3 — Sofonia

1Woe to the provoking and redeemed city, the dove.Guai a te, città, che provochi l'ira, e fosti riscattata, o colomba.VVO TO thee thou prouoking, and redemed citie, the doue.Væ provocatrix, et redempta civitas, columba ! 2She hath not hearkened to the voice, neither hath she received discipline: she hath not trusted in the Lord, she drew not near to her God.Ella non ha ascoltato chi le parlava, e non ha abbracciate le ammonizioni; non pose sua fidanza nel Signore, e non si accostò al suo Dio.She hath not heard the voice, and she hath not receiued discipline: she hath not trusted in our Lord, to her God she hath not approched.non audivit vocem, / et non suscepit disciplinam; / in Domino non est confisa, / ad Deum suum non appropinquavit. 3Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.I suoi principi in mezzo a lei come lioni, che mandan ruggiti: i suoi giudici lupi della sera, non lasciano nulla pel di dipoi.Her princes in the middes of her as lions roarnig: her iudges wolues in the euening, left nothing for the morning.Principes ejus in medio ejus quasi leones rugientes; / judices ejus lupi vespere, non relinquebant in mane. 4Her prophets are senseless, men without faith: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have acted unjustly against the law.I suoi profeti, uomini furiosi, e infedeli: i suoi sacerdoti hanno profanato il santuario, hanno fatto violenza alla legge.Her prophets madde, men vnfaythful: her priests haue polluted the holie, they haue done vniustly agaynst the law.Prophetæ ejus vesani, viri infideles; / sacerdotes ejus polluerunt sanctum, / injuste egerunt contra legem. 5The just Lord is in the midst thereof, he will not do iniquity: in the morning, in the morning he will bring his judgment to light, and it shall not be hid: but the wicked man hath not known shame.Il Signore giusto, che è in mezzo a lei, non farà cosa ingiusta: di buon mattino, di buon mattino egli metterà alla luce il suo giudizio, e questo non sarà ascoso; ma l'iniquo non sa, che sia aver rossore.Our iust Lord in the middes therof wil not doe iniquitie: in the morning in the morning he wil geue his iudgement into light, and it shal not be hid: but the wicked man hath not knowen the confusion.Dominus justus in medio ejus non faciet iniquitatem; / mane, mane judicium suum dabit in lucem, et non abscondetur; / nescivit autem iniquus confusionem. 6I have destroyed the nations, and their towers are beaten down: I have made their ways desert, so that there is none that passeth by: their cities are desolate, there is not a man remaining, nor any inhabitant.Io ho disperse le genti, e son rimase atterrate le loro fortezze: ho rendute deserte le loro contrade, né anima ormai vi passa, son desolate le loro città, non restandovi testa, né abitatore veruno.I haue destroyed the Gentils, & their corners are dissipated: I haue made their wayes desert, whiles there is none that passeth by: their cities are desolate, not a man remayning, nor any inhabiter.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.

7I said: Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive correction: and her dwelling shall not perish, for all things wherein I have visited her: but they rose early, and corrupted all their thoughts.E dissi: Tu pur mi temerai, e abbraccerai l'ammonizione, affinchè non vada in rovina la tua casa per ragion di tutte le colpe, per le quali ti visitai. Questi però ogni studio posero in corrompere tutti i loro affetti.I sayd: Neuertheles thou shalt feare me, thou shalt receiue discipline: and her habitation shal not perish for al thinges, wherin I haue visited her: but yet rysing early they corrupted al their cagitations. •.Dixi: Attamen timebis me, / suscipies disciplinam; / et non peribit habitaculum ejus, / propter omnia in quibus visitavi eam: / verumtamen diluculo surgentes corruperunt omnes cogitationes suas. 8Wherefore expect me, saith the Lord, in the day of my resurrection that is to come, for my judgment is to assemble the Gentiles, and to gather the kingdoms: and to pour upon them my indignation, all my fierce anger: for with the fire of my jealousy shall all the earth be devoured.Per la qual cosa, aspettami, dice il Signore, al giorno futuro di mia risurrezione; perocché mia volontà si è di congregare le genti, e di riunire i reami, e sopra costoro verserò il mio sdegno, e tutta l'ira, e il furor mio; perocché dal fuoco del mio zelo sarà divorata tutta la terra.Wherfore expect me, sayth our Lord, in the day of my resurrection til hereafter, because my iudgement to assemble the Gentils, and to gather kingdomes: & to powre vpon them mine indignation, al the wrath of my furie: for in the fyre of my ielousie shal al the earth be deuoured.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. 9Because then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and may serve him with one shoulder.Allora renderò a' popoli pure le labbra, affinchè tutti invochino il nome del Signore, e a lui servano sotto un sol giogo,Because c then wil I restore to the peoples, a chosen lippe, that al may inuocate in the name of the Lord, & may serue him with one shoulder.Quia tunc reddam populis labium electum, / ut invocent omnes in nomine Domini, / et serviant ei humero uno. 10From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, shall my suppliants, the children of my dispersed people, bring me an offering.Di là dai fiumi dell'Etiopia verranno i miei adoratori, i figliuoli del disperso mio popolo porteranno a me i loro doni.Beyond the riuers of Aethiopia, thence shal my suppliants the children of my dispersed bring me a gift.Ultra flumina Æthiopiæ, inde supplices mei; / filii dispersorum meorum deferent munus mihi.

