Zephaniah, 2

1. Assemble, be gathered together, O people not worthy to be loved.

1. Saberite se, skupite, narode bestidni

2. Until the decree settles accounts, the day like dust is passing away, before which the wrath of the fury of the Lord may overcome you, before which the day of the anger of the Lord may overcome you.

2. 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. Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth; you who have been working are his judgment. Seek the just, seek the meek. So then, in some way, you might be hidden in the day of the fury of the Lord.

3. Tražite Jahvu, svi skromni na zemlji, svi koji izvršavate odredbe njegove! Tražite pravdu, tražite poniznost: vi æete možda biti zaštiæeni u dan gnjeva Jahvina.

4. For Gaza will be destroyed, and Ashkelon will be in the desert; they will expel Ashdod at midday, and Ekron will be eradicated.

4. Da, Gaza æe postati pustinja, Aškelon pustoš. Ašdod u puklo podne bit æe izgnan, Ekron iz temelja išèupan.

5. Woe to you who inhabit the coast of the sea, you people of perdition. The word of the Lord is over you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will disperse you, so that not one inhabitant will be left.

5. Teško stanovnicima obale morske, narodu kretskome! Evo rijeèi Jahvine protivu vas: "Ja æu te poniziti, zemljo Filistejaca, uništit æu te, istrijebit æu sve tvoje stanovnike!

6. And the coastline of the sea will be a resting place for shepherds and a fence line for cattle.

6. I postat æeš ispaša, pasište pastirsko i ograda za stado."

7. And it will be the line of him who will remain from the house of Judah. There they will pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will rest towards evening. For the Lord their God will visit them, and he will turn away their captivity.

7. I taj kraj pripast æe u dio Ostatku doma Judina; tu æe oni izvoditi blago na pašu; uveèer se odmarati u kuæama aškelonskim, jer æe ih pohoditi Jahve, Bog njihov, i on æe promijeniti sudbinu njihovu.

8. I have heard about the disgrace of Moab and the blasphemies of the sons of Ammon, by which they have defamed my people and have been magnified beyond their borders.

8. Èuo sam uvredu Moabovu i podrugivanja sinova Amonovih kad su vrijeðali moj narod i ponosili se zemljištem svojim.

9. Because of this, as I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab will be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, like the dryness of thorns, and piles of salt, and a desert, all the way to eternity. The remnant of my people will despoil them, and the residue of my nation will possess them.

9. "Zato, života mi moga!" - rijeè je Jahve nad Vojskama, Boga Izraelova: "Moab æe postati kao Sodoma i sinovi Amonovi kao Gomora: polje obraslo koprivom, hrpa soli pustoš dovijeka. Ostatak moga naroda oplijenit æe ih, preostatak moga naroda zaposjest æe ih."

10. This will come upon them for their arrogance, because they have blasphemed and have been magnified over the people of the Lord of hosts.

10. To æe biti cijena za njihovu oholost jer su se uznosili i rugali narodu Jahve nad Vojskama.

11. The Lord will be a horror over them, and he will reduce all the gods of the earth. And they will adore him, each man from his own place, all the islands of the Gentiles.

11. Za njih æe Jahve biti strašan: kad uništi sve bogove zemaljske, pred njim æe se pokloniti - svaki na svojoj zemlji - svi otoci naroda.

12. Even so, you Ethiopians, you will be executed by my sword.

12. I vi, Etiopljani: "Vi æete biti probijeni mojim maèem."

13. And he will extend his hand over the North, and he will destroy Assur. And he will set the Beautiful in the wilderness, and in an impassable place, and like a desert.

13. Zatim æe svoju ruku diæi protiv Sjevera i razrušit æe zemlju asirsku, od Ninive æe pustoš uèiniti, suhu pustoš kao pustinja.

14. And flocks will lie down in its midst, all the beasts of the Gentiles. And the pelican and the hedgehog will stay at its threshold; the voice of the singing bird will be at the window, with the crow above its threshold, for I will diminish her strength.

14. Usred nje æe stado ležati, zvijeri svakojake; èaplje i pelikani poèivat æe noæu na glavicama stupova, sova æe hukati na prozoru, gavran graktati na pragu.

15. This is the glorious city, dwelling in trust, which said in her heart, “I am and there is no one other than me.” How has she become a lair for beasts in the desert? All who pass through her will hiss and wag their hand.

15. 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.