Zephaniah 2
1 Gather your selues, euen gather you, O nation not worthie to be loued,
Saberite se, skupite, narode bestidni
2 Before the decree come foorth, and ye be as chaffe that passeth in a day, and before the fierce wrath of the Lord come vpon you, and before the day of the Lords anger come vpon you.
prije nego budete izgnani kao pljeva koja se u dan rasprši, prije nego stigne na vas plamen i gnjev Jahvin, prije nego stigne na vas dan gnjeva Jahvina.
3 Seeke yee the Lord all the meeke of the earth, which haue wrought his iudgement: seeke righteousnesse, seeke lowlinesse, if so bee that ye may be hid in the day of the Lords wrath.
Tražite Jahvu, svi skromni na zemlji, svi koji izvršavate odredbe njegove! Tražite pravdu, tražite poniznost: vi ćete možda biti zaštićeni u dan gnjeva Jahvina.
4 For Azzah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon desolate: they shall driue out Ashdod at the noone day, and Ekron shalbe rooted vp.
Da, Gaza će postati pustinja, Aškelon pustoš. Ašdod u puklo podne bit će izgnan, Ekron iz temelja iščupan.
5 Wo vnto the inhabitants of the sea coast. the nation of the Cherethims, the worde of the Lord is against you: O Canaan, the lande of the Philistims, I will euen destroye thee without an inhabitant.
Teško stanovnicima obale morske, narodu kretskome! Evo riječi Jahvine protivu vas: “Ja ću te poniziti, zemljo Filistejaca, uništit ću te, istrijebit ću sve tvoje stanovnike!
6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cotages for shepheardes and sheepefoldes.
I postat ćeš ispaša, pasište pastirsko i ograda za stado.”
7 And that coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Iudah, to feede thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lodge toward night: for the Lord their God shall visite them, and turne away their captiuitie.
I taj kraj pripast će u dio Ostatku doma Judina; tu će oni izvoditi blago na pašu; uvečer se odmarati u kućama aškelonskim, jer će ih pohoditi Jahve, Bog njihov, i on će promijeniti sudbinu njihovu.
8 I haue heard the reproch of Moab, and the rebukes of the children of Ammon, whereby they vpbraided my people, and magnified themselues against their borders.
Čuo sam uvredu Moabovu i podrugivanja sinova Amonovih kad su vrijeđali moj narod i ponosili se zemljištem svojim.
9 Therefore, as I liue, saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall bee as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorah, euen the breeding of nettels and salt pittes, and a perpetuall desolation: the residue of my folke shall spoyle them, and the remnant of my people shall possesse them.
“Zato, života mi moga!” - riječ je Jahve nad Vojskama, Boga Izraelova: “Moab će postati kao Sodoma i sinovi Amonovi kao Gomora: polje obraslo koprivom, hrpa soli pustoš dovijeka. Ostatak moga naroda oplijenit će ih, preostatak moga naroda zaposjest će ih.”
10 This shall they haue for their pride, because they haue reproched and magnified themselues against the Lord of hostes people.
To će biti cijena za njihovu oholost jer su se uznosili i rugali narodu Jahve nad Vojskama.
11 The Lord will be terrible vnto them: for he wil consume all the gods of the earth, and euery man shall worship him from his place, euen all the yles of the heathen.
Za njih će Jahve biti strašan: kad uništi sve bogove zemaljske, pred njim će se pokloniti - svaki na svojoj zemlji - svi otoci naroda.
12 Ye Morians also shalbe slaine by my sword with them.
I vi, Etiopljani: “Vi ćete biti probijeni mojim mačem.”
13 And he wil stretch out his hand against the North, and destroy Asshur, and will make Nineueh desolate, and waste like a wildernesse.
Zatim će svoju ruku dići protiv Sjevera i razrušit će zemlju asirsku, od Ninive će pustoš učiniti, suhu pustoš kao pustinja.
14 And flockes shall lie in the middes of her, and all the beastes of the nations, and the pelicane, and the owle shall abide in the vpper postes of it: the voyce of birdes shall sing in the windowes, and desolations shalbe vpon the postes: for the cedars are vncouered.
Usred nje će stado ležati, zvijeri svakojake; čaplje i pelikani počivat će noću na glavicama stupova, sova će hukati na prozoru, gavran graktati na pragu.
15 This is the reioycing citie that dwelt carelesse, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she made waste, and the lodging of the beastes! euery one that passeth by her, shall hisse and wagge his hand.
To li je veseli grad koji je stolovao u miru, koji je u svom srcu govorio: “Ja, i jedino ja!” Gledaj! Postade razvalina, brlog zvjerinji! Svi koji pokraj njega prolaze zvižde i mašu rukama.
