< Sofonija 3 >
1 Gorje njej, ki je umazana in oskrunjena, zatiralskemu mestu, [prestolnici Jeruzalem]!
Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!
2 Ni ubogala glasu, ni sprejela grajanja, ni zaupala v Gospoda, ni se približala k svojemu Bogu.
She gave no attention to the voice, she had no use for teaching, she put no faith in the Lord, she did not come near to her God.
3 Njeni princi znotraj nje so rjoveči levi; njeni sodniki so večerni volkovi; kosti ne zgrizejo do naslednjega dne.
Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
4 Njeni preroki so nepomembni in zahrbtne osebe, njeni duhovniki so oskrunili svetišče, postavi so storili nasilje.
Her prophets are good-for-nothing persons, full of deceit: her priests have made the holy place unclean and have gone violently against the law.
5 Pravičen Gospod je v njeni sredi. Ne bo storil krivičnosti, vsako jutro svojo sodbo prinaša na svetlo, ne odpove. Toda krivičnik ne pozna sramu.
The Lord in her is upright; he will not do evil; every morning he lets his righteousness be seen, he is unchanging; but the evil-doer has no sense of shame.
6 »Iztrebil sem narode; njihovi stolpi so zapuščeni, njihove ulice sem naredil opustošene, da nihče ne hodi mimo. Njihova mesta so uničena, tako da tam ni nobenega človeka, da tam ni nobenega prebivalca.
I have had the nations cut off, their towers are broken down; I have made their streets a waste so that no one goes through them: destruction has overtaken their towns, so that there is no man living in them.
7 Rekel sem: ›Zagotovo se me boš bala, prejela boš poučevanje.‹ Tako njihova prebivališča ne bi smela biti iztrebljena, vendar sem jih kaznoval; vendar so vstali zgodaj in izpridili vsa svoja početja.
I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.
8 Zatorej čakajte name, « govori Gospod, »do dneva, ko se dvignem k plenu, kajti moja odločitev je, da zberem narode, da lahko zberem kraljestva, da nanje izlijem svoje ogorčenje, celó vso svojo kruto jezo, kajti vsa zemlja bo požrta z ognjem moje ljubosumnosti.
For this reason, go on waiting for me, says the Lord, till the day when I come up as a witness: for my purpose is to send for the nations and to get the kingdoms together, so that I may let loose on them my passion, even all my burning wrath: for all the earth will be burned up in the fire of my bitter passion.
9 Kajti takrat se bom obrnil k ljudstvu čistega jezika, da bodo lahko vsi klicali h Gospodovemu imenu, da mu soglasno služijo.
For then I will give the people a clean language, so that they may all make prayer to the Lord and be his servants with one mind.
10 Iz druge strani reke Etiopije mi bodo slavilci, celó hči mojih razkropljencev, prinesli mojo daritev.
From over the rivers of Ethiopia, and from the sides of the north, they will come to me with an offering.
11 Na tisti dan ne boš osramočena zaradi vseh svojih početij, s katerimi si se prekršila zoper mene, kajti takrat bom iz tvoje srede odvedel vse tiste, ki se veselijo v tvojem ponosu in ne boš več ošabna zaradi moje svete gore.
In that day you will have no shame on account of all the things in which you did evil against me: for then I will take away from among you those who were lifted up in pride, and you will no longer be lifted up with pride in my holy mountain.
12 Prav tako bom v tvoji sredi pustil trpeče in ubogo ljudstvo in ti bodo zaupali v Gospodovo ime.
But I will still have among you a quiet and poor people, and they will put their faith in the name of the Lord.
13 Izraelov preostanek ne bo počel krivičnosti niti govoril laži niti v njihovih ustih ne bo najden varljiv jezik, kajti pasli se bodo in se zleknili in nihče jih ne bo strašil.
The rest of Israel will do no evil and say no false words; the tongue of deceit will not be seen in their mouth: for they will take their food and their rest, and no one will be a cause of fear to them.
14 Prepevaj, oh hči sionska; vzklikaj, oh Izrael; bodi vesela in razveseljuj se z vsem srcem, oh hči jeruzalemska.
Make melody, O daughter of Zion; give a loud cry, O Israel; be glad and let your heart be full of joy, O daughter of Jerusalem.
15 Gospod je odvzel tvoje obsodbe, pregnal tvojega sovražnika. Izraelov kralj, celó Gospod, je v tvoji sredi. Nobenega zla ne boš več videla.
The Lord has taken away those who were judging you, he has sent your haters far away: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is among you: you will have no more fear of evil.
16 Na tisti dan bo [prestolnici] Jeruzalem rečeno: ›Ne boj se.‹ in Sionu: ›Ne dopusti, da bi bile tvoje roke mlahave.‹
In that day it will be said to Jerusalem, Have no fear: O Zion, let not your hands be feeble.
17 Gospod, tvoj Bog, v tvoji sredi je mogočen. Rešil bo, z radostjo se bo veselil nad teboj, počival bo v svoji ljubezni, nad teboj se bo veselil s prepevanjem.
The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.
18 Zbral bom tiste, ki žalujejo po slovesnem zboru, ki so iz tebe, ki jim je bila ta sramota breme.
I will take away your troubles, lifting up your shame from off you.
19 Glej, ob tistem času bom odstranil vse tiste, ki te stiskajo in rešil bom tisto, kar šepa in zbral tisto, kar je bilo izgnano in dal jim bom hvalo in sloves v vsaki deželi, kjer so bili osramočeni.
See, at that time I will put an end to all who have been troubling you: I will give salvation to her whose steps are uncertain, and get together her who has been sent in flight; and I will make them a cause of praise and an honoured name in all the earth, when I let their fate be changed.
20 Ob tistem času vas bom ponovno privedel, celo v času, ko vas zberem, kajti naredil vas bom za ime in hvalo med vsemi narodi zemlje, ko pred vašimi očmi obrnem vaše ujetništvo nazaj, ‹ govori Gospod.«
At that time I will make you come in, at that time I will get you together: for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth when I let your fate be changed before your eyes, says the Lord.