1:1 The burden of Nineve: the book of the
vision of Naum the Elkesite.
1:2 Elohim is jealous, and Yehovah avenges; Yehovah avenges with wrath; the
Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he cuts off his enemies.
1:3 Yehovah is long-suffering, and his power is great, and Yehovah will
not hold any guiltless: his way is in destruction and in the whirlwind, and
the clouds are the dust of his feet.
1:4 He threatens the sea, and dries it up, and exhausts all the rivers: the
land of Basan, and Carmel are brought low, and the flourishing [trees] of
Libanus have come to nought.
1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills are shaken, and the earth
recoils at his presence, [even] the world, and all that dwell in it.
1:6 Who shall stand before his anger? and who shall withstand in the anger
of his wrath? his wrath brings to nought kingdoms, and the rocks are burst
asunder by him.
1:7 Yehovah is good to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and
he knows them that reverence him.
1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall
pursue those that rise up against [him] and his enemies.
1:9 What do ye devise against Yehovah? he will make a complete end: he will
not take vengeance by affliction twice at the same time.
1:10 For [the enemy] shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be
devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry.
1:11 Out of thee shall proceed a device against Yehovah, counselling evil
things hostile [to him].
1:12 Thus saith Yehovah who rules over many waters, Even thus shall they be
sent away, and the report of thee shall not be heard any more.
1:13 And now will I break his rod from off thee, and will burst [thy] bonds.
1:14 And Yehovah shall give a command concerning thee; there shall no more
of thy name be scattered: I will utterly destroy the graven [images] out of
the house of thy god, and the molten [images]: I will make thy grave; for
[they are] swift.
1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings glad tidings, and
publishes peace! O Judah, keep thy feasts, pay thy vows: for they shall no
more pass through thee to [thy] decay. |
1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the
vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
1:2 Elohim is jealous, and Yehovah revengeth; Yehovah revengeth, and is
furious; Yehovah will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth
wrath for his enemies.
1:3 Yehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all
acquit the wicked: Yehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers:
Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned
at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the
fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are
thrown down by him.
1:7 Yehovah is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth
them that trust in him.
1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place
thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
1:9 What do ye imagine against Yehovah? he will make an utter end:
affliction shall not rise up the second time.
1:10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken
as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
1:11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against Yehovah, a
wicked counsellor.
1:12 Thus saith Yehovah; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus
shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted
thee, I will afflict thee no more.
1:13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds
in sunder.
1:14 And Yehovah hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of
thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven
image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings,
that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows:
for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. |