Zephaniah 2
1 You people [of Judah] who ought to be ashamed, gather together [DOU].
Samla dykk og sansa dykk, du folk som ikkje blygjest!
2 Yahweh is extremely angry with you, [so gather together now], before it is time for him to punish [MTY] you and blow you away like [SIM] [the wind blows away] chaff.
fyrr rådgjerdi føder - som agner fer dagen fram - fyrr Herrens brennande vreide kjem yver dykk, fyrr Herrens vreide-dag kjem yver dykk.
3 All you people in Judah who are humble, worship Yahweh, and obey what he has commanded. Try to do what is right and to be humble. [If you do that], perhaps Yahweh will protect/spare you on the day when he punishes [MTY] people.
Søk Herren alle de audmjuke i landet, som held lovi hans! Søk rettferd, søk audmykt! Kann henda vert de då livde på Herrens vreide-dag!
4 [When Yahweh punishes Philistia], Gaza and Ashkelon [cities] will be deserted/abandoned. Ashdod [city] will be attacked and the people expelled at noon [when people are resting]; the [people of Ekron city] will [also] be driven out.
For Gaza skal verta folketomt, Askalon til ei øydemark, Asdod-folket skal jagast ut midt på ljose dagen og Ekron rykkjast upp med rot.
5 And terrible things will happen to you people of Philistia who live near the sea, because Yahweh has decided [MTY] that he will punish [MTY] you, [also]. He will get rid of all of you; not one person will (survive/remain alive).
Usæle dei som bur i bygdi utmed havet, kretarfolket. Herrens ord er yver deg, Kana’an, Filistarland. Ja, eg vil leggja deg i øyde, so ingen skal bu i deg.
6 The land [of Philistia] near the sea will become a pasture, a place for shepherds and their sheep pens.
Og bygdi utmed havet skal liggja til hamnegang med gjætarbrunnar og sauegardar.
7 The people of Judah who (survive/are still alive) will possess that land. At night they will sleep in the [deserted] houses in Ashkelon. Yahweh will take care of them; he will enable them to prosper again.
Og leivningen av Judas hus skal få bygdi til sin lut, der skal dei hava beite. I Askalon-husi skal dei liggja um kvelden, når Herren, deira Gud, ser til deim, og vender deira lagnad.
8 The Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israeli people [belong], says [this]: “I have heard the people of Moab and Ammon when they insulted [DOU] my people, and when they said that they would conquer my people’s country.
Eg hev høyrt svivyrdingi frå Moab og spottordi frå Ammons-borni, som dei hev svivyrdt mitt folk med og briska seg mot landet deira.
9 So now, [as surely] as I live, [I will destroy] Moab and Ammon like [SIM] [I destroyed] Gomorrah [city]. Their land will be a place were there are nettles and salt pits; it will be ruined forever. My Israeli people who survive will take away all their valuable possessions and [also] occupy their land.”
Difor, so visst som eg lever, segjer Herren, allhers drott, Israels Gud, skal det ganga Moab som Sodoma og Ammons-sønerne som Gomorra: Dei skal verta til netlemark, saltgruva og øydemark til æveleg tid. Resten av folket mitt skal plundra deim, leivningen av lyden min skal få deim til eiga.
10 The people of Moab and Ammon will get what they deserve for being proud, because they made fun of the people who belong to the Commander of the armies of angels.
Dette skal henda deim for deira storlæte, for di dei svivyrde og briska seg mot folket åt Herren, allhers drott.
11 Yahweh will cause them to be terrified [when] he destroys all the gods of their countries. Then [even the people who live on] islands throughout the world will worship Yahweh, each in their own countries.
Fæl skal Herren vera mot deim, for han skal øyda ut alle gudarne på jordi. Alle heidninglandi skal kasta seg ned for honom, kvar frå sin stad.
12 [Yahweh says that] he will also slaughter the people of Ethiopia.
De og, ætiopar - gjenomstungne av sverdet mitt er dei.
13 Yahweh will punish [IDM] and destroy Assyria, [that land] northeast of us. He will cause [its capital] Nineveh to become ruined and deserted, a place that will be as dry as the desert.
Han retter ut handi mot nord og tyner Assur og gjer Nineve til ei øydemark, til turre heidi.
14 [Flocks of sheep and] herds [of cattle] and many kinds of wild animals will lie down there. Owls and crows will sit on the columns/pillars [of the destroyed buildings], and they will (hoot/cry out) through the windows. There will be rubble in the doorways, and the [valuable] cedar boards will be taken [from the ruined houses].
Hjorder skal lægra seg der inne, alle slag villdyr i flokk. Pelikan og bustyvel skal natta på sulehovudi der, fuglelåt høyrast i vindaugo, øyda bu på dørstokken, for cederpanelet hev han rive.
15 [The people of] Nineveh were [previously] happy and proud, thinking that they were very safe. They were [always] saying, “Our city is the greatest city; there is no city as great as ours!” But now it will become a ruins, a place where wild animals make their dens. And everyone who passes by there will hiss [and scorn/ridicule that city], and shake their fists [to show that they detest that city very much].
Dette er den jublande byen, som sat so trygt og sagde i sitt hjarta: «Eg og ingen annan!» Kor aud han er vorten, eit læger for villdyr! Kvar den som framum fer, blistrar og vinkar med handi.
