صَفَنْيا 1

١ 1 هَذِهِ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها إِلَى صَفَنْيَا بْنِ كُوشِي بْنِ جَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَمَرِيَا بْنِ حَزَقِيَّا، فِي عَهْدِ حُكْمِ يُوشِيَّا بْنِ آمُونَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.

Yahweh’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.

٢ 2 يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «سَأَمْحُو مَحْواً كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ.

I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.

٣ 3 أُبِيدُ الإِنْسَانَ وَالْحَيَوَانَ وَطُيُورَ السَّمَاءِ وَسَمَكَ الْبَحْرِ، وَأَقْضِي عَلَى الأَشْرَارِ وَمَعَاثِرِهِمْ، وَأَسْتَأْصِلُ الْبَشَرَ عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.

٤ 4 أَمُدُّ يَدِي لأُعَاقِبَ يَهُوذَا وَكُلَّ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأُفْنِي مِنْ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ بَقِيَّةَ عَبَدَةِ الْبَعْلِ، وَكُلَّ كَهَنَةِ الْوَثَنِ.

I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place—the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,

٥ 5 وَالَّذِينَ يَصْعَدُونَ إِلَى السُّطُوحِ لِلسُّجُودِ لِكَوَاكِبِ السَّمَاءِ، وَالَّذِينَ يَجْثُونَ عَابِدِينَ الرَّبَّ حَالِفِينَ بِاسْمِهِ، وَبِاسْمِ مَلْكُومَ أَيْضاً.

those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,

٦ 6 وَالَّذِينَ ارْتَدُّوا عَنِ اتِّبَاعِ الرَّبِّ، وَالَّذِينَ كَفُّوا عَنْ طَلَبِهِ وَالْتِمَاسِهِ.

those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

٧ 7 اصْمُتُوا فِي مَحْضَرِ السَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ لأَنَّ يَوْمَ الرَّبِّ بَاتَ وَشِيكاً. قَدْ أَعَدَّ الرَّبُّ ذَبِيحَةً وَقَدَّسَ مَدْعُوِّيهِ.

Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.

٨ 8 فَيَكُونُ فِي يَوْمِ ذَبِيحَةِ الرَّبِّ أَنِّي أُعَاقِبُ الرُّؤَسَاءَ وَأَبْنَاءَ الْمَلِكِ وَكُلَّ مَنْ يَرْتَدِي ثِيَاباً غَرِيبَةً وَثَنِيَّةً.

It will happen in the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.

٩ 9 وَأُعَاقِبُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ كُلَّ الَّذِينَ يَقْفِزُونَ مِنْ فَوْقِ عَتَبَةِ الْهَيْكَلِ (عَلَى غِرَارِ كَهَنَةِ دَاجُونَ)، الَّذِينَ يَمْلأُونَ بَيْتَ سَيِّدِهِمْ جَوْراً وَنَهْباً.

In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

١٠ 10 وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ تَتَرَدَّدُ صَرْخَةٌ مِنْ بَابِ السَّمَكِ وَوَلْوَلَةٌ مِنَ الْحَيِّ الثَّانِي، وَيُدَوِّي صَوْتُ تَحْطِيمٍ فِي التِّلالِ.

In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

١١ 11 وَلْوِلُوا يَا سُكَّانَ دَائِرَةِ السُّوقِ، لأَنَّ تُجَّارَكُمْ يَبِيدُونَ، وَكُلَّ الْمُتَاجِرِينَ بِالْفِضَّةِ قَدِ اسْتُؤْصِلُوا.

Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.

١٢ 12 فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ أُفَتِّشُ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِمِصْبَاحٍ، وَأُعَاقِبُ النَّاسَ الْمُتَرَبِّعِينَ فَوْقَ قَاذُورَاتِهِمْ، الْقَائِلِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَا يَضُرُّ وَلا يَنْفَعُ.

It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil.”

١٣ 13 فَتُصْبِحُ ثَرْوَتُهُمْ غَنِيمَةً، وَبُيُوتُهُمْ خَرَاباً. يُشَيِّدُونَ بُيُوتاً وَلا يَسْكُنُونَ فِيهَا، وَيَغْرِسُونَ كُرُوماً وَلا يَشْرَبُونَ مِنْ خَمْرِهَا.

Their wealth will become a plunder, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won’t inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won’t drink their wine.

١٤ 14 إِنَّ يَوْمَ الرَّبِّ الْعَظِيمِ قَرِيبٌ، وَشِيكٌ وَسَرِيعٌ جِدّاً. دَوِيُّ يَوْمِ الرَّبِّ مُخِيفٌ، فِيهِ يَصْرُخُ الْجَبَّارُ مُرْتَعِباً.

The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly.

١٥ 15 يَوْمُ غَضَبٍ هُوَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ، يَوْمُ ضِيقٍ وَعَذَابٍ، يَوْمُ خَرَابٍ وَدَمَارٍ، يَوْمُ ظُلْمَةٍ وَاكْتِئَابٍ، يَوْمُ غُيُومٍ وَقَتَامٍ.

That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

١٦ 16 يَوْمُ دَوِيِّ بُوقٍ وَصَيْحَةِ قِتَالٍ ضِدَّ الْمُدُنِ الْحَصِينَةِ وَالْبُرُوجِ الشَّامِخَةِ.

a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high battlements.

١٧ 17 فِيهِ أُضَايِقُ النَّاسَ فَيَمْشُونَ كَالْعُمْيِ، لأَنَّهُمْ أَخْطَأُوا بِحَقِّ الرَّبِّ، فَتَنْسَكِبُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ كَالتُّرَابِ، وَلَحْمُهُمْ يَتَنَاثَرُ كَالْجِلَّةِ.

I will bring such distress on men that they will walk like blind men because they have sinned against Yahweh. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.

١٨ 18 لَا يُنْقِذُهُمْ ذَهَبُهُمْ وَلا فِضَّتُهُمْ فِي يَوْمِ غَضَبِ الرَّبِّ، إِذْ بِنَارِ غَيْرَتِهِ تُلْتَهَمُ كُلُّ الأَرْضِ، وَفِيهِ يَضَعُ نِهَايَةً مُبَاغِتَةً كَامِلَةً سَرِيعَةً لِكُلِّ سُكَّانِ الْمَعْمُورَةِ».

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.