Nahum 1
Det Norsk Bibelselskap 1930
1 Dette er et utsagn om Ninive - en bok om elkositten Nahums syn.
2 En nidkjær og hevnende Gud er Herren, en hevner er Herren og full av harme; en hevner er Herren mot sine motstandere og en som gjemmer på vrede mot sine fiender.
3 Herren er langmodig, men han er stor i kraft, og ustraffet lar han aldri den skyldige være. I hvirvelvind og storm har Herren sin vei, og skyer er støvet under hans føtter.
4 Han truer havet og tørker det ut, og alle elvene gjør han tørre; Basan visner og Karmel, og Libanons blomst visner bort.
5 Fjellene skjelver for ham, og haugene smelter, og jorden hever sig for hans åsyn, jorderike og alle som bor der.
6 Hvem holder stand for hans harme, og hvem utholder hans brennende vrede? Hans harme strømmer frem som ild, og fjellene styrter sammen for ham.
7 Herren er god, et vern på trengselens dag, og han kjenner dem som tar sin tilflukt til ham.
8 Men med en overskyllende flom skal han tilintetgjøre grunnen det[a] står på, og mørket skal forfølge hans fiender.
9 Hvad er det I tenker ut mot Herren? Han skal gjøre ende på eder; trengselen skal ikke komme to ganger.
10 For er de enn så sammenflettet som torner og så fulle som deres fullskap kan gjøre dem, så blir de like fullt aldeles fortært som tørr halm.
11 Fra dig[b] gikk det ut en[c] som tenkte ut ondt mot Herren, som la op ugudelige råd.
12 Så sier Herren: Er de enn i full kraft og mange i tall, skal de allikevel bli nedmeiet som de er, og borte er de. Har jeg plaget dig[d], så vil jeg ikke plage dig mere;
13 men nu vil jeg bryte det åk han la på dig, og sønderrive dine bånd.
14 Men om dig[e] byder Herren så: Det skal ikke mere fødes nogen som bærer ditt navn; av din guds hus vil jeg utrydde både utskårne og støpte billeder; jeg vil gjøre i stand en grav for dig, for du er funnet for lett[f].
Footnotes
- Nahum 1:8 Ninive.
- Nahum 1:11 Ninive.
- Nahum 1:11 Sankerib; 2KG 18, 13 fg.
- Nahum 1:12 Jerusalem.
- Nahum 1:14 Assyrias konge.
- Nahum 1:14 DNL 5, 27.
Nahum 1
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
1 The pronouncement(A) concerning Nineveh.(B) The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
God’s Vengeance
2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the Lord takes vengeance
and is fierce in[a] wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance against his foes;(C)
he is furious with his enemies.(D)
3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.(E)
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,(F)
and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.(G)
4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up,
and he makes all the rivers run dry.(H)
Bashan and Carmel wither;(I)
even the flower of Lebanon withers.
5 The mountains quake before him,
and the hills melt;
the earth trembles[b][c] at his presence –
the world and all who live in it.(J)
6 Who can withstand his indignation?
Who can endure his burning anger?(K)
His wrath is poured out like fire;(L)
even rocks are shattered before him.
Destruction of Nineveh
7 The Lord is good,
a stronghold in a day of distress;
he cares for those who take refuge(M) in him.
8 But he will completely destroy Nineveh[d]
with an overwhelming flood,(N)
and he will chase his enemies into darkness.
9 Whatever you[e] plot against the Lord,
he will bring it to complete destruction;(O)
oppression will not rise up a second time.
10 For they will be consumed
like entangled thorns,(P)
like the drink of a drunkard
and like straw that is fully dry.[f]
11 One has gone out from you,[g]
who plots evil against the Lord,
and is a wicked counsellor.
Promise of Judah’s Deliverance
12 This is what the Lord says:
Though they are strong[h] and numerous,
they will still be mowed down,
and he[i] will pass away.
Though I have punished you,[j](Q)
I will punish you no longer.(R)
13 For I will now break off his yoke from you
and tear off your shackles.
The Assyrian King’s Demise
14 The Lord has issued an order concerning you:
There will be no offspring
to carry on your name.[k](S)
I will eliminate the carved idol and cast image
from the house of your gods;(T)
I will prepare your grave,
for you are contemptible.
15 Look to the mountains –
the feet of the herald,(U)
who proclaims peace.
Celebrate your festivals, Judah;
fulfil your vows.
For the wicked one will never again
march through you;
he will be entirely wiped out.
Nahum 1
King James Version
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 counsellor.
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.
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