< Sofonija 2 >
1 Zberite se skupaj, da, zberite se skupaj, oh narod, ki ni zaželen.
Assemble, be gathered together, O people not worthy to be loved.
2 Preden se rodi odlok, preden dan mine kakor pleve, preden pride nad vas kruta Gospodova jeza, preden pride nad vas dan Gospodove jeze.
Until the decree settles accounts, the day like dust is passing away, before which the wrath of the fury of the Lord may overcome you, before which the day of the anger of the Lord may overcome you.
3 Iščite Gospoda, vsi vi krotki na zemlji, ki ste vršili njegovo sodbo, iščite pravičnost, iščite krotkost. Morda bo, da boste skriti na dan Gospodove jeze.
Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth; you who have been working are his judgment. Seek the just, seek the meek. So then, in some way, you might be hidden in the day of the fury of the Lord.
4 Kajti Gaza bo zapuščena in Aškelón opustošenje. Ašdód bodo izgnali opoldan in Ekrón bo izkoreninjen.
For Gaza will be destroyed, and Ashkelon will be in the desert; they will expel Ashdod at midday, and Ekron will be eradicated.
5 Gorje prebivalcem morske obale, narodu Keretéjcev! Gospodova beseda je zoper tebe, oh Kánaan, dežela Filistejcev, celo uničil te bom, da tam ne bo nobenega prebivalca.
Woe to you who inhabit the coast of the sea, you people of perdition. The word of the Lord is over you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will disperse you, so that not one inhabitant will be left.
6 Morska obala bodo pašniki in koče za pastirje in staje za trope.
And the coastline of the sea will be a resting place for shepherds and a fence line for cattle.
7 Obala bo za preostanek Judove hiše. Pasli se bodo na njej. V aškelónskih hišah bodo zvečer legli, kajti Gospod, njihov Bog, jih bo obiskal in odvrnil njihovo ujetništvo.
And it will be the line of him who will remain from the house of Judah. There they will pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will rest towards evening. For the Lord their God will visit them, and he will turn away their captivity.
8 »Slišal sem grajo Moába in zasramovanja Amónovih otrok, s katerimi so grajali moje ljudstvo in se poveličevali zoper njihovo mejo.
I have heard about the disgrace of Moab and the blasphemies of the sons of Ammon, by which they have defamed my people and have been magnified beyond their borders.
9 Zato kakor jaz živim, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki, Izraelov Bog: »Zagotovo bo Moáb kakor Sódoma in Amónovi otroci kakor Gomóra, celó gojenje kopriv in solne jame in nenehno opustošenje. Preostanek mojega ljudstva jih bo oplenil in preostanek mojega ljudstva jih bo vzel v last.«
Because of this, as I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab will be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, like the dryness of thorns, and piles of salt, and a desert, all the way to eternity. The remnant of my people will despoil them, and the residue of my nation will possess them.
10 To bodo imeli zaradi svojega ponosa, ker so grajali in se poveličevali zoper ljudstvo Gospoda nad bojevniki.
This will come upon them for their arrogance, because they have blasphemed and have been magnified over the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 Gospod jim bo strašen, kajti izstradal bo vse bogove zemlje in ljudje ga bodo oboževali, vsak iz svojega kraja, celó vsi otoki poganov.
The Lord will be a horror over them, and he will reduce all the gods of the earth. And they will adore him, each man from his own place, all the islands of the Gentiles.
12 »Tudi vi Etiopijci boste umorjeni z mojim mečem.«
Even so, you Ethiopians, you will be executed by my sword.
13 Svojo roko bo iztegnil zoper sever in uničil Asirijo in Ninive bo naredil opustošenje in suho kakor divjina.
And he will extend his hand over the North, and he will destroy Assur. And he will set the Beautiful in the wilderness, and in an impassable place, and like a desert.
14 Tropi se bodo ulegli v njegovi sredi, vse živali narodov, tako kormoran kot bobnarica bosta prenočevala v njegovih zgornjih prekladah. Njihov glas bo prepeval na oknih, opustošenje bo na pragih, kajti odkril bo cedrovo oblogo.
And flocks will lie down in its midst, all the beasts of the Gentiles. And the pelican and the hedgehog will stay at its threshold; the voice of the singing bird will be at the window, with the crow above its threshold, for I will diminish her strength.
15 To je veseleče se mesto, ki je brezskrbno prebivalo, ki je v svojem srcu govorilo: ›Jaz sem in poleg mene ni nikogar.‹ Kako je postalo opustošenje, kraj za živali, da se uležejo v njem! Vsak, kdor gre mimo njega, ga bo izžvižgal in zamahnil s svojo roko.«
This is the glorious city, dwelling in trust, which said in her heart, “I am and there is no one other than me.” How has she become a lair for beasts in the desert? All who pass through her will hiss and wag their hand.