Sofonias 2 – NVI-PT & NIRV

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Sofonias 2:1-15

1Reúna-se e ajunte-se,

nação sem pudor,

2antes que chegue o tempo determinado

e aquele dia passe como a palha,

antes que venha sobre vocês a ira impetuosa do Senhor,

antes que o dia da ira do Senhor os alcance.

3Busquem o Senhor, todos vocês, os humildes da terra,

vocês que fazem o que ele ordena.

Busquem a justiça, busquem a humildade;

talvez vocês tenham abrigo no dia da ira do Senhor.

O Castigo da Filístia

4Gaza será abandonada,

e Ascalom ficará arruinada.

Ao meio-dia Asdode será banida,

e Ecrom será desarraigada.

5Ai de vocês que vivem junto ao mar,

nação dos queretitas;

a palavra do Senhor está contra você,

ó Canaã, terra dos filisteus.

“Eu a destruirei,

e não sobrará ninguém.”

6Essa terra junto ao mar,

onde habitam os queretitas,

será morada de pastores

e curral de ovelhas.

7Pertencerá ao remanescente da tribo de Judá.

Ali encontrarão pastagem;

e, ao entardecer, eles se deitarão

nas casas de Ascalom.

O Senhor, o seu Deus, cuidará deles,

e lhes restaurará a sorte2.7 Ou trará de volta seus cativos.

O Castigo de Moabe e de Amom

8“Ouvi os insultos de Moabe

e as zombarias dos amonitas,

que insultaram o meu povo

e fizeram ameaças contra o seu território.

9Por isso, juro pela minha vida”,

declara o Senhor dos Exércitos,

o Deus de Israel,

“Moabe se tornará como Sodoma

e os amonitas como Gomorra:

um lugar tomado por ervas daninhas e poços de sal,

uma desolação perpétua.

O remanescente do meu povo os saqueará;

os sobreviventes da minha nação herdarão a terra deles.”

10É isso que eles receberão

como recompensa pelo seu orgulho,

por insultarem e ridicularizarem

o povo do Senhor dos Exércitos.

11O Senhor será terrível contra eles

quando destruir todos os deuses da terra.

As nações de todo o mundo o adorarão,

cada uma em sua própria terra.

O Castigo da Etiópia

12“Vocês também, ó etíopes,2.12 Hebraico: cuxitas

serão mortos pela minha espada.”

O Castigo da Assíria

13Ele estenderá a mão contra o norte

e destruirá a Assíria,

deixando Nínive totalmente em ruínas,

tão seca como o deserto.

14No meio dela se deitarão rebanhos

e todo tipo de animais selvagens.

Até a coruja-do-deserto e o mocho

se empoleirarão no topo de suas colunas.

Seus gritos ecoarão pelas janelas.

Haverá entulho nas entradas,

e as vigas de cedro ficarão expostas.

15Essa é a cidade que exultava,

vivendo despreocupada,

e dizia para si mesma:

“Eu, e mais ninguém!”

Que ruínas sobraram!

Uma toca de animais selvagens!

Todos os que passam por ela zombam

e sacodem os punhos.

New International Reader’s Version

Zephaniah 2:1-15

The Lord Will Judge Judah and Jerusalem Along With the Nations

God Calls Judah to Turn Away From Their Sins

1Gather together,

you shameful nation of Judah!

Gather yourselves together!

2Come together before the Lord’s judgment arrives.

The day of the Lord’s judgment will sweep in

like straw blown by the wind.

Soon the Lord’s great anger will come against you.

The day of his wrath will come against you.

3So look to him, all you people in the land

who worship him faithfully.

You always do what he commands you to do.

Continue to do what is right.

Don’t be proud.

Then perhaps the Lord will keep you safe

on the day he pours out his anger on the world.

A Message About Philistia

4Gaza will be deserted.

Ashkelon will be destroyed.

Ashdod will be emptied out at noon.

Ekron will be pulled up by its roots.

5How terrible it will be for you Kerethites

who live by the Mediterranean Sea!

Philistia, the Lord has spoken against you.

What happened to Canaan will happen to you.

The Lord says, “I will destroy you.

No one will be left.”

6The land by the sea will become grasslands.

It will have wells for shepherds and pens for flocks.

7That land will belong to those who are still left alive

among the people of Judah.

They will find grasslands there.

They will take over

the houses in Ashkelon and live in them.

The Lord their God will take care of them.

He will bless them with great success again.

A Message About Moab and Ammon

8The Lord says,

“I have heard Moab make fun of my people.

The Ammonites also laughed at them.

They told them that bad things

would happen to their land.

9So Moab will become like Sodom,”

announces the Lord who rules over all.

“Ammon will be like Gomorrah.

Weeds and salt pits will cover those countries.

They will be dry and empty deserts forever.

Those who are still left alive among my people

will take all their valuable things.

So they will receive those lands as their own.

And that is just as sure as I am alive.”

The Lord is the God of Israel.

10Moab and Ammon will be judged

because they are so proud.

They made fun of the Lord’s people.

They laughed at them.

11The Lord who rules over all will terrify Moab and Ammon.

He will destroy all the gods on earth.

Then distant nations will bow down to him.

All of them will serve him in their own lands.

A Message About Cush

12The Lord says, “People of Cush,

you too will die by my sword.”

A Message About Assyria

13The Lord will reach out his powerful hand against the north.

He will destroy Assyria.

He’ll leave Nineveh totally empty.

It will be as dry as a desert.

14Flocks and herds will lie down there.

So will creatures of every kind.

Desert owls and screech owls

will rest on its pillars.

The sound of their hooting will echo through the windows.

The doorways will be full of trash.

The cedar beams will be showing.

15Nineveh was a carefree city.

It lived in safety.

It said to itself,

“I am the one!

No one is greater than I am.”

But it has been destroyed.

Wild animals make their home there.

All those who pass by laugh

and shake their fists at it.