1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. 2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. 3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. 4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; 5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; 6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. 9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit. 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. 11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. 13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
1–BOB
1 Yahudo yurtida Omon oʻgʻli shoh Yoʻshiyo hukmronlik qilgan davrda Zafaniyoga Egamiz Oʻz soʻzini ayon qildi. Zafaniyo shoh Hizqiyo avlodidan boʻlib, Kushining oʻgʻli, Gadaliyoning nevarasi va Emoriyoning evarasi edi.
Yahudo xalqi jazo oladigan kun yaqinlashib kelmoqda
2 Egamiz shunday demoqda:
“Men yer yuzidagi hammani
Gard qoldirmay supurib tashlayman.
3 Ha, Men odamlaru hayvonlarni,
Koʻkdagi qushlaru
Dengizdagi baliqlarni supurib tashlayman.
Oʻsha hayvonlar tasviridagi butlarni parchalayman.
Ular qatorida fosiqlarni ham yoʻq qilaman,
Yer yuzidagi butun inson zotini
Ildizidan quritib yuboraman.
— Egamizning kalomi shudir. —
4 Men Yahudo va Quddusga qarshi qoʻl koʻtaraman.
Baalga sigʻinganlarni bitta qoldirmay yoʻq qilaman,
Butparast ruhoniylarni odamlarning xotirasidan oʻchiraman.
5 Tomda quyosh, oy, yulduzlarga sigʻinganlarni halok qilaman,
Toʻgʻri, ular Men, Egangizga sajda qilib, sadoqat ontini ichadi,
Lekin Moʻlaxga ham topinib, vaʼdalar berishadi.
6 Men, Egangizdan yuz oʻgirgan,
Izimdan yurmagan bu odamlar nobud boʻladi,
Menga intilmagan, Mendan yordam soʻramaganlar oʻladi.”
7 Egamiz Rabbiy oldida sukut saqlang!
Zero, Egamizning kuni yaqinlashib qoldi.
Egamiz Oʻz xalqini qurbonlik qilishga tayyorladi.
U taklif qilgan mehmonlar yetib keldi.
8 Egamiz shunday deydi:
“Men qurbonlik keltiradigan oʻsha kuni
Yahudo aʼyonlarini, shohning oʻgʻillarini,
Butparastlik odatlariga berilganlarning hammasini jazolayman.
9 Butparastlarga oʻxshab ostona hatlaganlarning
Taʼzirini beraman.
Shoh saroyini
Zoʻravonligu firibgarlikka toʻldirganlarni jazolayman.”
10 Egamiz shunday demoqda:
“Oʻsha kuni Quddusning Baliq darvozasidan faryod koʻtariladi,
Shaharning Yangi dahasidan dod–voy eshitiladi.
Qirlardan vayronagarchilik sadolari keladi.
11 Ey bozor koʻchasida yashaydiganlar, dod soling!
Axir, hamma savdogarlaringiz halok boʻladi,
Oldi–sotdi qilganlar qirib tashlanadi.
12 Men oʻsha kuni bir chiroq olaman,
Quddusning har bir burchagini tekshirib chiqaman.
«Egamizning qoʻlidan na yaxshilik,
Na yomonlik keladi», deb oʻylaganlarning jazosini beraman.
Gunohga botib oʻtirgan
Beparvo odamlarni jazolayman.
13 Ular uylar qurishadi,
Ammo uylarida yashash ularga nasib etmaydi.
Uzumzorlar barpo qilishadi,
Ammo sharobidan ichisholmaydi.
Boyliklari talon–taroj qilinadi,
Qurgan uylari buzib tashlanadi.”
14 Oz qoldi Egamizning buyuk kuniga! Oz qoldi!
Oʻsha kun shiddat bilan yaqinlashmoqda.
Quloq soling! Bu Egamizning kunidir.
Bu kun achchiq kulfat keltiradi,
Hatto jasur jangchilar qoʻrqqanidan baqiradi.
15 Bu kun Xudoning gʻazab kunidir.
Oʻsha kuni hamma azob–uqubat chekadi,
Hamma yoq vayronayu xarobazorga aylanadi.
Zimziyo zulmat kuni boʻlar oʻsha kun,
Bulut qoplagan tim qorongʻi boʻlar oʻsha kun!
16 Mustahkam shaharlaru baland minoralar
Hujum ostida qoladi,
Burgʻu ovoziyu jangga daʼvat tovushlarini
Oʻsha kun oʻzida mujassam etadi.
17 Egamiz shunday deydi:
“Odamlar Menga qarshi gunoh qildilar,
Shu sababdan Men ularning boshiga kulfat solaman,
Ular koʻr odamday qoqilib yuradilar.
Ularning qoni toʻkilib, yerni qoplaydi,
Jasadlari tilka–pora boʻlib, yerda goʻngday yotadi.”
18 Egamizning gʻazab kunida
Kumush ham, oltin ham ularga najot bermaydi.
Egamizning rashk oʻti
Butun dunyoni kuydirib tashlaydi.
Ha, yer yuzida yashagan hammani
Egamiz dahshatli tarzda yoʻq qiladi.
