uNahume 1:1 Isiprofetho ngeNineve. Incwadi yombono kaNahume wase-Elikoshi. 1:2 UNkulunkulu unomona, futhi uJehova uyaphindisela; uJehova uyaphindisela, usenjalo ukuthukuthela; uJehova uyakuphindisela kwabamelene naye, yena uzigcinela izitha zakhe ulaka. 1:3 UJehova uyephuza ukuthukuthela, futhi mkhulu ngamandla, futhi ngeke neze khulula omubi; uJehova indlela yakhe isesivunguvungwini nasemoyeni isivunguvungu, namafu awuthuli lwezinyawo zakhe. 1:4 Uyakhuza ulwandle, alomise, ayomise nemifula yonke; IBhashani ibunile neKarmeli, imbali yaseLebanoni ibunile. 1:5 Izintaba ziyazamazama kuye, namagquma ancibilike, futhi umhlaba uyasha ebusweni bakhe, yebo, umhlaba, nabo bonke abahlala kuwo. 1:6 Ngubani ongema phambi kwentukuthelo yakhe? futhi ngubani ongahlala e ukufutheka kwentukuthelo yakhe? ukufutheka kwakhe kuthululwa njengomlilo namadwala ziphonswa phansi nguye. 1:7 UJehova muhle, uyinqaba ngosuku lwenhlupheko; naye uyazi abathembela kuye. 1:8 Kodwa ngozamcolo okhukhulayo uyoyiqeda ngokuphelele indawo ubumnyama buyakubaxosha izitha zakhe. 1:9 Nicabangani ngoJehova? uyakuqeda ngokuphelele; usizi aluyikuvuka ngokwesibili. 1:10 Ngoba ngenkathi besongelwe ndawonye njengameva, futhi ngenkathi bedakiwe njengezidakwa, bayakushwabadela njengamabibi omile. 1:11 Kukhona ophuma kuwe, oceba okubi ngoJehova, a umeluleki omubi. 1:12 Usho kanje uJehova; Noma bethule, bebaningi kanjalo, nokho kunjalo bayakunqunywa lapho edlula. Nakuba nginayo ngikuhlukumezile, angisayikukuhlupha. 1:13 Ngokuba manje ngiyakulaphula ijoka lakhe kuwe, futhi ngizozigqabula izibopho zakho sunder. 1:14 Futhi uJehova unikeze umyalo ngawe, ukuthi ngeke kusaba khona igama lakho liyakuhlwanyelwa; endlini yawonkulunkulu bakho ngiyakunquma okubaziweyo isithombe nesithombe esibunjiweyo: ngiyakunenza ithuna lakho; ngoba ungcolile. 1:15 Bheka, ezintabeni izinyawo zoletha izindaba ezinhle. omemezela ukuthula! Juda, gcina imikhosi yakho emisiweyo, wenze eyakho izifungo, ngokuba omubi akasayikudabula kuwe; usikwe ngokuphelele icishiwe.