Nahum 1

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elcesite.	1 Prophecy about Nineveh. Book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.
2 The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger, and hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies.	2 Yahweh is a jealous and vengeful God, Yahweh takes vengeance, he is rich in wrath; Yahweh takesvengeance on his foes, he stores up fury for his enemies.
3 The Lord is patient, and great in power, and will not cleanse and acquit the guilty. The Lord's ways are in a tempest, and a whirlwind, and clouds are the dust of his feet.	3 Yahweh is slow to anger but great in power, Yahweh never lets evil go unpunished. In storm andwhirlwind he takes his way, the clouds are the dust stirred up by his feet.
4 He rebuketh the sea, and drieth it up: and bringeth all the rivers to be a desert. Basan languisheth and Carmel: and the dower of Libanus fadeth away.	4 He rebukes the sea, dries it up, and makes all the rivers run dry. . . . Bashan and Carmel wither, thegreenery of the Lebanon withers too.
5 The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.	5 The mountains tremble before him, the hills reel; the earth col apses before him, the world and al wholive in it.
6 Who can stand before the face of his indignation? and who shall resist in the fierceness of his anger? his indignation is poured out like fire: and the rocks are melted by him.	6 His fury -- who can withstand it? Who can endure his burning wrath? His anger pours out like fire andthe rocks break apart before him.
7 The Lord is good and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him.	7 Yahweh is better than a fortress in time of distress; he recognises those who trust in him
8 But with a flood that passeth by, he will make an utter end of the place thereof: and darkness shall pursue his enemies.	8 even when the flood rushes on; he wil make an end once and for al of those who defy him, and pursuehis foes into darkness.
9 What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make an utter end: there shall not rise a double affliction.	9 What are your thoughts about Yahweh? He it is who makes a final end: his adversaries wil not rise upa second time;
10 For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.	10 like a thicket of tangled brambles, like dry straw, they wil be burnt up completely. To Assyria
11 Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.	11 From you has emerged someone plotting evil against Yahweh, one of Belial's counsel ors. To Judah
12 Thus saith the Lord: Though they were perfect: and many of them so, yet thus shall they be cut off, and he shall pass: I have afflicted thee, and I will afflict thee no more.	12 Yahweh says this: Unopposed and many though they be, they wil be cut down and pass away.Though I have made you suffer, I shal make you suffer no more,
13 And now I will break in pieces his rod with which he struck thy back, and I will burst thy bonds asunder.	13 for now I shal break his yoke which presses hard on you and snap your chains. To the king ofNineveh
14 And the Lord will give a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name shall be sown: I will destroy the graven and molten thing out of the house of thy God, I will make it thy grave, for thou art disgraced.	14 As for you, this is Yahweh's decree: You wil have no heirs to your name, from the temple of your godsI shal remove carved image and cast image, and I shal devastate your tomb, for you are accursed!
15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: O Juda, keep thy festivals, and pay thy vows: for Belial shall no more pass through thee again, he is utterly cut off.