2 — Sofonia

1Venite tutti, ratinatevi insieme, popolo non amabile:COME together, be ye gathered together ô nation not to be beloued: before that the commandment bringConvenite, congregamini, gens non amabilis, 2Before the decree bring forth the day as dust passing away, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s indignation come upon you.Prima che il comando di Dio produca quel giorno quasi turbine, che sperge la polvere; prima che venga sopra di voi l'ira furibonda del Signore; prima che a voi sopravvenga il dì della indegnazione del Signore.forth the day as dust passing away, before the wrath of the furie of our Lord come vpon you, before the day of the indignation of our Lord come vpon you.priusquam pariat jussio quasi pulverem transeuntem diem, / antequam veniat super vos ira furoris Domini, / antequam veniat super vos dies indignationis Domini. 3Seek the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, you that have wrought his judgment: seek the just, seek the meek: if by any means you may be hid in the day of the Lord’s indignation.Cercate il Signore, tutti voi umili della terra, voi che avete praticati i suoi precetti: cercate la giustizia, cercate a mansuetudine, se mai poteste mettervi al coperto nel di del furor del Signore;Seeke our Lord al ye meeke of the earth, which haue wrought his iudgement: seeke the iust, seeke the meeke: if by any meanes you may be hid in the day of the furie of our Lord.Quærite Dominum, omnes mansueti terræ, / qui judicium ejus estis operati; / quærite justum, quærite mansuetum, / si quomodo abscondamini in die furoris Domini. 4For Gaza shall be destroyed, and Ascalon shall be a desert, they shall cast out Azotus at noonday, and Accaron shall be rooted up.Perocché Gaza sarà distrutta, e Ascalone sarà un deserto, Azoto sarà gettata per terra in pieno mezzogiorno, e Accaron sarà estirpata.Because Gaza is destroyed, and Ascalon as a desert, Azotus at noone they shal cast out, and Accaron shal be rooted out.Quia Gaza destructa erit, / et Ascalon in desertum: / Azotum in meridie ejicient, / et Accaron eradicabitur. 5Woe to you that inhabit the sea coast, O nation of reprobates: the word of the Lord upon you, O Chanaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will destroy thee, so that there shall not be an inhabitant.Guai a voi, che abitate la corda del mare: popolo di perdizione: la parola del Signore è per te, o Chanaan, terra de' Filistei: io ti devasterò in tal guisa, che non ti resterà abitatore.Wo to you that inhabite the cord of the sea, ô nation of castawayes: the word of our Lord vpon you ô Chanaan land of the Philisthims, and I wil destroy thee, so that there shal not be an inhabiter.Væ qui habitatis funiculum maris, gens perditorum ! / verbum Domini super vos, Chanaan, terra Philisthinorum; / et disperdam te, ita ut non sit inhabitator.

6And the sea coast shall be the resting place of shepherds, and folds for cattle:E la corda del mare sarà luogo di riposo pe' pastori, e stalla di pecore,And the cord of the sea shal be the rest of pastours, and soldes of cattel.Et erit funiculus maris requies pastorum, et caulæ pecorum; 7And it shall be the portion of him that shall remain of the house of Juda, there they shall feed: in the houses of Ascalon they shall rest in the evening: because the Lord their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.E quella corda sarà di quei, che rimarranno della casa di Giuda: ivi avran le loro pasture, e riposeranno la sera nelle case di Ascalon; perocché il Signore Dio loro li visiterà, e faralli tornare dalla schiavitù.and it shal be the cord of him, that shal remayne of the house of Iuda, there they shal feede: in the houses of Ascalon at euen they shal rest: because our Lord their God wil visite them, and turne away their captiuitie.et erit funiculus ejus qui remanserit de domo Juda: ibi pascentur, / in domibus Ascalonis ad vesperam requiescent, / quia visitabit eos Dominus Deus eorum, / et avertet captivitatem eorum. 8I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the blasphemies of the children of Ammon, with which they reproached my people, and have magnified themselves upon their borders.Io ho udito gli scherni di Moab, e le bestemmie vomitate contro il mio popolo da' figliuoli di Ammon, i quali si sono ingranditi coll'invasione de' suoi confini.I hane heard the reproch of Moab, and the blasphemies of the children of Ammon, with which they haue vpbrayded my people, and were magnified vpon their borders.Audivi opprobrium Moab, / et blasphemias filiorum Ammon, / quæ exprobraverunt populo meo, / et magnificati sunt super terminos eorum. 9Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, the dryness of thorns, and heaps of salt, and a desert even for ever: the remnant of my people shall make a spoil of them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them.Per questo io giuro (dice il Signore Dio degli eserciti, il Dio d'Israele), che Moab sarà come Sodoma, e i figliuoli di Ammon come Gomorra, spine secche, e mucchi di sale, e solitudine eterna: le reliquie del popol mio li saccheggeranno, e gli avanzi della mia gente saranno i loro signori.Therfore liue I, sayth the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, that Moab shal be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, drynes of thornes, and heapes of salt, and a desert euen for euer: the remnant of my people shal spoile them, and the residue of my nation shal possesse them.Propterea vivo ego, dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël, / quia Moab ut Sodoma erit, / et filii Ammon quasi Gomorrha: / siccitas spinarum, et acervi salis, / et desertum usque in æternum: / reliquiæ populi mei diripient eos, / et residui gentis meæ possidebunt illos.

