ناحُوم 1

١ 1 وَحْيٌ بِشَأْنِ نِينَوَى، كَمَا وَرَدَ فِي كِتَابِ رُؤْيَا نَاحُومَ الأَلْقُوشِيِّ.

A message about Nineveh, a vision which came to Nahum from Elkosh.

٢ 2 الرَّبُّ إِلَهٌ غَيُورٌ وَمُنْتَقِمٌ. الرَّبُّ مُنْتَقِمٌ وَسَاخِطٌ. يَنْتَقِمُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ، وَيُضْمِرُ الْغَضَبَ لِخُصُومِهِ.

The Lord tolerates no rivals. The Lord is vengeful and fierce in wrath. The Lord does not fail to punish his foes; the Lord is vengeful against his enemies.

٣ 3 الرَّبُّ بَطِيءٌ فِي غَضَبِهِ وَعَظِيمُ الْعِزَّةِ، إِنَّمَا لَا يُبْرِئُ الْخَاطِئَ الْبَتَّةَ. طَرِيقُ الرَّبِّ فِي الزَّوْبَعَةِ وَالْعَاصِفَةِ، وَالْغَمَامُ غُبَارُ قَدَمَيْهِ.

The Lord is slow to anger, great in power. The guilty will not escape his punishment. Storm tempest is his path and cloud is the dust of his feet.

٤ 4 يَزْجُرُ الْبَحْرَ فَيُجَفِّفُهُ. يُنْضِبُ جَمِيعَ الأَنْهَارِ، فَتَذْوِي مَرَاعِي بَاشَانَ وَالْكَرْمَلِ، وَيَذْبُلُ زَهْرُ لُبْنَانَ.

He rebukes the sea and dries it up and makes all the streams run dry. Bashan and Carmel are languishing and the bloom of Lebanon is withered.

٥ 5 تَتَزَلْزَلُ الْجِبَالُ أَمَامَهُ، وَتَذُوبُ التِّلالُ، وَتَتَصَدَّعُ الأَرْضُ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ وَالْمَسْكُونَةُ وَالسَّاكِنُونَ فِيهَا.

The mountains tremble before him and the hills dissolve. The earth heaves before him, the world and all who live in it.

٦ 6 مَنْ يَصْمِدُ أَمَامَ سَخَطِهِ؟ مَنْ يَتَحَمَّلُ فَرْطَ اضْطِرَامِ غَضَبِهِ؟ يَنْصَبُّ غَضَبُهُ كَالنَّارِ وَتَنْحَلُّ تَحْتَ وَطْأَتِهِ الصُّخُورُ.

Who can stand before his wrath? Who can withstand the heat of his anger? His fierce fury pours forth like fire, he shatters rocks.

٧ 7 الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ، حِصْنٌ فِي يَوْمِ الضِّيقِ، وَيَعْرِفُ الْمُعْتَصِمِينَ بِهِ.

The Lord is good to those who hope in him, a place of refuge in the day of trouble.

٨ 8 وَلَكِنَّهُ بِطُوفَانٍ طَامٍ يُخْفِي مَعَالِمَ نِينَوَى، وَتُدْرِكُ الظُّلْمَةُ أَعْدَاءَهُ.

With rushing flood an end he makes of those who rise against him, he drives his enemies into darkness.

٩ 9 لِمَاذَا تَتَآمَرُونَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ؟ إِنَّهُ يَقْضِي عَلَى مُؤَامَرَتِكُمْ، وَيُفْنِيكُمْ بِضَرْبَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ.

Why do you plot against the Lord? He will end you. He only takes vengeance once.

١٠ 10 وَتَلْتَهِمُهُمُ النَّارُ كَمَا تَلْتَهِمُ شَجَرَةَ عُلَّيْقٍ كَثِيفَةً أَوْ سُكَارَى مُتَرَنِّحِينَ مِنْ خَمْرِهِمْ أَوْ حِزْمَةَ قَشٍّ جَافَّةً.

Thorns, tangled and drenched, they are consumed like dry stubble.

١١ 11 مِنْكِ خَرَجَ يَا نِينَوَى مَنْ تَآمَرَ بِالشَّرِّ عَلَى الرَّبِّ، وَالْمُشِيرُ بِالسُّوءِ.

Nineveh! From you has arisen one who plots evil against the Lord, a counsellor of wickedness.

١٢ 12 وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: مَعَ أَنَّكُمْ أَقْوِيَاءُ وَكَثِيرُونَ فَإِنَّكُمْ تُسْتَأْصَلُونَ وَتَفْنَوْنَ. أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ يَا شَعْبِي فَقَدْ عَاقَبْتُكُمْ أَشَدَّ عِقَابٍ وَلَنْ أُنْزِلَ بِكُمُ الْوَيْلاتِ ثَانِيَةً.

The Lord says: “Though they are many and strong, they will pass away and be gone. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more,

١٣ 13 بَلْ أُحَطِّمُ الآنَ نِيرَ أَشُّورَ عَنْكُمْ، وَأَكْسِرُ أَغْلالَكُمْ.

and now I will break his yoke from your necks and snap your chains.”

١٤ 14 وَهَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَصْدَرَ قَضَاءَهُ بِشَأْنِكَ يَا أَشُّورُ: لَنْ تَبْقَى لَكَ ذُرِّيَّةٌ تَحْمِلُ اسْمَكَ. وَأَسْتَأْصِلُ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ آلهَتِكَ مَنْحُوتَاتِكَ وَمَسْبُوكَاتِكَ، وَأَجْعَلُهُ قَبْرَكَ، لأَنَّكَ صِرْتَ نَجِساً.

The Lord has given this command concerning you, Nineveh: “Your name will no longer be remembered. I will destroy every idol and image in the house of your God. I will destroy even your tomb, for you are worthless.”

١٥ 15 هُوَذَا عَلَى الْجِبَالِ (تَسِيرُ) قَدَمَا الْمُبَشِّرِ حَامِلِ الأَخْبَارِ السَّارَّةِ، الَّذِي يُعْلِنُ السَّلامَ. فَيَا يَهُوذَا وَاظِبْ عَلَى الاحْتِفَالِ بِأَعْيَادِكَ وَأَوْفِ نُذُورَكَ لأَنَّهُ لَنْ يُهَاجِمَكَ الشِّرِّيرُ مِنْ بَعْدُ، إِذْ قَدِ انْقَرَضَ تَمَاماً.

Look! On the mountains a messenger bringing good news, announcing peace! “Celebrate the feasts, Judah, fulfill your vows. Never again will these enemies invade your land, they are destroyed!”