צפניה ג׳:ט״ז-כ׳

גִּבּוֹר יוֹשִׁיעַ. גִּבּוֹר הוּא אֲשֶׁר יוֹשִׁיעַ מִן הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת.

A Mighty One will save He is a Mighty One, Who will save [Israel] from the enemy.

יַחֲרִישׁ בְּאַהֲבָתוֹ. יְכַסֶּה עַל פְּשָׁעֶיךָ בְּאַהֲבָתוֹ, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״יִכְבּוֹשׁ עַל חוֹבֵךְ בְּרַחֲמָתֵיהּ״.

He will be silent in His love He will conceal your transgressions with His love. So did Jonathan render: He will cover your sins with His love.

נוּגֵי מִמּוֹעֵד. אָסַפְתִּי אֶת הַמּוּצָאִים מִמּוֹעֲדֵי, שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ מְשַׁמְּרִים שַׁבָּתוֹת וְיָמִים טוֹבִים.

Those who are removed from the appointed season I destroyed those removed from My appointed seasons, those who did not keep the Sabbaths and the festivals.

אָסַפְתִּי. כִּלִּיתִי.

I have destroyed lit., I gathered in.

מִמֵּךְ הָיוּ. מֵעַמֵּךְ הָיוּ.

they were of you They were of your people.

מַשְׂאֵת עָלֶיהָ חֶרְפָּה. עַל אוֹתָהּ אַשְׁמָה הָיָה לָךְ מַשְׂאֵת חֶרְפָּה.

it was a burden of shame upon her That guilt was a burden of shame to you.

נוּגֵי. לְשׁוֹן ׳הוֹצָאָה׳, כְּמוֹ ״הָגוֹ סִיגִים״ (משלי כה:ד), ״כַּאֲשֶׁר הוּגָה מִן הַמְּסִלָּה״ (שמואל ב כ:יג). וְאֵין שֹׁרֶשׁ בַּתֵּבָה אֶלָּא הַגִּימֶ״ל לְבַדָּהּ.

Those who are removed an expression of taking out, as in (Prov. 25:4) “Take away the dross from the silver”; and (II Sam. 20:13) “When he was removed from the highway.” The only radical letter is the “gimel.”

הִנְנִי עֹשֶׂה. תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״הָא אֲנָא עָבֵיד גְּמִירָא״. וְיֵשׁ לְפוֹתְרוֹ לְשׁוֹן ׳עִ׳שּׂוּי׳, כְּמוֹ ״וְעַסּוֹתֶם רְשָׁעִים״ (מלאכי ג:כא).

Behold, I wreak destruction Jonathan rendered: Behold I wreak destruction. It may also be interpreted as an expression of crushing, as in (Mal. 3:21): “And you shall crush the wicked.”

בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ בָּשְׁתָּם. בְּכָל מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ שָׁם לְבָשְׁתָּם, שָׁם אֶתְּנֵם לְשֵׁם וְלִתְהִלָּה.

throughout all the land where they suffered shame Every place where they were for their shame, there I will make them to be a praise and a name.