Sofonias 2
1 Congregae-vos, sim, congregae-vos, ó nação que não tem desejo,
You people [of Judah] who ought to be ashamed, gather together [DOU].
2 Antes que o decreto produza o seu effeito, antes que o dia passe como a pragana, antes que venha sobre vós a ira do Senhor, antes que venha sobre vós o dia da ira do Senhor.
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.
3 Buscae ao Senhor, vós todos os mansos da terra, que pondes em obra o seu juizo: buscae a justiça, buscae a mansidão; porventura sereis escondidos no dia da ira do Senhor.
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.
4 Porque Gaza será desamparada, e Ascalon será assolada: Asdod ao meio dia será expellida, e Ekron será desarreigada.
[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.
5 Ai dos habitantes da borda do mar, do povo dos chereteos! a palavra do Senhor será contra vós, ó Canaan, terra dos philisteos, e eu vos farei destruir, até que não haja morador.
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).
6 E a borda do mar será por cabanas, que cavam os pastores, e curraes dos rebanhos.
The land [of Philistia] near the sea will become a pasture, a place for shepherds and their sheep pens.
7 E será a borda para o resto da casa de Judah, que n'ella apascentem: á tarde se assentarão nas casas de Ascalon, porque o Senhor seu Deus os visitará, e lhes tornará o seu captiveiro.
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.
8 Eu ouvi o escarneo de Moab, e as injuriosas palavras dos filhos de Ammon, com que escarneceram do meu povo, e se engrandeceram contra o seu termo.
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.
9 Portanto, vivo eu, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, o Deus de Israel, certamente Moab será como Sodoma, e os filhos de Ammon como Gomorrah, campo de ortigas e poços de sal, e assolação perpetua; o resto do meu povo os saqueará, e o restante do meu povo os possuirá.
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.”
10 Isto terão em recompensa da sua soberba, porque escarneceram, e se engrandeceram contra o povo do Senhor dos Exercitos.
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.
11 O Senhor será terrivel contra elles, porque emmagrecerá a todos os deuses da terra; e cada um se inclinará a elle desde o seu logar; todas as ilhas das nações.
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.
12 Tambem vós, ó ethiopes, sereis mortos com a minha espada.
[Yahweh says that] he will also slaughter the people of Ethiopia.
13 Estenderá tambem a sua mão contra o norte, e destruirá a Assyria; e fará de Ninive uma assolação, terra secca como o deserto.
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.
14 E no meio d'ella repousarão os rebanhos, todos os animaes dos povos; e alojar-se-hão nos seus capiteis assim o pelicano como o ouriço: a voz do seu canto retinirá nas janellas, a assolação estará no umbral, quando tiver descoberto a sua obra de cedro.
[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].
15 Esta é a cidade que salta de alegria, que habita segura, que diz no seu coração: Eu sou, e não ha mais do que eu: como se tornou em assolação em pousada de animaes! qualquer que passar por ella assobiará, e meneará a sua mão
[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].
