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HOLY BIBLE: Zephaniah 3

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Zephaniah 3

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1 ὦ ἡ ἐπιφανὴς κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἀπολελυτρωμένη ἡ πόλις ἡ περιστερά 2 οおみくろんὐκかっぱ εいぷしろんἰσήκουσεν φふぁいωおめがνにゅーῆς οおみくろんὐκかっぱ ἐδέξατο παιδείαν ἐπぱいὶ τたうῷ κυρίῳ οおみくろんὐκかっぱ ἐπεποίθει κかっぱαあるふぁὶ πぱいρろーὸς τたうὸνにゅー θしーたεいぷしろんὸνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうῆς οおみくろんὐκかっぱ ἤγγισεν 3 οおみくろんἱ ἄρχοντες αあるふぁὐτたうῆς ἐνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうῇ ὡς λέοντες ὠρυόμενοι οおみくろんἱ κριταὶ αあるふぁὐτたうῆς ὡς λύκοι τたうῆς Ἀραβίας οおみくろんὐχかい ὑπελίποντο εいぷしろんἰς τたうὸ πρωί 4 οおみくろんἱ προφῆτたうαあるふぁιいおた αあるふぁὐτたうῆς πνευματοφόροι ἄνδρες καταφρονηταί οおみくろんἱ ἱερεῖς αあるふぁὐτたうῆς βεβηλοῦσしぐまιいおたνにゅー τたうὰ ἅγがんまιいおたαあるふぁ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἀσεβοῦσしぐまιいおたνにゅー νόμον 5 ὁ δでるたὲ κύριος δίκαιος ἐνにゅー μέσῳ αあるふぁὐτたうῆς κかっぱαあるふぁὶ οおみくろんὐ μみゅーὴ ποιήσῃ ἄδικον πぱいρろーωおめがὶ πρωὶ δώσει κρίμα αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ εいぷしろんἰς φふぁいῶς κかっぱαあるふぁὶ οおみくろんὐκかっぱ ἀπεκρύβη κかっぱαあるふぁὶ οおみくろんὐκかっぱ ἔγがんまνにゅーωおめが ἀδικίαν ἐνにゅー ἀπαιτήσει κかっぱαあるふぁὶ οおみくろんὐκかっぱ εいぷしろんἰς νにゅーεいぷしろんῖκος ἀδικίαν 6 ἐνにゅー διαφθορᾷ κατέσπασα ὑπερηφάνους ἠφανίσθησαν γωνίαι αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー ἐξερημώσω τたうὰς ὁδでるたοおみくろんὺς αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー τたうὸ παράπαν τたうοおみくろんῦ μみゅーὴ διοδεύειν ἐξέλιπον αあるふぁἱ πόλεις αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー πぱいαあるふぁρろーὰ τたうὸ μηδένα ὑπάρχειν μみゅーηいーたδでるたὲ κατοικεῖνにゅー 7 εいぷしろんἶπぱいαあるふぁ πぱいλらむだὴνにゅー φふぁいοおみくろんβべーたεいぷしろんῖσθέ μみゅーεいぷしろん κかっぱαあるふぁὶ δέξασθε παιδείαν κかっぱαあるふぁὶ οおみくろんὐ μみゅーὴ ἐξολεθρευθῆτたうεいぷしろん ἐξくしー ὀφθαλμῶνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうῆς πάντα ὅσしぐまαあるふぁ ἐξεδίκησα ἐ{P'} αあるふぁὐτήν ἑτοιμάζου ὄρθρισον διέφθαρται πぱいᾶσしぐまαあるふぁ ἡ ἐπιφυλλὶς αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー

1 Out on the rebellious city, the defiled city, so full of wrong![1] 2 Never the call heard, the warning heeded; trust in the Lord is none; nay, they would keep God at a distance. 3 Here be rulers no better than ravening lions, judges like wolf that prowls at night, and not a bone left on the morrow; 4 prophets that are heedless men and treacherous, priests that profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law. 5 And all the while the Lord is there in the midst of it! Not his the blame; never morning passes but he makes known his award for their enlightening, without fail; and still injustice goes on unashamed! 6 Short work I have made of other nations; crumbling battlements, unfrequented streets, with never a foot-fall, their cities lie ruined and forlorn, with none to dwell in them; 7 Ah, thought I, now at least thou wilt learn to fear me, wilt profit by the warning! Here at least is a city that may be left habitable, send them what plagues I may! But no, early and late they would be at their perverse doings still!

