Nahum 1 #catechesis/bible/nahum
[!abstract] The majesty of God, his goodness to his people, and severity to his enemies.
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GR λῆμμα Νινευη βιβλίον ὁράσεως Ναουμ τοῦ Ελκεσαίου
LA Onus Ninive. Liber visionis Nahum Elcesæi.
EN The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum, the Elcesite.
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GR θεὸς ζηλωτὴς καὶ ἐκδικῶν κύριος ἐκδικῶν κύριος μετὰ θυμοῦ ἐκδικῶν κύριος τοὺς ὑπεναντίους αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξαίρων αὐτὸς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ
LA Deus æmulator, et ulciscens Dominus: ulciscens Dominus, et habens furorem: ulciscens Dominus in hostes suos, et irascens ipse inimicis suis.
EN The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger, and has wrath: the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies.
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GR κύριος μακρόθυμος καὶ μεγάλη ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀθῳῶν οὐκ ἀθῳώσει κύριος ἐν συντελείᾳ καὶ ἐν συσσεισμῷ ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ νεφέλαι κονιορτὸς ποδῶν αὐτοῦ
LA Dominus patiens, et magnus fortitudine, et mundans non faciet innocentem. Dominus in tempestate et turbine viæ ejus, et nebulæ pulvis pedum ejus.
EN 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.
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GR ἀπειλῶν θαλάσσῃ καὶ ξηραίνων αὐτὴν καὶ πάντας τοὺς ποταμοὺς ἐξερημῶν ὠλιγώθη ἡ Βασανῖτις καὶ ὁ Κάρμηλος καὶ τὰ ἐξανθοῦντα τοῦ Λιβάνου ἐξέλιπεν
LA Increpans mare, et exsiccans illud, et omnia flumina ad desertum deducens. Infirmatus est Basan et Carmelus, et flos Libani elanguit.
EN He rebukes the sea and dries it up: and brings all the rivers to be a desert. Basan languishes and Carmel: and the flower of Libanus fades away.
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GR τὰ ὄρη ἐσείσθησαν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ βουνοὶ ἐσαλεύθησαν καὶ ἀνεστάλη ἡ γῆ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ἡ σύμπασα καὶ πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν αὐτῇ
LA Montes commoti sunt ab eo, et colles desolati sunt: et contremuit terra a facie ejus, et orbis, et omnes habitantes in eo.
EN The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth has quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.
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GR ἀπὸ προσώπου ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ τίς ὑποστήσεται καὶ τίς ἀντιστήσεται ἐν ὀργῇ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ ὁ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ τήκει ἀρχάς καὶ αἱ πέτραι διεθρύβησαν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ
LA Ante faciem indignationis ejus quis stabit? et quis resistet in ira furoris ejus? Indignatio ejus effusa est ut ignis, et petræ dissolutæ sunt ab eo.
EN 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.
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GR χρηστὸς κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως καὶ γινώσκων τοὺς εὐλαβουμένους αὐτόν
LA Bonus Dominus, et confortans in die tribulationis, et sciens sperantes in se.
EN The Lord is good, and gives strength in the day of trouble: and knows them that hope in him.
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GR καὶ ἐν κατακλυσμῷ πορείας συντέλειαν ποιήσεται τοὺς ἐπεγειρομένους καὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ διώξεται σκότος
LA Et in diluvio prætereunte consummationem faciet loci ejus, et inimicos ejus persequentur tenebræ.
EN But with a flood that passes by, he will make an utter end of the place thereof: and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
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[!note]- Of the place thereof…
Viz., of Ninive. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR τί λογίζεσθε ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον συντέλειαν αὐτὸς ποιήσεται οὐκ ἐκδικήσει δὶς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐν θλίψει
LA Quid cogitatis contra Dominum? Consummationem ipse faciet: non consurget duplex tribulatio,
EN What do you devise against the Lord? He will make an utter end: there shall not rise a double affliction.
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GR ὅτι ἕως θεμελίου αὐτῶν χερσωθήσεται καὶ ὡς σμῖλαξ περιπλεκομένη βρωθήσεται καὶ ὡς καλάμη ξηρασίας μεστή
LA quia sicut spinæ se invicem complectuntur, sic convivium eorum pariter potantium; consumentur quasi stipula ariditate plena.
EN For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.
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GR ἐκ σοῦ ἐξελεύσεται λογισμὸς κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου πονηρὰ λογιζόμενος ἐναντία
LA Ex te exibit cogitans contra Dominum malitiam, mente pertractans prævaricationem.
EN Out of you shall come forth one that imagines evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.
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GR τάδε λέγει κύριος κατάρχων ὑδάτων πολλῶν καὶ οὕτως διασταλήσονται καὶ ἡ ἀκοή σου οὐκ ἐνακουσθήσεται ἔτι
LA Hæc dicit Dominus: Si perfecti fuerint, et ita plures, sic quoque attondentur, et pertransibit: afflixi te, et non affligam te ultra.
EN Thus says 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 you, and I will afflict you no more.
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GR καὶ νῦν συντρίψω τὴν ῥάβδον αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ τοὺς δεσμούς σου διαρρήξω
LA Et nunc conteram virgam ejus de dorso tuo, et vincula tua disrumpam.
EN And now I will break in pieces his rod with which he struck your back, and I will burst your bonds asunder.
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GR καὶ ἐντελεῖται ὑπὲρ σοῦ κύριος οὐ σπαρήσεται ἐκ τοῦ ὀνόματός σου ἔτι ἐξ οἴκου θεοῦ σου ἐξολεθρεύσω τὰ γλυπτὰ καὶ χωνευτά θήσομαι ταφήν σου ὅτι ταχεῖς
LA Et præcipiet super te Dominus; non seminabitur ex nomine tuo amplius: de domo Dei tui interficiam sculptile, et conflatile; ponam sepulchrum tuum, quia inhonoratus es.
EN And the Lord will give a commandment concerning you, that no more of your name shall be sown: I will destroy the graven and molten thing out of the house of your God, I will make it your grave, for you are disgraced.
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[!note]- Shall come forth one, etc…
Some understand this of Sennacherib. But as his attempt against the people seems to have been prior to the prophecy of Nahum, we may better understand it of Holofernes. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Though they were perfect, etc…
That is, however strong or numerous their forces may be, they shall be cut off; and their prince or leader shall pass away and disappear. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Will give a commandment…
That is, a decree, concerning thee, O king of Ninive, your seed shall fail, etc. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
