Sofonias Propheta 1
1 Verbum Domini, quod factum est ad Sophoniam filium Chusi, filii Godoliae, filii Amariae, filii Ezechiae, in diebus Iosiae filii Amon regis Iuda.
Yahweh’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2 Congregans congregabo omnia a facie terrae, dicit Dominus:
I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
3 congregans hominem, et pecus, congregans volatilia caeli, et pisces maris: et ruinae impiorum erunt: et disperdam homines a facie terrae, dicit Dominus.
I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
4 Et extendam manum meam super Iuda, et super omnes habitantes Ierusalem: et disperdam de loco hoc reliquias Baal, et nomina aedituorum cum sacerdotibus:
I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place—the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
5 et eos, qui adorant super tecta militiam caeli, et adorant, et iurant in Domino, et iurant in Melchom.
those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,
6 Et qui avertuntur de post tergum Domini, et qui non quaesierunt Dominum, nec investigaverunt eum.
those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.
7 Silete a facie Domini Dei: quia iuxta est dies Domini, quia praeparavit Dominus hostiam, sanctificavit vocatos suos.
Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
8 Et erit: in die hostiae Domini visitabo super principes, et super filios regis, et super omnes, qui induti sunt veste peregrina:
It will happen in the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
9 et visitabo super omnem, qui arroganter ingreditur super limen in die illa: qui complent domum Domini Dei sui iniquitate, et dolo.
In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
10 Et erit in die illa, dicit Dominus, vox clamoris a porta piscium, et ululatus a Secunda, et contritio magna a collibus.
In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
11 Ululate habitatores Pilae: conticuit omnis populus Chanaan, disperierunt omnes involuti argento.
Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
12 Et erit in tempore illo: scrutabor Ierusalem in lucernis: et visitabo super viros defixos in faecibus suis: qui dicunt in cordibus suis: Non faciet bene Dominus, et non faciet male.
It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil.”
13 Et erit fortitudo eorum in direptionem, et domus eorum in desertum: et aedificabunt domos, et non habitabunt: et plantabunt vineas, et non bibent vinum earum.
Their wealth will become a plunder, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won’t inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won’t drink their wine.
14 Iuxta est dies Domini magnus, iuxta est et velox nimis: vox diei Domini amara, tribulabitur ibi fortis.
The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly.
15 Dies irae dies illa, dies tribulationis et angustiae, dies calamitatis et miseriae, dies tenebrarum et caliginis, dies nebulae et turbinis,
That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
16 dies tubae et clangoris super civitates munitas, et super angulos excelsos.
a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high battlements.
17 Et tribulabo homines, et ambulabunt ut caeci, quia Domino peccaverunt: et effundetur sanguis eorum sicut humus, et corpora eorum sicut stercora.
I will bring such distress on men that they will walk like blind men because they have sinned against Yahweh. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
18 Sed et argentum eorum, et aurum eorum non poterit liberare eos in die irae Domini: in igne zeli eius devorabitur omnis terra, quia consummationem cum festinatione faciet cunctis habitantibus terram.
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
