Sofonija 2
1 Zberite se skupaj, da, zberite se skupaj, oh narod, ki ni zaželen.
Assemble yourselves together, be gathered together, O nation 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.
Before the decree bring forth the day as dust passing away, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s indignation come upon 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 ye meek of the earth, you that have wrought his judgment: seek the just, seek the meek: if by any means you may be hid in the day of the Lord’s indignation.
4 Kajti Gaza bo zapuščena in Aškelón opustošenje. Ašdód bodo izgnali opoldan in Ekrón bo izkoreninjen.
For Gaza shall be destroyed, and Ascalon shall be a desert, they shall cast out Azotus at noonday, and Accaron shall be rooted up.
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 that inhabit the sea coast, O nation of reprobates: the word of the Lord upon you, O Chanaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will destroy thee, so that there shall not be an inhabitant.
6 Morska obala bodo pašniki in koče za pastirje in staje za trope.
And the sea coast shall be the resting place of shepherds, and folds 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 shall be the portion of him that shall remain of the house of Juda, there they shall feed: in the houses of Ascalon they shall rest in the evening: because the Lord their God will visit them, and bring back 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 the reproach of Moab, and the blasphemies of the children of Ammon, with which they reproached my people, and have magnified themselves upon 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.«
Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, the dryness of thorns, and heaps of salt, and a desert even for ever: the remnant of my people shall make a spoil of them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them.
10 To bodo imeli zaradi svojega ponosa, ker so grajali in se poveličevali zoper ljudstvo Gospoda nad bojevniki.
This shall befall them for their pride: because they have blasphemed, and have been magnified against 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 shall be terrible upon them, and shall consume all the gods of the earth: and they shall adore him every man from his own place, all the islands of the Gentiles.
12 »Tudi vi Etiopijci boste umorjeni z mojim mečem.«
You Ethiopians, also shall be slain with my sword.
13 Svojo roko bo iztegnil zoper sever in uničil Asirijo in Ninive bo naredil opustošenje in suho kakor divjina.
And he will stretch out his hand upon the north, and will destroy Assyria: and he will make the beautiful city a wilderness, and as a place not passable, and as 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 shall lie down in the midst thereof, all the beasts of the nations: and the bittern and the urchin shall lodge in the threshold thereof: the voice of the singing bird in the window, the raven on the upper post, for I will consume 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 that dwelt in security: that said in her heart: I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desert, a place for beasts to lie down in? every one that passeth by her, shall hiss, and wag his hand.
