ZEP 3:4 Parallel View

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ULT Her prophets are reckless and treacherous men.
 ⇔ Her priests profane what is holy and do violence to the law.

UST The prophets in Jerusalem are proud,
⇔ and the priests give messages that no one should trust.
 ⇔ They make the temple unholy by doing things that are against the law of Moses.

BSB Her prophets are reckless,
⇔ faithless men.
 ⇔ Her priests profane the sanctuary;
⇔ they do violence to the law.

OEB Her prophets are braggarts, faithless men.
 ⇔ Her priests profane what is holy
⇔ and do violence to the law.

WEB Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.

MSG ^(1-5)Doom to the rebellious city,
  the home of oppressors—Sewer City!
The city that wouldn’t take advice,
  wouldn’t accept correction,
Wouldn’t trust God,
  wouldn’t even get close to her own god!
Her very own leaders
  are rapacious lions,
Her judges are rapacious timber wolves
  out every morning prowling for a fresh kill.
Her prophets are out for what they can get.
  They’re opportunists—you can’t trust them.
Her priests desecrate the Sanctuary.
  They use God’s law as a weapon to maim and kill souls.
Yet God remains righteous in her midst,
  untouched by the evil.
He stays at it, day after day, meting out justice.
  At evening he’s still at it, strong as ever.
But evil men and women, without conscience
  and without shame, persist in evil.
    * * *

NET Her prophets are proud;
 ⇔ they are deceitful men.
 ⇔ Her priests defile what is holy;
 ⇔ they break God’s laws.

LSV Her prophets unstable—men of treachery,
Her priests have defiled the sanctuary,
They have violated the Law.

FBV Your prophets are arrogant, deceitful men who defile what is sacred and who openly break the law.[fn]

3:4 Or “use the law to their own advantage.”

T4T The prophets in Jerusalem are proud,
⇔ and they give messages that are not to be trusted.
 ⇔ Their priests cause the temple to be unholy
⇔ by doing things that are opposed to the laws of Moses.

LEB • are arrogant men of treachery; her priests have defiled that which is holy; • they do violence to the law.

BBE Her prophets are good-for-nothing persons, full of deceit: her priests have made the holy place unclean and have gone violently against the law.

MOF No MOF ZEP book available

JPS Her prophets are wanton and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned that which is holy, they have done violence to the law.

ASV Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

DRA Her prophets are senseless men without faith: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have acted unjustly against the law.

YLT Her prophets unstable — men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law.

DBY Her prophets are vain-glorious, treacherous persons; her priests profane the sanctuary, they do violence to the law.

RV Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

WBS Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

KJB Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
(Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. )

BB Her prophetes are light persons & vnfaythful men, her priestes haue polluted the sanctuarie, & haue wrested the law.
(Her prophets are light persons and unfaythful men, her priests have polluted the sanctuarie, and have wrested the law.)

GNV Her prophets are light, and wicked persons: her priests haue polluted the Sanctuarie: they haue wrested the Lawe.
(Her prophets are light, and wicked persons: her priests have polluted the Sanctuarie: they have wrested the Law. )

CB Hir prophetes are light personnes and vn faithfull men: hir prestes vnhalowe the Sanctuary, and do wronge vnder the pretence of the lawe.
(Hir prophets are light personnes and un faithfull men: her priests unhalowe the Sanctuary, and do wronge under the pretence of the law.)

WYC Profetis therof weren woode, vnfeithful men; prestis therof defouliden hooli thing, thei diden vniustli ayens the lawe.
(Profetis therof were woode, unfaithful men; priests therof defouliden holy thing, they diden uniustli against the law.)

LUT Ihre Propheten sind leichtfertig und Verächter. Ihre Priester entweihen das Heiligtum und deuten das Gesetz freventlich.
(Ihre Propheten are leichtfertig and Verächter. Ihre Priester entweihen the Heiligtum and deuten the law freventlich.)

CLV Prophetæ ejus vesani, viri infideles; sacerdotes ejus polluerunt sanctum, injuste egerunt contra legem.
(Prophetæ his vesani, viri infideles; sacerdotes his polluerunt sanctum, injuste egerunt contra legem. )

BRN Her prophets are light and scornful men: her priests profane the holy things, and sinfully transgress the law.

BrLXX Οἱ προφῆται αὐτῆς πνευματοφόροι, ἄνδρες καταφρονηταί· ἱερεῖς αὐτῆς βεβηλοῦσι τὰ ἅγια, καὶ ἀσεβοῦσι νόμον.
(Hoi profaʸtai autaʸs pneumatoforoi, andres katafronaʸtai; hiereis autaʸs bebaʸlousi ta hagia, kai asebousi nomon. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

פֹּֽחֲזִ֔ים

reckless

Zephaniah is speaking as if the prophets in Jerusalem were literally light, that is, as if they did not weigh very much. He could mean: (1) that they are frivolous in character and so what they say is not profound or significant. Alternate translation: “are frivolous” (2) that nothing restrains them from doing wrong things, as if they were a light object with nothing weighing it down that would float away or be blown away. Alternate translation: “are unprincipled” or “are reckless”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

אַנְשֵׁ֖י בֹּֽגְד֑וֹת

men_of treacherous

The phrase men of treacheries gives further information about the prophets whom Zephaniah is describing. It does not refer to a different group of people. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “They are men of treacheries”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אַנְשֵׁ֖י בֹּֽגְד֑וֹת

men_of treacherous

Zephaniah is using this possessive form not to describe men who belong to treacheries but to describe men who habitually commit treacheries. This could mean: (1) that these prophets deceive and betray other people in order to take advantage of them. Alternate translation: “They treat others treacherously” (2) that they are not faithful to Yahweh, that is, they do not speak only messages that Yahweh has given them. Rather, they speak messages that they claim are from Yahweh but which Yahweh has not given them. Alternate translation: “They do not speak faithfully only what Yahweh has told them”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

חִלְּלוּ־קֹ֔דֶשׁ

profane sanctuary

Zephaniah is using the adjective holy as a noun to mean a certain thing or kind of thing. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. The word holy could be referring to: (1) the temple, as a holy place set apart for the worship of Yahweh. Alternate translation: “treat the temple as if it were just an ordinary place” (2) in addition to the temple, all of the clothing, equipment, and food that was set apart for the use of the priests in leading the people in the worship of Yahweh. Alternate translation: “treat the special things that they are supposed to use in worship as if they were ordinary things”

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