Zephaniah 2

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NAV — Ketab El Hayat (NAV)

Verse 1

Gather together, gather yourselves together,
you shameful nation,

«اجْتَمِعِي، احْتَشِدِي أَيَّتُهَا الأُمَّةُ الْوَقِحَةُ.

Verse 2

before the decree takes effect
    and that day passes like windblown chaff,
before the Lord’s fierce anger
    comes upon you,
before the day of the Lord’s wrath
    comes upon you.

قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحِينَ الْقَضَاءُ، فَيُطَوِّحُ بِكِ كَالْعُصَافَةِ أَمَامَ الرِّيحِ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحُلَّ بِكِ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ الشَّدِيدُ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْصَبَّ عَلَيْكِ سَخَطُ الرَّبِّ.

Verse 3

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
    you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
    perhaps you will be sheltered
    on the day of the Lord’s anger.

Philistia

الْتَمِسُوا الرَّبَّ يَا وُدَعَاءَ الأَرْضِ الرَّاضِخِينَ لِحُكْمِهِ. اطْلُبُوا الْبِرَّ وَالتَّوَاضُعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَجِدُونَ مَلاذاً فِي يَوْمِ سَخَطِ الرَّبِّ.

الحكم على فلسطين

Verse 4

Gaza will be abandoned
and Ashkelon left in ruins.
At midday Ashdod will be emptied
and Ekron uprooted.

فَإِنَّ غَزَّةَ تُصْبِحُ مَهْجُورَةً، وَأَشْقَلُونَ مُوْحِشَةً، وَأَهْلَ أَشْدُودَ يُطْرَدُونَ عِنْدَ الظَّهِيرَةِ، وَعَقْرُونَ تُسْتَأْصَلُ.

Verse 5

Woe to you who live by the sea,
    you Kerethite people;
the word of the Lord is against you,
    Canaan, land of the Philistines.
He says, “I will destroy you,
    and none will be left.”

وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ، أُمَّةَ الْكِرِيتِيِّينَ. إِنَّ قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ مُنْصَبٌّ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا سُكَّانَ كَنْعَانَ أَرْضِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. سَأُدَمِّرُكِ حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى فِيكِ مُقِيمٌ.

Verse 6

The land by the sea will become pastures
having wells for shepherds
and pens for flocks.

وَأَنْتِ يَا أَرْضَ سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ تُصْبِحِينَ مَرَاعِيَ وَمُرُوجاً لِلرُّعَاةِ وَحَظَائِرَ لِلْمَوَاشِي.

Verse 7

That land will belong
    to the remnant of the people of Judah;
    there they will find pasture.
In the evening they will lie down
    in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will care for them;
    he will restore their fortunes.^[a]

Moab and Ammon

وَيُصْبِحُ سَاحِلُ الْبَحْرِ مِلْكاً لِبَقِيَّةِ بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا فَيَرْعَوْنَ فِيهِ قُطْعَانَهُمْ، وَيَرْقُدُونَ فِي الْمَسَاءِ فِي بُيُوتِ أَشْقَلُونَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ يَفْتَقِدُهُمْ وَيَرُدُّ سَبْيَهُمْ.

الحكم على موآب وعمون

Verse 8

“I have heard the insults of Moab
and the taunts of the Ammonites,
who insulted my people
and made threats against their land.

قَدْ سَمِعْتُ تَعْيِيرَ مُوآبَ وَتَجَادِيفَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَكَيْفَ احْتَقَرُوا شَعْبِي وَهَدَّدُوا تُخْمَهُمْ.

Verse 9

Therefore, as surely as I live,”
    declares the Lord Almighty,
    the God of Israel,
“surely Moab will become like Sodom,
    the Ammonites like Gomorrah—
a place of weeds and salt pits,
    a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder them;
    the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.”

لِذَلِكَ، كَمَا أَنَا حَيٌّ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَيُصْبِحَنَّ أَهْلُ مُوآبَ كَسَدُومَ، وَالْعَمُّونِيُّونَ كَعَمُورَةَ، مَنْبَتاً لِلْقَرِيصِ وَحُفْرَةً لِلْمِلْحِ وَخَرَاباً إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَتَنْهَبُهُمْ بَقِيَّةُ شَعْبِي وَيَمْتَلِكُهُمُ النَّاجُونَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي.

Verse 10

This is what they will get in return for their pride,
for insulting and mocking
the people of the Lord Almighty.

هَذَا مَا يَجْنُونَهُ لِقَاءَ تَشَامُخِهِمْ، لأَنَّهُمُ احْتَقَرُوا وَتَبَاهَوْا عَلَى شَعْبِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ.

Verse 11

The Lord will be awesome to them
when he destroys all the gods of the earth.
Distant nations will bow down to him,
all of them in their own lands.

Cush

سَيَكُونُ الرَّبُّ مَثَارَ رُعْبِهِمْ حِينَ يُحَطِّمُ جَمِيعَ آلِهَةِ الأَرْضِ، فَيَسْجُدُ لَهُ آنَئِذٍ جَمِيعُ النَّاسِ، كُلٌّ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ، فِي كُلِّ دِيَارِ الْمَسْكُونَةِ.

الحكم على كوش

Verse 12

“You Cushites,^[b] too,
will be slain by my sword.”

Assyria

وَأَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً أَيُّهَا الْكُوشِيُّونَ سَتَسْقُطُونَ صَرْعَى سَيْفِي.

الحكم على أشور

Verse 13

He will stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria,
leaving Nineveh utterly desolate
and dry as the desert.

ثُمَّ يَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ نَحْوَ الشِّمَالِ وَيُبِيدُ أَشُّورَ وَيَجْعَلُ نِينَوَى قَفْراً مُوْحِشاً، أَرْضاً قَاحِلَةً كَالصَّحْرَاءِ.

Verse 14

Flocks and herds will lie down there,
    creatures of every kind.
The desert owl and the screech owl
    will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
    rubble will fill the doorways,
    the beams of cedar will be exposed.

تَرْبِضُ فِي وَسَطِهَا الْقُطْعَانُ وَسَائِرُ وُحُوشِ الْبَرِّ، وَيَأْوِي إِلَى تِيجَانِ أَعْمِدَتِهَا الْقُوقُ وَالْقُنْفُذُ وَيَنْعَبُ الْغُرَابُ عَلَى عَتَبَاتِهَا، لأَنَّ أَرْزَهَا قَدْ تَعَرَّى.

Verse 15

This is the city of revelry
    that lived in safety.
She said to herself,
    “I am the one! And there is none besides me.”
What a ruin she has become,
    a lair for wild beasts!
All who pass by her scoff
    and shake their fists.

هَذِهِ هِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ الطَّرُوبُ الَّتِي سَكَنَتْ آمِنَةً قَائِلَةً لِنَفْسِهَا: أَنَا وَلَيْسَ لِي نَظِيرٌ! كَيْفَ صَارَتْ أَطْلالاً، وَمَأْوىً لِلْوُحُوشِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ؟ كُلُّ مَنْ يَجْتَازُ بِها يَصْفِرُ دَهْشَةً وَيَهُزُّ يَدَهُ».