Nahum 1

massa nineveh sefer khazon nakhum ha'elqoshi

A pronouncement on Nineveh: The Book of the Prophecy of Nahum the Elkoshite.

el qanno venoqem Adonai noqem Adonai uva'al khemah noqem Adonai letsarayw venoter hu le'oyevayw

The ETERNAL is a passionate, avenging God; GOD is vengeful and fierce in wrath. GOD takes vengeance on opponents, And rages against foes.

Adonai erekh appayim (vgdvl) [ugedol-]koakh venaqqeh lo yenaqqeh Adonai besufah uvisarah darko ve'anan avaq raglayw

GOD is slow to anger and of great forbearance, But GOD does not remit all punishment. [God] travels in whirlwind and storm, With clouds the dust on divine feet.

go'er bayyam vayyabbeshehu vekhol-hanneharot hekheriv umlal bashan vekharmel uferakh levanon umlal

[God] rebukes the sea and dries it up, And makes all rivers fail; Bashan and Carmel languish, And the blossoms of Lebanon wither.

harim ra'ashu mimmennu vehaggeva'ot hitmogagu vattissa ha'arets mippanayw vetevel vekhol-yosheve vah

The mountains quake because of [God], And the hills melt. The earth heaves before [God], The world and all that dwell therein.

lifne zamo mi ya'amod umi yaqum bakharon appo khamato nittekhah kha'esh vehatsurim nittetsu mimmennu

Who can stand before God’s wrath? Who can resist such fury? God’s anger pours out like fire, And rocks are shattered as a result.

tov Adonai lema'oz beyom tsarah veyodea khose vo

GOD is good to [those who have hope], And is a haven on a day of distress— Being mindful of those seeking refuge.

uveshetef over kalah ya'aseh meqomah ve'oyevayw yeraddef-khoshekh

And with a sweeping flood [God] makes an end of her place, And chases enemies into the darkness.

mah-ttekhashevun el-Adonai kalah hu oseh lo-taqum pa'amayim tsarah

Why will you plot against GOD ? Utter destruction is the outcome: No adversary opposes [God] twice!

ki ad-sirim sevukhim ukhesovam sevu'im ukkelu keqash yavesh male

For like those besotted with drink, They are burned up like tangled thorns, Like straw that is thoroughly dried.

mimmekh yatsa khoshev al-Adonai ra'ah yo'ets beliyya'al

The base plotter Who designed evil against GOD Has left you.

koh amar Adonai im-shelemim vekhen rabbim vekhen nagozzu ve'avar ve'innitikh lo a'annekh od

Thus said GOD: “Even as those days were full and many, Even so are they over and gone; As surely as I afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

ve'attah eshbor motehu me'alayikh umoserotayikh anatteq

And now I will break off his yoke bar from you And burst your cords apart.”

vetsivvah alekha Adonai lo-yizzara mishimkha od mibbet elohekha akhrit pesel umassekhah asim qivrekha ki qallota

GOD has commanded concerning him: No posterity shall continue your name. I will do away with The carved and graven images In the temples of your gods; I will make your grave Accord with your worthlessness.