11In that day thou shalt not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proud boasters, and thou shalt no more be lifted up because of my holy mountain.In quel giorno tu non avrai da arrossirti per tutte le novità, colle quali oltraggiasti me; perocché allora io torre di mezzo a te color, che nudriscono il tuo orgoglio, e non anderai più superba per ragione del mio monte santo.In that day thou shalt not be confounded vpon al thine inuentions, wherin thou hast preuaricated against me: because then wil I take away out of the middes of thee the loftie speakers of thy pride, & thou shalt adde no more to be exalted in my holie mount.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. 12And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor and needy people: and they shall hope in the name of the Lord.E in mezzo a te lascerò un popolo povero, ed umile, il quale porrà sua speranza nel nome del Signore.And I wil leaue in the middes of thee a people poore and needie: & they shal hope in the name of our Lord.Et derelinquam in medio tui populum pauperem et egenum: / et sperabunt in nomine Domini. 13The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and shall lie down, and there shall be none to make them afraid.Le reliquie d'Israele non faranno ingiustizia, e non diranno bugia, e non avranno in bocca una lingua ingannatrice; perocché elle avran buone pasture, e goderanno riposo, né alcuno farà ad essi paura.The remnāt of Israel shal not doe iniquitie, neyther shal they speake leasing, and deceitful tongue shal not be found in their mouth: because they shal feede, and shal lie downe, and there shal be none to make them afrayd.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. 14Give praise, O daughter of Sion: shout, O Israel: be glad, and rejoice with all thy heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.Canta inni, o figliuola di Sion giubila, o Israele, rallegrati, ed esulta di tutto cuore, o figliuola di Gerusalemme.Prayse ô daughter of Sion: make iubilation Israel: be glad, & reioyce in al thy hart ô daughter of Ierusalem.Lauda, filia Sion; jubila, Israël: / lætare, et exsulta in omni corde, filia Jerusalem.

15The Lord hath taken away thy judgment, he hath turned away thy enemies: the king of Israel, the Lord, is in the midst of thee, thou shalt fear evil no more.Il Signore ha tolta via la tua dannagione, ha discacciati i tuoi nemici. Il Signore Re d'Israele sta in mezzo a te, tu non temerai più verun male.Our Lord hath taken away thy iudgement, he hath turned away thine enemies: the king of Israel our Lord in the middes of thee, thou shalt feare euil no more.Abstulit Dominus judicium tuum; / avertit inimicos tuos. / Rex Israël Dominus in medio tui: / non timebis malum ultra. 16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Fear not: to Sion: Let not thy hands be weakened.In quel giorno si dirà a Gerusalemme: Non temere: non s'infiacchiscano le tue braccia, o Sionne.In that day it shal be sayd to Ierusalem: Feare not: to Sion, let not thy handes be dissolued.In die illa dicetur Jerusalem: / Noli timere; Sion: Non dissolvantur manus tuæ. 17The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty, he will save: he will rejoice over thee with gladness, he will be silent in his love, he will be joyful over thee in praise.Il Signore, il Dio tuo forte sta in mezzo a te: egli ti salverà: in te egli troverà il suo gaudio, e la sua allegrezza: sarà fermo nella sua dilezione, esulterà, e celebrerà le tue lodi.Our Lord thy God in the middes of thee strong, he wil saue: he wil reioyce vpon thee in gladnes, he wil be silent in his loue he wil be ioyful vpon thee in prayse.Dominus Deus tuus in medio tui fortis, ipse salvabit: / gaudebit super te in lætitia, / silebit in dilectione sua, / exsultabit super te in laude. 18The triflers that were departed from the law, I will gather together, because they were of thee: that thou mayest no more suffer reproach for them.Ragunerò que' vani uomini, che aveano abbandonata la legge, perché erano de' tuoi, affinchè tu non patisca più confusione per causa loro.The triflers that were departed from thee, I wil gather together, because they were of thee: that thou mayst no more haue reproch for them.Nugas, qui a lege recesserant, / congregabo, quia ex te erant: / ut non ultra habeas super eis opprobrium. 19Behold I will cut off all that have afflicted thee at that time: and I will save her that halteth, and will gather her that was cast out: and I will get them praise, and a name, in all the land where they had been put to confusion.Ecco, che io porrò a morte tutti quelli, che in quel tempo ti hanno data afflizione; e salverò quella, che zoppicava, e richiamerò quella, che fu ripudiata; e darò loro gloria, e nome in tutti que' luoghi, dove ebbero ignominia.Behold I wil kil al that haue afflicted thee at that time: and I wil saue the halt, & her that was cast out I wil gather: and I wil make them into prayse, and into name, in al the land of their confusion.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,

20At that time, when I will bring you: and at the time that I will gather you: for I will give you a name, and praise among all the people of the earth, when I shall have brought back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.In quel tempo, quand'io vi avrò ricondotti, e quando vi avrò raunati, farò che abbiate un nome, e abbiate laude da tutti i popoli della terra, allorché dalla schiavitudine vostra vi vedrete disciolti da me, dice il Signore.In that time, when I wil bring you: and in the time, that I wil gather you: for I wil geue you into a name, and into prayse to al the people of the earth, when I shal conuert your captiuitie before your eyes, saith our Lord.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.