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1The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum, the Elcesite.Annunzio grave contro di Ninive. Libro della visione di Nahum Elceseo.THE burden of Niniuie. The booke of the vision of Nahum the Elce•e•te.Onus Ninive. Liber visionis Nahum Elcesæi. 2The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger, and hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies.Il Signore è un Dio zelatore, che fa vendetta; il Signore fa vendetta, e si arma di furore; il Signore fa vendetta de' suoi nemici, e serba l'ira pe' suoi nemici.God is ielous, & our Lord reuenging, our Lord reuenging, and hauing furie: our Lord reuenging on his aduerseries, and he is angrie with his enemies.Deus æmulator, et ulciscens Dominus: / ulciscens Dominus, et habens furorem: / ulciscens Dominus in hostes suos, / et irascens ipse inimicis suis. 3The 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.Il Signore paziente, e grande in possanza, né avrà alcuno per mondo, e per innocente. Il Signore cammina tralle tempeste, e i turbini, e sotto i suoi piedi una nebbia di polvere.Our Lord is patient, and great of strength and clensing, he wil not make innocent. Our Lords wayes in tempest, and whirle wind, and clowdes the dust of his feete.Dominus patiens, et magnus fortitudine, / et mundans non faciet innocentem. / Dominus in tempestate et turbine viæ ejus, / et nebulæ pulvis pedum ejus. 4He rebuketh the sea and drieth it up: and bringeth all the rivers to be a desert. Basan languisheth and Carmel: and the flower of Libanus fadeth away.Egli sgrida il mare, e lo asciuga, e i fiumi tutti cangia in arida terra: rende sterile il Basan, e il Carmelo, e languiscono i fiori del Libano.Rebuking the sea, and driyng it vp: and bringing al riuers to a desert. Basan is weakened and Carmel: & the floure of Libanus is faided.Increpans mare, et exsiccans illud, / et omnia flumina ad desertum deducens. / Infirmatus est Basan et Carmelus, / et flos Libani elanguit. 5The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.Per lui sono scosse le montagne, e le colline son desolate; dinanzi a lui trema la terra, e il mondo tutto, e tutti quei, che lo abitano.The mountaines were moued at him, and the hilles were desolate: and the earth hath trembled at his presence, and the world, and al that dwel therin.Montes commoti sunt ab eo, / et colles desolati sunt: / et contremuit terra a facie ejus, / et orbis, et omnes habitatores in eo.

6Who 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.Chi sussister potrà all'apparir del suo sdegno? E chi potrà a lui resistere irato, e in furore? L'indegnazione di lui divampa qual fuoco, e da esso i massi sono squagliati.Befote the face of his indignation who shal stand? and who shal resist in the wrath of his furie? his indignation is powred out as fire: and the rockes are dissolued by him.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. 7The Lord is good, and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him.Buono il Signore, e consola nel giorno di tribolazione; e conosce quelli, che sperano in lui:Our Lord is good, and strenghning in the day of tribulation: and knowing them that hope in him.Bonus Dominus, / et confortans in die tribulationis, / et sciens sperantes in se. 8But with a flood that passeth by, he will make an utter end of the place thereof: and darkness shall pursue his enemies.Egli con impetuosa inondazione distruggerà la sede di lei, e i nemici di lui dalle tenebre saran perseguitati.And in a floud passing by, he wil make a consummation of the place therof: & darkenes shal pursew his enemies.Et in diluvio prætereunte consummationem faciet loci ejus, / et inimicos ejus persequentur tenebræ. 9What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make an utter end: there shall not rise a double affliction.Che andate voi macchinando contro il Signore? Egli farà fine: non verrà doppia tribolazione.VVhat thinke ye against our Lord? consumation he wil make: there shal not rise duble tribulation.Quid cogitatis contra Dominum ? / Consummationem ipse faciet: / non consurget duplex tribulatio, 10For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.Perocché costoro, che ne' conviti sbevazzano insieme, saran consunti come le spine, che tra loro s'intrecciano, e come aridissima paglia.Because as thornes claspe one an other: so the feast of them that drinke together: they shal be consumed as stuble ful of drienes.quia sicut spinæ se invicem complectuntur, / sic convivium eorum pariter potantium; / consumentur quasi stipula ariditate plena. 11Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.Da te uscirà colui, che mal pensa contro il Signore, che ha in testa iniqui disegni.Out of thee shal come forth one that thinketh malice against our Lord in the minde deuising preuarication.Ex te exibit cogitans contra Dominum malitiam, / mente pertractans prævaricationem.

12Thus saith 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 thee, and I will afflict thee no more.Queste cose dice il Signore: Quantunque ei siano fortissimi, e anche in maggior numero, contuttociò saranno recisi, e passeranno. Io ti ho afflitto, ma non ti affliggerò di più.Thus saith our Lord: If they shal be perfect: and so a grear manie, so also shal they be shorne, and he shal passe by: I haue afflicted thee, and I wil afflict thee no more.Hæc dicit Dominus: / Si perfecti fuerint, et ita plures, / sic quoque attondentur, et pertransibit: / afflixi te, et non affligam te ultra. 13And now I will break in pieces his rod with which he struck thy back, and I will burst thy bonds asunder.E la verga di lui romperò infesta al tuo dorso, e spezzerò le tue catene.And now I wil breake his rod from of thy backe, and I wil burst thy bondes in sunder.Et nunc conteram virgam ejus de dorso tuo, / et vincula tua disrumpam. 14And the Lord will give a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name shall be sown: I will destroy the graven and molten thing out of the house of thy God, I will make it thy grave, for thou art disgraced.Il Signore pronunzierà contro di te questa sentenza: non rimarrà più seme del tuo nome: sterminerò le statue, e gl'idoli di getto dalla casa del Dio tuo, e farolla tuo sepolcro, e tu sarai disprezzato.And Our Lord wil command vpon thee, there shal not be sowen of thy name any more: out of the house of thy God I wil destroy sculptil, & molten, I wil put thy graue, because thou art dishonored.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. 15Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: O Juda, keep thy festivals, and pay thy vows: for Belial shall no more pass through thee again, he is utterly cut off.Ecco sui monti i piedi di colui, che annunzia la buona novella: annunzia la pace: celebra, o Giuda, le tue solennità, e sciogli i tuoi voti; perocché non passerà mai più Belial per le tue terre: egli è perito interamente.Behold vpon the mountaines the feete of him that Euangalizeth, and preacheth peace: celebrate ô Iuda thy festiuities, & render thy vowes: because Belial shal no more adde to passe through thee, he is wholly perished.Ecce super montes pedes evangelizantis, / et annuntiantis pacem. / Celebra, Juda, festivitates tuas, / et redde vota tua, / quia non adjiciet ultra ut pertranseat in te Belial: / universus interiit.