1 ه َذِهِ 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

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.

2 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «سَأُبِيدُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ عَلَى وَجهِ الأرْضِ.

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

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

I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.

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

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;

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

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;

6 و َسَأطْرُدُ الَّذِينَ يَتَراجَعُونَ عَنْ عِبادَةِ اللهِ ، الَّذِينَ لا يَبحَثُونَ عَنِ اللهِ لا يَطلُبونَ مَشُورَتَهُ.»

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

7 ا صْمُتْ أمامَ الرَّبِ الإلَهِ لِأنَّ يَوْمَ اللهِ قَرِيبٌ. لِأنَّ اللهَ أعَدَّ ذَبِيحَةً وَكَرَّسَ المَدعُوِّينَ.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

11 ن ُوحُوا يا سُكّانَ المَنطِقَةِ المُنخَفِضَةِ، لِأنَّ كُلَّ التُّجّارِ قَدْ هَلِكُوا، وَطُرِدَ صَيارِفَةُ الفِضَّةِ.

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

12 « 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.›

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.

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

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.

14 ي َوْمُ اللهِ العَظِيمُ قَرِيبٌ، وَيَقتَرِبُ سَرِيعاً. صَوْتُ يَوْمِ اللهِ مُرٌّ، فِيهِ يَصْرُخُ المُحارِبُونَ.

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.

15 ذ َلِكَ اليَوْمُ يَوْمُ غَضَبٍ، يَومُ ضِيقٍ وَشِدَّةٍ، يَوْمُ خَرابٍ وَتَدمِيرٍ، يَوْمُ ظُلمَةٍ وَقَتامٍ، يَوْمُ سُحُبٍ مُظلِمَةٍ كَثِيفَةٍ،

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,

16 ي َوْمُ صَوْتِ البُوقِ وَصَرَخاتِ الحَرْبِ عَلَى المُدُنِ الحَصِينَةِ وَعَلَى الأبْراجِ العالِيَةِ.

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

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

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.

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

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.