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Ufunuo juu ya Ninawi. Kitabu cha maono aliyoyaona Nahumuu, Mwelkoshi.
This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
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Bwana ni Mungu mwenye wivu, naye hujilipiza kisasi; Bwana hujilipiza kisasi, naye ni mwingi wa hasira; Bwana hujilipiza kisasi juu ya adui zake, huwawekea adui zake akiba ya hasira.
The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
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Bwana si mwepesi wa hasira, ana uweza mwingi, wala hatamhesabia mtu mwovu kuwa hana hatia kamwe; Bwana ana njia yake katika kisulisuli na tufani, na mawingu ni mavumbi ya miguu yake.
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
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Yeye huikemea bahari na kuikausha, pia huikausha mito yote; Bashani hulegea, na Karmeli; hulegea nalo ua la Lebanoni.
He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
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Milima hutetema mbele zake, navyo vilima huyeyuka; nayo dunia huinuliwa mbele za uso wake, naam, dunia na wote wakaao ndani yake.
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.
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Ni nani awezaye kusimama mbele za ghadhabu yake, naye ni nani awezaye kukaa katika ukali wa hasira yake? Hasira yake kali humwagwa kama moto, nayo majabali yapasuliwa na yeye.
Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
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Bwana ni mwema, ni ngome siku ya taabu; naye huwajua hao wamkimbiliao.
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
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Lakini kwa gharika ifurikayo atapakomesha kabisa mahali pake, na kuwafuatia adui zake hata gizani.
But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
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Mnawaza nini juu ya Bwana? Yeye atakomesha kabisa; mateso hayatainuka mara ya pili.
Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
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Kwa maana wangawa kama miiba iliyotatana, na kunyweshwa kana kwamba ni katika kunywa kwao, wataliwa kabisa kama mabua makavu.
For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.
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Ametoka mmoja kwako, aniaye mabaya juu ya Bwana, atoaye mashauri yasiyofaa kitu.
From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
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Bwana asema hivi, Ijapokuwa wana nguvu zilizo timilifu, ijapokuwa ni wengi, hata hivyo watakatwa, naye atapita na kwenda zake. Ingawa nimekutesa, sitakutesa tena.
This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.
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Na sasa nitakuvunjia nira yake, nami nitakupasulia mafungo yako.
For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
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Tena Bwana ametoa amri katika habari zako, ya kwamba asipandwe tena mtu awaye yote mwenye jina lako; toka nyumba ya miungu yako nitakatilia mbali sanamu ya kuchora, na sanamu ya kuyeyusha; nitakufanyia kaburi lako; kwa maana u mbovu.
The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
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Tazama, juu ya milima iko miguu yake aletaye habari njema, atangazaye amani. Zishike sikukuu zako, Ee Yuda, uziondoe nadhiri zako; kwa maana yule asiyefaa kitu hatapita kati yako tena kamwe; amekwisha kukatiliwa mbali.
Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.