¹The word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.

¹Beseda GOSPODOVA, ki je prišla Zefaniju, sinu Kušija, sina Gedalija, sina Amarija, sina Hezekija, v dneh Josija, sina Amonovega, kralja Judovega.

²I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.

²Docela pokončam vse s površja zemlje, govori GOSPOD.

³I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.

³Pokončam ljudi in živino, pokončam ptice nebeške in ribe morske in pohujševanje z brezbožniki vred; in iztrebim ljudi s površja zemlje, govori GOSPOD.

⁴I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,

⁴In iztegnem roko zoper Judo in zoper vse prebivalce v Jeruzalemu; in iztrebim ostanek Baala iz tega kraja, imena malikovalskih svečenikov z duhovniki vred,

⁵those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,

⁵in tiste, ki se poklanjajo na strehah vojski nebeški, in molilce, ki prisegajo GOSPODU in prisegajo pri Malkomu [Ali: svojem kralju; ali pa: Molohu.];

⁶those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

⁶in nje, ki odstopajo od GOSPODA in ki ne iščejo GOSPODA in po njem ne vprašujejo.

⁷Be silent at the presence of the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.

⁷Molčite pred obličjem Gospoda Jehove! kajti blizu je dan GOSPODOV; ker pripravil je GOSPOD klalno daritev, posvetil je svoje povabljence.

⁸It will happen in the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.

⁸In zgodi se v dan klalne daritve GOSPODOVE, da bom kaznoval poglavarje in sinove kraljeve in vse, ki se oblačijo v inozemsko obleko.

⁹In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

⁹In kaznoval bom tisti dan vsakega, ki skače čez prag, vse, ki napolnjujejo gospodarja svojega hišo s silovitostjo in prevaro.

¹⁰In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

¹⁰In tisti dan, govori GOSPOD, se bo slišalo vpitje od Ribjih vrat in tuljenje od dolnjega mesta in veliko podiranje od hribov.

¹¹Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.

¹¹Tulite, prebivalci v Maktešu [Ali: v Mlinski dolini.]! kajti uničeno je vse trgovsko [Ali: Kanaansko.] ljudstvo, iztrebljeni so vsi, ki so bili obremenjeni s srebrom.

¹²It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil.”

¹²In zgodi se tisti čas, da preiščem Jeruzalem s svetilnicami, in kaznoval bom može, ki počivajo na svojih drožeh, ki govore v srcu svojem: GOSPOD ne stori nič dobrega, pa tudi nič hudega.

¹³Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won’t inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won’t drink their wine.

¹³In njih imetje bode v plen in njih hiše v pustoto; in zidali bodo hiše, a ne bodo prebivali v njih, in sadili vinograde, a ne bodo pili vina iz njih.

¹⁴The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly.

¹⁴Blizu je veliki dan GOSPODOV, blizu je in silno hiti. Čuj, dan GOSPODOV! bridko vpije tam junak.

¹⁵That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

¹⁵Ta dan je dan srda, dan stiske in nadloge, dan pustote in pustošenja, dan teme in mraka, dan oblakov in noči oblačne,

¹⁶a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.

¹⁶dan trombe in bojnega vpitja zoper trdna mesta in zoper visoke utrdbe.

¹⁷I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.

¹⁷In stiskal bom ljudi, da bodo hodili kakor slepci, ker so grešili zoper GOSPODA; in njih kri se razmeče kakor prah in njih meso kakor blato.Tudi njih srebro, tudi njih zlato jih ne bo moglo rešiti ob dnevi jeze GOSPODOVE; in z ognjem gorečnosti njegove bo vsa dežela požrta; zakaj konec, nagel konec naredi vsem prebivalcem dežele.

¹⁸Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.

¹⁸Tudi njih srebro, tudi njih zlato jih ne bo moglo rešiti ob dnevi jeze GOSPODOVE; in z ognjem gorečnosti njegove bo vsa dežela požrta; zakaj konec, nagel konec naredi vsem prebivalcem dežele.