Nahum 1
1 An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Elkosini Nahum anisoadehu nhoma a ɛyɛ nkɔmhyɛ a ɛfa Ninewe ho.
2 YHWH is a jealous God and avenges. YHWH avenges and is full of wrath. YHWH takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
Awurade yɛ ninkufo ne aweretɔ Nyankopɔn, Awurade tɔ were, na abufuw ahyɛ no ma. Awurade tɔ nʼatamfo so were, na nʼabufuw tena wɔn so.
3 YHWH is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. YHWH has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Awurade bo kyɛ fuw, na ne tumi so, na ɔtwe ɔfɔdifo aso. Ne kwan wɔ mfɛtɛ ne ahum mu, omununkum yɛ nʼanan ase mfutuma.
4 He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.
Ɔteɛteɛ po na ɔma ɛyow; ɔma nsubɔnten nyinaa yoyow. Basan ne Karmel twintwam, na Lebanon frɔmfrɔmyɛ nso kisa.
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.
Mmepɔw wosow biribiri nʼanim na nkoko nan. Asase, wiase ne wɔn a wɔwɔ mu nyinaa wosow nʼanim.
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.
Hena na obetumi agyina nʼabufuw ano? Hena na obetumi atena nʼabufuwhyew mu? Nʼabufuw hwie te sɛ ogya; abotan yam wɔ nʼanim.
7 YHWH is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
Awurade ye, ɔyɛ ahohia mu guankɔbea. Nʼani wɔ wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to no so no so.
8 But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
Nanso, ɔnam nsuyiri nwonwaso so bɛma Ninewe aba awiei. Ɔbɛtaa nʼatamfo akodu sum kabii mu.
9 What do you plot against YHWH? He will make a full end. Affliction won't rise up the second time.
Pɔw biara a wɔbɛbɔ atia Awurade no, ɔbɛsɛe no; ɔhaw biara remma nto so mprenu.
10 For entangled like thorns, and drunk as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.
Wɔde nsɔe bɛkyekyere wɔn ho, na bere a wɔn nsa abow wɔn no wɔbɛhyew wɔn sɛ nwuraguanee a wɔaboa ano.
11 There is one gone forth out of you, who devises evil against YHWH, who counsels wickedness.
Ninewe, wo mu na nea ɔbɔ pɔw bɔne tia Awurade na otu fo bɔne no fi.
12 Thus says YHWH: "Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
Nea Awurade se ni: “Ɛwɔ mu sɛ wɔwɔ nnamfonom a wɔdɔɔso de, nanso wɔbɛsɛe wɔn ama wɔayera. Yuda, ɛwɔ mu sɛ mama ɔhaw aba wo so, nanso merenyɛ saa bio.
13 Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart."
Afei, mebubu konnua a ɛda wo kɔn mu na matetew nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn no mu.”
14 YHWH has commanded concerning you: "No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile."
Ninewe, Awurade aka ɔhyɛ asɛm a ɛfa wo ho: “Worennya asefo a wo din bɛda wɔn so. Mɛsɛe nsɛsode a wɔasen ne ahoni a wɔagu a esisi wʼabosonnan mu no. Mesiesie wo da efisɛ woadan ayɛ atantanne.”
15 Look, 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.
Hwɛ mmepɔw no so, nea ɔde asɛmpa no ba no anammɔn ɔno na ɔka asomdwoesɛm! Yuda di wʼafahyɛ na di wɔ bɔhyɛ so. Nnipabɔne rentu wo so sa bio; Wɔbɛsɛe wɔn pasaa.
