¹Onus Ninive.The burden of Nineveh.Liber visionis Nahum Elcesæi.The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

¹Onus Ninive.The burden of Nineveh.Liber visionis Nahum Elcesæi.The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

²Deus æmulator,God is a rival,et ulciscens Dominus:and the Lord is avenging.ulciscens Dominus,The Lord is avenging,et habens furorem:and one who applies wrath.ulciscens Dominus in hostes suos,The Lord is avenging with his enemies,et irascens ipse inimicis suis.and he becomes angry with his adversaries.

²Deus æmulator,God is a rival,et ulciscens Dominus:and the Lord is avenging.ulciscens Dominus,The Lord is avenging,et habens furorem:and one who applies wrath.ulciscens Dominus in hostes suos,The Lord is avenging with his enemies,et irascens ipse inimicis suis.and he becomes angry with his adversaries.

³Dominus patiens,The Lord is patient and great in strength,et magnus fortitudine,and those who are not clean,et mundans non faciet innocentem.he makes innocent.Dominus in tempestateThe Lord is in a tempest,et turbine viæ ejus,and his way is a whirlwind,et nebulæ pulvis pedum ejus.and the clouds are dust at his feet.

³Dominus patiens,The Lord is patient and great in strength,et magnus fortitudine,and those who are not clean,et mundans non faciet innocentem.he makes innocent.Dominus in tempestateThe Lord is in a tempest,et turbine viæ ejus,and his way is a whirlwind,et nebulæ pulvis pedum ejus.and the clouds are dust at his feet.

⁴Increpans mare,He is the one who rebukes the sea,et exsiccans illud,and who dries it up,et omnia flumina ad desertum deducens.and who leads all the rivers to the desert.Infirmatus est BasanBasan has been weakened,et Carmelus,and also Carmel,et flos Libani elanguit.and the flower of Lebanon has languished.

⁴Increpans mare,He is the one who rebukes the sea,et exsiccans illud,and who dries it up,et omnia flumina ad desertum deducens.and who leads all the rivers to the desert.Infirmatus est BasanBasan has been weakened,et Carmelus,and also Carmel,et flos Libani elanguit.and the flower of Lebanon has languished.

⁵Montes commoti sunt ab eo,The mountains have trembled before him,et colles desolati sunt:and the hills have become desolate,et contremuit terra a facie ejus,and the earth has quaked before his face,et orbis,both the worldet omnes habitantes in eo.and all that dwells in it.

⁵Montes commoti sunt ab eo,The mountains have trembled before him,et colles desolati sunt:and the hills have become desolate,et contremuit terra a facie ejus,and the earth has quaked before his face,et orbis,both the worldet omnes habitantes in eo.and all that dwells in it.

⁶Ante faciem indignationis ejus quis stabit?Who can stand firm before the face of his indignation?et quis resistet in ira furoris ejus?And who can continue against the fury of his wrath?Indignatio ejus effusa est ut ignis,His indignation has broken out like a fire,et petræ dissolutæ sunt ab eo.and the rocks have been dissolved before him.

⁶Ante faciem indignationis ejus quis stabit?Who can stand firm before the face of his indignation?et quis resistet in ira furoris ejus?And who can continue against the fury of his wrath?Indignatio ejus effusa est ut ignis,His indignation has broken out like a fire,et petræ dissolutæ sunt ab eo.and the rocks have been dissolved before him.

⁷Bonus Dominus,The Lord is good,et confortans in die tribulationis,and a comforter in the day of tribulation,et sciens sperantes in se.and he knows those who hope in him.

⁷Bonus Dominus,The Lord is good,et confortans in die tribulationis,and a comforter in the day of tribulation,et sciens sperantes in se.and he knows those who hope in him.

⁸Et in diluvio prætereunte consummationem faciet loci ejus,And in the flood that passes over, he brings to consummation the end of his place.et inimicos ejus persequentur tenebræ.And darkness shall pursue his adversaries.

