Nawoun 1
1 Pwofesi pou Ninive. Liv vizyon a Nahum nan, Elkochit la.
The burden of Nineve: the book of the vision of Naum the Elkesite.
2 Yon Dye jalou k ap fè vanjans se SENYÈ a. SENYÈ a plen chalè kòlè ak vanjans. SENYÈ a ap pran vanjans Li sou sa yo ki kont Li yo. Sou lènmi Li yo, li konsève chalè kòlè Li.
God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; the Lord avenges with wrath; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he cuts off his enemies.
3 SENYÈ a lan nan kòlè, e Li plen pwisans. Konsa, li byen si ke SENYÈ a p ap kite koupab la san pinisyon. Mwayen Li se nan toubiyon ak tanpèt, e nwaj yo se pousyè anba pye Li.
The Lord is longsuffering, and his power is great, and the Lord will not hold any guiltless: his way is in destruction and in the whirlwind, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 Li Repwoche lanmè a, e fè l vin sèch. Li fè larivyè yo vin sèch. Basan ak Carmel seche; flè a Liban yo vin fennen.
He threatens the sea, and dries it up, and exhausts all the rivers: the land of Basan, and Carmel are brought low, and the flourishing [trees] of Libanus have come to nothing.
5 Mòn yo tranble akoz Li, e kolin yo vin fann nèt. Anverite latè a boulvèse pa prezans Li, lemonn ak tout sa ki rete ladann.
The mountains quake at him, and the hills are shaken, and the earth recoils at his presence, [even] the world, and all that dwell in it.
6 Se kilès ki ka kanpe devan gwo kòlè Li? Kilès ki ka sipòte chalè kòlè Li? Se tankou dife kòlè Li vide; Li menm ki fè wòch yo kraze an mòso.
Who shall stand before his anger? and who shall withstand in the anger of his wrath? his wrath brings to nothing kingdoms, and the rocks are burst asunder by him.
7 SENYÈ a bon; se yon sitadèl nan jou malè. Epi Li konnen sila ki pran refij nan li yo.
The Lord is good to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and he knows them that reverence him.
8 Men tankou yon inondasyon ki debòde nèt, li va fè vil Ninive disparèt nèt, e kouri dèyè lènmi Li yo jis rive nan fènwa.
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against [him] and his enemies.
9 Nenpòt panse nou konn fè kont SENYÈ a, li va mete fen a sa nèt. Gwo twoub sa a p ap parèt de fwa.
What do you devise against the Lord? he will make a complete end: he will not take vengeance by affliction twice at the same time.
10 Kon bwa pikan mele mare, kon sila ki sou ak bwason yo, yo va vin konsonmen nèt kon pay ki fennen nèt.
For [the enemy] shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry.
11 Nan ou, te sòti yon moun ki te fè move konplo kont SENYÈ a, yon konseye mechan.
Out of you shall proceed a device against the Lord, counselling evil things hostile [to him].
12 Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Byenke yo plen fòs, e yo gen anpil moun; malgre sa, yo va vin koupe retire e disparèt. Byenke Mwen te aflije ou, Mwen p ap aflije ou ankò.
Thus says the Lord who rules over many waters, Even thus shall they be sent away, and the report of you shall not be heard any more.
13 Pou sa, koulye a, Mwen va kraze retire jouk li ki mare sou ou a, e mwen va eklate chèn ou yo.”
And now will I break his rod from off you, and will burst [your] bonds.
14 SENYÈ a fin pase lòd konsènan ou menm: “P ap gen desandan ki pou pote non ou ankò. Mwen va koupe retire zidòl ak imaj soti lakay dye ou yo. M ap prepare yon kote antèman pou ou; paske ou vin abominab.”
And the Lord shall give a command concerning you; there shall no more of your name be scattered: I will utterly destroy the graven [images] out of the house of your god, and the molten [images]: I will make your grave; for [they are] swift.
15 Gade byen, sou mòn yo, pye a li ki pote bòn nouvèl, ki anonse lapè yo! Fè fèt nou, O Juda! Akonpli ve nou yo. Paske sa p ap janm rive ankò pou mechan sila an vin pase nan mitan nou. Li fin koupe retire nèt.
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings glad tidings, and publishes peace! O Juda, keep your feasts, pay your vows: for they shall no more pass through you to [your] decay.
