Kniha proroka Sofoniáša

1 (UKJV) 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.
1 (KAT) Slovo, ktoré Pán prehovoril k Sofoniášovi, synovi Chusiho, syna Godoliáša, syna Amariáša, syna Ezechiáša, v dňoch júdskeho kráľa, Amonovho syna Joziáša.

2 (UKJV) I will utterly consume all things from off the land, says the LORD.
2 (KAT) „Dočista zmetiem všetko z povrchu zeme, hovorí Pán.

3 (UKJV) "I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, says the LORD. "
3 (KAT) Zmetiem ľudí i zvieratá, zmetiem vtáky neba a ryby mora. Skaza zločincom! - a vykántrim ľudí z povrchu zeme, hovorí Pán.

4 (UKJV) "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; "
4 (KAT) Vystriem ruku proti Júdovi a proti obyvateľom Jeruzalema a vyhubím z tohto miesta zvyšky bálov i mená žrecov a kňazov;

5 (UKJV) "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; "
5 (KAT) i tých, čo sa na strechách klaňajú nebeskému vojsku; i tých, čo sa klaňajú a prisahajú na Pána, ale prisahajú aj na Melkoma;

6 (UKJV) "And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. "
6 (KAT) i tých, čo sa vzdialili od Pána, nehľadajú Pána a nejdú za ním.“

7 (UKJV) Hold your peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD has prepared a sacrifice, he has bid his guest.
7 (KAT) Ticho pred tvárou Pána, Jahveho! Veď blízko je Pánov deň; áno, Pán usporiadal obetu, zasvätil svojich povolaných.

8 (UKJV) 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.
8 (KAT) „V deň Pánovej obety navštívim kniežatá a kráľovičov i všetkých, čo sa obliekajú do rúch cudzincov.

9 (UKJV) In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
9 (KAT) A navštívim tých, čo preskakujú v ten deň cez prah, čo naplňujú dom svojho Pána klamstvom a lsťou.

10 (UKJV) And it shall come to pass in that day, says 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.
10 (KAT) V ten deň, hovorí Pán, bude hlasný krik od Rybnej brány, jajkanie od druhej a veľká záhuba od kopcov.

11 (UKJV) "Wail, all of you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. "
11 (KAT) Jajkajte, obyvatelia Možiara, veď zahynie celý kanaánsky ľud, vyničia všetkých, čo vážia striebro.

12 (UKJV) 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 sediments of wine: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
12 (KAT) V ten deň prekutám Jeruzalem lampami a navštívim chlapov, ktorí tučnejú na svojich kvasniciach a hovoria si: »Pán neurobí ani dobré, ani zlé.«

13 (UKJV) "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. "
13 (KAT) Ich bohatstvo prepadne lúpeži a ich domy spustnutiu; budú stavať domy, no bývať (v nich) nebudú, budú vysadzovať vinohrady, ale víno z nich piť nebudú.“

14 (UKJV) The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastes greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
14 (KAT) Blízko je Pánov deň, blízko a je veľmi rýchly. Čuj, Pánov deň, trpko tam kričí silák.

15 (UKJV) That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
15 (KAT) Ten deň je deň hnevu, deň úzkosti a zvierania, deň víchra a víchrice, deň tmy a temnoty, deň oblakov a mrákavy.

16 (UKJV) A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
16 (KAT) Deň pozauny a lomozu proti opevneným mestám a proti vysokým baštám.

17 (UKJV) 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.
17 (KAT) Do úzkosti vženiem ľudí, že budú chodiť ako slepí, lebo zhrešili proti Pánovi; ich krv sa bude vylievať ako prach a ich telá ako hnoj.

18 (UKJV) "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 purging of all them that dwell in the land. "
18 (KAT) Ani ich striebro, ani ich zlato ich nevládze zachrániť v deň Pánovho hnevu. Oheň jeho žiarlivosti pohltí celú zem, lebo skoncuje, a to hrozne, so všetkými obyvateľmi zeme.