1 T he word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah king of Judah and son of Amon.

هَذِهِ هِيَ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ الَّتِي أتَتْ إلَى صَفَنْيا بْنِ كُوشِي بْنِ جَدَلْيا بْنِ أمَرِيا بْنِ حَزَقِيّا خِلالَ فَتْرَةِ حُكْمِ يُوشِيّا بْنِ آمُونَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذا. يَوْمُ الدَّينُونَة

2 B y taking away I will make an end and I will utterly consume and sweep away all things from the face of the earth, says the Lord.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «سَأُبِيدُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ عَلَى وَجهِ الأرْضِ.

3 I will consume and sweep away man and beast; I will consume and sweep away the birds of the air and the fish of the sea. I will overthrow the stumbling blocks (the idols) with the wicked, and I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth, says the Lord.

سَأُبِيدُ الإنسانَ وَالحَيوانَ، وَسَأُبِيدُ طُيُورَ السَّماءِ وَسَمَكَ البَحرِ، وَسَأُبِيدُ الأشْرارَ وَالأشياءَ الَّتِي تَقُودُهُمْ إلَى الشَّرِّ. سَأطرُدُ البَشَرَ مِنَ الأرْضِ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

4 I will also stretch out My hand over Judah and over all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place and the name of the idol priests with the priests,

«سَأمُدُّ يَدَيَّ علَى يَهُوذا وَكُلَّ سُكّانِ القُدْسِ، وَسَأُزِيلُ كُلَّ ما يَتَعَلَّقُ بِعِبادَةِ البَعلِ، فَلا يَعُودُوا يَذْكُرُونَ أسْماءَ الكَهَنَةِ الكَنعانِيِّينَ مَعَ كَهَنَةِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

5 A nd those who worship the starry host of the heavens upon their housetops and those who worship the Lord and swear by and to Him and yet swear by and to Malcam,

سَأطرُدُ الَّذِينَ يَسْجُدُونَ عَلَى سُطُوحِ مَنازِلِهِمْ للأجرامِ السماويةِ، وَالَّذِينَ يَسْجُدُونَ للهِ وَيُقْسِمُونَ بِهِ ثًمَّ يُقسِمُونَ بِالإلهِ مَلْكُومَ.

6 A nd those who have drawn back from following the Lord and those who have not sought the Lord nor inquired for, inquired of, and required the Lord.

وَسَأطْرُدُ الَّذِينَ يَتَراجَعُونَ عَنْ عِبادَةِ اللهِ ، الَّذِينَ لا يَبحَثُونَ عَنِ اللهِ لا يَطلُبونَ مَشُورَتَهُ.»

7 B e silent before the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is near; for the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, and He has set apart those who have accepted His invitation.

اصْمُتْ أمامَ الرَّبِ الإلَهِ لِأنَّ يَوْمَ اللهِ قَرِيبٌ. لِأنَّ اللهَ أعَدَّ ذَبِيحَةً وَكَرَّسَ المَدعُوِّينَ.

8 A nd on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, I will punish the officials and the king’s sons and all who are clothed in foreign apparel.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «فِي يَوْمِ ذَبِيحَةِ اللهِ ، سَأُعاقِبُ القادَةَ وَأبناءَ المَلِكِ وَالَّذِينَ يَرتَدُونَ ثِياباً غَرِيبَةً.

9 I n the same day also will I punish all those who leap swiftly on or over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit and fraud.

وَفِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَأُعاقِبُ مَنْ يَقفِزُونَ مِنْ فَوْقِ العَتَبَةِ، وَالَّذِينَ يَملأونَ بَيتَ سَيِّدِهِمْ بِالعُنفِ وَالخِداعِ.»

10 A nd in that day, says the Lord, there shall be heard the voice of crying from the Fish Gate and a wailing from the Second Quarter or Lower City and a great crashing and sound of destruction from the hills.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَتُسمَعُ صَرخَةُ استِغاثَةٍ مِنْ بَوّابَةِ السَّمَكِ، وَنُواحٌ مِنَ جانِبِ المَدِينَةِ الآخَرِ، وَصَوْتُ حُطامٍ عَظِيمٍ مِنَ التِّلالِ.

11 W ail, you inhabitants of the Mortar! For all the merchant people, like the people of Canaan, will be silent; all those who weighed out silver and were loaded with it will be cut off.

نُوحُوا يا سُكّانَ المَنطِقَةِ المُنخَفِضَةِ، لِأنَّ كُلَّ التُّجّارِ قَدْ هَلِكُوا، وَطُرِدَ صَيارِفَةُ الفِضَّةِ.

12 A nd at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men who are thickening and settling on their lees, who say in their hearts, The Lord will not do good, nor will He do evil.

«فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَأُفَتِّشُ فِي كُلِّ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ عَلَى ضَوْءِ مِصباحٍ، وَسَأُعاقِبُ المُستَقِرِّينَ كَبَقايا خَمْرٍ فِي بِرْميلٍ. يَقُولُونَ لِأنفُسِهِمْ: ‹لَنْ يعملَ اللهُ خَيراً وَلا شَرّاً.›

13 A nd their wealth shall become plunder and their houses a desolation. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink the wine from them.

فَسَتُصْبِحُ ثَروَتُهُمْ غَنِيمَةً، وَبُيُوتُهُمْ سَتُدَمَّرُ. سَيَبنُونَ بُيُوتاً، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَسكُنُوا فِيها، وَسَيَزرَعُونَ كُرُوماً، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَشْرَبُوا نَبِيذَها.»

14 T he great day of the Lord is near—near and hastening fast. Hark! the voice of the day of the Lord! The mighty man will cry then bitterly.

يَوْمُ اللهِ العَظِيمُ قَرِيبٌ، وَيَقتَرِبُ سَرِيعاً. صَوْتُ يَوْمِ اللهِ مُرٌّ، فِيهِ يَصْرُخُ المُحارِبُونَ.

15 T hat day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

ذَلِكَ اليَوْمُ يَوْمُ غَضَبٍ، يَومُ ضِيقٍ وَشِدَّةٍ، يَوْمُ خَرابٍ وَتَدمِيرٍ، يَوْمُ ظُلمَةٍ وَقَتامٍ، يَوْمُ سُحُبٍ مُظلِمَةٍ كَثِيفَةٍ،

16 A day of the blast of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the high towers and battlements.

يَوْمُ صَوْتِ البُوقِ وَصَرَخاتِ الحَرْبِ عَلَى المُدُنِ الحَصِينَةِ وَعَلَى الأبْراجِ العالِيَةِ.

17 A nd I will bring distress upon men, so that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; their blood shall be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «سَأجلِبُ الضِّيقَ عَلَيهِمْ فَيَسْهَرُونَ كَالعُمْيِ. لِأنَّ بَنِي يَهُوذا أخطَأُوا إلَى اللهِ ، سَيُسكَبُ دَمُهُمْ كَالتُّرابِ، وَسَيُلْقَى بِأجسادِهِمْ كَالفَضَلاتِ.

18 N either their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s indignation and wrath. But the whole earth shall be consumed in the fire of His jealous wrath, for a full, yes, a sudden, end will He make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

كُلُّ مالِهِمْ لَنْ يُخَلِّصَهُمْ. سَتُؤْكَلُ كُلُّ الأرْضِ فِي يَوْمِ غَضَبِ اللهِ ، فِي نارِ غَيرَتِهِ. فَاللهُ سَيُبِيدُ جَمِيعَ سُكّانِ الأرْضِ تَماماً.»