Zephaniah 2

تَجَمَّعِي وَاجْتَمِعِي يَا أَيَّتُهَا الأُمَّةُ غَيْرُ الْمُسْتَحِيَةِ.

Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

قَبْلَ وِلاَدَةِ الْقَضَاءِ. كَالْعُصَافَةِ عَبَرَ الْيَوْمُ. قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ حُمُوُّ غَضَبِ الرَّبِّ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ يَوْمُ سَخَطِ الرَّبِّ.

Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.

أُطْلُبُوا الرَّبَّ، يَا جَمِيعَ بَائِسِي الأَرْضِ الَّذِينَ فَعَلُوا حُكْمَهُ. اطْلُبُوا الْبِرَّ. اطْلُبُوا التَّوَاضُعَ. لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْتَرُونَ فِي يَوْمِ سَخَطِ الرَّبِّ.

Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

لأَنَّ غَزَّةَ تَكُونُ مَتْرُوكَةً، وَأَشْقَلُونَ لِلْخَرَابِ. أَشْدُودُ عِنْدَ الظَّهِيرَةِ يَطْرُدُونَهَا، وَعَقْرُونُ تُسْتَأْصَلُ.

For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

وَيْلٌ لِسُكَّانِ سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ أُمَّةِ الْكِرِيتِيِّينَ! كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْكُمْ: «يَا كَنْعَانُ أَرْضَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، إِنِّي أَخْرِبُكِ بِلاَ سَاكِنٍ».

Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

وَيَكُونُ سَاحِلُ الْبَحْرِ مَرْعًى بِآبَارٍ لِلرُّعَاةِ وَحَظَائِرَ لِلْغَنَمِ.

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

وَيَكُونُ السَّاحِلُ لِبَقِيَّةِ بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا. عَلَيْهِ يَرْعَوْنَ. فِي بُيُوتِ أَشْقَلُونَ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ يَرْبُضُونَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَهُمْ يَتَعَهَّدُهُمْ وَيَرُدُّ سَبْيَهُمْ.

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

«قَدْ سَمِعْتُ تَعْيِيرَ مُوآبَ وَتَجَادِيفَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ الَّتِي بِهَا عَيَّرُوا شَعْبِي، وَتَعَظَّمُوا عَلَى تُخُمِهِمْ.

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

فَلِذلِكَ حَيٌّ أَنَا، يَقُولُ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، إِنَّ مُوآبَ تَكُونُ كَسَدُومَ وَبَنِي عَمُّونَ كَعَمُورَةَ، مِلْكَ الْقَرِيصِ، وَحُفْرَةَ مِلْحٍ، وَخَرَابًا إِلَى الأَبَدِ. تَنْهَبُهُمْ بَقِيَّةُ شَعْبِي، وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمَّتِي تَمْتَلِكُهُمْ».

Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

هذَا لَهُمْ عِوَضُ تَكَبُّرِهِمْ، لأَنَّهُمْ عَيَّرُوا وَتَعَظَّمُوا عَلَى شَعْبِ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ.

This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

الرَّبُّ مُخِيفٌ إِلَيْهِمْ، لأَنَّهُ يُهْزِلُ جَمِيعَ آلِهَةِ الأَرْضِ، فَسَيَسْجُدُ لَهُ النَّاسُ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ، كُلُّ جَزَائِرِ الأُمَمِ.

The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.

«وَأَنْتُمْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكُوشِيُّونَ. قَتْلَى سَيْفِي هُمْ».

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

وَيَمُدُّ يَدَهُ عَلَى الشِّمَالِ وَيُبِيدُ أَشُّورَ، وَيَجْعَلُ نِينَوَى خَرَابًا يَابِسَةً كَالْقَفْرِ.

And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

فَتَرْبُضُ فِي وَسَطِهَا الْقُطْعَانُ، كُلُّ طَوَائِفِ الْحَيَوَانِ. اَلْقُوقُ أَيْضًا وَالْقُنْفُذُ يَأْوِيَانِ إِلَى تِيجَانِ عُمُدِهَا. صَوْتٌ يَنْعِبُ فِي الْكُوَى. خَرَابٌ عَلَى الأَعْتَابِ. لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَعَرَّى أَرْزِيُّهَا.

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

هذِهِ هِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ الْمُبْتَهِجَةُ السَّاكِنَةُ مُطْمَئِنَّةً، الْقَائِلَةُ فِي قَلْبِهَا: «أَنَا وَلَيْسَ غَيْرِي». كَيْفَ صَارَتْ خَرَابًا، مَرْبِضًا لِلْحَيَوَانِ! كُلُّ عَابِرٍ بِهَا يَصْفِرُ وَيَهُزُّ يَدَهُ.

This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.