Sofonías 2
1 Escudriñaos y escudriñad, gente no amable,
You people [of Judah] who ought to be ashamed, gather together [DOU].
2 antes que se ejecute el decreto, y el día se pase como el tamo; antes que venga sobre vosotros el furor de la ira del SEÑOR, antes que el día de la ira del SEÑOR venga sobre vosotros.
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 Buscad al SEÑOR todos los humildes de la tierra, que pusisteis en obra su juicio; buscad justicia, buscad humildad; por ventura seréis guardados en el día del enojo del SEÑOR.
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, y Ascalón asolada; saquearán a Asdod en el medio día, y Ecrón será desarraigada.
[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 ¡Ay de los que moran al lado del mar, de la gente de los cereteos! La palabra del SEÑOR es contra vosotros, oh Canaán, tierra de palestinos, que te haré destruir hasta no quedar 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 Y será la parte del mar por moradas de cabañas de pastores, y corrales de ovejas.
The land [of Philistia] near the sea will become a pasture, a place for shepherds and their sheep pens.
7 Y será la parte para el resto de la Casa de Judá; allí apacentarán; en las casas de Ascalón dormirán a la noche; porque el SEÑOR su Dios los visitará, y tornará sus cautivos.
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 Yo oí las afrentas de Moab, y los denuestos de los hijos de Amón con que deshonraron a mi pueblo, y se engrandecieron sobre su término.
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 Por tanto, vivo yo, dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, que Moab será como Sodoma, y los hijos de Amón como Gomorra; campo de ortigas, y mina de sal, y asolamiento perpetuo; el remanente de mi pueblo los saqueará, y el remanente de mis gentiles los heredará.
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 Esto les vendrá por su soberbia, porque afrentaron, y se engrandecieron contra el pueblo del SEÑOR de los ejércitos.
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 Terrible será el SEÑOR contra ellos, porque enervará a todos los dioses de la tierra; y cada uno desde su lugar se inclinarán a él, todas las islas de los gentiles.
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 Vosotros también los de Etiopía seréis muertos con mi espada.
[Yahweh says that] he will also slaughter the people of Ethiopia.
13 Y extenderá su mano sobre el aquilón, y destruirá al Assur, y pondrá a Nínive en asolamiento, y en secadal como un desierto.
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 Y rebaños de ganado harán en ella majada, todas las bestias de los gentiles; el onocrótalo también y el erizo dormirán en sus umbrales; su voz cantará en las ventanas; y asolación será en las puertas, porque su enmaderamiento de cedro será descubierto.
[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 es la ciudad alegre que estaba confiada, la que decía en su corazón: Yo soy, y no hay más. ¡Cómo fue tornada en asolamiento, en cama de bestias! Cualquiera que pasare junto a ella silbará, y meneará su mano.
[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].
