نَاحُوم 1

١ 1 وَحْيٌ عَلَى نِينَوَى. سِفْرُ رُؤْيَا نَاحُومَ ٱلْأَلْقُوشِيِّ.

A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

٢ 2 اَلرَّبُّ إِلَهٌ غَيُورٌ وَمُنْتَقِمٌ. ٱلرّبُّ مُنْتَقِمٌ وَذُو سَخَطٍ. ٱلرّبُّ مُنْتَقِمٌ مِن مُبْغِضِيهِ وَحَافِظٌ غَضَبَهُ عَلَى أَعْدَائِهِ.

Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

٣ 3 ٱلرَّبُّ بَطِيءُ ٱلْغَضَبِ وَعَظِيمُ ٱلْقُدْرَةِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يُبَرِّئُ ٱلْبَتَّةَ. ٱلرَّبُّ فِي ٱلزَّوْبَعَةِ، وَفِي ٱلْعَاصِفِ طَرِيقُهُ، وَٱلسَّحَابُ غُبَارُ رِجْلَيْهِ.

Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

٤ 4 يَنْتَهِرُ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَيُنَشِّفُهُ وَيُجَفِّفُ جَمِيعَ ٱلْأَنْهَارِ. يَذْبُلُ بَاشَانُ وَٱلْكَرْمَلُ، وَزَهْرُ لُبْنَانَ يَذْبُلُ.

He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languish. The flower of Lebanon languishes.

٥ 5 اَلْجِبَالُ تَرْجُفُ مِنْهُ، وَٱلتِّلَالُ تَذُوبُ، وَٱلْأَرْضُ تُرْفَعُ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ، وَٱلْعَالَمُ وَكُلُّ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِيهِ.

The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.

٦ 6 مَنْ يَقِفُ أَمَامَ سَخَطِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يَقُومُ فِي حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ؟ غَيْظُهُ يَنْسَكِبُ كَٱلنَّارِ، وَٱلصُّخُورُ تَنْهَدِمُ مِنْهُ.

Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.

٧ 7 صَالِحٌ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ. حِصْنٌ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلضَّيقِ، وَهُوَ يَعْرِفُ ٱلْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ عَلَيْهِ.

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

٨ 8 وَلَكِنْ بِطُوفَانٍ عَابِرٍ يَصْنَعُ هَلَاكًا تَامًّا لِمَوْضِعِهَا، وَأَعْدَاؤُهُ يَتْبَعُهُمْ ظَلَامٌ.

But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

٩ 9 مَاذَا تَفْتَكِرُونَ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ؟ هُوَ صَانِعٌ هَلَاكًا تَامًّا. لَا يَقُومُ ٱلضِّيقُ مَرَّتَيْنِ.

What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the second time.

١٠ 10 فَإِنَّهُمْ وَهُمْ مُشْتَبِكُونَ مِثْلَ ٱلشَّوْكِ، وَسَكْرَانُونَ كَمِنْ خَمْرِهِمْ، يُؤْكَلُونَ كَٱلْقَشِّ ٱلْيَابِسِ بِٱلْكَمَالِ.

For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.

١١ 11 مِنْكِ خَرَجَ ٱلْمُفْتَكِرُ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ شَرًّا، ٱلْمُشِيرُ بِٱلْهَلَاكِ.

One has gone out of you who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.

١٢ 12 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنْ كَانُوا سَالِمِينَ وَكَثِيرِينَ هَكَذَا، فَهَكَذَا يُجَزُّونَ فَيَعْبُرُ. أَذْلَلْتُكِ. لَا أُذِلُّكِ ثَانِيَةً.

Yahweh says: “Though they are in full strength and likewise many, even so they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

١٣ 13 وَٱلْآنَ أَكْسِرُ نِيرَهُ عَنْكِ وَأَقْطَعُ رُبُطَكِ».

Now I will break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”

١٤ 14 وَلَكِنْ قَدْ أَوْصَى عَنْكَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «لَا يُزْرَعُ مِنِ ٱسْمِكَ فِي مَا بَعْدُ. إِنِّي أَقْطَعُ مِنْ بَيْتِ إِلَهِكَ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلَ ٱلْمَنْحُوتَةَ وَٱلْمَسْبُوكَةَ. أَجْعَلُهُ قَبْرَكَ، لِأَنَّكَ صِرْتَ حَقِيرًا».

Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, I will cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.”

١٥ 15 هُوَذَا عَلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ قَدَمَا مُبَشِّرٍ مُنَادٍ بِٱلسَّلَامِ! عَيِّدِي يَا يَهُوذَا أَعْيَادَكِ. أَوْفِي نُذُورَكِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَعُودُ يَعْبُرُ فِيكِ أَيْضًا ٱلْمُهْلِكُ. قَدِ ٱنْقَرَضَ كُلُّهُ.

Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.