Nahum 1
1 Oracle sur Ninive. Livre de la Vision de Nahum d’Elqosch.
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 C’est un Dieu jaloux et vengeur que Yahweh; vengeur est Yahweh et connaissant le courroux; Yahweh se venge de ses adversaires, et garde rancune à ses ennemis.
God is a rival, and the Lord is avenging. The Lord is avenging, and one who applies wrath. The Lord is avenging with his enemies, and he becomes angry with his adversaries.
3 Yahweh est patient et grand en force, et il n’accorde pas l’impunité. Yahweh marche dans la tempête et dans l’ouragan, et la nuée est la poussière de ses pieds.
The Lord is patient and great in strength, and those who are not clean, he makes innocent. The Lord is in a tempest, and his way is a whirlwind, and the clouds are dust at his feet.
4 Il menace la mer et il la dessèche, et il fait tarir tous les fleuves. Basan et le Carmel sont flétris, flétrie est la végétation du Liban.
He is the one who rebukes the sea, and who dries it up, and who leads all the rivers to the desert. Basan has been weakened, and also Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon has languished.
5 Les montagnes tremblent devant lui, et les collines se fondent; la terre se soulève devant sa face, le monde et tous ceux qui l’habitent.
The mountains have trembled before him, and the hills have become desolate, and the earth has quaked before his face, both the world and all that dwells in it.
6 Devant sa fureur qui subsistera, qui tiendra contre l’ardeur de sa colère? Son courroux se répand comme le feu, et les rochers se brisent devant lui.
Who can stand firm before the face of his indignation? And who can continue against the fury of his wrath? His indignation has broken out like a fire, and the rocks have been dissolved before him.
7 Yahweh est bon; il est un refuge au jour de la détresse, et il connaît ceux qui se confient en lui.
The Lord is good, and a comforter in the day of tribulation, and he knows those who hope in him.
8 Par un flot débordant il détruira entièrement ce lieu, et il poursuivra ses ennemis jusque dans les ténèbres.
And in the flood that passes over, he brings to consummation the end of his place. And darkness shall pursue his adversaries.
9 Quelles sont vos pensées sur Yahweh? Il consommera la ruine; la détresse ne surgira pas deux fois.
What are you thinking up against the Lord? He will accomplish the consummation. There shall not rise up a double tribulation.
10 Car, entrelacés comme des épines, et comme ivres de leur vin, ils seront consumés comme de la paille toute sèche.
For just as thorns entwine one another, so also, while they are feasting and drinking together, they will be consumed like stubble that is completely dry.
11 De toi est sorti celui qui médite le mal contre Yahweh, celui qui forme des desseins criminels.
Out of you will go forth one who thinks up evil against the Lord, dragging betrayals through his mind.
12 Ainsi parte Yahweh: Bien qu’ils soient intacts et nombreux, ils seront moissonnés et disparaîtront. Je t’ai humiliée et je ne t’humilierai plus.
Thus says the Lord: If they had been perfect, and many of them so, yet still they would be pruned, and it will cross through them. I have afflicted you, and I shall afflict you no more.
13 Et maintenant, ô Juda, je briserai son joug de dessus toi, et je romprai tes liens.
And now I will shatter his rod from your back, and I will break open your bonds.
14 Quant à toi, voici ce qu’a ordonné Yahweh: Il n’y aura plus de postérité de ton nom; je détruirai de la maison de ton Dieu les images taillées et celles de fonte; je prépare ton sépulcre, parce que tu as été léger.
And the Lord will place a commandment over you; nothing more from your name will be sown. From the house of your God, I will order destroyed the graven image and the molten image. I will prepare your grave, because you are not honorable.
15 Voici sur les montagnes les pieds d’un messager de bonnes nouvelles, qui annonce la paix. Célèbre tes fêtes, ô Juda, accomplis tes vœux! Car il ne passera plus chez toi; le méchant est entièrement détruit.
Behold, over the mountains, the feet of the Evangelizer and the Announcer of peace. Judah, celebrate your festivals and keep your vows. For Belial will never again pass through you; he has completely passed away.
