1The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.1.2 God…: or, The LORD is a jealous God, and a revenger, etc1.2 is furious: Heb. that hath fury 3The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 6Who 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.1.6 abide: Heb. stand up 7The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.1.7 strong hold: or, strength 8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
9What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.1.11 a wicked…: Heb. a counsellor of Belial 12Thus saith the LORD; 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.1.12 Though…: or, If they would have been at peace, so should they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away1.12 cut down: Heb. shorn 13For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 14And the LORD 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. 15Behold 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.1.15 keep…: Heb. feast1.15 the wicked: Heb. Belial
1Uthenga wonena za Ninive. Buku la masomphenya a Nahumu wa ku Elikosi.
Mkwiyo wa Yehova pa Ninive
2Yehova ndi Mulungu wansanje
ndiponso wobwezera;
Yehova amabwezera ndipo ndi waukali.
Yehova amabwezera adani ake
ndipo ukali wake umakhala nthawi zonse pa adani akewo.
3Yehova sakwiya msanga koma ndi wa mphamvu yayikulu;
ndipo sadzalola kuti munthu
wolakwa asalangidwe.
Iye amayenda mʼkamvuluvulu ndi mʼnamondwe,
ndipo mitambo ndi fumbi la ku mapazi ake.
4Amalamulira nyanja ndipo imawuma;
amawumitsa mitsinje yonse.
Zomera za ku Basani ndi Karimeli zimawuma
ndipo maluwa a ku Lebanoni amafota.
5Mapiri amagwedera pamaso pake
ndipo zitunda zimasungunuka.
Dziko lapansi limanjenjemera pamaso pake,
dziko lonse ndi zonse zokhala mʼmenemo.
6Ndani angathe kuyima pamaso pake Iye akalusa?
Ndani angapirire mkwiyo wake woopsa?
Ukali wake ukuyaka ngati moto;
matanthwe akunyeka pamaso pake.
7Yehova ndi wabwino,
ndiye kothawirako nthawi ya masautso.
Amasamalira amene amamudalira,
8koma ndi madzi achigumula choopsa
Iye adzawononga adani ake (Ninive);
adzapirikitsira adani ake ku malo a mdima.
9Chiwembu chilichonse chimene akukonzekera kumuchitira Yehova
adzachiwononga kotheratu;
msautso sudzabweranso kachiwiri.
10Iwo adzakodwa mu ziyangoyango za minga
ndipo adzaledzera ndi vinyo wawo;
adzatenthedwa ngati ziputu zowuma.
11Kwa iwe, Ninive, kunachokera munthu wa cholinga choyipa,
wofuna kuchitira Yehova chiwembu,
amene amapereka uphungu woyipa.
12Yehova akuti,
“Ngakhale Asiriyawo ali ndi abwenzi,
kaya iwowo ndi ambiri,
koma adzawonongedwa ndi kutheratu.
Ngakhale ndinakuzunza iwe Yuda,
sindidzakuzunzanso.
13Tsopano ndidzathyola goli lake pa khosi lako
ndipo ndidzadula maunyolo ako.”
14Yehova walamulira za iwe, Ninive kuti,
“Sudzakhala ndi zidzukulu
zimene zidzadziwike ndi dzina lako.
Ndidzawononga zifanizo zosema ndi mafano owumba
amene ali mʼnyumba ya milungu yako.
Ine ndidzakukumbira manda
chifukwa ndiwe woyipitsitsa.”
15Taonani, pa phiripo,
mapazi a munthu amene akubweretsa nkhani yabwino,
amene akulengeza za mtendere!
Inu anthu a ku Yuda, chitani madyerero anu
ndipo kwaniritsani malumbiro anu.
Anthu oyipa sadzakuthiraninso nkhondo;
iwo adzawonongedwa kotheratu.