10This shall befall them for their pride: because they have blasphemed, and have been magnified against the people of the Lord of hosts.Avverrà questo ad essi per la loro superbia, perchè hanno bestemmiato, ed hanno insolentito contro il popolo del Signore degli eserciti.This shal be fal them for their pride: because they haue blasphemed, and haue beene magnified vpon the people of the Lord of hosts.Hoc eis eveniet pro superbia sua, / quia blasphemaverunt et magnificati sunt / super populum Domini exercituum. 11The Lord shall be terrible upon them, and shall consume all the gods of the earth: and they shall adore him every man from his own place, all the islands of the Gentiles.Terribile sarà con essi il Signore, e anderà consumando tutti gli dei della terra, e lui adoreranno gli uomini ciascuno nel suo paese; e le isole delle genti.Our Lord shal be dreadful vpon them, and shal attenuate al the goddes of the earth: and they shal adore him euerie man out of his owne place, al the ilands of the Gentils.Horribilis Dominus super eos, / et attenuabit omnes deos terræ: / et adorabunt eum viri de loco suo, / omnes insulæ gentium. 12You Ethiopians, also shall be slain with my sword.Ma voi ancora, o Ethiopi, caderete sotto la mia spada.Yea and you Aethiopians shal be slaine with my sword.Sed et vos, Æthiopes, interfecti gladio meo eritis. 13And he will stretch out his hand upon the north, and will destroy Assyria: and he will make the beautiful city a wilderness, and as a place not passable, and as a desert.Egli stenderà la sua mano verso settentrione, e sterminerà gli Assiri, e la speciosa città convertirà in una solitudine, in un paese disabitato, e quasi in un deserto.And he wil stretch forth his hand vpon the North, and wil destroy Assur: and he wil lay the Beautiful as a wildernes, and as a place not passable, and as a desert.Et extendet manum suam super aquilonem, et perdet Assur, / et ponet speciosam in solitudinem, / et in invium, et quasi desertum. 14And flocks shall lie down in the midst thereof, all the beasts of the nations: and the bittern and the urchin shall lodge in the threshold thereof: the voice of the singing bird in the window, the raven on the upper post, for I will consume her strength.In mezzo a lei riposeranno i greggi, e tutti i bestiami delle genti, e l'onocrotalo, e il riccio abiteranno ne' suoi cortili: si sentiranno canti sulle finestre, e i corvi sugli architravi, perchè io annichilerò la sua possanza.And flockes shal lie in the middes therof, al the beastes of the Gentils: and on ocratulus, and the Irchin shal abide in the thresholdes therof: the voice of one singing in the window, the rauen on the vpper post, because I wil attenuate her strength.Et accubabunt in medio ejus greges, omnes bestiæ gentium; / et onocrotalus et ericius in liminibus ejus morabuntur: / vox cantantis in fenestra, / corvus in superliminari, / quoniam attenuabo robur ejus.

15This is the glorious city that dwelt in security: that said in her heart: I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desert, a place for beasts to lie down in? every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.Questa è quella città gloriosa, che di niente temeva, e diceva in cuor suo: Io son quella, ed altra non v'ha dopo di me: come mai è ella diventata un deserto, una tana di fiere? Chiunque passera per mezzo di essa, farà le fischiate, e batterà mano con mano.This is the glorious citie dwelling in confidence: that sayd in her hart: I am, and beside me there is none other els: how is she become as a desert the couche for beastes? euerie one that passeth by her, shal hisse, and wag his hand.Hæc est civitas gloriosa habitans in confidentia, / quæ dicebat in corde suo: / Ego sum, et extra me non est alia amplius: / quomodo facta est in desertum cubile bestiæ ? / omnis qui transit per eam sibilabit, / et movebit manum suam.