Nahum 1
1 Ucapan ilahi tentang Niniwe. Kitab penglihatan Nahum, orang Elkosh.
The declaration about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite.
2 TUHAN itu Allah yang cemburu dan pembalas, TUHAN itu pembalas dan penuh kehangatan amarah. TUHAN itu pembalas kepada para lawan-Nya dan pendendam kepada para musuh-Nya.
Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges; Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath; Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he continues his anger for his enemies.
3 TUHAN itu panjang sabar dan besar kuasa, tetapi Ia tidak sekali-kali membebaskan dari hukuman orang yang bersalah. Ia berjalan dalam puting beliung dan badai, dan awan adalah debu kaki-Nya.
Yahweh is slow to anger and great in power; he will not allow the wicked to go unpunished. Yahweh makes his way in the whirlwind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 Ia menghardik laut dan mengeringkannya, dan segala sungai dijadikan-Nya kering. Basan dan Karmel menjadi merana dan kembang Libanon menjadi layu.
He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers. Bashan is weak, and Carmel also; the flowers of Lebanon are weak.
5 Gunung-gunung gemetar terhadap Dia, dan bukit-bukit mencair. Bumi menjadi sunyi sepi di hadapan-Nya, dunia serta seluruh penduduknya.
The mountains shake in his presence, and the hills melt; the earth collapses in his presence, indeed, the world and all people who live in it.
6 Siapakah yang tahan berdiri menghadapi geram-Nya? Dan siapakah yang tahan tegak terhadap murka-Nya yang bernyala-nyala? Kehangatan amarah-Nya tercurah seperti api, dan gunung-gunung batu menjadi roboh di hadapan-Nya.
Who can stand before his wrath? Who can resist the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
7 TUHAN itu baik; Ia adalah tempat pengungsian pada waktu kesusahan; Ia mengenal orang-orang yang berlindung kepada-Nya
Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he is faithful to those who take refuge in him.
8 dan menyeberangkan mereka pada waktu banjir. Ia menghabisi sama sekali orang-orang yang bangkit melawan Dia, dan musuh-Nya dihalau-Nya ke dalam gelap.
But he will make a full end to his enemies with an overwhelming flood; he will pursue them into darkness.
9 Apakah maksudmu menentang TUHAN? Ia akan menghabisi sama sekali; kesengsaraan tidak akan timbul dua kali!
What are you people plotting against Yahweh? He will make a full end to it; trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 Sebab merekapun akan lenyap seperti duri yang berjalin-jalin, dimakan habis seperti jerami kering.
For they will become tangled up like thornbushes; they will be saturated in their own drink; they will be completely devoured by fire like dry stubble.
11 Bukankah dari padamu muncul orang yang merancang kejahatan terhadap TUHAN, orang yang memberi nasihat dursila?
Someone arose among you, Nineveh, who planned evil against Yahweh, someone who promoted wickedness.
12 Beginilah firman TUHAN: "Sekalipun mereka utuh dan begitu banyak jumlahnya, tetapi mereka akan hilang terbabat dan mati binasa; sekalipun Aku telah merendahkan engkau, tetapi Aku tidak akan merendahkan engkau lagi.
This is what Yahweh says, “Even if they are at their full strength and full numbers, they will nevertheless be sheared; their people will be no more. But you, Judah: Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
13 Sekarang, Aku akan mematahkan gandarnya yang memberati engkau, dan akan memutuskan belenggu-belenggu yang mengikat engkau."
Now will I break that people's yoke from off you; I will break your chains.”
14 Terhadap engkau, inilah perintah TUHAN: "Tidak akan ada lagi keturunan dengan namamu. Dari rumah allahmu Aku akan melenyapkan patung pahatan dan patung tuangan; kuburmu akan Kusediakan, sebab engkau hina."
Yahweh has given a command about you, Nineveh: “There will be no more descendants bearing your name. I will cut off the carved figures and the cast metal figures from the houses of your gods. I will dig your graves, for you are contemptible.”
15 Lihatlah! Di atas gunung-gunung berjalan orang yang membawa berita, yang mengabarkan berita damai sejahtera. Rayakanlah hari rayamu, hai Yehuda, bayarlah nazarmu! Sebab tidak akan datang lagi orang dursila menyerang engkau; ia telah dilenyapkan sama sekali!
Look, on the mountains there are the feet of someone who is bringing good news, who is announcing peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and keep your vows, for the wicked one will invade you no more; he is completely cut off.
