Zephaniah 3
1 Anunae, phuel uh tih aka nok uh, aka vuelvaek khopuei aih.
Woe to the provoking, and redeemed city, the dove.
2 Ol te hnatun pawh. BOEIPA dongkah, thuituennah khaw doe pawh. A Pathen taengah pangtung pawt tih, mop pawh.
She hath not hearkened to the voice, neither hath she received discipline: she hath not trusted in the Lord, she drew not near to her God.
3 A khui kah a mangpa rhoek te, sathueng la kawk. A laitloek rhoek tah hlaemhmah uithang bangla, mincang ham a cilh uh moenih.
Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.
4 A tonghma rhoek soetae uh tih, hlang paw la poehuh. A khosoih rhoek loh hmuencim a poeih uh tih, olkhueng a poe uh.
Her prophets are senseless men without faith: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have acted unjustly against the law.
5 A khui kah BOEIPA tah dueng tih, dumlai a khueh moenih. A tiktamnah te mincang, mincang kah khosae dongah a paek tih, dalh tlaih pawh. Tedae boethae long tah, a yahpohnah khaw ming pawh.
The just Lord is in the midst thereof, he will not do iniquity: in the morning, in the morning he will bring his judgment to light, and it shall not be hid: but the wicked man hath not known shame.
6 Namtom te ka khoe tih, a bangkil ah pong uh coeng. A kawtpoeng te ka khah tih, aka pah om pawh. A khopuei te a rhaem uh tih, khosak a tal hil ah, hlang om pawh.
I have destroyed the nations, and their towers are beaten down: I have made their ways desert, so that there is none that passeth by: their cities are desolate, there is not a man remaining, nor any inhabitant.
7 “Kai he n'rhih vetih, thuituennah he na doe ngawn bitni. Te vaengah ni a soah, ka cawh ham koi boeih tah, a khuirhung kah khaw khoe boel saeh,” ka ti. Tedae thoo uh tih, a khoboe rhamlang neh boeih porhak uh.
I said: Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive correction: and her dwelling shall not perish, for all things wherein I have visited her: but they rose early and corrupted all their thoughts.
8 Te dongah maeh la ka pai khohnin hil kai he n'rhing uh. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Ka laitloeknah he tah namtom aka coi la, ram te kamah taengah aka tingtun sak la, ka thintoek thinsa boeih dongkah ka kosi he amih soah aka lun la om ni. Ka thatlainah hmai loh diklai pum a hlawp ni.
Wherefore expect me, saith the Lord, in the day of my resurrection that is to come, for my judgment is to assemble the Gentiles, and to gather the kingdoms: and to pour upon them my indignation, all my fierce anger: for with the fire of my jealousy shall all the earth be devoured.
9 Te vaengah BOEIPA ming te a pum la khue ham neh laengpang pakhat la amah taengah thohtat sak ham, pilnam kah hmuilai te cimphan la ka maelh pah ni.
Because then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and may serve him with one shoulder.
10 Rhalvangan lamloh Kusah tuiva duela kai aka bawkkung rhoek om uh vetih, ka taek ka yak nu loh ka khocang hang khuen ni.
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, shall my suppliants the children of my dispersed people bring me an offering.
11 Na khoboe rhamlang cungkuem lamloh kai taengah boe na koek vanbangla, te khohnin ah mah yak boeh. Na khui lamkah yalpo la na hoemnah te kang khoe ni. Te vaengah ka tlang cim ah koep sang ham na khoep mahpawh.
In that day thou shalt not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proud boasters, and thou shalt no more be lifted up because of my holy mountain.
12 Tedae na khui kah pilnam mangdaeng neh tattloel tah ka hlun vetih BOEIPA ming neh ying uh ni.
And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor and needy people: and they shall hope in the name of the Lord.
13 Israel kah a meet loh dumlai saii uh voel pawt vetih, laithae thui voel mahpawh. Amih ka dongah a huep ol hmu voel mahpawh. Tedae amih te luem uh vetih, a kol uh vaengah lakueng uh voel mahpawh.
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and shall lie down, and there shall be none to make them afraid.
14 Zion nu aw tamhoe laeh, Israel aw yuhui laeh, Jerusalem nu aw lungbuei boeih neh kohoe lamtah sundaep laeh.
Give praise, O daughter of Sion: shout, O Israel: be glad, and rejoice with all thy heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
15 BOEIPA loh na laitloeknah te a khoe tih, na thunkha te mael coeng. Israel manghai la na khui ah Yahweh om coeng tih, yoethaenah na rhih voel mahpawh.
The Lord hath taken away thy judgment, he hath turned away thy enemies: the king of Israel the Lord is in the midst of thee, thou shalt fear evil no more.
16 Tekah khohnin ah tah Jerusalem te, “Zion aw rhih boeh, na kut te kha boel saeh.
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Fear not: to Sion: Let not thy hands be weakened.
17 Na Pathen Yahweh, na khui kah hlangrhalh loh n'khang coeng. Na soah kohoenah neh omngaih ni. A lungnah neh n'duem sak vetih, nang soah tamlung neh omngaih ni.
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty, he will save: he will rejoice over thee with gladness, he will be silent in his love, he will be joyful over thee in praise.
18 Khoning lamkah aka pae rhoek te nang taeng lamloh ka coi ni. Anih ham tah kokhahnah buham om coeng.
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.
19 Amah tue ah tah nang aka phaep boeih te ka saii van ni ne. Aka cungdo te ka khang vetih, a heh te ka coi ni. Amih kah yahpohnah khohmuen boeih ah amih te koehnah neh ming ka khueh pah ni.
Behold I will cut off all that have afflicted thee at that time: and I will save her that halteth, and will gather her that was cast out: and I will get them praise, and a name, in all the land where they had been put to confusion.
20 Amah tue vaengah tah nangmih te kam mael puei ni. Amah tue vaengah nang te kan tingtun sak ni. Nang te diklai pilnam cungkuem lakli ah ming neh koehnah kam paek ni. Nangmih kah thongtla rhoek te na mikhmuh ah kam mael puei ni,” ti la BOEIPA loh a thui.
At that time, when I will bring you: and at the time that I will gather you: for I will give you a name, and praise among all the people of the earth, when I shall have brought back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.
