¹Prorokovanje o Ninivah. Knjiga prikazni Nahuma Elkošana.

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

²GOSPOD je Bog mogočni, gorečnik in maščevalec; maščevalec je GOSPOD in poln srda; GOSPOD vrši maščevanje nad svojimi nasprotniki in ne odpušča sovražnikom svojim.

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.

³GOSPOD je počasen za jezo in velik v moči, a krivca nikakor ne šteje za nedolžnega. Pot GOSPODOV je v viharju in nevihti in oblaki so prah nogam njegovim.

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.

⁴On zapreti morju in ga usuši, in vse reke posuša; Basan in Karmel hirata in cvetje na Libanonu vene.

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

⁵Gore se tresejo pred njim in hribi se tajajo; pred obličjem njegovim se giblje zemlja in vesoljni svet in vsi, ki na njem prebivajo.

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.

⁶Kdo more stati vpričo srda njegovega? in kdo obstoji ob gorečnosti jeze njegove? Togota njegova se razliva kakor ogenj in skale se rušijo pred njim.

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.

⁷Dobrotljiv je GOSPOD, zavetišče je v dan stiske in pozna nje, ki pribegajo k njemu.

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

⁸Ali s povodnijo, ki vse poplavi, pokonča njih mesto in sovražnike svoje požene v temo.

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

⁹Kaj izmišljate zoper GOSPODA? Popoln naredi konec; stiska ne vstane dvakrat.

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

¹⁰Kajti čeprav bi bili enaki izprepletenemu trnju in vina pijani, jih docela požre ogenj kakor suho strnišče.

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

¹¹Iz vas, Ninive, je prišel, ki je izmišljal hudo zoper GOSPODA, svetovalec Belijalov.

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

¹²Tako pravi GOSPOD: Čeprav so čvrsti in še tako številni, vendar bodo pokošeni in izginejo. Če sem te, Juda, poniževal, ne bom te poniževal več;

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.

¹³temuč zlomim sedaj njegov jarem raz tebe in raztrgam spone tvoje.

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

¹⁴In zastran tebe, Asur, je zapovedal GOSPOD, da se ne sme nič več sejati iz tvojega imena; iz hiše boga tvojega iztrebim rezane in ulite podobe; pripravim ti grob, kajti nič nisi vreden.Glej, na gorah noge njega, ki prinaša blagovestje, ki oznanja mir! Praznuj, Juda, praznike svoje, opravljaj obljube svoje! zakaj ničvrednež ne bo več hodil skozi tebe, ves je pokončan.

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.”

¹⁵Glej, na gorah noge njega, ki prinaša blagovestje, ki oznanja mir! Praznuj, Juda, praznike svoje, opravljaj obljube svoje! zakaj ničvrednež ne bo več hodil skozi tebe, ves je pokončan.

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.