Nahum 1

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

وَحْيٌ عَلَى نِينَوَى. سِفْرُ رُؤْيَا نَاحُومَ الأَلْقُوشِيِّ.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

مِنْكِ خَرَجَ الْمُفْتَكِرُ عَلَى الرَّبِّ شَرًّا، الْمُشِيرُ بِالْهَلاَكِ.

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.

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

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

وَالآنَ أَكْسِرُ نِيرَهُ عَنْكِ وَأَقْطَعُ رُبُطَكِ».

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.

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».

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.

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