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وَحْيٌ عَلَى نِينَوَى. سِفْرُ رُؤْيَا نَاحُومَ ٱلْأَلْقُوشِيِّ. ١ 1
A message about Nineveh, a vision which came to Nahum from Elkosh.
اَلرَّبُّ إِلَهٌ غَيُورٌ وَمُنْتَقِمٌ. ٱلرّبُّ مُنْتَقِمٌ وَذُو سَخَطٍ. ٱلرّبُّ مُنْتَقِمٌ مِن مُبْغِضِيهِ وَحَافِظٌ غَضَبَهُ عَلَى أَعْدَائِهِ. ٢ 2
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.
ٱلرَّبُّ بَطِيءُ ٱلْغَضَبِ وَعَظِيمُ ٱلْقُدْرَةِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يُبَرِّئُ ٱلْبَتَّةَ. ٱلرَّبُّ فِي ٱلزَّوْبَعَةِ، وَفِي ٱلْعَاصِفِ طَرِيقُهُ، وَٱلسَّحَابُ غُبَارُ رِجْلَيْهِ. ٣ 3
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.
يَنْتَهِرُ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَيُنَشِّفُهُ وَيُجَفِّفُ جَمِيعَ ٱلْأَنْهَارِ. يَذْبُلُ بَاشَانُ وَٱلْكَرْمَلُ، وَزَهْرُ لُبْنَانَ يَذْبُلُ. ٤ 4
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.
اَلْجِبَالُ تَرْجُفُ مِنْهُ، وَٱلتِّلَالُ تَذُوبُ، وَٱلْأَرْضُ تُرْفَعُ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ، وَٱلْعَالَمُ وَكُلُّ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِيهِ. ٥ 5
The mountains tremble before him and the hills dissolve. The earth heaves before him, the world and all who live in it.
مَنْ يَقِفُ أَمَامَ سَخَطِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يَقُومُ فِي حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ؟ غَيْظُهُ يَنْسَكِبُ كَٱلنَّارِ، وَٱلصُّخُورُ تَنْهَدِمُ مِنْهُ. ٦ 6
Who can stand before his wrath? Who can withstand the heat of his anger? His fierce fury pours forth like fire, he shatters rocks.
صَالِحٌ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ. حِصْنٌ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلضَّيقِ، وَهُوَ يَعْرِفُ ٱلْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ عَلَيْهِ. ٧ 7
The Lord is good to those who hope in him, a place of refuge in the day of trouble.
وَلَكِنْ بِطُوفَانٍ عَابِرٍ يَصْنَعُ هَلَاكًا تَامًّا لِمَوْضِعِهَا، وَأَعْدَاؤُهُ يَتْبَعُهُمْ ظَلَامٌ. ٨ 8
With rushing flood an end he makes of those who rise against him, he drives his enemies into darkness.
مَاذَا تَفْتَكِرُونَ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ؟ هُوَ صَانِعٌ هَلَاكًا تَامًّا. لَا يَقُومُ ٱلضِّيقُ مَرَّتَيْنِ. ٩ 9
Why do you plot against the Lord? He will end you. He only takes vengeance once.
فَإِنَّهُمْ وَهُمْ مُشْتَبِكُونَ مِثْلَ ٱلشَّوْكِ، وَسَكْرَانُونَ كَمِنْ خَمْرِهِمْ، يُؤْكَلُونَ كَٱلْقَشِّ ٱلْيَابِسِ بِٱلْكَمَالِ. ١٠ 10
Thorns, tangled and drenched, they are consumed like dry stubble.
مِنْكِ خَرَجَ ٱلْمُفْتَكِرُ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ شَرًّا، ٱلْمُشِيرُ بِٱلْهَلَاكِ. ١١ 11
Nineveh! From you has arisen one who plots evil against the Lord, a counsellor of wickedness.
هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنْ كَانُوا سَالِمِينَ وَكَثِيرِينَ هَكَذَا، فَهَكَذَا يُجَزُّونَ فَيَعْبُرُ. أَذْلَلْتُكِ. لَا أُذِلُّكِ ثَانِيَةً. ١٢ 12
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,
وَٱلْآنَ أَكْسِرُ نِيرَهُ عَنْكِ وَأَقْطَعُ رُبُطَكِ». ١٣ 13
and now I will break his yoke from your necks and snap your chains.’
وَلَكِنْ قَدْ أَوْصَى عَنْكَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «لَا يُزْرَعُ مِنِ ٱسْمِكَ فِي مَا بَعْدُ. إِنِّي أَقْطَعُ مِنْ بَيْتِ إِلَهِكَ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلَ ٱلْمَنْحُوتَةَ وَٱلْمَسْبُوكَةَ. أَجْعَلُهُ قَبْرَكَ، لِأَنَّكَ صِرْتَ حَقِيرًا». ١٤ 14
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.’
هُوَذَا عَلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ قَدَمَا مُبَشِّرٍ مُنَادٍ بِٱلسَّلَامِ! عَيِّدِي يَا يَهُوذَا أَعْيَادَكِ. أَوْفِي نُذُورَكِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَعُودُ يَعْبُرُ فِيكِ أَيْضًا ٱلْمُهْلِكُ. قَدِ ٱنْقَرَضَ كُلُّهُ. ١٥ 15
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!’

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