Nahum Propheta 1
1 Onus Ninive: Liber visionis Nahum Elcesæi.
A message about Nineveh, a vision which came to Nahum from Elkosh.
2 Deus æmulator, et ulciscens Dominus: ulciscens Dominus, et habens furorem: ulciscens Dominus in hostes suos, et irascens ipse inimicis suis.
The Lord tolerates no rivals. The Lord is vengeful and fierce in wrath. The Lord does not fail to punish his foes; the Lord is vengeful against his enemies.
3 Dominus patiens, et magnus fortitudine, et mundans non faciet innocentem. Dominus in tempestate, et turbine viæ eius, et nebulæ pulvis pedum eius.
The Lord is slow to anger, great in power. The guilty will not escape his punishment. Storm tempest is his path and cloud is the dust of his feet.
4 Increpans mare, et exiccans illud: et omnia flumina ad desertum deducens. Infirmatus est Basan, et Carmelus: et flos Libani elanguit.
He rebukes the sea and dries it up and makes all the streams run dry. Bashan and Carmel are languishing and the bloom of Lebanon is withered.
5 Montes commoti sunt ab eo, et colles desolati sunt: et contremuit terra a facie eius, et orbis, et omnes habitantes in eo.
The mountains tremble before him and the hills dissolve. The earth heaves before him, the world and all who live in it.
6 Ante faciem indignationis eius quis stabit? et quis resistet in ira furoris eius? indignatio eius effusa est ut ignis: et petræ dissolutæ sunt ab eo.
Who can stand before his wrath? Who can withstand the heat of his anger? His fierce fury pours forth like fire, he shatters rocks.
7 Bonus Dominus, et confortans in die tribulationis: et sciens sperantes in se.
The Lord is good to those who hope in him, a place of refuge in the day of trouble.
8 Et in diluvio prætereunte, consummationem faciet loci eius: et inimicos eius persequentur tenebræ.
With rushing flood an end he makes of those who rise against him, he drives his enemies into darkness.
9 Quid cogitatis contra Dominum? consummationem ipse faciet: non consurget duplex tribulatio.
Why do you plot against the Lord? He will end you. He only takes vengeance once.
10 Quia sicut spinæ se invicem complectuntur, sic convivium eorum pariter potantium: consumentur quasi stipula ariditate plena.
Thorns, tangled and drenched, they are consumed like dry stubble.
11 Ex te exibit cogitans contra Dominum malitiam: mente pertractans prævaricationem.
Nineveh! From you has arisen one who plots evil against the Lord, a counsellor of wickedness.
12 Hæc dicit Dominus: Si perfecti fuerint: et ita plures, sic quoque attondentur, et pertransibit: afflixi te, et non affligam te ultra.
The Lord says: ‘Though they are many and strong, they will pass away and be gone. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more,
13 Et nunc conteram virgam eius de dorso tuo, et vincula tua disrumpam.
and now I will break his yoke from your necks and snap your chains.’
14 Et præcipiet super te Dominus, non seminabitur ex nomine tuo amplius: de domo Dei tui interficiam sculptile, et conflatile, ponam sepulchrum tuum, quia inhonoratus es.
The Lord has given this command concerning you, Nineveh: ‘Your name will no longer be remembered. I will destroy every idol and image in the house of your God. I will destroy even your tomb, for you are worthless.’
15 Ecce super montes pedes evangelizantis, et annunciantis pacem: celebra Iuda festivitates tuas, et redde vota tua: quia non adiiciet ultra ut pertranseat in te Belial: universus interiit.
Look! On the mountains a messenger bringing good news, announcing peace! ‘Celebrate the feasts, Judah, fulfil your vows. Never again will these enemies invade your land, they are destroyed!’
