Sofonija 3
1 Gorje njej, ki je umazana in oskrunjena, zatiralskemu mestu, [prestolnici Jeruzalem]!
Woe [to] the rebelling and defiling, The oppressing city!
2 Ni ubogala glasu, ni sprejela grajanja, ni zaupala v Gospoda, ni se približala k svojemu Bogu.
She has not listened to the voice, She has not accepted instruction, In YHWH she has not trusted, She has not drawn near to her God.
3 Njeni princi znotraj nje so rjoveči levi; njeni sodniki so večerni volkovi; kosti ne zgrizejo do naslednjega dne.
Her heads in her midst [are] roaring lions, Her judges [are] wolves [as in] evening, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.
4 Njeni preroki so nepomembni in zahrbtne osebe, njeni duhovniki so oskrunili svetišče, postavi so storili nasilje.
Her prophets unstable—men of treachery, Her priests have defiled the sanctuary, They have violated 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.
YHWH [is] righteous in her midst, He does not do perverseness, Morning by morning His judgment He gives to the light, It has not been lacking, And the perverse do not know 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 cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant.
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 have said: Only, you fear Me, You accept instruction, And her habitation is not cut off, All that I have appointed for her, But they have risen early, They have corrupted all their doings.
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.
Therefore, wait for Me,” A declaration of YHWH, “For the day of My rising for prey, For My judgment [is] to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All the heat of My anger, For by the fire of My jealousy all the earth is consumed.
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 turn a pure lip to peoples, To call all of them by the Name of YHWH, To serve Him [with] one shoulder.
10 Iz druge strani reke Etiopije mi bodo slavilci, celó hči mojih razkropljencev, prinesli mojo daritev.
From beyond the rivers of Cush, My supplicants, The daughter of My scattered ones, Bring My present.
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 are not ashamed because of any of your actions, With which you have transgressed against Me, For then I turn aside from your midst The exulting ones of your excellence, And you are to be haughty no longer, In My holy mountain.
12 Prav tako bom v tvoji sredi pustil trpeče in ubogo ljudstvo in ti bodo zaupali v Gospodovo ime.
And I have left in your midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the Name of YHWH.
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 remnant of Israel does no perversity, nor speaks lies, Nor is a deceitful tongue found in their mouth, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.”
14 Prepevaj, oh hči sionska; vzklikaj, oh Izrael; bodi vesela in razveseljuj se z vsem srcem, oh hči jeruzalemska.
Cry aloud, O daughter of Zion, shout, O Israel, Rejoice and exult with the whole heart, 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.
YHWH has turned aside your judgments, He has faced your enemy, The King of Israel, YHWH, [is] in your midst, You see evil no more.
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 is said to Jerusalem, “Do not fear, O Zion, Do not let 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.
Your God YHWH [is] in your midst, A mighty one [to] save, He rejoices over you with joy, He works in His love, He delights over you with singing.”
18 Zbral bom tiste, ki žalujejo po slovesnem zboru, ki so iz tebe, ki jim je bila ta sramota breme.
“I have gathered My afflicted from the appointed place, They have been bearing reproach from you for her sake.
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.
Behold, I am dealing with all afflicting you at that time, And I have saved the halting one, And I gather the ones driven out, And have set them for a praise and for a name, In all the land of their shame.
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 bring you in, Even at the time of My assembling you, For I give you for a name, and for a praise, Among all peoples of the land, In My turning back [to] your captivity before your eyes,” said YHWH!
