西番雅書 3
1 禍哉! 那叛逆、污穢，而殘暴的城市!
Woe to the rebellious and unclean city of oppression,
2 她從不聽呼聲，又不接受教訓；不依賴上主，也不親近她的天主。
She has not obeyed the voice, she has not accepted instruction, In the Lord she has not trusted, to her God she has not drawn near.
3 她的王侯在她中間，是一些咆哮的獅子；她的判官是夜間的豺狼，什麼也不留到天明。
Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves, who leave nothing over until the morning,
4 她的先知都是些輕浮欺詐之徒，她火司祭褻瀆聖物，違犯法律。
Her prophets are braggarts, faithless men. Her priests profane what is holy and do violence to the law.
5 但上主在她中間是正義的，從不行不義；衪每天早晨施行審判，有如不消散的光明，衪全不認識可恥的邪惡。
The Lord is righteous in her midst, he does no wrong, Morning by morning he establishes his decree, Light is not lacking, an oversight is unknown. But the unjust know no shame.
6 我曾消滅了異民，他們的碉堡已化為廢墟；我使他們的街道荒涼得無人往來，他們的城市毀壞得不留一人，沒有一個遺。
‘I have cut off nations, their turrets are destroyed; I have laid waste their broad streets, so that none passes over them. Desolate are their cities without people, without inhabitants.’
7 我原想：「她必要敬畏我，接受教訓；凡我加於她的懲罰，必不致由她眼前消失。」但他們反加速使自己一切的行為墮落。
I said: ‘Surely the city will fear me, she will accept instruction. Nothing will vanish from her eyes that I have impressed upon her; But the more zealously have they made all their deeds corrupt.’
8 為什麼你們等待我──上主的斷語──等到我起來作證的一天，因為我已決定聚集萬民，召集列國，在他們身上傾洩我的憤怒和我所有的怒火：全地必要為我的妒火所吞滅。
Wait for me, is the Lord’s message, until the day when I stand up as a witness, for it is my fixed purpose to gather the nations, to collect the kingdoms, to pour upon them my wrath and my hot anger; for by the fire of my fury will all the earth be consumed.
9 那時，我要使萬民的口脣純潔好能稱叫上主的名號，同心協力服事上主。
For then I will purify the lips of all peoples, so that they will all call on the Lord’s name, to serve him with one accord.
10 欽崇我的人，[ 即我所分散的集團] 要從雇士河那邊給我貢獻祭品。
From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers will bring me offerings.
11 在那一天，你決不再因你反抗我的一切作為而羞慚，因為那時我必由你中間驅逐你那些驕矜自誇的人，使你不再在我的聖山上自誇；
On that day you will no longer be ashamed of all your deeds by which you rebelled against me. For I will rid you of your proudly arrogant ones, and you will never again be haughty on my holy mountain.
12 但我必在你中間留下謙遜和貧苦的百姓，他們必依賴上主的名號。
But I will leave in your midst a people humble and poor, and the remnant of Israel will trust in the name of the Lord.
13 以色列的遺民不再行邪惡，也不再說謊言；在他們的口裏再也找不到欺詐的吞頭；的確，他們或是牧放，或是休息，沒有人來恐嚇。
They will not do evil, nor speak falsehood, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth; but they will pasture and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.
14 熙雍女子，妳應歡樂! 以色列，你應歡呼! 耶路撒冷女子，妳應全心高興喜樂!
Cry out with joy, daughter of Zion, shout aloud, Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.
15 上主已撤銷對妳的定案，掃除了妳的仇敵；以色列的君王──上主，在妳中間，妳再不會遇見災禍!
The Lord has put away your adversaries, he has turned away your foes; the Lord is king in your midst, you will fear evil no more.
16 在那一天，人必對耶路撒冷說：「熙雍，你不用害怕，不要雙手低垂!
In that day it will be said to Jerusalem: Fear not! Zion, let not your hands grow weak!
17 上主你的天主，在你中間，他是一位施救的勇士，衪為你喜自勝，對你重溫衪的愛情，且因你躍喜樂，
The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious hero. He will rejoice over you with joy, he will renew his love, he will exult over you with singing,
18 有如在慶節之日。我必消滅打搫你的人，使你不再受羞辱。
as on a day of festival. I will take away from you your disgrace, and put away from you your reproach.
19 看哪! 在那時，我必要了結一切迫害你的人，我必要拯救瘸腿的，聚集漂的；我必使他們在各地所受的羞辱，化為稱讚和榮譽。
I will destroy at that time all who afflict you. I will deliver the lame, and gather the outcast, I will make them an object of renown and fame in all the earth.
20 那時，我我必要召你們回來；那時，我必要聚集你們；當我要在你們的面前轉變你們的命運時，我必使你們在普世萬民中，獲得榮譽和稱讚──上主說。
I will do good to you, at the time when I gather you. For I will make you an object of fame and renown among all the peoples of the earth; when I bring back your captivity before your eyes. This says the Lord.