1

Væ provocatrix, et redempta civitas, columba! 2
non audivit vocem,
et non suscepit disciplinam;
in Domino non est confisa,
ad Deum suum non appropinquavit. 3
Principes ejus in medio ejus quasi leones rugientes;
judices ejus lupi vespere, non relinquebant in mane. 4
Prophetæ ejus vesani, viri infideles;
sacerdotes ejus polluerunt sanctum,
injuste egerunt contra legem. 5
Dominus justus in medio ejus non faciet iniquitatem;
mane, mane judicium suum dabit in lucem, et non abscondetur;
nescivit autem iniquus confusionem. 6
Disperdidi gentes,
et dissipati sunt anguli earum;
desertas feci vias eorum,
dum non est qui transeat;
desolatæ sunt civitates eorum,
non remanente viro, neque ullo habitatore. 7
Dixi: Attamen timebis me,
suscipies disciplinam;
et non peribit habitaculum ejus,
propter omnia in quibus visitavi eam:
verumtamen diluculo surgentes corruperunt omnes cogitationes suas.

8 δでるたιいおたὰ τたうοおみくろんῦτたうοおみくろん ὑπόμεινόν μみゅーεいぷしろん λέγει κύριος εいぷしろんἰς ἡμέραν ἀναστάσεώς μみゅーοおみくろんυうぷしろん εいぷしろんἰς μαρτύριον διότι τたうὸ κρίμα μみゅーοおみくろんυうぷしろん εいぷしろんἰς συναγωγὰς ἐθしーたνにゅーῶνにゅー τたうοおみくろんῦ εいぷしろんἰσδέξασθαι βασιλεῖς τたうοおみくろんῦ ἐκχέαι ἐ{P'} αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんὺς πぱいᾶσしぐまαあるふぁνにゅー ὀρろーγがんまὴνにゅー θしーたυうぷしろんμみゅーοおみくろんῦ μみゅーοおみくろんυうぷしろん διότι ἐνにゅー πぱいυうぷしろんρろーὶ ζήλους μみゅーοおみくろんυうぷしろん καταναλωθήσεται πぱいᾶσしぐまαあるふぁ ἡ γがんまῆ 9 ὅτたうιいおた τότε μεταστρέψω ἐπぱいὶ λαοὺς γがんまλらむだῶσσαν εいぷしろんἰς γがんまεいぷしろんνにゅーεいぷしろんὰνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうῆς τたうοおみくろんῦ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι πάντας τたうὸ ὄνομα κυρίου τたうοおみくろんῦ δουλεύειν αあるふぁὐτたうῷ ὑπぱいὸ ζυγὸνにゅー ἕνにゅーαあるふぁ 10 ἐκかっぱ περάτων πぱいοおみくろんτたうαあるふぁμみゅーῶνにゅー Αあるふぁἰθιοπίας οおみくろんἴσουσιν θυσίας μみゅーοおみくろんιいおた 11 ἐνにゅー τたうῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ οおみくろんὐ μみゅーὴ καταισχυνθῇς ἐκかっぱ πάντων τたうῶνにゅー ἐπιτηδευμάτων σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん ὧνにゅー ἠσέβησας εいぷしろんἰς ἐμέ ὅτたうιいおた τότε περιελῶ ἀπぱいὸ σしぐまοおみくろんῦ τたうὰ φαυλίσματα τたうῆς ὕβρεώς σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん κかっぱαあるふぁὶ οおみくろんὐκέτι μみゅーὴ προσθῇς τたうοおみくろんῦ μεγαλαυχῆσαι ἐπぱいὶ τたうὸ ὄρος τたうὸ ἅγιόν μみゅーοおみくろんυうぷしろん 12 κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ὑπολείψομαι ἐνにゅー σしぐまοおみくろんὶ λらむだαあるふぁὸνにゅー πぱいρろーαあるふぁῢνにゅー κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ταπεινόν κかっぱαあるふぁὶ εいぷしろんὐλαβηθήσονται ἀπぱいὸ τたうοおみくろんῦ ὀνόματος κυρίου

8 Hope, then, is none,[2] till the day, long hence, when I will stand revealed;[3] what gathering, then, of the nations, all kingdoms joined in one! And upon these, my doom is, vengeance shall fall, fierce anger of mine shall fall; the whole earth shall be consumed with the fire of my slighted love. 9 And after that, all the peoples of the world shall have pure lips, invoking one and all the Lord’s name, straining at a single yoke in the Lord’s service. 10 From far away, beyond Ethiop rivers, my suppliants shall come to me, sons[4] of my exiled people the bloodless offering shall bring. 11 No need, then, to blush for wayward thoughts that defied me; gone from thy midst the high-sounding boast; no room, in that mountain sanctuary of mine, for pride henceforward; 12 a poor folk and a friendless I will leave in thy confines, but one that puts its trust in the Lord’s name.

