Nahum 1
1 The word about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Inilah pesan Allah mengenai Niniwe. Pesan itu dinyatakan dengan penglihatan yang diberikan kepada Nahum, seorang nabi yang berasal dari Elkos.
2 The Lord is a God who takes care of his honour and gives punishment for wrong; the Lord gives punishment and is angry; the Lord sends punishment on those who are against him, being angry with his haters.
TUHAN Allah tak mau mempunyai saingan, orang yang melawan-Nya, pasti mendapat hukuman. Dengan sangat murka, Ia membalas dendam kepada mereka.
3 The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Memang TUHAN, tidak cepat marah; tetapi Ia juga sangat berkuasa sehingga barangsiapa berbuat kesalahan tak akan dibebaskan-Nya dari hukuman. Di mana TUHAN berjalan, di situ timbul topan; di tempat kaki-Nya menginjak, di situ debu menjadi awan.
4 He says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength.
Ia mengancam laut dan mengeringkannya, segala sungai dijadikan habis airnya. Gunung Karmel dan padang-padang di Basan menjadi gersang dan di Libanon layulah segala kembang.
5 The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.
Gunung-gunung gemetar di hadapan-Nya; dan bukit pun menjadi cair semua. Jika TUHAN tampil, bumi bergetar, dunia dan semua penduduknya gemetar.
6 Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
Siapa dapat tahan kalau TUHAN murka? Tiada yang dapat luput dari kemarahan-Nya? Ia melampiaskan amarah-Nya yang menyala batu hancur dan menjadi debu di hadapan-Nya.
7 The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.
TUHAN itu baik, Ia melindungi umat-Nya waktu mereka susah, Ia menjaga orang yang berlindung kepada-Nya.
8 But like water overflowing he will take them away; he will put an end to those who come up against him, driving his haters into the dark.
Seperti banjir besar yang melanda, dihancurkan-Nya musuh-musuh-Nya. Mereka yang berani melawan Dia dihantam-Nya dengan maut hingga binasa.
9 What are you designing against the Lord? he will put an end to it: his haters will not come up again a second time.
Rencana apapun yang kaubuat melawan TUHAN, pasti akan menemui kegagalan. Tak akan Ia membalas dendam-Nya sampai dua kali kepada musuh-musuh-Nya.
10 For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.
Engkau akan dibakar seperti jerami yang kering seperti semak berduri yang terjalin-jalin.
11 One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.
Daripadamu, hai Niniwe, telah muncul seorang yang penuh dengan rancangan jahat. Ia membuat rencana untuk melawan TUHAN.
12 This is what the Lord has said: The days of my cause against you are ended; they are cut off and past. Though I have sent trouble on you, you will no longer be troubled.
Maka kata TUHAN kepada Israel, umat-Nya, "Meskipun orang-orang Asyur itu kuat serta banyak jumlahnya, namun mereka akan dihancurkan lalu lenyap. Hai bangsa-Ku, Aku telah membuat kamu menderita, tetapi Aku tak akan melakukannya lagi.
13 And now I will let his yoke be broken off you, and your chains be parted.
Sekarang akan Kuakhiri kuasa Asyur atas kamu, dan Kuputuskan rantai yang mengikat kamu."
14 The Lord has given an order about you, that no more of your name are to be planted: from the house of your gods I will have the pictured and metal images cut off; I will make your last resting-place a place of shame; for you are completely evil.
Inilah keputusan TUHAN mengenai bangsa Asyur, "Mereka tidak akan mempunyai keturunan untuk penerus bangsanya. Patung-patung berhala yang ada di dalam kuil-kuil dewanya, akan Kuhancurkan. Kuburan untuk bangsa Asyur sedang Kupersiapkan, sebab mereka tak layak hidup!"
15 See on the mountains the feet of him who comes with good news, giving word of peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, give effect to your oaths: for the good-for-nothing man will never again go through you; he is completely cut off.
Lihatlah, seorang utusan datang melalui gunung-gunung, membawa kabar baik, kabar kemenangan. Hai bangsa Yehuda, rayakanlah hari rayamu dan bayarlah kaulmu kepada Allah. Negerimu tak akan lagi dijajah oleh penjahat. Mereka sudah dihancurkan sama sekali.