⁸Et in diluvio prætereunte consummationem faciet loci ejus,And in the flood that passes over, he brings to consummation the end of his place.et inimicos ejus persequentur tenebræ.And darkness shall pursue his adversaries.

⁹Quid cogitatis contra Dominum?What are you thinking up against the Lord?Consummationem ipse faciet:He will accomplish the consummation.non consurget duplex tribulatio,There shall not rise up a double tribulation.

⁹Quid cogitatis contra Dominum?What are you thinking up against the Lord?Consummationem ipse faciet:He will accomplish the consummation.non consurget duplex tribulatio,There shall not rise up a double tribulation.

¹⁰quia sicut spinæ se invicem complectuntur,For just as thorns entwine one another, so also,sic convivium eorum pariter potantium;while they are feasting and drinking together,consumentur quasi stipula ariditate plena.they will be consumed like stubble that is completely dry.

¹⁰quia sicut spinæ se invicem complectuntur,For just as thorns entwine one another, so also,sic convivium eorum pariter potantium;while they are feasting and drinking together,consumentur quasi stipula ariditate plena.they will be consumed like stubble that is completely dry.

¹¹Ex te exibit cogitans contra Dominum malitiam,Out of you will go forth one who thinks up evil against the Lord,mente pertractans prævaricationem.dragging betrayals through his mind.

¹¹Ex te exibit cogitans contra Dominum malitiam,Out of you will go forth one who thinks up evil against the Lord,mente pertractans prævaricationem.dragging betrayals through his mind.

¹²Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Si perfecti fuerint,If they had been perfect,et ita plures,and many of them so,sic quoque attondentur,yet still they would be pruned,et pertransibit:and it will cross through them.afflixi te,I have afflicted you,et non affligam te ultra.and I shall afflict you no more.

¹²Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Si perfecti fuerint,If they had been perfect,et ita plures,and many of them so,sic quoque attondentur,yet still they would be pruned,et pertransibit:and it will cross through them.afflixi te,I have afflicted you,et non affligam te ultra.and I shall afflict you no more.

¹³Et nunc conteram virgam ejus de dorso tuo,And now I will shatter his rod from your back,et vincula tua disrumpam.and I will break open your bonds.

¹³Et nunc conteram virgam ejus de dorso tuo,And now I will shatter his rod from your back,et vincula tua disrumpam.and I will break open your bonds.

¹⁴Et præcipiet super te Dominus;And the Lord will place a commandment over you;non seminabitur ex nomine tuo amplius:nothing more from your name will be sown.de domo Dei tui interficiam sculptile,From the house of your God,et conflatile;I will order destroyed the graven image and the molten image.ponam sepulchrum tuum,I will prepare your grave,quia inhonoratus es.because you are not honorable.

¹⁴Et præcipiet super te Dominus;And the Lord will place a commandment over you;non seminabitur ex nomine tuo amplius:nothing more from your name will be sown.de domo Dei tui interficiam sculptile,From the house of your God,et conflatile;I will order destroyed the graven image and the molten image.ponam sepulchrum tuum,I will prepare your grave,quia inhonoratus es.because you are not honorable.

¹⁵Ecce super montes pedes evangelizantis,Behold, over the mountains,et annuntiantis pacem. Celebra,the feet of the Evangelizer and the Announcer of peace.Juda,Judah,festivitates tuas, et redde vota tua,celebrate your festivals and keep your vows.quia non adjiciet ultra ut pertranseat in te Belial: universus interiit.For Belial will never again pass through you; he has completely passed away.

¹⁵Ecce super montes pedes evangelizantis,Behold, over the mountains,et annuntiantis pacem. Celebra,the feet of the Evangelizer and the Announcer of peace.Juda,Judah,festivitates tuas, et redde vota tua,celebrate your festivals and keep your vows.quia non adjiciet ultra ut pertranseat in te Belial: universus interiit.For Belial will never again pass through you; he has completely passed away.