§2.1Συνάχθητε καὶ συνδέθητε, τὸ ἔθνος τὸ ἀπαίδευτον, §2.2πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς ὡς ἄνθος παραπορευόμενον, πρὸ τοῦ ἐπελθεῖν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς ὀργὴν Κυρίου, πρὸ τοῦ ἐπελθεῖν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς ἡμέραν θυμοῦ Κυρίου.
Gather yourselves together and bind yourselves, O undisciplined nation, before you become as a passing flower, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you.
§2.3ζητήσατε τὸν κύριον, πάντες ταπεινοὶ γῆς· κρίμα ἐργάζεσθε καὶ δικαιοσύνην ζητήσατε, καὶ ἀποκρίνεσθε αὐτά, ὅπως σκεπασθῆτε ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς Κυρίου.
Seek the Lord, all ye humble of the earth; practice judgment and seek righteousness, and respond to them, so that you may be sheltered in the day of the anger of the Lord.
§2.4Διότι Γάζα διηρπασμένη ἔσται, καὶ Ἀσκάλων εἰς ἀφανισμόν, καὶ Ἄζωτος μεσημβρίας ἐκριφήσεται, καὶ Ἀκκαρὼν ἐκριζωθήσεται.
For Gaza shall be plundered, and Ascalon shall be for desolation, and Azotus shall be cast out at noon, and Accaron shall be rooted up.
§2.5οὐαὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὸ σχοίνισμα τῆς θαλάσσης, πάροικοι Κρητῶν·
Woe to those who inhabit the seacoast, sojourners of the Cretans!
λόγος Κυρίου ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς Χανάαν, γῆ ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ ἀπολῶ ὑμᾶς ἐκ κατοικίας·
The word of the Lord is against you, O Chanaan, land of the Philistines, and I will destroy you out of your dwelling.
§2.6καὶ ἔσται Κρήτη νομὴ ποιμνίων καὶ μάνδρα προβάτων,
And Crete shall be a pasture for flocks and a fold for sheep.
§2.7καὶ ἔσται τὸ σχοίνισμα τῆς θαλάσσης τοῖς καταλοίποις οἴκου Ἰούδα· ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς νεμήσονται ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις Ἀσκάλωνος, δείλης καταλύσουσιν ἀπὸ προσώπου υἱῶν Ἰούδα, ὅτι ἐπέσκεπται αὐτοὺς Κύριος ὁ θεὸς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀπέστρεψε τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν αὐτῶν.
And the seacoast shall be for the remnant of the house of Juda; upon them they shall feed, and in the houses of Ascalon they shall rest in the evening, from the presence of the sons of Juda; for the Lord their God has visited them, and has turned away their captivity.
§2.8Ἤκουσα ὀνειδισμοὺς Μωὰβ καὶ κονδυλισμοὺς υἱῶν Ἀμμών, ἐν οἷς ὠνείδιζον τὸν λαόν μου καὶ ἐμεγαλύνοντο ἐπὶ τὰ ὅριά μου.
"I have heard the reproaches of Moab and the revilings of the sons of Ammon, wherewith they reproached my people and magnified themselves against my borders.
§2.9διὰ τοῦτο ζῶ ἐγώ, λέγει Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραήλ, διότι Μωὰβ ὡς Σόδομα ἔσται, καὶ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν ὡς Γόμορρα, καὶ Δαμασκὸς ἐκλελιμμένη ὡς θιμωνιὰ ἃλωνος καὶ ἠφανισμένη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· καὶ οἱ κατάλοιποι λαοῦ μου διαρπῶνται αὐτούς, καὶ οἱ κατάλοιποι ἔθνους μου κληρονομήσουσιν αὐτούς. §2.10αὕτη αὐτοῖς ἀντὶ τῆς ὕβρεως αὐτῶν, διότι ὠνείδισαν καὶ ἐμεγαλύνθησαν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον τὸν παντοκράτορα.
Therefore, as I live," says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, "Moab shall be as Sodom, and the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, and Damascus shall be left like a heap of a threshing-floor, and desolate forever; and the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them." This shall befall them for their insolence, because they reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty.
§2.11ἐπιφανήσεται Κύριος ἐπʼ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐξολεθρεύσει πάντας τοὺς §θεοὺς τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς, καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν αὐτῷ ἕκαστος ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ, πᾶσαι αἱ νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν.
The Lord will appear against them, and will utterly destroy all the of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the islands of the nations.
§2.12Καὶ ὑμεῖς, Αἰθίοπες, τραυματίαι ῥομφαίας μού ἐστε·
And you, O Ethiopians, are the slain of my sword.
§2.13καὶ ἐκτενεῖ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ βορρᾶν καὶ ἀπολεῖ τὸν Ἀσσύριον, καὶ θήσει τὴν Νινευὴ εἰς ἀφανισμὸν ἄνυδρον ὡς ἔρημον·
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy the Assyrian, and make Nineveh a dry desolation like a wilderness.
§2.14καὶ νεμήσονται ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς ποίμνια καὶ πάντα τὰ θηρία τῆς γῆς, καὶ χαμαιλέοντες καὶ ἐχῖνοι ἐν τοῖς φατνώμασιν αὐτῆς κοιτασθήσονται, καὶ θηρία φωνήσει ἐν τοῖς διορύγμασιν αὐτῆς, κόρακες ἐν τοῖς πυλῶσιν αὐτῆς, διότι κέδρος τὸ ἀνάστημα αὐτῆς.
And flocks shall feed in the midst of her, and all the wild beasts of the land; and chameleons and hedgehogs shall lodge in her carved ceilings, and wild beasts shall cry in her conduits, and ravens in her porches, for her cedar height is laid bare.