Zephaniah 3
1 Woe to the rebellious and unclean city of oppression,
Gorje njej, ki je umazana in oskrunjena, zatiralskemu mestu, [prestolnici Jeruzalem]!
2 She has not obeyed the voice, she has not accepted instruction, In the Lord she has not trusted, to her God she has not drawn near.
Ni ubogala glasu, ni sprejela grajanja, ni zaupala v Gospoda, ni se približala k svojemu Bogu.
3 Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves, who leave nothing over until the morning,
Njeni princi znotraj nje so rjoveči levi; njeni sodniki so večerni volkovi; kosti ne zgrizejo do naslednjega dne.
4 Her prophets are braggarts, faithless men. Her priests profane what is holy and do violence to the law.
Njeni preroki so nepomembni in zahrbtne osebe, njeni duhovniki so oskrunili svetišče, postavi so storili nasilje.
5 The Lord is righteous in her midst, he does no wrong, Morning by morning he establishes his decree, Light is not lacking, an oversight is unknown. But the unjust know no shame.
Pravičen Gospod je v njeni sredi. Ne bo storil krivičnosti, vsako jutro svojo sodbo prinaša na svetlo, ne odpove. Toda krivičnik ne pozna sramu.
6 ‘I have cut off nations, their turrets are destroyed; I have laid waste their broad streets, so that none passes over them. Desolate are their cities without people, without inhabitants.’
»Iztrebil sem narode; njihovi stolpi so zapuščeni, njihove ulice sem naredil opustošene, da nihče ne hodi mimo. Njihova mesta so uničena, tako da tam ni nobenega človeka, da tam ni nobenega prebivalca.
7 I said: ‘Surely the city will fear me, she will accept instruction. Nothing will vanish from her eyes that I have impressed upon her; But the more zealously have they made all their deeds corrupt.’
Rekel sem: ›Zagotovo se me boš bala, prejela boš poučevanje.‹ Tako njihova prebivališča ne bi smela biti iztrebljena, vendar sem jih kaznoval; vendar so vstali zgodaj in izpridili vsa svoja početja.
8 Wait for me, is the Lord’s message, until the day when I stand up as a witness, for it is my fixed purpose to gather the nations, to collect the kingdoms, to pour upon them my wrath and my hot anger; for by the fire of my fury will all the earth be consumed.
Zatorej čakajte name, « govori Gospod, »do dneva, ko se dvignem k plenu, kajti moja odločitev je, da zberem narode, da lahko zberem kraljestva, da nanje izlijem svoje ogorčenje, celó vso svojo kruto jezo, kajti vsa zemlja bo požrta z ognjem moje ljubosumnosti.
9 For then I will purify the lips of all peoples, so that they will all call on the Lord’s name, to serve him with one accord.
Kajti takrat se bom obrnil k ljudstvu čistega jezika, da bodo lahko vsi klicali h Gospodovemu imenu, da mu soglasno služijo.
10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers will bring me offerings.
Iz druge strani reke Etiopije mi bodo slavilci, celó hči mojih razkropljencev, prinesli mojo daritev.
11 On that day you will no longer be ashamed of all your deeds by which you rebelled against me. For I will rid you of your proudly arrogant ones, and you will never again be haughty on my holy mountain.
Na tisti dan ne boš osramočena zaradi vseh svojih početij, s katerimi si se prekršila zoper mene, kajti takrat bom iz tvoje srede odvedel vse tiste, ki se veselijo v tvojem ponosu in ne boš več ošabna zaradi moje svete gore.
12 But I will leave in your midst a people humble and poor, and the remnant of Israel will trust in the name of the Lord.
Prav tako bom v tvoji sredi pustil trpeče in ubogo ljudstvo in ti bodo zaupali v Gospodovo ime.
13 They will not do evil, nor speak falsehood, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth; but they will pasture and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.
Izraelov preostanek ne bo počel krivičnosti niti govoril laži niti v njihovih ustih ne bo najden varljiv jezik, kajti pasli se bodo in se zleknili in nihče jih ne bo strašil.
14 Cry out with joy, daughter of Zion, shout aloud, Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.
Prepevaj, oh hči sionska; vzklikaj, oh Izrael; bodi vesela in razveseljuj se z vsem srcem, oh hči jeruzalemska.
15 The Lord has put away your adversaries, he has turned away your foes; the Lord is king in your midst, you will fear evil no more.
Gospod je odvzel tvoje obsodbe, pregnal tvojega sovražnika. Izraelov kralj, celó Gospod, je v tvoji sredi. Nobenega zla ne boš več videla.
16 In that day it will be said to Jerusalem: Fear not! Zion, let not your hands grow weak!
Na tisti dan bo [prestolnici] Jeruzalem rečeno: ›Ne boj se.‹ in Sionu: ›Ne dopusti, da bi bile tvoje roke mlahave.‹
17 The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious hero. He will rejoice over you with joy, he will renew his love, he will exult over you with singing,
Gospod, tvoj Bog, v tvoji sredi je mogočen. Rešil bo, z radostjo se bo veselil nad teboj, počival bo v svoji ljubezni, nad teboj se bo veselil s prepevanjem.
18 as on a day of festival. I will take away from you your disgrace, and put away from you your reproach.
Zbral bom tiste, ki žalujejo po slovesnem zboru, ki so iz tebe, ki jim je bila ta sramota breme.
19 I will destroy at that time all who afflict you. I will deliver the lame, and gather the outcast, I will make them an object of renown and fame in all the earth.
Glej, ob tistem času bom odstranil vse tiste, ki te stiskajo in rešil bom tisto, kar šepa in zbral tisto, kar je bilo izgnano in dal jim bom hvalo in sloves v vsaki deželi, kjer so bili osramočeni.
20 I will do good to you, at the time when I gather you. For I will make you an object of fame and renown among all the peoples of the earth; when I bring back your captivity before your eyes. This says the Lord.
Ob tistem času vas bom ponovno privedel, celo v času, ko vas zberem, kajti naredil vas bom za ime in hvalo med vsemi narodi zemlje, ko pred vašimi očmi obrnem vaše ujetništvo nazaj, ‹ govori Gospod.«
