Sofonías 3

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 ¡Ay de la rebelde, la manchada, la ciudad opresora!	1 Woe to the provocatrix and the redeemed city, the dove.
2 No ha escuchado la voz, no ha aceptado la corrección; en Yahveh no ha puesto su confianza, a su Dios no se ha acercado.	2 She has not heeded the voice, nor has she accepted discipline. She has not trusted in the Lord; she did not draw near to her God.
3 Sus príncipes, en medio de ella, son leones rugientes, sus jueces, lobos de la tarde, que no dejan un hueso para la mañana.	3 Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning.
4 Sus profetas, fanfarrones, hombres traicioneros, sus sacerdotes profanan lo que es santo y violan la Ley.	4 Her prophets are crazed; men without faith. Her priests have polluted what is holy; they have acted unjustly against the law.
5 Yahveh es justo en medio de ella, no comete injusticia; cada mañana pronuncia su juicio, no falta nunca al alba; (pero el inicuo no conoce la vergüenza).	5 The just Lord is in their midst; he will not do iniquity. In the morning, in the morning, he will bring his judgment into the light, and it will not be hidden. But the impious one has not known shame.
6 Yo he exterminado a las naciones, sus almenas han sido derruidas, he dejado desiertas sus calles, sin un transeúnte; han sido arrasadas sus ciudades, no queda hombre ni habitante.	6 I have dispersed the nations, and their towers have been torn down. I have made their ways deserts, until there were none who passed through. Their cities have become desolate, with no man remaining, nor any inhabitant.
7 Y me dije: «Al menos tú me temerás, aceptarás la corrección; no puede quitarse de sus ojos todo aquello con que yo la he visitado». Pero ellos han madrugado a corromper todas sus acciones.	7 I said: Nevertheless, you will fear me; you will accept discipline. And her dwelling place will not perish, despite all the things about which I have visited her. Yet truly, they arose with the dawn and corrupted all their thoughts.
8 Por eso, esperadme - oráculo de Yahveh - el día en que me levante como testigo, porque he decidido reunir a las naciones, congregar a los reinos, para derramar sobre vosotros mi enojo, todo el ardor de mi cólera. (Porque por el fuego de mi celo la tierra entera será devorada).	8 Because of this, expect me, says the Lord, in the day of my resurrection in the future, for my judgment is to gather together the Gentiles, and to collect the kingdoms, and to pour out over them my indignation, all the fury of my anger. For by the fire of my zeal, all the earth will be devoured.
9 Yo entonces volveré puro el labio de los pueblos, para que invoquen todos el nombre de Yahveh, y le sirvan bajo un mismo yugo.	9 For then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, so that all may invoke the name of the Lord and may serve him with one shoulder.
10 Desde allende los ríos de Etiopía, mis suplicantes, mi Dispersión, me traerán mi ofrenda.	10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my supplicants, the sons of my diaspora, will carry a gift to me.
11 Aquel día no tendrás ya que avergonzarte de todos los delitos que cometiste contra mí, porque entonces quitaré yo de tu seno a tus alegres orgullosos, y no volverás a engreírte en mi santo monte.	11 In that day, you will not be ashamed over all of your inventions, by which you have transgressed against me. For then I will take away from your midst your arrogant boasters, and you will no longer be exalted on my holy mountain.
12 Yo dejaré en medio de ti un pueblo humilde y pobre, y en el nombre de Yahveh se cobijará	12 And I will bequeath into your midst a poor and needy people, and they will hope in the name of the Lord.
13 el Resto de Israel. No cometerán más injusticia, no dirán mentiras, y no más se encontrará en su boca lengua embustera. Se apacentarán y reposarán, sin que nadie los turbe.	13 The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth. For they will pasture and will recline, and there will be no one to strike them with terror.
14 ¡Lanza gritos de gozo, hija de Sión, lanza clamores, Israel, alégrate y exulta de todo corazón, hija de Jerusalén!	14 Give praise, daughter of Zion. Shout joyfully, Israel. Rejoice and exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.
15 Ha retirado Yahveh las sentencias contra ti, ha alejado a tu enemigo. ¡Yahveh, Rey de Israel, está en medio de ti, no temerás ya ningún mal!	15 The Lord has taken away your judgment; he has turned aside your foes. The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall no longer fear evil.
16 Aquel día se dirá a Jerusalén: ¡No tengas miedo, Sión, no desmayen tus manos!	16 In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, “Do not be afraid,” and to Zion, “Do not let your hands be weakened.”
17 Yahveh tu Dios está en medio de ti, ¡un poderoso salvador! El exulta de gozo por ti, te renueva por su amor; danza por ti con gritos de júbilo,	17 The Lord your God is the strength in your midst; he will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness. In his love, he will be silent. He will exult over you with praise.
18 como en los días de fiesta. Yo quitaré de tu lado la desgracia, el oprobio que pesa sobre ti.	18 The triflers who withdrew from the law, I will gather together, because they were from you, so that you may no longer suffer disgrace over them.
19 He aquí que yo haré exterminio de todos tus opresores, en el tiempo aquel; y salvaré a la coja y recogeré a la descarriada, y haré que tengan alabanza y renombre en todos los países donde fueron confundidas.	19 Behold, I will execute all who have afflicted you in that time, and I will save those who are lame, and I will gather together her who had been cast out. And I will place them in praise and in renown, in all the land where they had been put to shame,
20 En aquel tiempo os haré venir, en aquel tiempo os congregaré. Entonces os daré renombre y alabanza entre todos los pueblos de la tierra, cuando yo vuelva a vuestros cautivos a vuestros propios ojos, dice Yahveh.	20 in that time, when I will lead to you, and in the time when I will gather for you. For I will deliver you into renown and into praise, among all the peoples of the earth, when I will have converted your captivity before your very eyes, says the Lord.