西番雅書 1
1 在阿孟的兒子約史亞為猶大王的時日，上主的話傳給希則克雅的曾孫，革達里雅的孫子，雇史的兒子索福尼亞。
The word of the Lord, which came vnto Zephaniah ye sonne of Cushi, the sonne of Gedaliah, the sonne of Amariah, the sonne of Hizkiah, in the dayes of Iosiah, the sonne of Amon King of Iudah.
2 我必要由地面上掃除一切──上主的斷語──
I will surely destroy all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
3 我要掃除人和獸，我要掃除天空的鳥和海中的魚；我必使作惡的人倒斃，並由地面上剷除世人──上主的斷語。
I will destroy man and beast: I wil destroy the foules of the heauen, and the fishes of the sea, and ruines shalbe to the wicked, and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.
4 我要伸手懲罰猶大和耶路撒冷所有的居民，我要由這地方剷除巴耳的記念和僧侶[司祭]的名字，
I will also stretch out mine hand vpon Iudah, and vpon all the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and I wil cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with ye Priestes,
5 剷除那在露台上敬拜天象和那敬拜上主而又指米耳公起誓的人，
And them that worship the hoste of heauen vpon the house tops, and them that worship and sweare by the Lord, and sweare by Malcham,
6 剷除那背離天主，不尋覓上主，不求問上主的人。
And them that are turned backe from the Lord, and those that haue not sought the Lord, nor inquired for him.
7 在我主上主面前要肅靜，因為上主的日子臨近了! 上主備辨了祭宴，祝福了衪邀請的人。
Be stil at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, and hath sanctified his ghests.
8 在祭宴日內，我要懲罰公侯和王室，以及一切穿外邦衣服的人。
And it shalbe in the day of the Lords sacrifice, that I will visite the princes and the Kings children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparell.
9 在那一天，我要懲罰一切跳過門檻，和使自己主人家充滿殘暴欺詐的人。
In the same day also will I visite all those that dance vpon the threshold so proudly, which fill their masters houses by crueltie and deceite.
10 在那一天，──上主的斷語──必有喊聲發自魚門，必有哀號出自新區，必有利害的崩潰來自山陵。
And in that day, saith the Lord, there shall be a noise, and cry from the fishgate, and an howling from the second gate, and a great destruction from the hilles.
11 居於盆地的居民，你們應哀號! 因為一切商人都已被消滅，一切秤量銀子的人己被剷除。
Howle ye inhabitants of the lowe place: for the companie of the marchants is destroyed: all they that beare siluer, are cut off.
12 那時，我必提上燈，搜索耶路撒冷，懲罰那躺臥在酒槽上，心下自謂：「上主不賞善，也不罰惡」的人。
And at that time will I searche Ierusalem with lightes, and visite the men that are frosen in their dregges, and say in their heartes, The Lord will neither doe good nor doe euill.
13 他們的財物必遭擄掠；他們的家園必成廢墟；他們建築房屋，卻不得居住；他們種植葡萄園，卻不得酒飲。
Therefore their goods shall be spoyled, and their houses waste: they shall also build houses, but not inhabite them, and they shall plant vineyards, but not drinke the wine thereof.
14 上主偉大的日子臨近了，臨近了! 且來的很快。哀哉! 上主火日子是苦的，連壯士那時也要哀號。
The great day of the Lord is neere: it is neere, and hasteth greatly, euen the voyce of the day of the Lord: the strong man shall cry there bitterly.
15 那天是憤怒的一天，困苦艱難的一天，破壞摧殘的一天，昏暗幽冥的一天，烏雲陰霾的一天；
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heauinesse, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of obscuritie and darkenesse, a day of cloudes and blackenesse,
16 是向堅城、碉堡吹號鳴角的一天!
A day of the trumpet and alarme against the strong cities, and against the hie towres.
17 我要使人苦惱，使他們行路有如瞎子，因為他們得罪了上主；他們的血流出有如塵土，他們的屍體有如糞土。
And I will bring distresse vpon men, that they shall walke like blind men, because they haue sinned against the Lord, and their blood shall be powred out as dust, and their flesh as the dongue.
18 連他們的金銀財寶也不能救拔他們! 上主憤怒的日子，整個大地都要為衪的妒火所吞滅，因為衪要向地上的一切居民，執行徹底而又可怕的毀滅。
Neither their siluer nor their golde shalbe able to deliuer them in ye day of the Lords wrath, but the whole lande shalbe deuoured by the fire of his ielousie: for hee shall make euen a speedie riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
