّبُّ إِلهٌ غَيُورٌ وَمُنْتَقِمٌ. الرّبُّ مُنْتَقِمٌ وَذُو سَخَطٍ. الرّبُّ مُنْتَقِمٌ مِن مُبْغِضِيهِ وَحَافِظٌ غَضَبَهُ علَى أَعْدَائِهِ.

God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

الرَّبُّ بَطِيءُ الْغَضَبِ وَعَظِيمُ الْقُدْرَةِ، وَلكِنَّهُ لاَ يُبَرِّئُ الْبَتَّةَ. الرَّبُّ فِي الزَّوْبَعَةِ، وَفِي الْعَاصِفِ طَرِيقُهُ، وَالسَّحَابُ غُبَارُ رِجْلَيْهِ.

The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

يَنْتَهِرُ الْبَحْرَ فَيُنَشِّفُهُ وَيُجَفِّفُ جَمِيعَ الأَنْهَارِ. يَذْبُلُ بَاشَانُ وَالْكَرْمَلُ، وَزَهْرُ لُبْنَانَ يَذْبُلُ.

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

اَلْجِبَالُ تَرْجُفُ مِنْهُ، وَالتِّلاَلُ تَذُوبُ، وَالأَرْضُ تُرْفَعُ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ، وَالْعَالَمُ وَكُلُّ السَّاكِنِينَ فِيهِ.

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

مَنْ يَقِفُ أَمَامَ سَخَطِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يَقُومُ فِي حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ؟ غَيْظُهُ يَنْسَكِبُ كَالنَّارِ، وَالصُّخُورُ تَنْهَدِمُ مِنْهُ.

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

صَالِحٌ هُوَ الرَّبُّ. حِصْنٌ فِي يَوْمِ الضَّيقِ، وَهُوَ يَعْرِفُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ عَلَيْهِ.

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

وَلكِنْ بِطُوفَانٍ عَابِرٍ يَصْنَعُ هَلاَكًا تَامًّا لِمَوْضِعِهَا، وَأَعْدَاؤُهُ يَتْبَعُهُمْ ظَلاَمٌ.

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

مَاذَا تَفْتَكِرُونَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ؟ هُوَ صَانِعٌ هَلاَكًا تَامًّا. لاَ يَقُومُ الضِّيقُ مَرَّتَيْنِ.

What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

فَإِنَّهُمْ وَهُمْ مُشْتَبِكُونَ مِثْلَ الشَّوْكِ، وَسَكْرَانُونَ كَمِنْ خَمْرِهِمْ، يُؤْكَلُونَ كَالْقَشِّ الْيَابِسِ بِالْكَمَالِ.

For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

مِنْكِ خَرَجَ الْمُفْتَكِرُ عَلَى الرَّبِّ شَرًّا، الْمُشِيرُ بِالْهَلاَكِ.

There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنْ كَانُوا سَالِمِينَ وَكَثِيرِينَ هكَذَا، فَهكَذَا يُجَزُّونَ فَيَعْبُرُ. أَذْلَلْتُكِ. لاَ أُذِلُّكِ ثَانِيَةً.

Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

وَالآنَ أَكْسِرُ نِيرَهُ عَنْكِ وَأَقْطَعُ رُبُطَكِ».

For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

وَلكِنْ قَدْ أَوْصَى عَنْكَ الرَّبُّ: «لاَ يُزْرَعُ مِنِ اسْمِكَ فِي مَا بَعْدُ. إِنِّي أَقْطَعُ مِنْ بَيْتِ إِلهِكَ التَّمَاثِيلَ الْمَنْحُوتَةَ وَالْمَسْبُوكَةَ. أَجْعَلُهُ قَبْرَكَ، لأَنَّكَ صِرْتَ حَقِيرًا».

And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

هُوَذَا عَلَى الْجِبَالِ قَدَمَا مُبَشِّرٍ مُنَادٍ بِالسَّلاَمِ! عَيِّدِي يَا يَهُوذَا أَعْيَادَكِ. أَوْفِي نُذُورَكِ، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَعُودُ يَعْبُرُ فِيكِ أَيْضًا الْمُهْلِكُ. قَدِ انْقَرَضَ كُلُّهُ.

Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.