Nahum Propheta 1
1 Onus Ninive: Liber visionis Nahum Elchesaei.
Burden of Nineveh. The Scroll of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 Deus aemulator, et ulciscens Dominus: ulciscens Dominus, et habens furorem: ulciscens Dominus in hostes suos, et irascens ipse inimicis suis.
A God zealous and avenging [is] YHWH, An avenger [is] YHWH, and possessing fury. An avenger [is] YHWH on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies.
3 Dominus patiens, et magnus fortitudine, et mundans non faciet innocentem. Dominus in tempestate, et turbine viae eius, et nebulae pulvis pedum eius.
YHWH [is] slow to anger, and great in power, And YHWH does not entirely acquit, In a windstorm and in a storm [is] His way, And a 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 is pushing against a sea, and dries it up, Indeed, He has made all the floods dry, Bashan and Carmel [are] languishing, Indeed, the flower of Lebanon [is] languishing.
5 Montes commoti sunt ab eo, et colles desolati sunt: et contremuit terra a facie eius, et orbis, et omnes habitantes in eo.
Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And the earth [is] lifted up at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it.
6 Ante faciem indignationis eius quis stabit? et quis resistet in ira furoris eius? indignatio eius effusa est ut ignis: et petrae dissolutae sunt ab eo.
Who stands before His indignation? And who rises up in the heat of His anger? His fury has been poured out like fire, And the rocks have been broken by Him.
7 Bonus Dominus, et confortans in die tribulationis: et sciens sperantes in se.
Good [is] YHWH for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knows those trusting in Him.
8 et in diluvio praetereunte, consummationem faciet loci eius: et inimicos eius persequentur tenebrae.
And with a flood passing over, An end He makes of its place, And darkness pursues His enemies.
9 Quid cogitatis contra Dominum? consummationem ipse faciet: non consurget duplex tribulatio.
What do we devise against YHWH? He is making an end, distress does not arise twice.
10 Quia sicut spinae seinvicem complectuntur, sic convivium eorum pariter potantium: consumentur quasi stipula ariditate plena.
For while princes [are] perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.
11 Ex te exibit cogitans contra Dominum malitiam: mente pertractans praevaricationem.
From you has come forth a deviser of evil Against YHWH—a worthless counselor.
12 Haec dicit Dominus: Si perfecti fuerint: et ita plures, sic quoque attondentur, et pertransibit: afflixi te, et non affligam te ultra.
Thus said YHWH: “Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he has passed away. Though I afflicted you, I afflict you no longer.
13 Et nunc conteram virgam eius de dorso tuo, et vincula tua disrumpam.
And now I break his rod from off you, And your bands I draw away.”
14 Et praecipiet super te Dominus, non seminabitur ex nomine tuo amplius: de domo Dei tui interficiam sculptile, et conflatile, ponam sepulchrum tuum, quia inhonoratus es.
And YHWH has commanded concerning you, “No more of your name spreads abroad, I cut off carved and molten image from the house of your gods, I appoint your grave, for you have been 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, on the mountains the feet of one proclaiming tidings, sounding peace! Celebrate, O Judah, your festivals, complete your vows, For the worthless no longer pass over into you, He has been completely cut off!
