¹Chirevo chaMwari pamusoro peNinivhe. Bhuku yezvakaonekwa naNahumi muErikoshi.

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

²Jehovha ndiye Mwari ane godo, anotsiva; Jehovha anotsiva, azere nehasha; Jehovha anotsiva vadzivisi vake, anochengetera vavengi vake hasha dzake.

²God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

³Jehovha haakurumidzi kutsamwa, une simba guru, haangatongopembedzi ane mhosva; nzira yaJehovha iri pakati pechamupupuri nedutu, makore iguruva retsoka dzake.

³The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

⁴Anotuka gungwa, achiriomesa, anopwisa nzizi dzose; Bhashani rinoshaiwa simba, uye Karimeri, ruva reRebhanoni rinoshaiwa simba.

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

⁵Makomo anodedera pamberi pake, zvikomo zvinonyauka; pasi panosimuka pamberi pake, zvirokwazvo, iyo nyika yavose vagerepo.

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

⁶Ndiani angamira pamberi pehasha dzake? Ndiani angaramba amire pakutsamwa kwake kukuru? Hasha dzake dzakadururwa somoto, matombo akaputsanyiwa naye.

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

⁷Jehovha akanaka, inhare nezuva rokutambudzika; iye anoziva vanotizira kwaari.

⁷The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

⁸Asi achaparadza kwazvo nzvimbo yeguta nemvura inokukura, achidzingana navavengi vake kusvikira murima.

⁸But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

⁹Munorangarireiko pamusoro paJehovha? Iye achaparadza chose; nhamo haingamukizve rwechipiri.

⁹What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

¹⁰nekuti kunyange vakakorekana semhinzwa, kana kuita savakabatwa nezvavakamwa, vachaparadzwa chose samashanga akaoma.

¹⁰For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

¹¹Mumwe akabuda pakati penyu anorangarira zvakaipa pamusoro paJehovha, anorangana zvisina maturo.

¹¹There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

¹²Zvanzi naJehovha, Kunyange vane simba ravo rose, vakawandawo, kunyange zvakadaro vachatemwa, iye achaparara. Kunyange ndakakutambudzai, handingazokutambudziyizve.

¹²Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

¹³Zvino ndichavhuna joko rake, ribve kwamuri, ndichadamburanya zvisungo zvenyu.

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

¹⁴Jehovha akaraira pamusoro penyu, kuti vezita renyu varege kuzodzvarwazve; mumba mavamwari venyu ndichaparadza zvifananidzo zvakavezwa nezvifananidzo zvakaumbwa; ndichakuchererai hwiro; nekuti makashata kwazvo.

¹⁴And the LORD hath given a 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.

¹⁵Tarirai pamakomo tsoka dzounouya namashoko akanaka, anoparidza rugare! Itai mitambo yenyu, imwi Judha, itai zvamakapika, nekuti wakaipa haangazopfuurizve napakati penyu; akaparadzwa chose.

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