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 unto 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 我必要由地面上掃除一切──上主的斷語──
I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the earth, 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 consume man and beast, I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the earth, 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，
And I will stretch out My hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the idolatrous priests with the priests;
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 host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to the LORD and swear by Malcam;
6 剷除那背離天主，不尋覓上主，不求問上主的人。
Them also that are turned back from following the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired after 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。
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD; for the day of the LORD is at hand, for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, He hath consecrated His guests.
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 shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's sons, and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.
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 punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
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, Hark! a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
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。
Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are undone; all they that were laden with silver 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 it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart: 'The LORD will not do good, neither will He do evil.'
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 wealth shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation; yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink 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 near, it is near and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD, wherein the mighty man crieth 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 distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 是向堅城、碉堡吹號鳴角的一天!
A day of the horn and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
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 distress upon men, that they shall walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.
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 silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole earth shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy; for He will make and end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the earth.
