Zephaniah 2

1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,

١ «اجْتَمِعِي، احْتَشِدِي أَيَّتُهَا الأُمَّةُ الْوَقِحَةُ.

2 before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes on you, before the day of the LORD’s anger comes on you.

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

3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the LORD’s anger.

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

4 For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.

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

5 Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The LORD’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you until there is no inhabitant.

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

6 The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.

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

7 The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the evening, for the LORD, their God, will visit them and restore them.

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

8 I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people and magnified themselves against their border.

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

9 Therefore, as I live, says the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.

٩ 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.

10 This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of Armies.

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

11 The LORD will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.

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

12 You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.

١٢ وَأَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً أَيُّهَا الْكُوشِيُّونَ سَتَسْقُطُونَ صَرْعَى سَيْفِي.

13 He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness.

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

14 Herds will lie down in the middle of her, all kinds of animals. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.

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

15 This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss and shake their fists.

١٥ 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».