Zephaniah 1
1 Judah siangpahrang Amon e a capa Josiah ni a uk navah, Hezekiah, Amariah, Gedaliah tinaw e ca catoun lah kaawm e Kushi capa Zephaniah koe ka tho e Cathut e lawk teh,
The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2 ram dawk kaawm e naw abuemlah he ka raphoe han telah Cathut ni a dei.
I will take away everything from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
3 Tami hoi saringnaw pueng ka raphoe han, kahlun e tava hoi tui dawk e tanga pueng hai thoseh, Tami kahawihoeh hoi, hawihoehnae pueng hai raphoe lah ao han. Talaivan kaawm e tami puenghai raphoe lah ao han telah Cathut ni a ti.
I will take away man and beast; I will take away the birds of the heaven and the fishes of the sea; causing the downfall of the evil-doers, and cutting man off from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
4 Judah tami, Jerusalem kho e taminaw hah kai ni ka tuk vaiteh kacawirae Baal hnukkâbang e hoi vaihmanaw pueng hai ka raphoe han.
And my hand will be stretched out on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem, cutting off the name of the Baal from this place, and the name of the false priests,
5 Kalvan e hnonaw hah lemphu hoi ka bawk e naw, cathut hoi Molek cathut lawkkam laihoi ka bawk e naw hai thoseh,
And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,
6 Cathut hnukkâbang laipalah hnuk kamlang e tami, Cathut tawng hoeh, ka pacei hoeh e taminaw puenghai ka raphoe han.
And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.
7 Bawipa Jehovah e hmalah sairasuep lah awm awh haw, BAWIPA e hnin teh a hnai toe. BAWIPA ni amae thuengnae hah rakueng vaiteh hote pawi thung kâen e pueng teh thoungsak lah ao han.
Let there be no sound before the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is near: for the Lord has made ready an offering, he has made his guests holy.
8 BAWIPA e thuengnae hnin navah siangpahrangnaw, hoi a miphunnaw hoi ka talue lah kamthoupnaw pueng hah a rek han.
And it will come about in the day of the Lord's offering, that I will send punishment on the rulers and the king's sons and all who are clothed in robes from strange lands.
9 Ayâ e im longkha ka tapuet ni teh ayâ ka hnephnap e, ayâ dumyen laihoi hmu e hnopai hoi a bawipa e im kakawi sak e tami puenghai hote hnin navah lawk ka ceng han.
And in that day I will send punishment on all those who come jumping over the doorstep and make their master's house full of violent behaviour and deceit.
10 BAWIPA ni a dei e teh, hote hnin navah tanga longkha koevah hramnae lawk thoseh, apâhni e khopui dawk khuikanae lawk thoseh, monrui dawk puenghoi raphoenae lawk thoseh ka thai.
And in that day, says the Lord, there will be the sound of a cry from the fish doorway, and an outcry from the new town, and a great thundering from the hills, and cries of grief from the people of the Hollow;
11 Maktesh taminaw, khuikap awh haw. Hnopai kayawtnaw pueng teh awm hoeh toe. Tangka kasinnaw pueng teh koung a due awh toe.
Because of the downfall of all the people of Canaan: all those who were weighted down with silver have been cut off.
12 Hatnae tueng nah, kai ni hmaiim ka sin vaiteh Jerusalem hah lawk ka ceng han. BAWIPA ni hawinae sak hoeh, yon hai na pen hoeh telah a pouk awh teh, amae thoe hoi hawi a sak awh e patetlah lawk a ceng han.
And it will come about at that time, that I will go searching through Jerusalem with lights; and I will send punishment on the men who have become like wine stored over-long, who say to themselves, The Lord will not do good and will not do evil.
13 Ahnimae hno teh ayâ ni a lawp vaiteh, a onae hmuen dawk tami kingdi han. Im a sak awh han, hatei awm awh nah mahoeh. Misur a ung awh han, hatei misur net awh mahoeh.
And their wealth will be violently taken away, and their houses will be made waste: they will go on building houses and never living in them, and planting vine-gardens but not drinking the wine from them.
14 BAWIPA e hnin pui teh a hnai toe. A hnai toe. Karang lah ka tho han BAWIPA e hnin kamthang teh hnâ dawkvah akha. hote hnin navah, athakaawme tami ni a hram han.
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.
15 Hote hnin teh lungkhueknae hnin, lungpuen tâsuenae kâhmonae hnin, rawkphainae hnin, angnae a kahma teh hmonae hnin, khopâui teh tâmai muen a tabonae hnin,
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.
16 Kacake khopui hoi karasang e imrasangnaw koe lah mongka kâhruetcuetnae ueng teh hramnae hnin lah ao han.
A day of sounding the horn and the war-cry against the walled towns and the high towers.
17 Ahnimouh ni BAWIPA koe a yon awh dawkvah, kai ni ahnimouh ka rektap vaiteh tami a mit ka dawn e patetlah a cei awh han. Ahnimae a thi teh vaiphu patetlah rabawk awh vaiteh a moi hai ei patetlah a pouk awh han.
And I will send trouble on men so that they will go about like the blind, because they have done evil against the Lord: and their blood will be drained out like dust, and their strength like waste.
18 BAWIPA e lungkhueknae hnin navah, ahnimae sui ngun ni hai rungngang thai awh mahoeh. A lungkhueknae hmai ni ram abuemlah a kak han. Khocanaw puenghai karanglah lawkceng vaiteh koung a pâmit han.
Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.