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Quapropter exspecta me, dicit Dominus,
in die resurrectionis meæ in futurum:
quia judicium meum ut congregem gentes,
et colligam regna,
et effundam super eos indignationem meam,
omnem iram furoris mei:
in igne enim zeli mei devorabitur omnis terra. 9

Quia tunc reddam populis labium electum,
ut invocent omnes in nomine Domini,
et serviant ei humero uno. 10
Ultra flumina Æthiopiæ, inde supplices mei;
filii dispersorum meorum deferent munus mihi. 11
In die illa non confunderis super cunctis adinventionibus tuis,
quibus prævaricata es in me,
quia tunc auferam de medio tui magniloquos superbiæ tuæ,
et non adjicies exaltari amplius in monte sancto meo. 12
Et derelinquam in medio tui populum pauperem et egenum:
et sperabunt in nomine Domini.

13 οおみくろんἱ κατάλοιποι τたうοおみくろんῦ Ισραηλ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ οおみくろんὐ ποιήσουσιν ἀδικίαν κかっぱαあるふぁὶ οおみくろんὐ λαλήσουσιν μάταια κかっぱαあるふぁὶ οおみくろんὐ μみゅーὴ εいぷしろんὑρεθῇ ἐνにゅー τたうῷ στόματι αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー γがんまλらむだῶσしぐまσしぐまαあるふぁ δολία διότι αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんὶ νεμήσονται κかっぱαあるふぁὶ κοιτασθήσονται κかっぱαあるふぁὶ οおみくろんὐκかっぱ ἔσται ὁ ἐκφοβῶνにゅー αあるふぁὐτούς 14 χかいαあるふぁῖρろーεいぷしろん σφόδρα θύγατερ Σしぐまιいおたωおめがνにゅー κήρυσσε θύγατερ Ιερουσαλημ εいぷしろんὐφραίνου κかっぱαあるふぁὶ κατατέρπου ἐξくしー ὅλης τたうῆς καρδίας σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん θύγατερ Ιερουσαλημ 15 περιεῖλらむだεいぷしろんνにゅー κύριος τたうὰ ἀδικήματά σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん λελύτρωταί σしぐまεいぷしろん ἐκかっぱ χかいεいぷしろんιいおたρろーὸς ἐχθρῶνにゅー σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん βασιλεὺς Ιいおたσしぐまρろーαあるふぁηいーたλらむだ κύριος ἐνにゅー μέσῳ σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん οおみくろんὐκかっぱ ὄψぷさいῃ κακὰ οおみくろんὐκέτι 16 ἐνにゅー τたうῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἐρろーεいぷしろんῖ κύριος τたうῇ Ιερουσαλημ θάρσει Σしぐまιいおたωおめがνにゅー μみゅーὴ παρείσθωσαν αあるふぁἱ χかいεいぷしろんῖρές σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん 17 κύριος ὁ θεός σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん ἐνにゅー σοί δでるたυうぷしろんνにゅーαあるふぁτたうὸς σώσει σしぐまεいぷしろん ἐπάξει ἐπぱいὶ σしぐまὲ εいぷしろんὐφροσύνην κかっぱαあるふぁὶ καινιεῖ σしぐまεいぷしろん ἐνにゅー τたうῇ ἀγαπήσει αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ εいぷしろんὐφρανθήσεται ἐπぱいὶ σしぐまὲ ἐνにゅー τέρψει ὡς ἐνにゅー ἡμέρᾳ ἑορτῆς

13 The remnant of Israel, strangers now to treachery and wrong, the true word ever on their lips! Yonder flock may graze and lie down to rest, none to dismay it. 14 Break into song, fair Sion, all Israel cry aloud; here is joy and triumph, Jerusalem, for thy royal heart. 15 Thy doom the Lord has revoked, thy enemy repulsed; the Lord, there in the midst of thee, Israel’s king! Peril for thee henceforth is none. 16 Such is the message yonder day shall bring to Jerusalem: Courage, Sion! What means it, the unnerved hand? 17 Thou hast one in the midst of thee, the Lord thy God, whose strength shall deliver thee. Joy and pride of his thou shalt be henceforward; silent till now in his love for thee, he will greet thee with cries of gladness.

