¹Ennustus Niineve kohta. Elkoslase Nahumi nägemuste raamat.

¹An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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

² Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. is a jealous God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

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.

³Yahweh 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.

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

⁴He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

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

⁵The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.

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

⁶Who 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.

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

⁷Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

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

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

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

⁹What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the second time.

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

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

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

¹¹There is one gone forth out of you, who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.

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.

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

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

¹³Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”

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.

¹⁴Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.”

¹⁵Behold, 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.