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Zephaniah 2
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Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along With the Nations

Judah Summoned to Repent

2 Gather together,(A) gather yourselves together,
    you shameful(B) nation,
2 before the decree takes effect
    and that day passes like windblown chaff,(C)
before the Lord’s fierce anger(D)
    comes upon you,
before the day of the Lord’s wrath(E)
    comes upon you.
3 Seek(F) the Lord, all you humble of the land,
    you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness,(G) seek humility;(H)
    perhaps you will be sheltered(I)
    on the day of the Lord’s anger.

Philistia

4 Gaza(J) will be abandoned
    and Ashkelon(K) left in ruins.
At midday Ashdod will be emptied
    and Ekron uprooted.
5 Woe to you who live by the sea,
    you Kerethite(L) people;
the word of the Lord is against you,(M)
    Canaan, land of the Philistines.
He says, “I will destroy you,
    and none will be left.”(N)
6 The land by the sea will become pastures
    having wells for shepherds
    and pens for flocks.(O)
7 That land will belong
    to the remnant(P) of the people of Judah;
    there they will find pasture.
In the evening they will lie down
    in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will care for them;
    he will restore their fortunes.[a](Q)

Moab and Ammon

8 “I have heard the insults(R) of Moab(S)
    and the taunts of the Ammonites,(T)
who insulted(U) my people
    and made threats against their land.(V)
9 Therefore, as surely as I live,”
    declares the Lord Almighty,
    the God of Israel,
“surely Moab(W) will become like Sodom,(X)
    the Ammonites(Y) like Gomorrah—
a place of weeds and salt pits,
    a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder(Z) them;
    the survivors(AA) of my nation will inherit their land.(AB)”

10 This is what they will get in return for their pride,(AC)
    for insulting(AD) and mocking
    the people of the Lord Almighty.(AE)
11 The Lord will be awesome(AF) to them
    when he destroys all the gods(AG) of the earth.(AH)
Distant nations will bow down to him,(AI)
    all of them in their own lands.

Cush

12 “You Cushites,[b](AJ) too,
    will be slain by my sword.(AK)”

Assyria

13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
    and destroy Assyria,(AL)
leaving Nineveh(AM) utterly desolate
    and dry as the desert.(AN)
14 Flocks and herds(AO) will lie down there,
    creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(AP) and the screech owl(AQ)
    will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
    rubble will fill the doorways,
    the beams of cedar will be exposed.
15 This is the city of revelry(AR)
    that lived in safety.(AS)
She said to herself,
    “I am the one! And there is none besides me.”(AT)
What a ruin she has become,
    a lair for wild beasts!(AU)
All who pass by her scoff(AV)
    and shake their fists.(AW)

Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:7 Or will bring back their captives
  2. Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region
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Sefanja 2
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Juda och Jerusalem döms tillsammans med andra folk

Juda uppmanas till bättring

2 Församla er som halm, kom samman,
    du folk utan skamkänsla,
2 innan beslutet verkställs
    och dagarna flyger förbi som agnar,[a]
innan Herrens brinnande vrede kommer över er,
    innan Herrens vredes dag kommer över er.
3 Sök Herren, alla ödmjuka i landet,
    som lyder hans bud.
Sök rättfärdighet, sök ödmjukhet.
    Kanske får ni då skydd på Herrens vredes dag.

Filistéen

4 Gaza ska bli övergivet,
    Ashkelon läggas i ruiner,
Ashdods befolkning förjagas mitt på dagen,
    och Ekron ryckas upp med rötterna.
5 Ve er som bor utmed kusten, ni keretéer[b]!
    Herrens ord är emot er,
Kanaan, filistéernas land, och jag ska utplåna dig,
    så att ingen lämnas kvar.
6 Kustlandet ska bli betesmark,
    där herdarna har sina brunnar[c]
    och fåren sina fållor.
7 Det ska tillhöra dem
    som är kvar av Judas stam.
Där ska de finna betesmarker,
    och i husen i Ashkelon
ska de lägga sig om kvällen,
    för Herren, deras Gud, ska ta sig an dem
och upprätta dem på nytt.

Moab och Ammon

8 ”Jag har hört Moabs hån
    och ammoniternas smädelser,
när de har hånat mitt folk
    och kränkt deras land.
9 Därför, så sant jag lever,
    säger härskarornas Herre, Israels Gud:
Moab ska bli som Sodom
    och ammoniterna som Gomorra,
ett nässelsnår och en saltgrop,
    en ödemark för evigt.
De av mitt folk som är kvar ska plundra dem,
    återstoden av mitt folk ska få dem till arvedel.”

10 Detta får de för sitt högmod,
    för de har hånat och föraktat
härskarornas Herres folk.
11     Herren ska sätta skräck i dem
och få alla jordens gudar att krympa[d].
    Alla folken i kustländerna ska tillbe honom,
var och en på sin ort.

Kush

12 ”Också ni, kushiter,
    ska genomborras av mitt svärd.”

Assyrien

13 Han ska sträcka ut sin hand mot norr
    och förgöra Assyrien.
Han ska omvandla Nineve till en ödemark,
    torr som en öken.
14 Där ska hjordar lägga sig,
    och alla slags vilda djur.
Pelikaner och trappar
    ska övernatta på dess pelarhuvuden,
och deras skrin eka genom fönstren.
    På tröskeln ser man förödelse,
    och cederpanelen är blottad.[e]
15 Detta är den jublande staden
    som levde så tryggt
och sa till sig själv:
    ”Det finns ingen som är som jag.”
Se hur den nu har blivit ödelagd,
    ett tillhåll för vilda djur!
Alla som går förbi
    visslar och viftar med händerna.

Footnotes

  1. 2:2 I satsen som kapitlet börjar med är grundtextens innebörd osäker fram till första hälften av v. 2.
  2. 2:5 Kretas befolkning.
  3. 2:6 Eller: …där keretéerna bor….
  4. 2:11 Det hebreiska ordets betydelse är osäker.
  5. 2:14 Grundtextens innebörd är osäker i en stor del av versen. T.ex. är det osäkert vilka fåglar som avses, i stället för ”förödelse” har Septuaginta och Vulgata korp (…en korp kraxar på tröskeln…), och särskilt osäker är versens slut.
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Zephaniah 2
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2 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

2 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.

3 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.

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

5 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.

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

7 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.

8 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.

9 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.

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

11 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.

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

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

14 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.

15 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.

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