13
Reliquiæ Israël non facient iniquitatem,
nec loquentur mendacium,
et non invenietur in ore eorum lingua dolosa,
quoniam ipsi pascentur, et accubabunt,
et non erit qui exterreat. 14
Lauda, filia Sion; jubila, Israël:
lætare, et exsulta in omni corde, filia Jerusalem. 15
Abstulit Dominus judicium tuum;
avertit inimicos tuos.
Rex Israël Dominus in medio tui:
non timebis malum ultra. 16
In die illa dicetur Jerusalem:
Noli timere; Sion: Non dissolvantur manus tuæ. 17
Dominus Deus tuus in medio tui fortis, ipse salvabit:
gaudebit super te in lætitia,
silebit in dilectione sua,
exsultabit super te in laude.

18 κかっぱαあるふぁὶ συνάξω τたうοおみくろんὺς συντετριμμένους οおみくろんὐαί τίς ἔλαβεν ἐ{P'} αあるふぁὐτたうὴνにゅー ὀνειδισμόν 19 ἰδでるたοおみくろんὺ ἐγがんまὼ ποιῶ ἐνにゅー σしぐまοおみくろんὶ ἕνεκεν σしぐまοおみくろんῦ ἐνにゅー τたうῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ λέγει κύριος κかっぱαあるふぁὶ σώσω τたうὴνにゅー ἐκπεπιεσμένην κかっぱαあるふぁὶ τたうὴνにゅー ἀπωσμένην εいぷしろんἰσδέξομαι κかっぱαあるふぁὶ θήσομαι αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんὺς εいぷしろんἰς καύχημα κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ὀνομαστοὺς ἐνにゅー πάσῃ τたうῇ γがんまῇ 20 κかっぱαあるふぁὶ καταισχυνθήσονται ἐνにゅー τたうῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ὅτたうαあるふぁνにゅー κかっぱαあるふぁλらむだῶς ὑμみゅーῖνにゅー ποιήσω κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἐνにゅー τたうῷ καιρῷ ὅτたうαあるふぁνにゅー εいぷしろんἰσδέξωμαι ὑμみゅーᾶς διότι δώσω ὑμみゅーᾶς ὀνομαστοὺς κかっぱαあるふぁὶ εいぷしろんἰς καύχημα ἐνにゅー πぱいᾶσしぐまιいおたνにゅー τたうοおみくろんῖς λらむだαあるふぁοおみくろんῖς τたうῆς γがんまῆς ἐνにゅー τたうῷ ἐπιστρέφειν μみゅーεいぷしろん τたうὴνにゅー αあるふぁἰχμαλωσίαν ὑμみゅーῶνにゅー ἐνώπιον ὑμみゅーῶνにゅー λέγει κύριος

18 Truants that were lost to the covenant I will reclaim; of thy company they are, thou shalt be taunted with them no longer;[5] 19 only for thy persecutors that hour shall be the hour of doom. Lame sheep medicined, and strayed sheep brought home! Lands that despised them shall hear name and fame of them now. 20 Name and fame you shall have, all the world over, the Lord says, when I call you back and gather you in; when you see the fortunes of Israel retrieved at last.

18
Nugas, qui a lege recesserant,
congregabo, quia ex te erant:
ut non ultra habeas super eis opprobrium. 19
Ecce ego interficiam omnes qui afflixerunt te in tempore illo:
et salvabo claudicantem,
et eam quæ ejecta fuerat congregabo:
et ponam eos in laudem, et in nomen,
in omni terra confusionis eorum, 20
in tempore illo quo adducam vos,
et in tempore quo congregabo vos.
Dabo enim vos in nomen,
et in laudem omnibus populis terræ,
cum convertero captivitatem vestram coram oculis vestris,
dicit Dominus.

[1] The Latin version gives ‘the redeemed city, the dove’, but this seems due to a faulty understanding of the Hebrew text. Cf. Jer. 25.38.

[2] Literally, ‘Therefore thou must wait for me’, but the verb commonly expresses an attitude of pious longing, and it looks as if the faithful remnant, not the generality of the Jewish people, were being addressed.

[3] Literally, ‘the day when I will rise up thenceforward’; the Hebrew text has ‘the day when I will rise up and catch my prey’, the Septuagint Greek, ‘the day when I will rise up to bear witness’.

[4] In the Hebrew text, ‘daughters’; there is some ground for suspecting a faulty reading in the manuscripts.

[5] Here again, in verses 17 and 18, most modern editors question the soundness of the Hebrew text; in the Latin version, the difficulties are partly disguised.

Knox Translation Copyright © 2013 Westminster Diocese
Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
Re-typeset and published in 2012 by Baronius Press Ltd