Zephaniah 2
1 You people [of Judah] who ought to be ashamed, gather together [DOU].
Reflexionad sobre vosotros mismos, y arrepentíos, oh nación sin pudor,
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.
antes que se ejecute el decreto, y el día pase como tamo; antes que os sobrevenga la ira ardiente de Yahvé, y antes que caiga sobre vosotros el día de la ira de Yahvé.
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.
Buscad a Yahvé, humildes todos de la tierra, los que obráis rectamente. Buscad la justicia, buscad la humildad, por si podéis poneros a cubierto en el día de la ira de Yahvé.
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.
Porque Gaza será abandonada y Ascalón asolada, Azoto expulsada en pleno día y Acarón desarraigada.
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).
¡Ay de los habitantes de la costa del mar, del pueblo de los cereteos! Contra ti se dirige la palabra de Yahvé, oh Canaán, país de los filisteos; te asolaré de modo que no quede morador.
6 The land [of Philistia] near the sea will become a pasture, a place for shepherds and their sheep pens.
La costa del mar se convertirá en pastizales, en refugios para pastores y apriscos para ovejas.
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.
Y pertenecerá la Costa a los restos de la casa de Judá; allí apacentarán (sus rebaños), y por la noche descansarán en las casas de Ascalón, pues Yahvé, su Dios, los visitará y los traerá del cautiverio.
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.
He oído los insultos de Moab, y los ultrajes de los hijos de Ammón, que han afrentado a mi pueblo, y se han engrandecido a costa de su territorio.
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.”
Por eso, ¡vivo Yo!, dice Yahvé de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: Moab será como Sodoma, y los hijos de Ammón como Gomorra, campo de ortigas, mina de sal, desierto para siempre. El resto de mi pueblo los despojará, y las reliquias de mi nación los tomaran en posesión.
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.
Este será el pago de su orgullo; pues han insultado y tratado con insolencia al pueblo de Yahvé de los ejércitos.
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.
Terrible será Yahvé contra ellos, pues acabará con todos los dioses de la tierra; ante Él se postrarán, cada cual desde su lugar, todas las islas de las gentes.
12 [Yahweh says that] he will also slaughter the people of Ethiopia.
También vosotros, oh etíopes, seréis muertos por mi espada.
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.
Y extenderá Él su mano contra el Norte y destruirá a Asiria, haciendo de Nínive un yermo, un lugar árido como el desierto.
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].
Reposarán en medio de ella rebaños, y toda clase de animales; tanto el pelícano como el erizo se alojarán en sus capiteles; en los huecos se oirán voces que murmullan, y la desolación estará en los umbrales; pues ha sido arrancado el maderaje de cedro.
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].
¡Esta es la ciudad alegre que habitaba en seguridad, la que decía en su corazón: “¡Yo y nadie más que yo!” ¡Cómo se ha convertido en desierto, en guarida de fieras! Cuantos pasen junto a ella silbarán y agitarán la mano.
