Zephaniah 1

The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي صَارَتْ إِلَى صَفَنْيَا بْنِ كُوشِي بْنِ جَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَمَرِيَا بْنِ حَزَقِيَّا، فِي أَيَّامِ يُوشِيَّا بْنِ آمُونَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا:

I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

«نَزْعًا أَنْزَعُ الْكُلَّ عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

أَنْزِعُ الإِنْسَانَ وَالْحَيَوَانَ. أَنْزِعُ طُيُورَ السَّمَاءِ وَسَمَكَ الْبَحْرِ، وَالْمَعَاثِرَ مَعَ الأَشْرَارِ، وَأَقْطَعُ الإِنْسَانَ عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;

« وَأَمُدُّ يَدِي عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَعَلَى كُلِّ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَقْطَعُ مِنْ هذَا الْمَكَانِ بَقِيَّةَ الْبَعْلِ، اسْمَ الْكَمَارِيمِ، مَعَ الْكَهَنَةِ.

And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;

وَالسَّاجِدِينَ عَلَى السُّطُوحِ لِجُنْدِ السَّمَاءِ، وَالسَّاجِدِينَ الْحَالِفِينَ بِالرَّبِّ، وَالْحَالِفِينَ بِمَلْكُومَ،

And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

وَالْمُرْتَدِّينَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الرَّبِّ، وَالَّذِينَ لَمْ يَطْلُبُوا الرَّبَّ وَلاَ سَأَلُوا عَنْهُ.

Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

« اُسْكُتْ قُدَّامَ السَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّ يَوْمَ الرَّبِّ قَرِيبٌ. لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَعَدَّ ذَبِيحَةً. قَدَّسَ مَدْعُوِّيهِ.

And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.

وَيَكُونُ فِي يَوْمِ ذَبِيحَةِ الرَّبِّ أَنِّي أُعَاقِبُ الرُّؤَسَاءَ وَبَنِي الْمَلِكِ وَجَمِيعَ اللاَّبِسِينَ لِبَاسًا غَرِيبًا.

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

وَفِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أُعَاقِبُ كُلَّ الَّذِينَ يَقْفِزُونَ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْعَتَبَةِ، الَّذِينَ يَمْلأُونَ بَيْتَ سَيِّدِهِمْ ظُلْمًا وَغِشًّا.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.

وَيَكُونُ فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، صَوْتُ صُرَاخٍ مِنْ بَابِ السَّمَكِ، وَوَلْوَلَةٌ مِنَ الْقِسْمِ الثَّانِي وَكَسْرٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنَ الآكَامِ.

Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

وَلْوِلُوا يَا سُكَّانَ مَكْتِيشَ، لأَنَّ كُلَّ شَعْبِ كَنْعَانَ بَادَ. انْقَطَعَ كُلُّ الْحَامِلِينَ الْفِضَّةَ.

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.

وَيَكُونُ فِي ذلِكَ الْوَقْتِ أَنِّي أُفَتِّشُ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِالسُّرُجِ، وَأُعَاقِبُ الرِّجَالَ الْجَامِدِينَ عَلَى دُرْدِيِّهِمِ، الْقَائِلِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ لاَ يُحْسِنُ وَلاَ يُسِيءُ.

Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

فَتَكُونُ ثَرْوَتُهُمْ غَنِيمَةً وَبُيُوتُهُمْ خَرَابًا، وَيَبْنُونَ بُيُوتًا وَلاَ يَسْكُنُونَهَا، وَيَغْرِسُونَ كُرُومًا وَلاَ يَشْرَبُونَ خَمْرَهَا.

The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

« قَرِيبٌ يَوْمُ الرَّبِّ الْعَظِيمِ. قَرِيبٌ وَسَرِيعٌ جِدًّا. صَوْتُ يَوْمِ الرّبِّ. يَصْرُخُ حِينَئِذٍ الْجَبَّارُ مُرًّا.

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

ذلِكَ الْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ سَخَطٍ، يَوْمُ ضِيق وَشِدَّةٍ، يَوْمُ خَرَابٍ وَدَمَارٍ، يَوْمُ ظَلاَمٍ وَقَتَامٍ، يَوْمُ سَحَابٍ وَضَبَابٍ.

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

يَوْمُ بُوق وَهُتَافٍ علَى الْمُدُنِ الْمُحَصَّنَةِ وَعَلَى الشُّرُفِ الرَّفِيعَةِ.

And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

وَأُضَايِقُ النَّاسَ فَيَمْشُونَ كَالْعُمْيِ، لأَنَّهُمْ أَخْطَأُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ، فَيُسْفَحُ دَمُهُمْ كَالتُّرَابِ وَلَحْمُهُمْ كَالْجِلَّةِ.

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

لاَ فِضَّتُهُمْ وَلاَ ذَهَبُهُمْ يَسْتَطِيعُ إِنْقَاذَهُمْ في يَوْمِ غَضَبِ الرَّبِّ، بَلْ بِنَارِ غَيْرَتِهِ تُؤْكَلُ الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا، لأَنَّهُ يَصْنَعُ فَنَاءً بَاغِتًا لِكُلِّ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ».