Zephaniah 2
1 You people [of Judah] who ought to be ashamed, gather together [DOU].
Escudriñáos, y escudriñád, nación no amable.
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 el decreto para, y que seáis como el tamo que pasa en un día, antes que venga sobre vosotros la ira del furor de Jehová, antes que venga sobre vosotros el día de la ira de Jehová,
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.
Buscád a Jehová todos los humildes de la tierra, que pusisteis en obra su juicio: buscád justicia, buscád humildad: quizá seréis guardados el día del enojo de Jehová.
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 desamparada, y Ascalón será asolada: a Azoto en el medio día saquearán, y Accarón será 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 que moran a la parte de la mar, de la nación de Queretim! la palabra de Jehová es contra vosotros, Canaán, tierra de Palestinos, que te haré destruir hasta no quedar morador.
6 The land [of Philistia] near the sea will become a pasture, a place for shepherds and their sheep pens.
Y será la parte de la mar por moradas de cabañas de pastores, y corrales de 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 será la parte para el resto de la casa de Judá, en ellos apacentarán: en las casas de Ascalón dormirán a la noche; porque Jehová su Dios, los visitará, y tornará sus cautivos.
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.
Yo oí las afrentas de Moab, y los denuestos de los hijos de Ammón con que deshonraron a mi pueblo, y se engrandecieron sobre su término.
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 tanto, vivo yo, dijo Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, que Moab será como Sodoma, y los hijos de Ammón como Gomorra, campo de hortigas, y mina de sal, y asolamiento perpetuo: el resto de mi pueblo los saqueará, y el resto de mi gente los heredará.
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.
Esto les vendrá por su soberbia, porque afrentaron, y se engrandecieron contra el pueblo de Jehová 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 Jehová contra ellos, porque enflaqueció a todos los dioses de la tierra; y cada uno desde su lugar se inclinará a él, todas las islas de las gentes.
12 [Yahweh says that] he will also slaughter the people of Ethiopia.
Vosotros también, los de Etiopía, seréis muertos con 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 su mano sobre el aquilón, y destruirá al Asur, y pondrá a Nínive en asolamiento, y en secadal como un 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].
Y rebaños de ganado harán en ella majada, todas las bestias de las naciones: onocrótalo también, y erizo también dormirán en sus umbrales: voz cantará en las ventanas, y asolación será en las puertas, porque su maderación de cedro será descubierta.
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 estaba confiada: la que decía en su corazón: Yo soy, y no hay más. ¡Cómo fue tornada en asolamiento, en cama de bestias! cualquiera que pasare junto a ella, silbará, meneará su mano.
