¹The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

¹Ennustus Niineve kohta. Elkoslase Nahumi nägemuste raamat.

²Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.

²Issand on kättemaksja ja püha vihaga Jumal, Issand on kättemaksja ja täis raevu. Issand maksab kätte oma vihameestele ja on vihane oma vaenlastele.

³Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

³Issand on pika vihaga ja rammult suur ja Issand ei jäta kedagi karistamata. Tema tee on tuulekeerises ja tormis ja pilved on tema jalgade tolm.

⁴He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

⁴Ta sõitleb merd ja kuivatab selle ning laseb taheneda kõik jõed. Närbuvad Baasan ja Karmel ja Liibanoni õied närtsivad.

⁵The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

⁵Mäed värisevad tema ees ja künkad sulavad. Tema palge ees kerkib maa, maailm ja kõik, kes seal elavad.

⁶Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.

⁶Kes võiks seista tema sajatuse ees? Või kes võiks taluda tema tulist viha? Tema raev puhkeb nagu tuli, kaljudki purustatakse tema poolt.

⁷Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.

⁷Issand on hea, varjupaik hädaajal, ja ta tunneb neid, kes tema juures pelgupaika otsivad.

⁸But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

⁸Aga tulvavate voogudega teeb ta sellele paigale lõpu ja ajab oma vaenlased pimedusse.

⁹What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.

⁹Mida te kavatsete Issanda vastu? Tema teeb lõpu! Häda ei tule teist korda!

¹⁰For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.

¹⁰Sest olgugi nad põimunud nagu kibuvitsad ja joobunud oma joogist - nad hävitatakse kõik nagu kuivanud kõrred.

¹¹There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.

¹¹Sinust, Niineve, on lähtunud see, kes kavatseb kurja Issanda vastu, nurjatu nõuandja.

¹²Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

¹²Nõnda ütleb Issand: Olgugi nad täisjõus ja olgugi neid nõnda palju, siiski tehakse neile lõpp ja nad kaovad. Ja kuigi ma sind, Juuda, olen alandanud, siis enam ma sind ei alanda.

¹³And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

¹³Nüüd ma murran su pealt tema kepi ja rebin katki su köidikud.

¹⁴And Jehovah hath given 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.

¹⁴Aga sinu kohta, Niineve, on Issand andnud käsu: Su nime ei meenutata enam. Ma hävitan su jumalate kojast nikerdatud ja valatud kujud. Ma valmistan sulle haua, sest sa oled neetud.

¹⁵Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.