Nehum 1
1 Amụma banyere obodo Ninive. Akwụkwọ ọhụ Nehum, onye obodo Elkosh.
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 Onyenwe anyị bụ onye ekworo, bụrụkwa Chineke na-abọ ọbọ. Onyenwe anyị na-aga ịbọ ọbọ, ọnụma jukwara ya obi. Onyenwe anyị na-abọ ọbọ nʼahụ ndị iro ya, oke ọnụma ya na-adịgidekwa megide ndị iro ya.
A jealous and avenging God is Jehovah: an avenger is Jehovah, and full of fury: Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.
3 Onyenwe anyị adịghị ewe iwe ọsịịsọ; ma ọ bụ onye ike ya dị ukwuu, Onyenwe anyị agaghị ahapụ onye ikpe mara ka ọ laa na-enweghị ntaramahụhụ. Ụzọ ya dị nʼoke ikuku, na nʼoke ifufe, igwe ojii bụ uzuzu nke ụkwụ ya.
Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear [the guilty]: Jehovah, — his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 Ọ na-abasiri oke osimiri mba ike, mee ka ọ taa, o mekwaala ka osimiri niile takọrọ. Bashan na Kamel na-akpọnwụ, otu a kwa, nʼosisi ndụ jupụtara Lebanọn na-achanwụsị.
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5 Nʼihu ya, ugwu niile na-eme mkpọtụ, ugwu nta niile na-agbazekwa, elu ụwa niile na-amakwa jijiji nʼihu ya, ọ bụladị ụwa dum, na ndị niile bi nʼime ya.
The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt, and the earth is upheaved at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.
6 Onye ga-eguzogide oke iwe ya? Ọ bụkwa onye ga-eguzosi ike nʼiwe ya dị ọkụ? A wụpụla ọnụma ya dịka ọkụ, e tipịasịala nkume niile ndị ahụ nʼihu ya.
Who shall stand before his indignation? and who shall abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
7 Onyenwe anyị dị mma. Ọ bụ ebe mgbaba nʼụbọchị nsogbu. Ọ na-elekọta ndị niile na-atụkwasị ya obi,
Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
8 ma ọ ga-eji idee mmiri dị ukwuu gbuo ndị iro ya niile, ọ ga-achụba ndị iro ya nʼọchịchịrị.
But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
9 Kedụ izu ọjọọ unu na-agba megide Onyenwe anyị ọ ga-eweta ihe niile nʼisi njedebe; nsogbu agaghị abịakwa nke ugboro abụọ.
What do ye imagine against Jehovah? He will make a full end: trouble shall not rise up the second time.
10 Ha ga-abụ ndị a tụhịkọtara nʼetiti ogwu, ndị mmanya ha ṅụbigara oke na-egbu, ha ga-ala nʼiyi dịka ahịhịa kpọrọ nkụ.
Though they be tangled together [as] thorns, and be as drenched from their drink, they shall be devoured as dry stubble, completely.
11 Ọ bụ nʼime gị, Ninive, ka otu onye si pụta, bụ onye ahụ gbara izu ọjọọ megide Onyenwe anyị, na-echepụtakwa ajọ atụmatụ.
Out of thee is gone forth one that imagineth evil against Jehovah, a wicked counsellor.
12 Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Ọ bụ ezie na ha siri ike, ma bakwaa ụba nʼọnụọgụgụ, ha ga-abụ ndị a ga-egbutu na ndị ga-agabiga. Ọ bụ ezie na m ataala gị bụ Juda ahụhụ, ma agaghị m atakwa gị ahụhụ ọzọ.
Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be complete in number, and many as they be, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away; and though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
13 Ugbu a, aga m agbajipụ agbụ yoku ọ nyanyere unu nʼolu, tibikwaa ụdọ igwe e jiri kegide unu.”
And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds asunder.
14 Onyenwe anyị enyela iwu ya banyere gị, Ninive: “Ị gaghị enwekwa ụmụ ụmụ ndị ga-aza aha gị. Aga m ala arụsị unu niile a pịrị apị na ndị a kpụrụ akpụ nʼiyi, bụ arụsị ndị ahụ dị nʼụlọnsọ nke chi unu niile. Aga m akwadokwa ili gị, nʼihi na ị bụrụla onye jọgburu onwe ya na njọ.”
And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy god will I cut off the graven image, and the molten image: I will prepare thy grave; for thou art vile.
15 Lee, nʼelu ugwu niile ka ụkwụ onye ahụ na-eweta oziọma dị, bụ onye ahụ na-ekwusa na udo ga-adị! Mee mmemme gị niile gị Juda, mezukwaa nkwa niile i kwere. Nʼihi na ndị ajọ omume agakwaghị ebuso gị agha, nʼihi na a ga-ala ha nʼiyi kpamkpam.
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth glad tidings, that publisheth peace! Celebrate thy feasts, Judah, perform thy vows: for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
