Zephaniah 3

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Woe to the provocatrix and the redeemed city, the dove.	1 ويل للمتمردة المنجسة المدينة الجائرة.
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.	2 لم تسمع الصوت. لم تقبل التاديب. لم تتكل على الرب. لم تتقرب الى الهها.
3 Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning.	3 رؤساؤها في وسطها اسود زائرة. قضاتها ذئاب مساء لا يبقون شيئا الى الصباح.
4 Her prophets are crazed; men without faith. Her priests have polluted what is holy; they have acted unjustly against the law.	4 انبياؤها متفاخرون اهل غدرات. كهنتها نجّسوا القدس خالفوا الشريعة.
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.	5 الرب عادل في وسطها لا يفعل ظلما. غداة غداة يبرز حكمه الى النور لا يتعذّر. اما الظالم فلا يعرف الخزي.
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.	6 قطعت امما خرّبت شرفاتهم اقفرت اسواقهم بلا عابر. دمرت مدنهم بلا انسان بغير ساكن.
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.	7 فقلت انك لتخشينني تقبلين التأديب فلا ينقطع مسكنها حسب كل ما عيّنته عليها. لكن بكّروا وافسدوا جميع اعمالهم
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.	8 لذلك فانتظروني يقول الرب الى يوم اقوم الى السلب لان حكمي هو بجمع الامم وحشر الممالك لاصبّ عليهم سخطي كل حمو غضبي لانه بنار غيرتي تؤكل كل الارض.
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.	9 لاني حينئذ احول الشعوب الى شفة نقية ليدعوا كلهم باسم الرب ليعبدوه بكتف واحدة.
10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my supplicants, the sons of my diaspora, will carry a gift to me.	10 من عبر انهار كوش المتضرعون اليّ متبدديّ يقدمون تقدمتي.
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.	11 في ذلك اليوم لا تخزين من كل اعمالك التي تعديت بها عليّ. لاني حينئذ انزع من وسطك مبتهجي كبريائك ولن تعودي بعد الى التكبر في جبل قدسي.
12 And I will bequeath into your midst a poor and needy people, and they will hope in the name of the Lord.	12 وابقي في وسطك شعبا بائسا ومسكينا فيتوكلون على اسم الرب.
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.	13 بقية اسرائيل لا يفعلون اثما ولا يتكلمون بالكذب ولا يوجد في افواههم لسان غش لانهم يرعون ويربضون ولا مخيف
14 Give praise, daughter of Zion. Shout joyfully, Israel. Rejoice and exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.	14 ترنمي يا ابنة صهيون اهتف يا اسرائيل افرحي وابتهجي بكل قلبك يا ابنة اورشليم.
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.	15 قد نزع الرب الاقضية عليك ازال عدوك. ملك اسرائيل الرب في وسطك. لا تنظرين بعد شرا.
16 In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, “Do not be afraid,” and to Zion, “Do not let your hands be weakened.”	16 في ذلك اليوم يقال لاورشليم لا تخافي يا صهيون لا ترتخ يداك.
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.	17 الرب الهك في وسطك جبار. يخلّص. يبتهج بك فرحا. يسكت في محبته. يبتهج بك بترنم.
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.	18 اجمع المحزونين على الموسم. كانوا منك. حاملين عليها العار.
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,	19 هانذا في ذلك اليوم اعامل كل مذلّليك واخلص الظالعة واجمع المنفية واجعلهم تسبيحة واسما في كل ارض خزيهم
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.	20 في الوقت الذي فيه آتي بكم وفي وقت جمعي اياكم. لاني اصيّركم اسما وتسبيحة في شعوب الارض كلها حين ارد مسبييكم قدام اعينكم قال الرب