Nahum Propheta 1
1 Onus Ninive: Liber visionis Nahum Elcesæi.
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 Deus æmulator, et ulciscens Dominus: ulciscens Dominus, et habens furorem: ulciscens Dominus in hostes suos, et irascens ipse inimicis suis.
Jehovah is a jealous God and avenges. Jehovah avenges and is full of wrath. Jehovah takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for 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.
Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty. Jehovah has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are 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 makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languishes.
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 quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is up heaved at his presence. Yea, the world, and all who dwell therein.
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 indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
7 Bonus Dominus, et confortans in die tribulationis: et sciens sperantes in se.
Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and he knows those who take refuge in him.
8 Et in diluvio prætereunte, consummationem faciet loci eius: et inimicos eius persequentur tenebræ.
But with an over running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
9 Quid cogitatis contra Dominum? consummationem ipse faciet: non consurget duplex tribulatio.
What do ye devise against Jehovah? He will make a full end. Affliction shall not rise up the second time.
10 Quia sicut spinæ se invicem complectuntur, sic convivium eorum pariter potantium: consumentur quasi stipula ariditate plena.
For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.
11 Ex te exibit cogitans contra Dominum malitiam: mente pertractans prævaricationem.
He has gone forth out of thee, who devises evil against Jehovah, who counsels wickedness.
12 Hæc dicit Dominus: Si perfecti fuerint: et ita plures, sic quoque attondentur, et pertransibit: afflixi te, et non affligam te ultra.
Thus says Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they shall be cut down. And he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
13 Et nunc conteram virgam eius de dorso tuo, et vincula tua disrumpam.
And now I will break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds apart.
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.
And Jehovah has given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown. Out of the house of thy gods I will cut off the graven image and the molten image. I will make thy grave, for thou are vile.
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.
Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah. Perform thy vows, for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee. He is utterly cut off.
