Nahum 1
1 निनवे शहरको बिषयमा यो दुःखको वचन हो। यो पुस्तक नहूमको दर्शनको पुस्तक हो। नहूम एल्कीशीका छोरा थिए।
2 परमप्रभु ईर्षलु र बद्ला लिने परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ। परमप्रभुले दोषीहरुलाई दण्ड दिनुहुन्छ। परमप्रभुले उहाँको बिरोधिलाई दण्ड दिनुहुन्छ र एकदमै क्रोधित हुनुहुन्छ। परमप्रभुले उहाँका शत्रुहरुलाई दण्ड दिनुहुन्छ र उनीहरुसंग एकदमै क्रोधित हुनुहुन्छ।
3 परमप्रभु धैर्यशील हुनुहुन्छ, तर उहाँ अत्यन्तै शक्तिशाली पनि हुनुहुन्छ अनि उहाँले दोषीलाई दण्ड दिनुहुन्छ। उहाँले तिनीहरुलाई भाग्न दिनुहुदैन। हेर, परमप्रभु दुष्ट जनहरुलाई दण्ड दिन आउँदै हुनुहुन्छ। उहाँले आफ्नो शक्ति देखाउनको निम्ति भुवँरी र आँधिहरु ल्याउनु हुँनेछ। मानिसहरु यो पृथ्वीमा माटोमाथि हिंड्छन् तर परमप्रभु बादलमाथि हिंड्नुहुन्छ।
4 परमुप्रभु समुद्रहरुसित कर्कश शब्दमा बोल्नु हुन्छ अनि त्यो समुद्र सुक्दछ। सबै नदीहरु सुकनेछन्। बाशनर कर्मेलको हरियाली सुख्खाले मार्नेछ। लबानेनको फूलहरु ओइलिनेछन्।
5 परमप्रभुको आगमन हुनेछ अनि पहाडहरु डरले काम्नेछन्, अमि पहाडहरु पग्लेर बग्नेछन्। परप्रभुको आगमन हुनेछ र पृथ्वी डरले काम्नेछ। यो संसार अनि यसमा रहने सबै डरले काम्नेछन्।
6 परमप्रभुको भयानक रिसको अघि कोही पनि उभिन सक्तैन। कसैले पनि परमप्रभुको भयानक रिस सहन सक्तैन। उहाँको क्रोध आगो झैं हुन्छ। जब उहाँ आउनुहुन्छ तब चट्टानहरु पनि टुक्रा-टुक्रा हुन्छन्।
7 परमप्रभु असल हुनुहुन्छ! उहाँ कष्टको समयमा सुरक्षित स्थान हुनुहुन्छ। उहाँमाथि भरोसा गर्नेहरुको उहाँले हेरचाह गर्नु हुन्छ।
8 तर उहाँले आफ्नो शत्रुहरुलाई पुरै ध्वंश पार्नु हुन्छ। उहाँले शत्रुहरुलाई बाढीको पानीले बगाए जस्तै बगाउँनु हुन्छ। अँध्यारोको बिचमा पनि उहाँले आफ्नो शत्रुहरुलाई लखेट्नु हुन्छ।
9 के तिमीले परमप्रभुको बिरूद्धमा षड्यन्त्र रच्दैछौ? परमप्रभुले तिमीलाई समाप्त पारिदिनु हुनेछ अनि अरु धेरै कष्ट पैदा गर्न सक्षम हुने छैनौ।
10 भाँडा भित्र अड्किएर जलिरहेको काँडाहरु जस्तै तिमीहरु ध्वंश हुनेछौ। सुकेको बल्ने घाँसहरु जस्तै तिमी झट्टै ध्वंश हुनेछौ।
11 हे अश्शुर! एउटा मानिस तिमीहरुबाट आएकोछ। त्यले परमप्रभुको बिरूद्धमा षड्यन्त्र रचेकोछ अनि खराब सल्लाह दिएकोछ।
12 परमप्रभुले यहूदासंग भन्नु हुन्छ, “अश्शूरका मानिसहरु अत्यन्तै शक्तिशाली छन्। तिनीहरुका सैनिकहरु अनगन्ती छन्, तर तिनीहरु काटिनेछन् अनि फ्याँकिने छन्। प्रत्तेकलाई शेष गरिनेछ। हे मेरा मानिसहरु! मैले तिमीहरुलाई धेरै कष्टहरु दिएँ, तर अब म तिमीहरुलाई अरु बेशी कष्ट पैदा गर्नेछैन।
13 म अब तिमीहरुलाई अश्शूरको शक्तिबाट मुक्त गर्नेछु। म अब तिमीहरुको गर्दनबाट त्यो जुवा फुकालि दिनेछु। त्यसलाई म चकनाचुर पार्नेछु। जुन साङ्गलाले तिमीहरु बाँधिएका छौ त्यसलाई टुक्रायाउँनेछु।
14 हे अश्शूरको राजा! तिम्रो सम्बन्धमा परमप्रभुले यो आज्ञा दिनुभएकोछ, तिम्रो नाउँ राख्नलाई तिम्रो कुनै सन्तान रहनेछैन।तिम्रो खोपेको अनि धातुले बनाएको मुर्ति जुन तिम्रो देवताको मन्दिरमा राखिएको छन्, म ती सबै ध्वंश पार्नेछु। म तिम्रा निम्ति चिहान बनाउँदैछु किनकि तिम्रो अन्तिम क्षण आउँदैछ।
15 हेर यहूदा! पहाडमाथिबाट त्यहाँ कोही आउँदैछ। हेर, कसैले सुसमचार लिएर आउँदैछ। हेर, त्यले भन्दैछ, ‘त्यहाँ शान्ति छ।’ यहूदा तिमी आफ्नो बिशेष भोज मनाऊ। यहूदा तिमी आफ्नो भाकल पुरा गर। फेरि दुष्टटले तिमीमाथि आक्रमण गर्नेछैनन्। ती सबै दुष्टहरु ध्वंश पारिनेछन्।
1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God 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.
3 The 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.
4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6 Who 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.
7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
9 What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counseller.
12 Thus 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.
13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
14 And 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.
15 Behold 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.
1 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.