西番雅书 1
1 当犹大王亚们的儿子约西亚在位的时候，耶和华的话临到希西家的玄孙，亚玛利雅的曾孙，基大利的孙子，古示的儿子西番雅。
The Lord’s message, which came to Zephaniah, son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the time of Josiah of Judah who was son of Amon.
2 耶和华说： 我必从地上除灭万类。
I will utterly destroy everything from off the face of the earth, says the Lord.
3 我必除灭人和牲畜， 与空中的鸟、海里的鱼， 以及绊脚石和恶人； 我必将人从地上剪除。 这是耶和华说的。
I will sweep away human and animal, the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea. I will cause the wicked to stumble, and I will cut off humanity from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
4 我必伸手攻击犹大 和耶路撒冷的一切居民， 也必从这地方剪除所剩下的巴力， 并基玛林的名和祭司，
I will stretch out my hand over Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and I will cut off from this place the last remnant of Baal and the name of the heathen priests,
5 与那些在房顶上敬拜天上万象的， 并那些敬拜耶和华指着他起誓， 又指着玛勒堪起誓的，
and those who worship on the housetops to the stars in the sky, and those worshippers of the Lord who also pay homage to Milcom,
6 与那些转去不跟从耶和华的， 和不寻求耶和华也不访问他的。
and those who turn back from following the Lord, And those who do not seek the Lord nor strive to find him.
7 你要在主耶和华面前静默无声， 因为耶和华的日子快到。 耶和华已经预备祭物， 将他的客分别为圣。
Be silent before the Lord God, for near is the day of the Lord, for the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, he has sanctified his guests.
8 到了我—耶和华献祭的日子， 必惩罚首领和王子， 并一切穿外邦衣服的。
On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice: I will punish the officers and the royal princes, and all those who clothe themselves in foreign apparel.
9 到那日，我必惩罚一切跳过门槛、 将强暴和诡诈得来之物充满主人房屋的。
On that day: I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their lord with violence and deceit.
10 耶和华说：当那日， 从鱼门必发出悲哀的声音， 从二城发出哀号的声音， 从山间发出大破裂的响声。
Listen on that day, says the Lord: A cry will be heard from the Fish Gate, and a wailing from the New Quarter, and a great din from the hills.
11 玛革提施的居民哪，你们要哀号， 因为迦南的商民都灭亡了！ 凡搬运银子的都被剪除。
Those who live in the Mortar wail, for all the traders are silenced, the money counters wiped out.
12 那时，我必用灯巡查耶路撒冷； 我必惩罚那些如酒在渣滓上澄清的； 他们心里说： 耶和华必不降福，也不降祸。
I will search Jerusalem with a lamp, I will punish those who are at ease, who sit comfortably with their wine, who say to themselves, ‘the Lord brings neither prosperity nor calamity.’
13 他们的财宝必成为掠物； 他们的房屋必变为荒场。 他们必建造房屋，却不得住在其内； 栽种葡萄园，却不得喝所出的酒。
Their wealth will become a prey and their houses a desolation. Though they build houses, they will not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they will not drink wine from them.
14 耶和华的大日临近， 临近而且甚快， 乃是耶和华日子的风声； 勇士必痛痛地哭号。
Near is the day of the Lord! Near and rapidly approaching! Near is the bitter day of the Lord, and the scream of the warrior.
15 那日是忿怒的日子， 是急难困苦的日子， 是荒废凄凉的日子， 是黑暗幽冥、密云乌黑的日子，
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 是吹角呐喊的日子， 要攻击坚固城和高大的城楼。
a day of the trumpet and battle-cry, against the fortified cities and against the high battlements.
17 我必使灾祸临到人身上， 使他们行走如同瞎眼的， 因为得罪了我。 他们的血必倒出如灰尘； 他们的肉必抛弃如粪土。
And I will bring distress upon the people and they will walk as the blind, because they have sinned against the Lord, and their blood will be poured out as dust and their flesh as dung.
18 当耶和华发怒的日子， 他们的金银不能救他们； 他的忿怒如火必烧灭全地， 毁灭这地的一切居民，而且大大毁灭。
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them. For in the day of the wrath of the Lord and in the fire of his fury the whole earth will be consumed. For he will make a speedy end of all the inhabitants of the earth.
