西番雅書 2
1 沒有廉恥的民族，在他們尚未像糠枇一樣被吹散之前，
Bend yourselves, yea, bend ye, O nation not desired,
2 在上主的怒火尚未來到你們身上，在上主憤怒的日子尚未來到你們身上以前，你們聚首檢討吧!
Before the bringing forth of a statute, As chaff hath the day passed on, While yet not come in upon you doth the heat of the anger of Jehovah, While yet not come in upon you doth a day of the anger of Jehovah,
3 地上所有遵守衪法律的卑微人! 你們應求上主，你們要尋求公義，要尋求謙和，也許你們在上主憤怒的日子，能藏身免禍。
Seek Jehovah, all ye humble of the land, Who His judgment have done, Seek ye righteousness, seek humility, It may be ye are hidden in a day of the anger of Jehovah.
4 因為茄薩將被拋棄，阿市刻隆必被剷除。
For Gaza is forsaken, And Ashkelon [is] for a desolation, Ashdod! at noon they do cast her forth, And Ekron is rooted up.
5 禍哉! 沿海地帶的居民，革勒提民族! 看，這是木攻擊你們的話：培肋舍特地! 我要貶抑你，把你毀滅得再無固民!
Ho! O inhabitants of the sea-coast, Nation of the Cherethites, A word of Jehovah [is] against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines, And I have destroyed thee without an inhabitant.
6 沿海地帶必將成為牧的牧場，羊群的羊棧。
And the sea-coast hath been habitations, Cottages [for] shepherds, and folds [for] a flock.
7 沿海地帶必將歸於猶大家的遺民；他們將沿著海濱放羊，晚上歇息在阿市刻隆的棧房，因為上主他們的天主必看顧他們，轉變他們的境遇。
And the coast hath been for the remnant of the house of Judah, By them they have pleasure, In houses of Ashkelon at even they lie down, For inspect them doth Jehovah their God, And He hath turned back [to] their captivity.
8 我聽到了摩阿布的辱罵，阿孟子民火詆詬；他們辱罵了我的百姓，欺凌了我的領域。
I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, Wherewith they reproached My people, And magnify [themselves] against their border.
9 為此，我指著我的生命起誓──萬軍的上主，以色列天主火斷語：摩阿布必要像索多瑪，哈孟子民必要像哈摩辣，變為荊棘叢、監堆、荒野，直到永遠。我百姓的遺民要劫掠他們，我民族的殘餘，要佔領他們的產業。
Therefore, I live, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab is as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, And a desolation — unto the age. A residue of My people do seize them, And a remnant of My nation inherit them.
10 這事要臨到他們身上，是由於他們的的傲慢，因為他們辱罵欺凌了萬軍的上主的百姓。
This [is] to them for their arrogancy, Because they have reproached, And they magnify [themselves] against the people of Jehovah of Hosts.
11 上主必要威嚴地顯示給他們，因為衪要消滅地上的一切神衹；那時異邦各笆島嶼，各從自己的地方朝拜衪。
Fearful [is] Jehovah against them, For He made bare all gods of the land, And bow themselves to Him, each from his place, Do all islanders of the nations.
12 連你們雇士人，也要為我的刀劍所刺透。
Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword [are] they.
13 衪還要向北方伸出自己的手，為消滅亞述，使尼尼微化為荒地，像杪漠一樣乾旱。
And He stretcheth His hand against the north, And doth destroy Asshur, And he setteth Nineveh for a desolation, A dry land like a wilderness.
14 牲畜和窪地所有的走獸必要臥息息其中，鵜鴣和鵁鶄也棲宿在她的柱頭間，鴟梟在窗上啼叫，烏鴉停門檻上，因為人剝去了她以香柏做的裝飾：
And crouched in her midst have droves, Every beast of the nation, Both pelican and hedge-hog in her knobs lodge, A voice doth sing at the window, 'Destruction [is] at the threshold, For the cedar-work is exposed.'
15 這就是那享樂安居，心想「只有我，沒有別人」的城市! 她如何竟成了荒野，成了野獸的棲所! 凡由她那裏經過的人，莫不嗤笑搖手。
This [is] the exulting city that is dwelling confidently, That is saying in her heart, 'I [am], and beside me there is none,' How hath she been for a desolation, A crouching-place for beasts, Every one passing by her doth hiss, He doth shake his hand!
