صَفَنْيا 2

١ 1 «اجْتَمِعِي، احْتَشِدِي أَيَّتُهَا الأُمَّةُ الْوَقِحَةُ.

Rally yourselves together and gather, unashamed nation—

٢ 2 قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحِينَ الْقَضَاءُ، فَيُطَوِّحُ بِكِ كَالْعُصَافَةِ أَمَامَ الرِّيحِ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحُلَّ بِكِ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ الشَّدِيدُ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْصَبَّ عَلَيْكِ سَخَطُ الرَّبِّ.

before the decree takes effect and that day passes like the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh's wrath comes upon you, before the day of the wrath of Yahweh comes upon you.

٣ 3 الْتَمِسُوا الرَّبَّ يَا وُدَعَاءَ الأَرْضِ الرَّاضِخِينَ لِحُكْمِهِ. اطْلُبُوا الْبِرَّ وَالتَّوَاضُعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَجِدُونَ مَلاذاً فِي يَوْمِ سَخَطِ الرَّبِّ.

Seek Yahweh, all you humble people on earth who obey his decrees! Seek righteousness. Seek humility, and perhaps you will be protected in the day of Yahweh's wrath.

٤ 4 فَإِنَّ غَزَّةَ تُصْبِحُ مَهْجُورَةً، وَأَشْقَلُونَ مُوْحِشَةً، وَأَهْلَ أَشْدُودَ يُطْرَدُونَ عِنْدَ الظَّهِيرَةِ، وَعَقْرُونَ تُسْتَأْصَلُ.

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will turn into a devastation. They will drive out Ashdod at noon, and they will uproot Ekron!

٥ 5 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ، أُمَّةَ الْكِرِيتِيِّينَ. إِنَّ قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ مُنْصَبٌّ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا سُكَّانَ كَنْعَانَ أَرْضِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. سَأُدَمِّرُكِ حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى فِيكِ مُقِيمٌ.

Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Kerethites! Yahweh has spoken against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines. I will destroy you until no inhabitant remains.

٦ 6 وَأَنْتِ يَا أَرْضَ سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ تُصْبِحِينَ مَرَاعِيَ وَمُرُوجاً لِلرُّعَاةِ وَحَظَائِرَ لِلْمَوَاشِي.

So the seacoast will become pastures for shepherds and for sheep pens.

٧ 7 وَيُصْبِحُ سَاحِلُ الْبَحْرِ مِلْكاً لِبَقِيَّةِ بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا فَيَرْعَوْنَ فِيهِ قُطْعَانَهُمْ، وَيَرْقُدُونَ فِي الْمَسَاءِ فِي بُيُوتِ أَشْقَلُونَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ يَفْتَقِدُهُمْ وَيَرُدُّ سَبْيَهُمْ.

The coastal region will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah, who will shepherd their flocks there. Their people will lie down in the evening in the houses of Ashkelon, for Yahweh their God will care for them and restore their fortunes.

٨ 8 قَدْ سَمِعْتُ تَعْيِيرَ مُوآبَ وَتَجَادِيفَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَكَيْفَ احْتَقَرُوا شَعْبِي وَهَدَّدُوا تُخْمَهُمْ.

“I have heard the taunts of Moab and the reviling of the people of Ammon when they taunted my people and violated their borders.

٩ 9 لِذَلِكَ، كَمَا أَنَا حَيٌّ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَيُصْبِحَنَّ أَهْلُ مُوآبَ كَسَدُومَ، وَالْعَمُّونِيُّونَ كَعَمُورَةَ، مَنْبَتاً لِلْقَرِيصِ وَحُفْرَةً لِلْمِلْحِ وَخَرَاباً إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَتَنْهَبُهُمْ بَقِيَّةُ شَعْبِي وَيَمْتَلِكُهُمُ النَّاجُونَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي.

Therefore, as I live—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel— Moab will become like Sodom, and the people of Ammon like Gomorrah; a place of nettles and a salt pit, deserted forever. But the remnant of my people will plunder them, and the remainder of my nation will take possession of them.”

١٠ 10 هَذَا مَا يَجْنُونَهُ لِقَاءَ تَشَامُخِهِمْ، لأَنَّهُمُ احْتَقَرُوا وَتَبَاهَوْا عَلَى شَعْبِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ.

This will happen to Moab and Ammon because of their pride, since they taunted and mocked the people of Yahweh of hosts.

١١ 11 سَيَكُونُ الرَّبُّ مَثَارَ رُعْبِهِمْ حِينَ يُحَطِّمُ جَمِيعَ آلِهَةِ الأَرْضِ، فَيَسْجُدُ لَهُ آنَئِذٍ جَمِيعُ النَّاسِ، كُلٌّ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ، فِي كُلِّ دِيَارِ الْمَسْكُونَةِ.

Then they will fear Yahweh, for he will taunt all the gods of the earth. Everyone will worship him, everyone from his own place, from every seashore.

١٢ 12 وَأَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً أَيُّهَا الْكُوشِيُّونَ سَتَسْقُطُونَ صَرْعَى سَيْفِي.

You Cushites also will be pierced by my sword,

١٣ 13 ثُمَّ يَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ نَحْوَ الشِّمَالِ وَيُبِيدُ أَشُّورَ وَيَجْعَلُ نِينَوَى قَفْراً مُوْحِشاً، أَرْضاً قَاحِلَةً كَالصَّحْرَاءِ.

and God's hand will attack the north and destroy Assyria, so that Nineveh will become an abandoned devastation, as dry as the desert.

١٤ 14 تَرْبِضُ فِي وَسَطِهَا الْقُطْعَانُ وَسَائِرُ وُحُوشِ الْبَرِّ، وَيَأْوِي إِلَى تِيجَانِ أَعْمِدَتِهَا الْقُوقُ وَالْقُنْفُذُ وَيَنْعَبُ الْغُرَابُ عَلَى عَتَبَاتِهَا، لأَنَّ أَرْزَهَا قَدْ تَعَرَّى.

Then herds will lie down there, every animal of the nations, both the desert owl and the screech owl will rest in the top of her columns. A call will sing out from the windows; rubble will be in the doorways; her carved cedar beams will be exposed.

١٥ 15 هَذِهِ هِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ الطَّرُوبُ الَّتِي سَكَنَتْ آمِنَةً قَائِلَةً لِنَفْسِهَا: أَنَا وَلَيْسَ لِي نَظِيرٌ! كَيْفَ صَارَتْ أَطْلالاً، وَمَأْوىً لِلْوُحُوشِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ؟ كُلُّ مَنْ يَجْتَازُ بِها يَصْفِرُ دَهْشَةً وَيَهُزُّ يَدَهُ».

This is the exultant city that lived without fear, that said in her heart, “I am, and nothing is my equal.” How she has become a horror, a place for beasts to lie down in. Everyone that passes by her will hiss and shake his fist at her.