ZEP 3:18 Parallel View

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ULT The grieved of the festivals I removed from you,
 ⇔ they are a tribute to her, a reproach.[fn]

This verse is very difficult to understand, and modern versions translate it in many different ways.

UST like people who are happy at a festival. Yahweh says, “I will no longer allow any enemies to destroy you. You will no longer be defeated or ashamed.

BSB  ⇔ “I will gather those among you who grieve
⇔ over the appointed feasts,
⇔ so that you will no longer suffer reproach.

OEB as on a day of festival.
 ⇔ I will take away from you your disgrace,
⇔ and put away from you your reproach.

WEB I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.

MSG ^(18-20)“The accumulated sorrows of your exile
  will dissipate.
I, your God, will get rid of them for you.
  You’ve carried those burdens long enough.
At the same time, I’ll get rid of all those
  who’ve made your life miserable.
I’ll heal the maimed;
  I’ll bring home the homeless.
In the very countries where they were hated
  they will be venerated.
On Judgment Day
  I’ll bring you back home—a great family gathering!
You’ll be famous and honored
  all over the world.
You’ll see it with your own eyes—
  all those painful partings turned into reunions!”
God’s Promise.

NET “As for those who grieve because they cannot attend the festivals –
 ⇔ I took them away from you;
 ⇔ they became tribute and were a source of shame to you.

LSV “I have gathered My afflicted from the appointed place,
They have been bearing reproach from you for her sake.

FBV I will gather those of you who mourn for the religious festivals—you will no longer have to bear the disgrace.[fn]

3:18 This is one interpretation of the Hebrew which is unclear. The meaning is that when in exile the Israelites were not able to celebrate their religious festivals as they wished and this was a cause of disgrace to them.

T4T  ⇔ Yahweh says, “You people were sad and ashamed
⇔ because you were unable to attend your religious festivals;
⇔ but I will cause you to no longer be disgraced.

LEB • they were raising against her a reproach.

BBE I will take away your troubles, lifting up your shame from off you.

MOF No MOF ZEP book available

JPS I will gather them that are far from the appointed season, who are of thee, that hast borne the burden of reproach.

ASV I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee; to whom the burden upon her was a reproach.

DRA The triflers that were departed from the law, I will gather together, because they were of thee: that thou mayest no more suffer reproach for them.

YLT Mine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered, from thee they have been, Bearing for her sake reproach.

DBY I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assemblies, who were of thee: the reproach of it was a burden [unto them].

RV I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee: to whom the burden upon her was a reproach.

WBS I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

KJB I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.[fn]
(I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.)

3.18 reproach…: Heb. the burden upon it was reproach

BB After a certayne time will I gather the afflicted that were of thee, and them that bare the reproche for it.
(After a certain time will I gather the afflicted that were of thee, and them that bare the reproche for it.)

GNV After a certaine time will I gather the afflicted that were of thee, and them that bare the reproch for it.
(After a certain time will I gather the afflicted that were of thee, and them that bare the reproch for it. )

CB Soch as haue bene in heuynesse, wil I gather together, and take out of thy congregacion: as for the shame and reprofe that hath bene layed vpon the, it shal be farre from the.
(Soch as have been in heuynesse, will I gather together, and take out of thy/your congregation: as for the shame and reprofe that hath/has been laid upon them, it shall be far from them.)

WYC Y schal gadere the foolis, ether veyn men, that wenten awei fro the lawe, for thei weren of thee, that thou haue no more schenschipe on hem.
(I shall gather the foolis, ether veyn men, that went away from the law, for they were of thee, that thou/you have no more schenschipe on them.)

LUT Die, so durch Satzungen geängstet waren, will ich wegschaffen, daß sie von dir kommen, welche Satzungen ihre Last waren, davon sie Schmach hatten.
(Die, so through Satzungen geängstet waren, will I wegschaffen, that they/she/them from you kommen, welche Satzungen ihre Last waren, davon they/she/them Schmach hatten.)

CLV Nugas, qui a lege recesserant, congregabo, quia ex te erant: ut non ultra habeas super eis opprobrium.
(Nugas, who a lege recesserant, congregabo, because ex you(sg) erant: as not/no ultra habeas super eis opprobrium. )

BRN And I will gather thine afflicted ones. Alas! who has taken up a reproach against her?

BrLXX Καὶ συνάξω τοὺς συντετριμμένους σου· οὐαὶ, τίς ἔλαβεν ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ὀνειδισμόν;
(Kai sunaxō tous suntetrimmenous sou; ouai, tis elaben epʼ autaʸn oneidismon? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נוּגֵ֧י מִ⁠מּוֹעֵ֛ד אָסַ֖פְתִּי מִמֵּ֣⁠ךְ הָי֑וּ מַשְׂאֵ֥ת עָלֶ֖י⁠הָ חֶרְפָּֽה

disaster for,appointed_feasts gather from,you they_were burden on/upon=it(f) reproach

This verse is very difficult to understand. Modern versions translate it in many different ways. The ULT offers one reasonable interpretation of it. If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to follow the interpretation that it expresses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to follow the interpretation of ULT.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

נוּגֵ֧י מִ⁠מּוֹעֵ֛ד אָסַ֖פְתִּי מִמֵּ֣⁠ךְ הָי֑וּ

disaster for,appointed_feasts gather from,you they_were

Yahweh may be using one kind of worship, a solemn assembly, to mean worship in general. He is addressing the city of Jerusalem as if it were an individual, so the phrase they are from you may be clarifying that the people who are grieving are Judeans who have been taken into exile and who are sad because they can no longer participate in the worship of Yahweh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I will bring back the Judeans who have been taken into exile, who are sad because they cannot take part in public worship of me”

Note 3 topic: writing-quotations

אָסַ֖פְתִּי

gather

This is the beginning of a direct quotation from Yahweh that continues through verse 20. You may wish to indicate that in your translation, using a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: “Yahweh says, ‘I will gather’”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מַשְׂאֵ֥ת עָלֶ֖י⁠הָ חֶרְפָּֽה

burden on/upon=it(f) reproach

Yahweh is speaking as if the reproach of being conquered were literally a burden or heavy weight that Jerusalem was carrying with difficulty. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “it was painful for the people of Jerusalem to feel the disgrace of being conquered”

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