< Nahum 1 >

1 A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
[the] oracle of Nineveh [the] document of [the] vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
[is] a God Jealous and avenging Yahweh [is] avenging Yahweh and a lord of rage [is] avenging Yahweh to opponents his and [is] maintaining he to enemies his.
3 Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Yahweh [is] long of anger (and great of *Qk) power and certainly not he will leave unpunished Yahweh [is] in storm-wind and in storm way his and [is] cloud [the] dust of feet his.
4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languish. The flower of Lebanon languishes.
[he is] rebuking the Sea and he made dry it and all the rivers he dries up it withers Bashan and Carmel and [the] blossom of Lebanon it withers.
5 The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.
Mountains they quake from him and the hills they melt and it lifted up the earth from before him and [the] world and all [those who] dwell in it.
6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
Before indignation his who? will he stand and who? will he endure at [the] burning of anger his rage his it is poured out like fire and the rocks they are pulled down from him.
7 Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
[is] good Yahweh a refuge in a day of trouble and [he is] knowing [those who] take refuge in him.
8 But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
And with a flood [which] passes over complete destruction he will make place its and enemies his he will pursue darkness.
9 What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the second time.
Whatever you will plot! against Yahweh complete destruction he [will be] making not it will arise two times trouble.
10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.
For to thorns interwoven and like drink their drunkards they will be consumed like stubble dry full.
11 One has gone out of you who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.
From you he has come out [one who] plots on Yahweh evil a counselor of worthlessness.
12 Yahweh says: “Though they are in full strength and likewise many, even so they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
Thus - he says Yahweh though complete and thus numerous and thus they will be cut down and he will pass away and I have afflicted you not I will afflict you again.
13 Now I will break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”
And now I will break yoke-bar his from on you and fetters your I will tear apart.
14 Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, I will cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.”
And he has commanded on you Yahweh not it will be sown from name your again from [the] house of gods your I will cut off idol and molten image I will make grave your for you are insignificant.
15 Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.
There! on the mountains [the] feet of [one who] bears news [one who] proclaims peace celebrate a festival O Judah festivals your pay vows your for not he will repeat again (to pass *Qk) in you a worthless person all of him it will be cut off.

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