Sofonia 2

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Convenite, congregamini, gens non amabilis,	1 Gather together, gather together, nations without shame,
2 priusquam dispergamini quasi pulvis transeuntes, antequam veniat super vos ira furoris Domini, antequam veniat super vos dies furoris Domini.	2 before you are dispersed like chaff which disappears in a day; before Yahweh's burning angerovertakes you (before the Day of Yahweh's anger overtakes you).
3 Quaerite Dominum, omnes mansueti terrae, qui iudicium eius estis operati; quaerite iustitiam, quaerite mansuetudinem, si quomodo abscondamini in die furoris Domini.	3 Seek Yahweh, al you humble of the earth, who obey his commands. Seek uprightness, seek humility:you may perhaps find shelter on the Day of Yahweh's anger.
4 Quia Gaza deserta erit, et Ascalon desolata, Azotum in meridie eicient, et Accaron eradicabitur.	4 For Gaza wil be abandoned and Ashkelon reduced to ruins; Ashdod wil be driven out in broad daylightand Ekron uprooted.
5 Vae, qui habitatis funiculum maris, gens Cretensium! Verbum Domini super vos, Chanaan, terra Philisthinorum: “ Disperdam te, ita ut non sit inhabitator ”.	5 Disaster to the members of the coastal league, to the nation of the Cherethites! This is the word of Yahweh against you: I shal subdue you, land of the Philistines, I shal destroy you til there are no inhabitantsleft;
6 Et erit funiculus maris requies pastorum et caulae pecorum.	6 and the coastal league wil be reduced to pasture land, to grazing grounds for shepherds and folds forsheep;
7 Et erit funiculus maris reliquiis domus Iudae: ibi pascentur, in domibus Ascalonis ad vesperam requiescent, quia visitabit eos Dominus Deus eorum et convertet sortem eorum.	7 and the league will belong to the remnant of the House of Judah; they will pasture their flocks there, atnight they wil rest in the houses of Ashkelon; for, when Yahweh their God has punished them, he wil restoretheir fortunes.
8 “ Audivi opprobrium Moab et blasphemias filiorum Ammon, qui exprobraverunt populo meo et magnificati sunt super terminos eorum.	8 I have heard the taunt of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, as they taunted my people andboasted of their own domains.
9 Propterea vivo ego, dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel, quia Moab ut Sodoma erit, et filii Ammon quasi Gomorra, possessio spinarum et acervi salis et desertum usque in aeternum; reliquiae populi mei diripient eos, et residui gentis meae possidebunt illos ”.	9 For this, as I live -- declares Yahweh Sabaoth, God of Israel -- Moab wil become like Sodom and theAmmonites like Gomorrah: a realm of nettles, a heap of salt, a desolation for ever. What is left of my people willplunder them, the survivors of my nation wil take their heritage.
10 Hoc eis eveniet pro superbia sua, quia blasphemaverunt et magnificati sunt super populum Domini exercituum.	10 This will be the price of their pride for having taunted and boasted over the people of YahwehSabaoth.
11 Horribilis Dominus super eos, quia attenuabit omnes deos terrae; et adorabunt eum, singuli de loco suo, omnes insulae gentium.	11 Yahweh wil be fearsome to them, for he wil scatter al the gods of the earth, and they wil bow downto him, each from his own place -- al the islands of the nations.
12 “ Sed et vos, Aethiopes, interfecti gladio meo eritis ”.	12 You Ethiopians too wil be run through by my sword.
13 Et extendet manum suam super aquilonem et perdet Assyriam; et ponet Nineven in solitudinem et in aridam, quasi desertum.	13 He will raise his hand against the north and bring Assyria down in ruins; he will make Nineveh a waste,as dry as a desert.
14 Et accubabunt in medio eius greges, omne genus animalium. Et onocrotalus et ulula in capitellis eius morabuntur; vox cantat in fenestra, corvus in limine, quoniam tabulatum cedrinum sublatum est.	14 Flocks will rest inside there, so will wild animals; pelican and porcupine wil nest round her cornices atnight; the owl wil hoot at the window and the raven croak on the doorstep -- for the cedar has been torn down.
15 Haec est civitas exsultans, habitans in confidentia, quae dicebat in corde suo: “ Ego sum, et extra me non est alia amplius! ”. Quomodo facta est in desertum, cubile bestiae? Omnis, qui transit per eam, sibilabit et movebit manum suam.	15 This is what the city wil be like, once living happy and carefree and thinking to itself, 'I have no rival --not I!' And what will it be now? A ruin, a lair for wild beasts to rest in, and everyone who passes by wil whistleand throw up his hands.