Nahum 1
1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
ニネベについての託宣。エルコシびとナホムの幻の書。
2 God is a rival, and the Lord is avenging. The Lord is avenging, and one who applies wrath. The Lord is avenging with his enemies, and he becomes angry with his adversaries.
主はねたみ、かつあだを報いる神、主はあだを報いる者、また憤る者、主はおのがあだに報復し、おのが敵に対して憤りをいだく。
3 The Lord is patient and great in strength, and those who are not clean, he makes innocent. The Lord is in a tempest, and his way is a whirlwind, and the clouds are dust at his feet.
主は怒ることおそく、力強き者、主は罰すべき者を決してゆるされない者、主の道はつむじ風と大風の中にあり、雲はその足のちりである。
4 He is the one who rebukes the sea, and who dries it up, and who leads all the rivers to the desert. Basan has been weakened, and also Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon has languished.
彼は海を戒めて、これをかわかし、すべての川をかれさせる。バシャンとカルメルはしおれ、レバノンの花はしぼむ。
5 The mountains have trembled before him, and the hills have become desolate, and the earth has quaked before his face, both the world and all that dwells in it.
もろもろの山は彼の前に震い、もろもろの丘は溶け、地は彼の前にむなしくなり、世界とその中に住む者も皆、むなしくなる。
6 Who can stand firm before the face of his indignation? And who can continue against the fury of his wrath? His indignation has broken out like a fire, and the rocks have been dissolved before him.
だれが彼の憤りの前に立つことができよう。だれが彼の燃える怒りに耐えることができよう。その憤りは火のように注がれ、岩も彼によって裂かれる。
7 The Lord is good, and a comforter in the day of tribulation, and he knows those who hope in him.
主は恵み深く、なやみの日の要害である。彼はご自分を避け所とする者を知っておられる。
8 And in the flood that passes over, he brings to consummation the end of his place. And darkness shall pursue his adversaries.
しかし、彼はみなぎる洪水であだを全く滅ぼし、おのが敵を暗やみに追いやられる。
9 What are you thinking up against the Lord? He will accomplish the consummation. There shall not rise up a double tribulation.
あなたがたは主に対して何を計るか。彼はその敵に二度としかえしをする必要がないように敵を全く滅ぼされる。
10 For just as thorns entwine one another, so also, while they are feasting and drinking together, they will be consumed like stubble that is completely dry.
彼らは結びからまったいばらのように、かわいた刈り株のように、焼き尽される。
11 Out of you will go forth one who thinks up evil against the Lord, dragging betrayals through his mind.
主に対して悪事を計り、よこしまな事を勧める者があなたのうちから出たではないか。
12 Thus says the Lord: If they had been perfect, and many of them so, yet still they would be pruned, and it will cross through them. I have afflicted you, and I shall afflict you no more.
主はこう言われる、「たとい彼らは強く、かつ多くあっても、切り倒されて絶えはてる。わたしはあなたを苦しめたが、重ねてあなたを苦しめない。
13 And now I will shatter his rod from your back, and I will break open your bonds.
今わたしは彼のくびきを砕いて、あなたからとり除き、あなたのなわめを切りはなす」。
14 And the Lord will place a commandment over you; nothing more from your name will be sown. From the house of your God, I will order destroyed the graven image and the molten image. I will prepare your grave, because you are not honorable.
主はあなたについてお命じになった、「あなたの名は長く続かない。わたしはあなたの神々の家から、彫像および鋳造を除き去る。あなたは罪深い者だから、わたしはあなたの墓を設ける」。
15 Behold, over the mountains, the feet of the Evangelizer and the Announcer of peace. Judah, celebrate your festivals and keep your vows. For Belial will never again pass through you; he has completely passed away.
見よ、良きおとずれを伝える者の足は山の上にある。彼は平安を宣べている。ユダよ、あなたの祭を行い、あなたの誓願をはたせ。よこしまな者は重ねて、あなたに向かって攻めてこないからである。彼は全く断たれる。
