< Nahum 1 >

1 A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
وَحْيٌ بِشَأْنِ نِينَوَى، كَمَا وَرَدَ فِي كِتَابِ رُؤْيَا نَاحُومَ الأَلْقُوشِيِّ.١
2 The LORD is a jealous God and avenges. The LORD avenges and is full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
الرَّبُّ إِلَهٌ غَيُورٌ وَمُنْتَقِمٌ. الرَّبُّ مُنْتَقِمٌ وَسَاخِطٌ. يَنْتَقِمُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ، وَيُضْمِرُ الْغَضَبَ لِخُصُومِهِ.٢
3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. The LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
الرَّبُّ بَطِيءٌ فِي غَضَبِهِ وَعَظِيمُ الْعِزَّةِ، إِنَّمَا لَا يُبْرِئُ الْخَاطِئَ الْبَتَّةَ. طَرِيقُ الرَّبِّ فِي الزَّوْبَعَةِ وَالْعَاصِفَةِ، وَالْغَمَامُ غُبَارُ قَدَمَيْهِ.٣
4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languish. The flower of Lebanon languishes.
يَزْجُرُ الْبَحْرَ فَيُجَفِّفُهُ. يُنْضِبُ جَمِيعَ الأَنْهَارِ، فَتَذْوِي مَرَاعِي بَاشَانَ وَالْكَرْمَلِ، وَيَذْبُلُ زَهْرُ لُبْنَانَ.٤
5 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.
تَتَزَلْزَلُ الْجِبَالُ أَمَامَهُ، وَتَذُوبُ التِّلالُ، وَتَتَصَدَّعُ الأَرْضُ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ وَالْمَسْكُونَةُ وَالسَّاكِنُونَ فِيهَا.٥
6 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.
مَنْ يَصْمِدُ أَمَامَ سَخَطِهِ؟ مَنْ يَتَحَمَّلُ فَرْطَ اضْطِرَامِ غَضَبِهِ؟ يَنْصَبُّ غَضَبُهُ كَالنَّارِ وَتَنْحَلُّ تَحْتَ وَطْأَتِهِ الصُّخُورُ.٦
7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ، حِصْنٌ فِي يَوْمِ الضِّيقِ، وَيَعْرِفُ الْمُعْتَصِمِينَ بِهِ.٧
8 But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
وَلَكِنَّهُ بِطُوفَانٍ طَامٍ يُخْفِي مَعَالِمَ نِينَوَى، وَتُدْرِكُ الظُّلْمَةُ أَعْدَاءَهُ.٨
9 What do you plot against the LORD? He will make a full end. Affliction will not rise up the second time.
لِمَاذَا تَتَآمَرُونَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ؟ إِنَّهُ يَقْضِي عَلَى مُؤَامَرَتِكُمْ، وَيُفْنِيكُمْ بِضَرْبَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ.٩
10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.
وَتَلْتَهِمُهُمُ النَّارُ كَمَا تَلْتَهِمُ شَجَرَةَ عُلَّيْقٍ كَثِيفَةً أَوْ سُكَارَى مُتَرَنِّحِينَ مِنْ خَمْرِهِمْ أَوْ حِزْمَةَ قَشٍّ جَافَّةً.١٠
11 One has gone out of you who devises evil against the LORD, who counsels wickedness.
مِنْكِ خَرَجَ يَا نِينَوَى مَنْ تَآمَرَ بِالشَّرِّ عَلَى الرَّبِّ، وَالْمُشِيرُ بِالسُّوءِ.١١
12 The LORD 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.
وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: مَعَ أَنَّكُمْ أَقْوِيَاءُ وَكَثِيرُونَ فَإِنَّكُمْ تُسْتَأْصَلُونَ وَتَفْنَوْنَ. أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ يَا شَعْبِي فَقَدْ عَاقَبْتُكُمْ أَشَدَّ عِقَابٍ وَلَنْ أُنْزِلَ بِكُمُ الْوَيْلاتِ ثَانِيَةً.١٢
13 Now I will break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”
بَلْ أُحَطِّمُ الآنَ نِيرَ أَشُّورَ عَنْكُمْ، وَأَكْسِرُ أَغْلالَكُمْ.١٣
14 The LORD 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.”
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.١٤
15 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.
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.١٥

< Nahum 1 >